Have you ever wondered what your support is tangibly doing? It’s probably hard to picture – you’re on the other side of the world; you can’t see, touch, or hear the ways God is moving. But, thanks to you, I’m able to witness daily the fruits of your support. God is moving and I want you to know you are an integral part of that. Here are some ways your support is changing lives across the globe.
- My squad assisted with construction of a hospital in a small village in India. The hospital is very small and basic, but God definitely has His blessing over it. About 80 surgeries have been performed here and not a single post-operative infection has been reported.
- My team spent a day in Nepal at an orphanage for girls rescued from trafficking. We played basketball, tag, ate, sang, shared stories, and spent most of our day laughing together. I shared with the girls a message on worth, and reminded them that they are worth so much more because they are daughters of the King. I asked them to draw pictures of the way they think God sees them and most of them drew the most beautiful little princesses.
- My team visited several small villages in India and hosted VBS for the local children. We had fun acting out Bible stories, drawing pictures, and teaching the kids songs like “Jesus is My Superhero.”
- While looking for local ministries that could serve as future contacts for Adventures in Missions, my team was led to an organization called Angels of Mercy in South Africa. The women who run this organization told us they had been praying diligently for overseas volunteers. Angels of Mercy provides advice, support, and care to pregnant women and new mothers by partnering with a government hospital. They have been granted permission to take over the pre-abortion counseling (so it can be preventative using Christian values and principles), and they spend time with new mothers in the maternity ward discussing their needs and praying for them and their babies.
- During our “womanistry” month in Swaziland, myself and a few other girls were given the task of running the local clinic. In the absence of full-time medical professionals, we were responsible for seeing and treating patients. Swaziland has the highest prevalence of AIDS in the world, and is expected to cease to exist by 2050. We were able to care and pray for the many AIDS patients that visited us in the clinic, as well as the children who lived at the orphanage.
- Every Wednesday in Nepal, my squad would meet the local street kids to play soccer. After playing and sharing a Bible story, we fed them the only real meal they would get until they met us the following week. Most of these boys spend their days begging on the streets, so it was a huge blessing to be able to love them the way a child deserves even if it was just for a few hours a week.
- My month in Mozambique was spent working with the sick, elderly, and orphaned. We traveled to the surrounding villages, going from hut to hut, visiting people who were dying of AIDS and spent time sharing the love of Jesus with them and praying over them.
- I had the opportunity to visit a women’s prison in Lithuania with two other girls on my team. We used our stories to share with them how Jesus can redeem even the worst part of our lives. Many of the women were in tears as my teammate shared how Jesus has changed her life. Afterwards they graciously thanked us for coming to talk with them and told us how much our words meant to them.
- I spent one month on top of a mountain in Swaziland loving on orphans. Most of them were abused and abandoned by the people who were supposed to love them the most. I got to be God’s hands and feet as I held His children and showed them what real love is.
- Myself and two of my teammates sat on a busy street corner in Lithuania with an open Bible and asked God to bring us someone to talk to. A few minutes later there was a man standing in front of us asking about our Bible. He had a degree in theology and could quote most of the Bible in Greek, but knew nothing of what it meant to have a personal relationship with Jesus. We were able to share the importance of a relationship with Jesus and pray with him.
- My team spent our afternoons in Mozambique building a mud hut for a widow. She had been living outside under a tarp, sleeping on the ground, since the death of her husband and son. She would meet us in the afternoons and help us make mud balls as we built the walls of her new home.
Your support is doing huge things across the globe, and God’s not finished yet. I just reached the halfway point of my race, and still have 5 countries waiting for God’s love to be brought to them. In order to stay on the field and finish the race, I need to be fully funded by July 1st. I’m still in need of $3,450 in order to reach my goal. Please consider making a donation so that, together, we may continue to bring Christ to the nations!
