Our trip to Honduras is getting closer and closer. In less than a month, we will be getting on a plane in order to bring light and health to a poor country. We have been meeting every Tuesday, and with each meeting, we end in prayer, bringing our requests to our mighty God. Some of our prayer requests are:
That God will continue to provide for our team and help us raise support.
That God will touch the hearts of the Hondurans we are going to meet and that He will prepare them for His Good News.
That God will prepare our hearts and break them for his Hondurans.
That God will provide the pharmaceuticals that we need to bring with us on our trip.
That God will continue to unify our team and keep us safe as we are in Honduras.
Also, praise the Lord for our new team member Andrew!
Please take the time and pray for us! Prayer is the tiny nerve that moves the big hand of God. We believe in a faithful God who provides all of our needs. Praise Jesus for his provisions! We are truly excited that we get to be God's hands and feet. As we think about this Easter weekend and all that our Savior did for us, our only hope is that we glorify him as he deserves to be glorified. The reason we breathe, exist, work, go to school is to bring God glory. The best way to do this is through obedience to Him. Jesus says in John 14:15 that if we love him, we will keep his commandments. Jesus said "go" and you don't say no to Jesus. We choose to follow Christ because he calls us to do so. He tells us to deny ourselves, pick up our crosses, and follow him. Easter reminds us of Jesus' power over death, but it also puts a spotlight on the cross. Because of the cross, because of Jesus' suffering, because of his deep, abiding, powerful, beautiful love for us, we will pick up our crosses. We will follow Jesus to Honduras. We will follow him to the ends of the earth. We will follow him, even if it means we will lose it all.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Preparation - An Intro to Honduras
We are getting ready to go to Honduras- the 2nd poorest country in the western hemisphere - with World Gospel Outreach. Ninety-seven percent of its 8 million people are Roman Catholic, and three percent are Protestant. Tegucigalpa is our destination. It is the capital of Honduras with over 1 million people. In preparation, our group of medical and pharmacy students have been meeting for the past month and a half in order to get the logistics in place, to make sure we have our passports, to make immunization plans, and to figure out how this trip will be financed. Right now, we are in the process of raising financial support for each team member and getting meds to bring with us as we will be working at a clinic called "Rachel's Organization," providing health care to the poor.
The trip practicalities are being addressed. Likewise, the spiritual aspect of this trip is a focal point at our meetings. As Rich always says, "You don't become a missionary on the flight down." Thus, each team member is doing a 5+5 plan - 5 minutes in the Word and 5 minutes in communication with God so that as we physically prepare for the trip, God will prepare our hearts to do His will and further His kingdom. The only way we will be ready for this trip is by walking with God daily and seeking Him for all our needs. Jesus says if we remain in Him and he in us, we will bear much fruit (John 15:5), for we will be known by the fruit we bear (Matthew 7:16). Apart from Him, we are nothing but a piece of firewood. In Honduras, the Hondurans will recognize us by our fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness. In other words, they should see Jesus when they see us. However, we forget that we are in our mission field everyday - at work and at school. Everyone we come into contact with should see Jesus radiating from us, for we are "the light of the world - like a city on a hill that cannot be hidden" (Matthew 5:14). Therefore, Let our lights shine not only to the Hondurans but in our daily lives; let us glorify God daily and not just May 21 - 28. Let us live with eternity in mind rather than get caught up with worries of this present world. When it comes down to it, eternity is all that matters. Jesus is all that matters.
The trip practicalities are being addressed. Likewise, the spiritual aspect of this trip is a focal point at our meetings. As Rich always says, "You don't become a missionary on the flight down." Thus, each team member is doing a 5+5 plan - 5 minutes in the Word and 5 minutes in communication with God so that as we physically prepare for the trip, God will prepare our hearts to do His will and further His kingdom. The only way we will be ready for this trip is by walking with God daily and seeking Him for all our needs. Jesus says if we remain in Him and he in us, we will bear much fruit (John 15:5), for we will be known by the fruit we bear (Matthew 7:16). Apart from Him, we are nothing but a piece of firewood. In Honduras, the Hondurans will recognize us by our fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness. In other words, they should see Jesus when they see us. However, we forget that we are in our mission field everyday - at work and at school. Everyone we come into contact with should see Jesus radiating from us, for we are "the light of the world - like a city on a hill that cannot be hidden" (Matthew 5:14). Therefore, Let our lights shine not only to the Hondurans but in our daily lives; let us glorify God daily and not just May 21 - 28. Let us live with eternity in mind rather than get caught up with worries of this present world. When it comes down to it, eternity is all that matters. Jesus is all that matters.
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