Janice Johnson Browne
Letting Christ Be Our Example
1. Pray And Wait (The Forgotten Prayer)
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A Dream that came True
I dreamed of being a missionary as a child and had that dream fulfilled. I prayed on my sixteenth birthday to be a missionary and over 20 years later God answered that prayer. I had forgotten the prayer until my sister Stephanie reminded me of it. We may forget but God does not! Never stop praying or think that God has forgotten your prayers. I thank God daily for His love and allowing me to serve him in so many ways. I saw the hand of God move in 2000 when my husband Benjamin and I were invited to serve as missionaries in Ethiopia. My husband served as the President of the Ethiopia Union Mission with a church population of 143,000, 992churches and companies, 5 conferences, 1 college, 23 elementary schools and one Boarding Academy. We severed four years, one month and three days. I was able to work with the Ambassador of Ethiopia through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID-Ethiopia) and during my last year in Ethiopia, I was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Addis Ababa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. What a journey! What a dream come true! I shall never forget the wonderful people we served in Ethiopia.
My educational background includes studies at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology, Alabama A& M University in Huntsville, Alabama with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and a Ph.D. degree in Educational Leadership and Psychology from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. My research focused on suicide prevention and awareness, an area that I continue to have great interest in sharing with others. God has allowed me to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Daniel Payne College in Birmingham, Alabama. I also give praise honor and glory for being a member of two Academic Honor Societies, Phi Lambda Theta, and Phi Delta Kappa. In 2008 I was voted Adjunct Professor of the Year in the Psychology Department at Tennessee State University. These are a just few of the eartlhy honors that God has bestowed upon me. I look forward to my heavenly reward. To God be the glory for His wisdom and knowledge.
