“Christianity is not about religion – it’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home. The magic of the big expedition is that life becomes more raw, and the fluff that we live with, the pettiness, it all gets blown away. I think the challenge for us is to keep that raw essence of faith when we are back in the fluff of life. It’s about being able to climb the biggest mountains in the world with the person who made them.”
Bear Grylls
Its weird to start something that I have only talked about for the past 6 months. For a long time it has been something that sounded cool to tell people and made me seem more holy. Something that was always in the future, but never the now. Well now is here, and to be honest I’m a little nervous, excited, and scared. I will be out of my comfort zone for a whole year. I need your prayers. I’m serious. I totally believe in the power of prayer.
I’m not sure if I already mentioned this but our team name is Umoja meaning “unity” or “one” in Swahili.
These are some versus that our team would like for you to pray for us during the year. That we would exemplify these versus.
Eph 4:1-3
“As a prisoner of the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gently; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
1 Thess 5:16-18
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Last thing to end this post. The best way to contact me this year will be e-mail [email protected]
Thanks for reading my silly blogs and thanks for supporting me financially and prayerfully.
I still have about $5,000 to raise. Just because I am no longer in the states doesn’t mean I still don’t need your help financially. Don’t forget about your boy Salley.
Learning funny languages,
Salley
