Well today is the day. Somehow I’ve let it sneak up on me.
I am heading out tonight to fly to Houston, so I can leave in the morning for Guatemala with Living Water. First of all, I am so thankful to those of you who donated to help pay for the well. What a blessing that was to see!
I am so ready to just be there and be working for the people. I don’t find leaving my home to be unnerving at all; in fact, I think I will feel right at home serving these people. My heart is so ready to be moved and shaken. A great friend, Adam Perry, who made me aware of Living Water told me that this trip would radically shake my view on missions. If only he knew how prophetic that was for him to say about 6 months ago.
My only mission trip experience was to Moldova when I was in the 8th grade. I loved the experience, but looking back I really did not know what was going on. I was just there and only somewhat apart of it. God has grown my heart so much since then, and I know that this trip will continue to shape who God is making me to be and my vision for how He wants to use me. I am fully expecting to be rocked to the core and am so ready for that.
Here’s how you can be praying this week for the people, the team and myself:
· The People – Pray that not only would their physical needs be met, but that the local believers would use this well to connect people to Jesus, the true Living Water who alone can satisfy.
· The People – Pray that the well would not be a distraction from but a platform for ministry to the people.
· The Team – Pray for selfless attitudes and great group dynamics, since we are just meeting for the first time in the morning.
· The Team – Pray that would be an encouragement to the local believers. Pray that we would enable the locals to do ministry and not get in the way, just because we are white and feel entitled.
· The Team – Pray for a renewed sense of who God is and what we are to be about.
· The Team – Pray for an understanding of God’s sovereignty even in the midst of trials. Don’t just pray for safety and health, but pray that God would be magnified even in the middle of it all.
· Myself – Pray that my head would be cleared of all that is going on in my life, and that I would focus on hearing the still, small voice of God.
· Myself – Pray that this trip would help refine me and my vision of how God desires to use me in Missions.
· Myself – Pray that I would humbly serve and not seek recognition. Pray that my attitude would be the same as that of Christ Jesus (PHIL 2).
Thank you so much for your prayers and your support. I am borrowing a nice camera, so I should come back with lots of pictures and stories to tell. I look forward to sharing with you personally all that God has done in me!
‘Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. … When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.’ Isaiah 41:10,17
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