Good Morning Friends!!!!!
First I just want to say, forgive me for being MIA. I’ve been going through a lot as most of you know but I’M BACK!!! God’s working on me still. No surprises there. I’ve realized that a part of me really wants to recluse and run for the mountains. But I really want to be obedient regardless of how I feel at times. As I’m learning, feelings can be manipulated by others and also by the dark one.
With that being said, I need to have faith not only in my heart but also in my actions. Which means intentional daily action to do what I need to do to fulfill my funding goal so that I can be where I am called to be in 2020. So it looks like our Mission Launch date is October 2020. I am so nervous. And as 1 Corinthians 10:12 states “So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!”
Boy have I fallen, but I’m also growing A LOT. One thing I’ve really taken to heart in this last week is that to bear my cross means that daily I have to die to some form of my sin to be closer to God. I urge you to evaluate what sins are out of control in your own life. Talk to God about it. Seek in His wisdom. He’s the revealer of all. No fault is too great for Him to hear about or to conquer. Alas, in the last few months my fears have gotten the better of me but it is passing. Fear is dying and Faith is triumphant. God is and has always been my protector despite my own self-destruction and shortcomings. The revelations you seek only require your surrender.
So I WILL prosper despite my fears of the unknown, fear of rejection, and my disarming procrastination will find it’s proper place. 6 feet under the cross.
So here we go! Here’s the list of the countries I will be ministering in because of your generosity.
Costa Rica: We’ll be launching here and learning what Pura Vida looks like applied in life. In this area there is a lot of gang violence and poverty. The heart can not beat without first learning to give and receive by God’s instruction. Hearts will be revived and strengthened here.
Panama: When I think of Panama I think of Denise, vivacious and full of life.Bold! This is an area that is thriving and reclaiming itself as the capital. Here we’ll be met by indigenous peoples and South Asian immigrants. We’ll serve them on their coffee farms and through their next generation college student ministry.
Ecuador: Here we will be loving on special needs children and abandoned refugee children. Many of you have mentioned the political unrest of Venezuela. And the reality is that this has pushed many refugees into Ecuador as well. As a result, we will have many opportunities to love on these children and bring the Gospel of Jesus. My prayer is for healing in Ecuador.
Peru: Peru has an expansive terrain from the Andes mountains to the Amazonian jungle villages. With many ties to indigenous culture, here we will experience the Ruins of the Ancient Empire. In the roots of this culture we’ll deposit whatever God asks us to leave here with them.
Chile: We will unite with our brothers and sisters in Christ. While Chile is booming with believers they’re under-going their own revival in dispersing their missionaries. My goal is to use my training abilities to ignite with the Holy Spirit and activate within this revival.
Japan: While Japan is well known for holding strong to their traditions, the next generation is thirsting for a change. Much of Japan has not heard of the gospel and does not know the freedom by which the Spirit brings. We hope to share that freedom.
China: Despite the political unrest and persecution in China the church is exploding passionately. We hope to feed the fire of passion burning within their hearts
Vietnam: The population of Vietnam has become a destination for sex trafficking and labor exploitation. And while it is illegal to express our faith in Christ we will be dispersed to teach english within the community. Our hope is to walk alongside the people of Vietnam that have been met with this cruelty and bring an education to their minds but also to their hearts.
Cambodia: Genocide is a prevalent part of Cambodia’s history. However, it’s people remain generous in heart despite the violence transgressed against them. We’ll be partnering with local ministry to go out into the streets of Cambodia and meet them exactly where they are with the gospel on our tongues.
Malaysia: This is a country split by a peninsula.Not only is their a division in the land but a division in the people. The country is primarily Islamic and socially the community isolates and meets converts with great threat to their family life. Since the schools and nurseries lack diplomacy the oppression of Islam has reigned. But the people of Malaysia are eager for the gospel. We plan to bring new hope to them.
Indonesia: While the Indonesian people are subject to many social injustices they are seeking to evangelize in their communities. We will be providing the help of translation to bring the gospel in all its glory. Indonesia is on the verge of stopping exploitive labor of children. Praying for softened hearts of politicians. May they take the children out of the tobacco fields, put them in school where they belong and restore their childlike innocence.
