Hello Everyone!
Alright sooo.. I guess this is the part where I tell ya’ll a little about myself. So, here goes nothing! My name is Rachel and I am a down-home Oregon girl who is in love with the Creator of the Universe and the Savior of the world. I cannot get enough of the outdoors or that sweet summertime sunshine and I’m always up for doing anything that involves an adrenaline rush! I am also an ICU RN who just recently finished my bachelor’s degree, yayyyyyy!!!
I have always felt a call to missions ever since I was a little girl. I remember all my other friends pretending to be a Disney princess or playing with barbies, while I was imagining I was Jim Elliot deep in the Amazon jungle sharing Jesus with the local villages or Corrie Ten Boom helping Jews escape from the Nazis in the middle of the Holocaust. I can’t really explain how I feel the call of missions upon my life. Because I don’t just feel it, I know it. It is a part of me. It is something that God put in my heart so long ago that I don’t even remember a time when I didn’t feel His pull to missions.
Over the years I have began to step into this calling through short term mission trips. I have been to Mexico when I was younger on a mission trip with my youth group. My freshman year of college the Lord opened the door for me to be able to go to Colombia, South America for three weeks to minister with the local missionaries there in orphanages, schools, churches, even on the street corners. While I was in nursing school, God gave me the opportunity to be able to spend two weeks in the Dominican Republic on a medical mission trip serving the people in local clinics and doing anything from health education to cleaning and bandaging maggot-infested wounds. I know, nursing is so glamorous, right?
But when I look back on my life experiences so far, those moments in which most people would probably be revolted, being able to serve others just like Jesus did when He walked this earth.. to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, take care of the sick, love the unlovable. In those moments is when I felt closest to God. Those moments are when I feel like I’m walking out my calling on my life that God gave me.
And what could be worth more? No person, no material possession, no feeling, no emotion, even comes close to even being worthy to be compared to having an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Every day it consumes me more. His love draws me in daily. His passions are becoming my passions and His desires are sparking a flame in my soul. It is the most exciting thing!
I feel like God is preparing me daily to get ready for this 11 month journey. It is still four months away from when I leave, but I feel like what God is planning to do on this trip is very powerful and I do not take it lightly at all. I am asking you all for your support! I can NOT do this alone! I need every single one of you! Your prayers are worth more than you could ever know!
Billy Graham said, “The wonder and mystery of prayer is God waits until someone asks”. Prayer moves the very hand of God! Please be praying for His will for me and all my teammates and all the people that He would have us reach and minister to through these 11 months and 11 countries! (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nepal, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) I believe He is going to move in a mighty way! And I am SO excited to be a part of it!!! My fundraising goal is $17,617. This covers basically everything except for personal spending money for the ENTIRE 11 months, including flights and health insurance.
I know this is seems like a big goal but I have a BIG God! I hope you will prayerfully consider supporting me on my journey either financially or through prayer and encouragement or all of the above! I can not do this without you! Thank you so much for your time and consideration! God bless you and keep you in His tender love and mercy!
