Countdown has started!

 

It is getting close to our team departure! I have already started to look at my packing list to see if I have everything, which I don't! But it will all come together soon. I was looking through some of the old pictures of previous trips. I came across 2019, my last time I worked in the medical clinics. I remember each of those pictures and experiences like it was yesterday. And it is also bitter sweet. It was the last year me and my dad went on a mission trip together. We have gone on so many trips together, and he has put the spirit of missions in my soul. So many stories he has of his trips has encouraged me to to want to do this. Not everyone can GO, but you can go out in your workplace, community, or locally with your church. You can also support your missions through church or just independently. 

I am looking forward to getting back into the clinics. I have to admit, I have a little fear. It has been a while. But God's got this!

Just volunteering is a show of God's love and grace. It just takes courage to step out and speak up. Trust me, that is not always easy and I have to defeat this fear everyday. Sometimes it is easy, but sometimes it can be scary. But God's got your back!

I usually have a prayer partner but the last few trips, I have not had a dedicated one. So as I prepare my heart for this trip, please be my prayer partner and pray for courage to speak, the words to say and the actions to move forward. Pray for our team to be safe while there and keep the illnesses away and for our return home. 

1 Chronicles 16:24; “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!”

Romans 10:13-15; “For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?  And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 

Blessings to all,

Not perfect

 

Not Perfect. God knows that is soooo true about me. I am not perfect. I would have to say that I am the "perfect" human. Yes. Humans make mistakes, everyday. I mess up daily, and more than one time a day. I hate that I am not perfect and that I mess up. And sometimes I beat myself up over the things that comes out of my mouth before my mind can say STOP!! Or those negative thoughts about me or someone else that pop into my head. (Especially when I am driving!). We all are human and mess up, no matter if you are a believer or not. The only difference.....

                I am forgiven. I am saved. We all are, but you have to believe. 

Just because I am a mess sometimes, doesn't mean that God can't use me. Believe it or not, He uses the unqualified more than the qualified. And when He calls you, I guarantee your response will be like mine...PANIC! I panic everytime God calls me to do something. And you may be like me too when you tell God, you got the wrong guy. Isn't that funny, telling God he's got the wrong guy when he knows all along who he wants in each task he has for us. 

When God calls you, you go. You don't need to figure it out. Just go and He will guide you. There are so many people that God is trying to reach and it just may be you that will reach them. And you are just the person to reach that one, the one God leads you to. Ephesians 2:10 says; "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

God's got you and me, through all the panic, through all scary times, but the reward is on the other side. To be part of the big plan, which we already know the ending too!

Blessings to all,