I am on an ALL women’s team. Our squad leaders established us in teams on an island in Nicaragua! I went from team Freedom where I had two men to Talietha Koum with no men. Although I will miss the men on team freedom I am really excited about the girls on this team.
Talietha Koum means "little girl arise" in Aramaic and is seen in the book of Mark 5:40 when Jesus raised a little girl from the dead. To our team Talitha Koum means to step into this race more as women who walk into the fullness of who God is and the plans he has for our lives on the race. To be fearless women who love with Gods love and bring the kingdom wherever we find ourselves.
From left to right. Me, Erica, Kenra, Caitlin, Heather and Melanie.
Just so everyone knows we have no say in team selections or in where we go to serve. I have to walk in faith literally every day and I need to place my full trust in God. I believe that God knows me better than I know myself and that he knows what team to place me on that will help me grow in my faith and into a woman who lives for things that are outside of myself. This involves a lot of prayer and to let go of the control that I desire to have.
Thank you God for safe travels, for a few days of rest in Bangkok before we traveled to our ministry, thank you God for our new ministry in Chang Rai and also for my new team Talitha Koum. They are truly women who are on fire for you and women who earnestly seek your heart.
Introducing Talitha Koum
Heather: Is a woman who loves the lord with everything that’s in her. She is wise. She is thoughtful. She is practical. She is a pursuer. She is thirsty for knowledge of who God is and what his heart is for the people we encounter and for our team. And she is a woman who is passionate about life.
Caitlin: She is our worship leader on our team and has a heart filled with so much love and joy. She is honest, outspoken and enthusiastic. She brings so much laughter and life to this team.
Erica: Has a HUGE heart! She loves big and she is a woman who serves others well and finds so much joy in serving others. She is nurturing, compassionate, genuine, passionate, loving and so gracious.
Melanie: This girl was on team Freedom with me and I love her like a little sister. I am so blessed to have spent three months with her in Central America and I look forward to the many adventures we will have together in the months to come. She is a woman of joy and has a pure heart!
Kenra: Our team leader! I spent a month with her in Nicaragua and we bonded a lot that month over our insanity workouts at 6:00am and while we were sifting dirt to mix cement in the city of Leon. I love this girl for so many reasons. She is real, she is empathetic, humble, graceful and brings so much truth to this team. I am so blessed by her leadership!
Our ministry:
Our team is serving in an orphanage with 50 boys and 50 girls who were rescued from the slums of Northern Thailand. The girls here are at risk of being taken into sex trafficking and this orphanage seeks to combat that industry by providing for their basic needs, a place to sleep, food to eat and also an avenue to receive an education and to be discipled by the staff here. They uplift everything in prayer and are dependent on Gods provision for these needs and these needs are met. Guy our ministry contact told our team about a time when they did not know how they were going to be able to feed all 100 kids on the property the next day. So they prayed and by the end of the day Guy received a phone call from a local business that wanted to donate two trucks filled with broccoli. This ministry is a good example of what it looks like to be completely dependent on God to move and the staff here gives all the glory to God and they pray for everything.
Please pray for my new team,
-for our team to have unity
-for wisdom and discernment on how to honor our contacts and eachother
-for the transition into this new team.
-for finances. I am currently NOT fully funded, I still am in need of $2,000 in order to remain on the race. If you feel led to give in any way you can do so by clicking on the support me link on this blog. I also would really appreciate your prayers for the funds to come in.
Thank you so much for your prayers and your support!
