Ruth Jensen's Page
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After graduating in 2005 from the University of Nebraska in Kearney with a degree in Spanish Education and English as a Second Language, Ruth Jensen joined the Foundation for Peace as an intern in June of 2006. She especially identified with the FFP’s ministry model of working hand in hand and enabling churches to expand and continue their ministries, understanding the importance of ministering to the health of the whole individual in four areas: spiritual, physical, education and economic. Her original plan was to return to the states and start teaching Spanish. However, after spending the summer getting to know the FFP ministry and the Dominican people, and much prayer, she felt the call of the Lord to stay on and continue full-time ministry in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In October 2006, Ruth began teaching English along with Eryn Fredrick in three of the Foundation for Peace alliance schools. Later that year they divided the schools and Ruth continued teaching in San Miguel and Tres Brazos for the next year and a half.
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In addition to teaching during the school year, Ruth enjoyed working with the summer mission teams. It was (and still is) a blessing to be able to see the positive changes not only in churches and communities of the Dominican Republic and Haiti but in the lives of the North American mission team members as well.
In the fall of 2008, in an effort to divide and specify responsibilities among the missionary staff, Ruth took on all of the in-country Dominikids sponsorship information and other educational areas of the ministry as Director of Education.
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While she no longer teaches English exclusively in two schools, she gets to visit and connect with all of the FFP alliance schools and keep up with her former students.
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It is a blessing for her now to have a little more schedule-flexibility, allowing her to work with the year-round mission teams and groups. She is excited to be a part of such an amazing team in the Dominican Republic. God provides in His time!
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Ruth with a school director