Prayer Update

Hey Everyone,
First, I want to thank y'all for supporting not only through prayers but also financially as well. You have been such a blessing and encouragement to me. 

Ok, so this past week I have been on spring break and doing a lot of preparations for South America. There were a number of odds and ends, such as some lovely shots, shopping and a few emails to send. But as I took time this week to reflect on what I will be doing for the summer, I realized that my main concern was not about getting into the countries (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador) nor on the difficulties I will face but on the people I will be working with (everyone from the missionaries I will live with to the teams coming from the States to the children we will be caring for) and on my coming home. I know I will not want to leave, but when I do and come home to North America, I do not want to be judgmental of it, nor angry but humble. Humble that the Lord choose me to live in such a "materially" blessed place. Its a struggle even now. And when I am in South America, my prayer is that God will move me out of the way so that He can receive the glory. Theses are my biggest and main concerns at the moment.

In additions, I recently found out that I will need most of my support, if not all, in by April 20th. Would you please join me in asking God for His provision and wisdom? 



"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen." (1 Timothy 1:15-17)

Just the Beginning...

Last summer I had a one of kind of experience in St. Louis. For those of you who don't know. I was running short term mission trips. In short, teams came every week and my co-workers and I were in charge of leading these teams in various activities. My job was to train the teens to run a VBS (Vacation Bible School) at a local inner city Christian school. The place we stayed did not have nice facilities and the food not very appetizing. So to say the least, I learned a lot about leadership, places where I am weak but also places where I am strong. I am very grateful for last summer because I grew so much! 

All that to say the Lord has provided another opportunity to yet again do missions. This time the opportunity is in Peru. The organization is called Inca Link. I first heard of them last February during World Christian Week at CIU (Columbia International Univ.)  I prayed about working with Inca Link then but did not sense the Lord leading me to work with them at that time. Well over Christmas break I reconnected with Inca Link! I began to pray heavily about working with them I knew, very much that I wanted to. I am very pleased to inform you that the Lord is leading me in this direction. In addition, after much prayer, filling out an application and having an interview I was accepted as an intern!!! 

I will be responsible for leading short term mission trips in Peru; along with this I will be working in children’s homes, providing daycare for children whose families work in the garbage dump, construction projects, and feeding the hungry. (I’m super stoked!). I will leave on May 20^th (just four days after I get out of school) and will be in Colombia for a few days of training, them Peru for most of the summer and then at the end of the summer in Ecuador for debriefing. I should be home sometime around August 10^th. 

I am soooooo excited to have such a wonderful opportunity to serve the Lord!!!! I look forward to getting hands on experience in the mission field. I would like to ask you to partner with me in prayer. Here are a few ways you can pray for me: preparation as I leave and adjust to a new culture and language, for safety, health, that my team and I will be a refreshing/encouraging to the locals and missionaries that we will be working with, and for my heart to be open to what God wants to teach me. 

In addition, I need to raise support for the trip. I need to raise $3,500 for the summer to pay expenses like airfare, room and board, and transportation in the country.  If you would like to partner with me financially, you can do so online at http://incalink.org/donate/donate-online/ then just look under “Interns” for my name or send your contribution to me at:

Inca Link International

P.O. Box 1321

Boone, NC  28607

 Please make all checks payable to "Inca Link International."  All donations are tax deductable.  If you would like to receive updates about what is happening in Peru or prayer request please come back here to my blog. I am going to try to blog weekly but I can’t make any promises.

Thank you so much for reading this and visiting Bolsillo Caliente (hot pocket).  May the Lord bless you and keep you.