Monday, February 14, 2011

Just The Beginning

"Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
 Matthew 9:38

Dear Family and Friends!
We want to say thank you for your support and also bring you an update.  We are on track to be on the mission field in Cajamarca, Peru.  God is answering yours and our prayers by placing financial opportunities to support our mission.  We still are planning to leave the states in the middle of May and arrive in Cajamarca, Peru at the Villa Milagro Farm by the week of the 15th.
Praise the Lord!

It all began the summer of 2010.  Justin and I felt pulled to go on a Peru Mission trip with our church, Geyer Springs First Baptist Church.  We didn’t have the financial capability nor the experience as that was our first mission trip.  We prayed to our Father that we would sell our boat and use the funds to go.  Selling our boat was like taking a pacifier away from a baby.  Ugly and painful.  So we went!  No one can ever describe to you what you will experience on a mission trip.  They can try but what you receive from God is more powerful than words.  After coming back from that trip, we knew then that our lives had to change.  We had to spend more time in church, more time teaching the Word, and more time to further His kingdom.  So with a bunch of praying, crying, and praying some more we put our “dream” home and vehicles up for sale.  Having the large home, fully loaded vehicles, living the “American Dream” was costing us time away from the Lord.  We believe that we should live for our Kingdom in Heaven rather than chasing a Kingdom here on earth.