Inside a week

Thinking back to last years trip I can't help thinking about how it affected me. It was amazing and God really moved my spirit. As I was preparing for the trip I heard God speak to me clearly. He said if you do not hold back this year it will be mind, body, and soul altering. Made me think back to how I held back. Well he is right, when my emotions well up I alway try to maintain control. I can't always control but I do remember controlling my emotions on several occasions. So this year when I feel those emotions coming I am really going to try and let them happen and pray god will change my life for his purpose. So it is a warning that I may cry...lol.

All packed up and ready to go

Our team gathered together today and packed  14 suitcases with donations for our trip to Choluteca.  We have school supplies for the children of Limon, clothes for children from newborn to teenagers, multiple pairs of shoes, diapers and Spanish bibles  Everyone is so excited and can't wait to get up at 2:30 AM on Father's Day Sunday to head to the airport. 

My Prayer

I've been praying for God to rid me of my selfishness, my pride , and my ego as I journey to honduras. His Word tells us to "die daily" and I know i will need to be reminded of that. I want to let down my walls and soak up everything God wants to teach me.  I am praying for our team to experience Gods presence and serve the honduran people with the love of Christ.  I am looking forward to the friendships we will make. I went to garage sales today to collect items to take with us.
I was reminded how blessed we are with excess here in the united states. Thank you LORD.

8 DAYS....

In 8 days we leave for Honduras!! I can't believe it's so close. I am so excited! I KNOW this will be life changing. We have a great group going that I'm excited to share this experience with. I am looking forward to meeting new people and leaning their stories. I hope and pray that in some way I can touch people. Put a smile on their face. Let them know they are not forgotten and they are loved. 7 days of just serving God. That's just amazing. I still don't know where I am going to fit everything. I have collected so many items for the kids. I can't wait to pass them all out, that should put a smile on their face :-) The one thing I wish is I had more room. I'd do w/out extra clothing if I could but I'm not too sure the group would appreciate that. Lol. I have a lot of nervous energy. I have never left the county, except Canada but since we live in Michigan that really doesn't count. I am scared. Especially of the heat. And it's a far way from home to be honest. I don't want to get sick or sunburn bc I want to experience everything I can in the 7 days I'm there. I just keep praying. God is probably really tired of hearing about Honduras :-) He must be thinking "there must be something else this girl can pray for".. This probably is the most "grown up" thing I have ever done in my life. I know I will be forever changed by this experience and I hope the people I come in contact with will be too!!

A Church Distributed

Pastor Adam presented us with the idea of being a church distributed last night. I think sending our mission team to honduras is a good place to start with this new idea.  We dont necessarily need walls to be Elevate Church in Honduras.  Our team can present the Good News and love of Christ to the locals in our actions and words.

It's coming soon!!

In two weeks we will leave for Honduras. I am sooooo excited! I'm almost done packing. I have lots of goodies for the kids. I am also a little scared. It's going to take me way out of my comfort zone. But, you need to be stretched in order to grow. I am sure God will send the Holy Spirit to make our way for us. I have wore myself out preparing for the trip. I organized 8 trash bags of baby clothes... Then organized them again... Lol. I packed and then found a new carry on so I repacked. I have so many goodies for the kids I may have to take out some clothing :-) I have been blessed with great people on "Team Elevate". My goal for the trip is just to make people smile and remind them how important each and everyone them is. For a month I have ate, sleep and focused on this mission trip and now it's really almost time!! I know God will be with us and will lead us through this journey.

My 1st mission trip!

I"m feeling so blessed and excited to be heading to choluteca, honduras  in 2 weeks. I know it is all in Gods timing. I had been wanting to do this for a long time and God put me in a position to say yes to Him this year. I have no idea what to expect. I am just going with an open heart and letting it get filled up with Gods love in honduras. We are to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth so honduras can be my small start  at fulfilling the great commision.

It's almost time!

Less than 3 weeks till I leave for Choluteca, Honduras with our mission team of 14 from Elevate Church.  This will be my 3rd trip to Choluteca and I am as excited as ever!  We will be building a home for a family in Limon.  With the busyness of my last days of work at school and getting everything packed and ready to go I pray that the power of the Holy Spirit will empower me to jump out of my comfort zone and help me to be God's love in action to these people...lives changed, including mine!  Eph. 3:20