The titles we give one another separate us.
Pastor – up there on stage. Must live a blameless life.
Speaker – they are the ones allowed to speak.
Participant – they are the ones allowed inside.
Secret Service – they are – WOW! -have authority and know things and how to do things that we can’t even imagine…
Owner, Teacher, President, Actor…
THEY are…you name it. And it separates us, from them.
…
imagine this.
standing in the White House, a secret service agent stops speaking and his lips kind of purse, and his eyes kinda get watery – “Yes, I actually would love some prayer.”
And he has gone from secret service agent to human.
We are all human.
I started out this year with the goal of walking in obedience to Christ. And to be honest it hasn’t been easy.
Mostly because my team my inability to love others as I love myself.
And it hasn’t gotten easier with time or hard conversations – but, enough about my psychological observations and thoughts.
I like talking and thinking and writing about deep stuff, but I know you guys just want to know what I’ve been up to.
So here goes.
The last time I wrote a super comprehensive list of places we had gone and what we did was at the end of June during our 2nd debrief which happened in California.
Bend, Oregon: We went to Oregon and stayed with an alumni and his roomate and I came late because I stayed back in California to attend my Grandmothers funeral.
The team was doing community outreach – at the park when a tragedy happened and our teammate shattered his leg. The rest of the time in Bend was spent in hospital shifts caring for our teammate, team formation, talks with our host and his roommate and sweet fellowship with them.
Then we headed to Washington – and Ben went back to NorthCarolina.
Snohomish, Washington: We went to stay with an alumni who was living with their parents. And we had an amazing time getting to know his family, ministering and being ministered to by them. We made cookies and did listening prayer – wrote them out and attached them to the cookies – went out into the surrounding neighborhood(s) to ask if we could pray for them and invite them to bonfire worship. We made homeless packets with listening prayer attached and went out to a place known for proliferate homelessness and walked the streets praying for and hearing peoples stories. We went to the mall and wrote listening prayers for people and put it into merchandise all over the mall. We also stopped and prayed for people throughout the day.
Then we had our worship bonfire night with some neighbors that came – and later had an alumni reach out night and met alumni from Washington and got to hear their stories and pray for them – and just spend some good time fellowshipping.
Sammamish, Washington: After that we left and the alumni we’d stayed with joined us! We headed off to spend a few nights at Alleigh’s godparents. There we had some team formation meetings, spent time getting to know this amazing couple, got to attend their married people small group – and got to see them pouring themselves out and encouraging the young people – it was so kewl!
We also ended up having our windshield shatter on us and got to spend a few more days there being ministered to by the sweet couple hosting us!
During that time we also got to go into Seattle as a team and work on our unity.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: The entire squad met up in the park – and we spent time one on one with the Lord – with teammates – in nature – with other National Park visitors – and with Rolling Revival who came out to spend time with us!
They encouraged us and shared all the kewl things the Lord had been doing, and showing them as they traveled back and forth across the USA and all the connections they were able to make and help make!
My heart was to reach out to the campground around us – so I was super encouraged to have the squad join me and go out one day to invite every single campground in the camp we stayed in (over 100) to come to a campfire worship night.
Two couples ended up coming out and we had an amazing evening of sharing stories, worshipping, and prayer.
When the night ended they invited us to their cabin in the Tetons (our next unhoused stop) to stay with them! – Where we got to continue our time with them, hearing their stories and sharing ours.
Berthoud, Colorado: We got to spend time with two missionaries that had been in Uganda. A racer had passed through their house (Couchsurfing) and had suggested them as a host – so they’d reached out to invite us!
It was an amazing time of visiting campuses and doing prayer walks – stopping and sharing the gospel with people on the street there and at other cities nearby, visiting churches and worshipping with them, and doing evangelism throughout different places in Berthoud, Loveland, Denver, and nearby places we passed through.
We spent every morning in worship and prayer, and every evening reading a book (God’s Smuggler) together as a team.
Woodland Park, Colorado: We got to stay with Coaches of the WorldRace – they totally pampered us and made space for us as we prepared for our Event “Encounter” in Springfield, MO. We spent time as a team praying for the event – and a few of us got to go to the nearby YWAM aquaponics base and serve them for two days.
Springfield, Missouri: We got there and spent a day preparing for the event – creating posters, setting up rooms, and doing last minute things – and praying!
Then we had this event for alumni and their friends and family and people in the city to come, be poured into, encouraged, stirred up – and evengelize in the city together!
We had about 80+ people come out – the event was in the park and at the DreamCenter (who so so so gracious – and generously took care of us and served us way above anything we could have asked or imagined!). We had two days of prayer and speakers and talking and worshipping and evangelizing –
and then the event I spent a year preparing for was over.
We spent a few days with our host listening, gleaning, encouraging, and visiting the biggest BassPro shop ever – and then we were off again.
Quincy, Illinois: We got to go spend time with Lauren’s family – and I spent a lot of time playing with her niece – and her Mom and her Dad.
For me it was a few days of rest and being filed back up. And if you have read any of my other blogs, it was more space where God continued to redefine family for me.
We also spent time being intentional with each other as a team. One on one meetings, talks, and prayer/praise meetings.
Here – the other team left us for Indianapolis Indiana…
Saint Joseph, Michigan: We were now on ATL time and we prayed and decided to head to my teammates (original ASquad!!!) house!
There we got to help a friend of theirs (and now mine!) in Benton Harbor. She lives there and does things to bring hope to a place that lacks a lot of support by others.
We spent a day weeding and harvesting and cleaning up a community garden she planted, and got to see the neighborhood receive the blessings she’s sowed in for!
We also got to help paint the majority of a house in her neighborhood in real need of painting before the winter came! (poor house…we took a two tone house and left it a 5 tone house – because it was unfinished …)
We also got to help our host paint a room in his house that needed painting!
Columbus, Ohio: We got to go spend two days with our other teammate Ambers house! Meet her parents and receive their generosity of food and housing! There we went out and saw the city and picked up thrift store clothes – then we headed off to our next place as the other team stayed and did ministry there!
Berea, Ohio: We got to stay with an Alumni and her husband and their two little boys in the middle of a college town. There we did street evangelism and prayer walks and formed relationships with students, neighbors, and people from the Bethel church there. We also went into town and prayed over a school opening in a poorer and less cared for part of the city. We also got to go to a huge hospital in Cleveland and pray over/ through the different spaces (as we walked around and interacted with people for half a day).
Our relationships with each other and our hosts became super tight.
We did not want to leave when it came time.
Medina, Ohio: The entire squad came back together for our third debrief where my LandingZoneParents came out to debrief, teach, and encourage us.
It was really good and our hosts – World Race alumni – also got time to share their stories with us and invited us into serving them on their property, held an alumni bbq meet up, and joined us in the city square to worship and pray for the city.
They cared for us so well – and we got to help them with their massive beautiful property!
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Our team was supposed to go to Marysville OH – but the host had gotten a new job and wasn’t able to host us – so we all got to go to Bongiorno Conference Center and help with Rethink Retirement!
WOW! What an amazing time to sit with people in or considering retirement – call forth the champions – see healing happen – receive healing, discuss life and God and pray for one another, be challenged and challenge others, and serve until late into the evening!
Fairfax, Virginia: We got to spend a few days with Alleighs family. Time to just serve and listen to her family, to see the White House where we got to tour it and pray for secret service agents – and walk the streets and ride the subways of Washington, D.C. and talk with and pray with people and each other.
Chattanooga, Tennessee: We arrived late late late last night and I dont know what we will do yet –
But we are in two houses – and when we came in the house, our host (a 1st generation WorldRacer) said, “I hope you don’t mind, but I thought you guys might need some space. So I have a room for each of you.”
WOW…so Im laying on my multicolored, multiple pillowed bed, in a room with my own fireplace and bathroom (good old victorian houses) writing this blog!
Hope you got a small scope view of what we have been up to!
Sometimes I’ve been too exhausted to move – (like last night after we had a 7am – midnight drive day) – and other days I’ve had time to sit in a coffee shop and contemplate what a normal day of habits and obedience could look like when I’m not living out of a bag and a van.
Today was a rest day – so I slept in and took a shower and walked up and down the stairs at least 7 times before I finally settled down to share this.
I know it’s bare bones…but it gets hard to try and regurgitate the 24/7 recounting of a life that is not a week of ministry – but the last 254 days straight of being ministry day in day out – what is a day off? what does that even mean? do we even have permission for that????
My teammate wrote a blog that I identified with a lot. About the fear of being judged by others – it was so good – and you can read it here if you want to understand part of the metal struggle that we can go through!
Thanks for reading!
Thanks for praying!
Thanks for joining me this year!
If you want to know what to pray for right now:
Please pray for continued unity. Almost daily theres been spiritual attacks that have almost torn our team apart.
I know this post has SO MUCH INFO – but if you are a glutton for info…
Below is a summary of the time on the American race (in two blogs) by my teammate Alex, and some summary stuff by Melissa:
Great Is Your Faithfulness Series: Introduction
Posted in World Race America by Alexandria Klimkoski on 6/25/2019
The last 6 months have flown by which means I am behind on updates from this crazy adventure around the United States stirring up the American church. So with that being said I have decided to start the….
Great Is Your Faithfulness Series: This will be a series of blogs about all that God has done in each city we have visited in the last 6 months.
Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
This is a current overview of the 6 out of 11 months. I will be elaborating in future blogs about each city and what God was/is doing there.
Asheville, North Carolina– We stayed in a homeless shelter. We shared testimonies, shared the gospel, and loved others. We saw God move in powerful ways in the lives of those around us.
Black Mountain, North Carolina– We stayed with a missional community and partnered with a local church called United. We were hosted by Andrew. We helped them move buildings, stacked wood, helped them fundraise for a mission trip to Columbia, and got to be together as a team for the first time. We saw God move in the way the community lived so devoted to Jesus.
Charlotte, North Carolina– We stayed with Corbyn’s family. We just stayed for one night, but we were able to do some worship with her family, which was awesome. We also did an alumni reach out while we were there. We saw God move in the lives of the gap year alumni we met up with while we were there.
Aiken, South Carolina– We stayed with Zach and Hannah. We met with local missionary families, spoke at a church, and spent time with our hosts. We saw God move in the lives of our hosts, as they began to pursue a new path the Lord was calling them into.
Columbus, Georgia– We stayed with Sara. We helped paint a church, helped sort clothes for a clothing bank, and helped lead a worship night. We also had an alumni meetup in Atlanta and I was able to meet up with a squamate from my last trip. We saw the Lord move during the worship night when military men started asking hard questions about faith while serving our country.
Jacksonville, Florida– We stayed with Karen. We spent time hanging out with Karen, helping at a local school, helping rebuild a fence, and sharing testimonies. We also had an alumni meetup and we also spent time with the Haverkos family, we saw God move in our relationship with Karen and our time spent in community with her.
Orlando, Florida– We stayed with Ruth. We volunteered with a conference, attended the Send, had an alumni reach out event, and connected with local alumni. We saw the Lord move in the crazy amount of believers at the Send. It was absolutely incredible to hear over 60,000 people singing the name of Jesus.
Panama City, Florida– We stayed at Laguna Beach Christian Retreat. We partnered with Samaritan’s Purse and helped with disaster relief efforts from the recent hurricane. We pulled down sheet rock, swept up insulation, sprayed for mold, and got to love on the homeowners. We saw the Lord move in the lives of the homeowners who not only got help with their homes but also felt seen and loved.
Childersburg, Alabama– We stayed with Dosson’s family. We spoke at his church, got to spend time with his family, handed out bags of donated things to the homeless community, met up with other alumni, and spoke at high old school. We saw the Lord move in the lives of Dosson’s family.
Pensacola, Florida– We stayed at a local church. We had our first team debrief and got to meet our coaches for this team. We had team discussions and gave insight as to what the trip had looked like up until that point. We gave feedback and were able to hash out kinks in the system. We also held a carwash to help fundraise as a team. We ended up bringing in close to $800. We saw the Lord move through the financial provision for our team in an unexpected way.
Houston, Texas– We stayed with Joe and his team. We spent our days learning about their discipleship training and the evenings were spent going out into the community and living out that training. We saw the Lord move in the community they live in. It was evident the impact they had on their community through their dedication to making disciples.
Katy, Texas– We stayed with Amber M’s family. We got to hang out and spend time with each other and her parents, and we got to pray over her uncle before he went to surgery. We saw God in the generosity of her parents and the love of their family.
Lake Charles, Louisiana– We stayed with Henry and Loretta. We were hosted by Amber. We spent our days helping Church of the King get ready for an event, helped with a food pantry, and spoke to the youth. We lended a helping hand wherever it was needed. We saw the Lord move in the lives of our hosts. They loved us so well and I consider them family now!
Lake Travis, Texas– We stayed with Delk. We only stayed for the night but we got to do some worship in the park while we were there. We saw God move through the provision of having a place to stay that night.
Austin, Texas– We stayed with Carmen. We did ATL during our time in Austin. For me that looked like spending time with my sister, interceding, meeting up with other families doing mission work in the area, and alumni reach out. We saw God move through our time spent with alumni and their families.
Bonham, Texas– We stayed at a local church and our host was Catia. We got stuck in the mud in pecan gap and met Ed. We helped with a local food pantry, spoke at churches and youth groups, hung out with our amazing neighbor Rex, and did some manual labor too. We saw God move through Ed in Pecan Gap. That small town will always have a piece of my heart and the people we got to meet there are incredible. If you ever get lost, make sure to do it in Pecan Gap!
Nocona, Texas– We stayed with my family. We spoke at Montague County Cowboy Church, hung out with my family, and fished! (You guys know how much I love to fish!) We saw God move through the obedience of the team and their humility.
Pawnee, Oklahoma– We stayed with Ashlee. We helped with grounds keeping on the camp they run, helped with worship for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and got to help out with whatever they needed. We saw God move through the dedication of these guys and their heart for the Native American community.
Wichita, Kansas– We stayed with Mary Beth (Melissa’s squad mate) We did alumni reach out while we were there. Through spending time together, the alumni in the area decided to create community they had been looking for. We saw God move in the alumni and the action they were taking to create what they had been looking for but unable to find. Dosson and I visited Kristen (or better known as Kricket) our squad mate. We got to meet her family and see where she grew up!
Amarillo, Texas– We stayed with Melissa’s parents! We spoke to the youth group and multiple small groups. We hiked the lighthouse, spray painted the Cadillacs, and visited the Cake Company. We saw God move while we were at lunch and got to share with a woman about what we were doing. (A huge table with a bunch of random people who don’t look like family is a great ministry tool!)
Glorieta, New Mexico– We stayed with Hannah and Daniel. We helped do dishes for 800 people, housekeeping, volunteered at a Bethel concert, and did yard work. We also did an alumni meetup and a worship night. We saw God move in our team as we began to find unity within our group.
Grand Canyon, Arizona– We camped during our time there. We did evangelism and had a worship night. We saw God move through the people of the Grand Canyon. After sitting and looking at the view, my teammate thought, “It would be better if there weren’t so many people.” She heard God in that moment gently say, “But they are my favorite part.” It changed how we viewed the crazy amount of people we encountered there.
Flagstaff, Arizona– This is where we started our ATL time. From this point on we had no scheduled ministry or even a place to sleep. We would pray and ask the Lord where to go and follow. We were on our way to the Walmart parking lot when we came upon the most beautiful campsite.
Sedona, Arizona– We camped here. The Lord provided a tent and awesome campground owners. We saw the Lord use us to encourage the workers and build intimacy within our own team of 6.
Las Vegas, Nevada– We headed here before we had anywhere to stay. The Lord provided us with the YWAM base there. We did ministry on the strip, specifically loving on the show girls. We saw God move on the strip and at the YWAM base.
Chula Vista, California– We stayed with Josh’s family (Dosson’s college roommate). We got to hang out with family and encourage them. We also got to meet his Aunt Mary who wrecked us and then invited us to stay with her. We got to see God move through Dosson and his relationship with Josh’s family.
Encinitas, California– We stayed with Aunt Mary and Uncle John. We got to be a part of her ministry and meet some of her community. We did beach ministry. We saw God move among our team as Mary stirred up our hearts and, in her life, as well.
Vista, California– We stayed with Bethany and Shawn (alumni). They had saw our van with the World Race logo on the side at church and left a card with their information on it. We stayed with them in their RV and saw God use Bethany in a women’s group. We got to meet her community, pray, and encourage them.
Indio, California– We stayed with Jess’s family. We got to meet up with the whole team and hang out together. We got to hang out with Jess’s family and friends while we were there too. We got to see God move through Jess. Seeing the way she loves her family and friends so well looked so much like Jesus.
Ridgecrest, California– We stayed with Lindsay and Brooke. Brooke is an alumni and we got to come alongside her in FCA, she recently became the area representative. We also got to help Lindsay with her anti human trafficking ministry. We saw God move in Brooke’s family and the city of Ridgecrest through there 24-hour prayer house ‘The Lighthouse’.
Roseville, California– We stayed at an alumni’s house. Teresa our mentor flew in and we had debrief for four days and spent time together as a two teams. God reminded us all of everything he has done in the last 6 months and we got to rejoice in those memories and pray about the future and what He has for us for the second half.
I will be continuing the Great Is Your Faithfulness Series weekly! So please subscribe for updates and more details about the last 6 months!
I am still fundraising, I have $5,537 left to raise!
I am so grateful to everyone that has supported me thus far. If you haven’t had a chance to sow into what we are doing here in America, I am asking you to prayerfully consider clicking donate above. Any amount helps!
Love & surrender,
Alex
Check out this video of testimonies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u77icgdaxr8
Great Is Your Faithfulness Series: Texas
by Alexandria Klimkoski, 7/11/2019:
We have visited 7 different cities in Texas for various reasons and I want to give you a glimpse of our time in a few of them!
Our first stop in Texas was Houston.
Our team worked with an organization called The Keystone Project.
A World Race Alumni and one of my dear friends Calli is the one who got us in contact with the ministry. She had moved and started working there after the race and was excited to invite us into it.
Our ministry was AWESOME. Our contact lived in a part of the city I didn’t even know existed.
Fun fact, Houston represents nearly 50 nations and we were living smack dab in the middle of them. There are tons of immigrants and refugees from Burma, China, Vietnam, Venezuela, Trinidad, Malaysia, Afghanistan, just to name a few.
Our host lived in one of the apartment complex’s that was filled with a large number of immigrants. And our ministry was to make connections with them, get to know them, and share the Gospel with them. The Keystone Project focuses on making disciples. Making disciples in this particular part of the city is important because most of these people have families in other countries and by reaching one person, there is the potential to reach all of the nations.
As most of you know I lived in Malaysia for a month and it was so cool to step back into that culture and connect with people through my experiences in their home country. We met a family one night just walking through the complex. There was a women and child on their balcony and they waved at us, so of course we took that opportunity to visit with them. They welcomed us in so graciously and their hospitality was second to none. They were Muslim and had come to America from Malaysia. I was able to show them pictures from my trip and see the joy on their faces when they saw a familiar place. It was an awesome way to connect with them, a lot of the people I met, missed their home and their families and lit up talking about it. I never would have guessed that my experience over a year ago, hundreds of miles away from Texas, would be brought back up, but God most certainly did, and he used it to love on His children in Houston. That night we sat and fellowshipped with complete strangers that didn’t have the same beliefs or culture, but we had the same desire to be heard and seen. Our differences didn’t keep us from encouraging them, listening to them, and loving on them. They knew we loved Jesus and they asked questions about Him and our beliefs. Though we didn’t see salvations that night, we still saw relationships being built and love being shown even through our differences.
Leaving Houston, we stopped in Katy to visit with my teammate Amber’s family. They were absolutely incredible, they took us in for a few days. We got to meet and get to know her parents and she got to show us around her hometown. We also had the opportunity to pray healing over her uncle and spend time together as a team.
A few weeks later we went to Austin!
Austin was such a blessing to me, we stayed with an Alumni, Carmen, that has started a foster care ministry. And she is BOMB. She is young, driven, and so full of love for kiddos. We did ministry with her for a couple of days. Her ministry is called Home Austin, the ministry exists to help children and families involved in Foster Care. And their goal is to see a world where every kid is in a safe and loving home! I encourage you to support them by click the link and learn more about their mission!
Fort Worth!
We were only in Fort Worth for two nights and we stayed at my brother and sister in law’s house! We were only in Fort Worth to pick up our teammate at the airport, but we made the stop worth our while. I had my mother and college friend drive up and I found a wedding dress and then my brother had a cookout for my team and we spent time with his community group. My brother Eythan has a business/ministry of his own. He is a super talented wood worker that founded Hidden Scripture Design and their primary goal is to spread the word of God through means of handmade creation. Each piece of furniture comes branded with a bible verse located in an inconspicuous place with hopes that someone will find it at the right time, look it up, and be encouraged. My team and I were immensely blessed by their hospitality! I love them both more than words can say and I am beyond proud of their business and pursuit of the Lord.
HOMETOWN! My team got to visit Nocona and stay with my family. (My parents were rock star’s for letting 12 people crash at their house!) It wasn’t for long, but my team impacted my family and Montague County Cowboy Church by sharing their testimonies and their faith in Jesus. Thank you to MCCC for inviting us to speak during your Wednesday night service, God is moving through you all and it is so evident to the people around you.
Our last stop in Texas was Amarillo!
Amarillo is my teammate Melissa’s hometown. Our time there was crazy busy but so fun. Our first night there Dosson and I went to Melissa’s parent’s small group with them. We fellowshipped over food and got to share our story. They were so supportive and loved us so well. We had a day of adventure, we woke up that morning and hiked up to Lighthouse in Palo Duro Canyon then spray-painted cadillac’s at Cadillac Ranch. It was such a short and sweet time!
Thank you for reading my newest update, Great Is Your Faithfulness Series: Texas edition!
I am $5,437 away from being fully funded. If you would like to sow into this mission to bring revival to America click donate above or venmo me at Alexandria_klim
Your finance support and prayers are vital to this ministry and I would love to share this call with you.
With love & surrender,
Alex
If you got this far…you should also read this blog by my teammate Melissa, because it really sums up what joining us means…
A Letter to my Supporters
By Melissa Jordan, 9/7/2019
So, I’ve been trying to figure out how to thank you for all the support over these last couple of years. I thought about making a video, or even just posting something of me talking, but I remember just how much some of you stated you enjoyed reading my blogs. So I decided to write this blog to let you know just how much it means that you chose to partner with and support me. So without further ado…
Over the last 2 1/2 years, together we have raised over $26,000! I wanted to share with you all what that actually did…
It sent me out to 12 different countries, 25 states, and over 60 U.S. cities.
What did that look like? It looked like sharing the gospel. Be it preaching in a church in Panama, on a street in the Philippines, or talking to J at the homeless shelter in North Carolina, these last 2 years have been full of sharing the story of Jesus.
It looked like building projects and manual labor. From building a soccer field in Guatemala, to yard work in Portland, to building a play set for a family in Indianapolis, there has been some long lasting work done. You have helped bring change to many different people and communities around the world through your gift.
It looked like feeding the hungry. From passing out food in a village in South Africa, to serving hot food from the back of a truck in the Philippines, to serving in a food bank in Bonham, Texas, to serving meals to the homeless in Phoenix… You played a part in making all those things happen.
It looked like teaching. I loved being able to use my art to help teach children English. It didn’t matter if I was in Guatemala or Indonesia, I was able to find a way to make learning fun and break the language barrier.
It looked like Evangelism. No, I didn’t stand on a street corner with a bull horn, but I did tell people about Jesus Christ. Whether it was driving around in the van and being asked about it, or painting a mural in Malaysia and being able to share our faith with the business owner, we were constantly sharing about the hope we have with those around us.
It looked like Women’s Ministry. We held events in Panama and Cambodia that helped create a desire for christian community among the women there. We came alongside women here in the states, like Elaine and Zaria, and got to encourage and uplift them. We walked alongside women in the homeless shelter in North Carolina that experienced hearing the voice of the Lord for the first time, and saw hope returning.
It looked like Children’s and Youth Ministry. From traveling to a village in Panama to put on a children’s program, to living in a children’s home in Lesotho, to helping out with youth groups here in the states. Your generosity allowed me to be able to go into these places and share the love of Christ with the next generation.
It looks like Anti-Trafficking Ministry. In Swaziland, I went out on Valentine’s Day and share with a couple women what love can look like. In Thailand, I walked the streets at night and prayed over not only the women but also the men who needed it too. In the U.S. I’ve met and talked with women involved in A21 (a global anti trafficking nonprofit) and just encouraged them in the work they are doing.
It has looked like Homeless Ministry. Whether it was buying bread for the children on the streets in Cambodia, or going with the dream center in LA to skid row and handing out snacks, homeless ministry has played a huge role in what I have been doing out on the field.
It has looked like Music Ministry. Music is fun in any language, so it really helped break barriers overseas. Not to mention the blessing it is to help foster an atmosphere of worship everywhere we go. Whether singing children’s songs in Indonesia, worshiping on the beach in California, or just strumming in the living room in Alabama, music has been an integral part of this journey.
It looked like art ministry. I was able to do murals in 3 countries overseas. We were able to walk women through healing during Beauty For Ashes events where we use art to break the language barrier. I have been able to bless people through prophetic art pieces during fundraising and as gifts for hosts during this trip. I’ve also been able to use art as an evangelical tool to help open up conversation with others about God.
It has also looked like Disaster Relief. We were able to go help home repairs needed after a hurricane came through in Panama City, Florida.
And that’s not even half of what has been made possible because of your willingness to support me in this kingdom journey. I have been so blessed to be able to do the things I’ve done, but there have been bonuses too.
Bonuses like being able to see smiling faces like these.
Bonuses like being able to have wild adventures along the way!
Bonuses like these incredible views.
And the biggest bonus of all is the people that will always hold a place in my heart.
I have so much to be thankful for but I want you to know how thankful I truly am for you. I thank God for you, because without you none of this would have been possible. You chose to partner with me in this calling the Lord has placed on my life. You chose to invest yourself, through the resources the God has given you (your energy, your prayers, and your money), in this work that God has called me and that means the world to me. I could not have done this without you.
You may not have known but you also played a part in growing me to trust the Lord’s provision. To trust that He is good and He does provide, because there were times on this that I definitely doubted that. When I left in January for this trip, I had $12 in my bank account. Yet here I am, 9 months later, and still wanting for nothing. Through donations like yours I have seen the love of God towards others and towards myself. Thank you. Thank you for your obedience. Thank you for you generosity. Thank you for everything. I pray that God overflows the baskets when He repays you for your faithfulness. God bless you!
