God is good! Praise the Lord!
Each year, I pray and ask God if He wants me to lead a team on a mission trip. I feel the calling. Then each year, I pray and ask Him to please send the people, provide the resources, and cast His vision for His team. And then like the human being that I am I worry a little bit. Ok, maybe more. Then God moves, things happen, and I wonder why I ever worried at all. Matthew 6:25 "...do not worry...". Jesus evens commands us / me not to worry. Only He knows when I will learn this lesson fully.
Like I said, God has moved. He has called 17 people so far to participate in this year's mission to Guatemala. I am excited to have more young people on this team than in past years. God is calling the next generation to the mission field. We have more new people too. I'm excited to see what else He is going to do through our team. It is a blessing to be a witness to the story that God is writing and also to be a part of it.
So how far along is the team at this point? Good question.
We have had 3 meetings so far. Two meetings were to go over the trip information and start people on their individual checklists. We have handed out binders to hold the handouts, field guides to prepare them, gone over how to go about getting shots, building a team of people to support us through prayer, and if lead financially too. We have conducted two team buidling activities and completed our first training session of four.
Our next two meetings will occur in April. We have another team training meeting and an all day team buidling meeting. We are starting to get to know one another. We will get our prayer partners soon and start forming bonds with someone new on the team.
Thank you to everyone who is supporting us through prayer and resources. We are praying for you as well.
Stay Blessed!
