Here's the scoop on Corey...in his own words.

"How it began: I grew up, along with three brothers and a sister, on a dairy farm in mid-eastern Wisconsin. After graduation, I decided to apply for the First Year Missionary program, through AIM, to New Zealand. After being accepted, they told me that New Zealand was full but asked if I would go to Mexico instead.

So a few months later there I was, in Matamorros, Mexico. During my FYM year there (Sep04 to May05) I felt God calling me into a life of missions. My leaders took me up on this and I returned the following year as part of the leadership team.

From being a eight-teen year old smart-alik with little heart for those who don’t know God personally, mainly because I knew Him little (in a personal way) myself; to having Gods heart being thrown into me (by request and by much brokenness) and seeing life 180 degrees differently than I knew it.

Honestly, I never chose this as a purpose for my life. I chose God and started to seek Him with all my soul mind and strength, and in that seeking He led me to where I am today and showed me who He says I am. Perhaps tomorrow I will be somewhere else doing a different thing than today. That’s alright with me because my real purpose is to pursue my heavenly Father.

As for now I am now in my second year with AIM and part of the leadership team for the FYM’s in the Dominican Republic. While here I am overseeing the internship ministries and have various other responsibilities. I also have plans to explore the option of starting a coffee hangout directed at teen ministry. Many in the city have nothing better to do than “hechar polvo” (waste time, bum around) so I will try to find the best way for them to do such a thing. The goal is to build relationships and share Christ through being a living example.

I also hope to attend Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to deepen my understanding of the Scriptures down the road."

Stay up to date with corey on his personal blog: coreyjacobs.myadventures.org.