First off, my apologies for the lack of communication via blog these past few weeks. It’s hard to believe in one week we’ll be landing on American soil. And on July 30th I’ll finish debrief-the same date I finished the World Race one year earlier. It’s been an incredible two months here. I didn’t know I could enjoy leading a team so much. I didn’t know I could enjoy ministry so much. I didn’t know I could love so much.  Meet Chamar (name changed for privacy purposes).                (me and...

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”-Matthew 28:18-20 These verses, the Great Commission, are probably read and meditated on by every missionary. They are the reason to be a missionary. Jesus’ last words before He left earth. The emphasis is often on the go and make...

I just want to take some time to reflect and let all of you know how the Lord has answered our prayers! 1.  The second week we were here, Raelyn, Heidi, and I went on a prayer walk around our neighborhood. We passed many Hindu temples in peoples homes and received many many stares from the locals. We started praying that someone would see us walking around would invite us in. Minutes later we had an interaction with a sweet lady named Lupa. We communicated with her as best we could and found out she was a Hindu pastor. She asked if we were Christians and we said yes. We thought she...

            Each morning we take time to do something together as a team before the boys get home from school around lunchtime. Today we wrote letters to the boys. The first letter I wrote was to a special boy who’s made quite the imprint on my heart.             To give you an idea of my connection with this specific boy, here is a note from my team leader Heidi that she wrote to encourage me in this relationship. “Do for one what you wish you could do for a thousand.â€�...

Footsteps   The spark was lit when the immature 11 year old when on her first missions trip to Serbia. She thought it was going to be full of fun and games. Not quite. But the spark grew as she traveled to Nigeria twice, then to France, then to Nigeria again, then India for the first time and the next year India AGAIN!   People have asked me how I got my passion for missions, why I have a passion for missions, why India, and how did India come to mind. This blog is to answer some of those questions.   ‘How did I get a passion for missions.’ My testimony has a...

I Just Don’t Care  It’s the moment you don’t scream when there is a spider on your bed or around your bed. It’s the moment when you don’t freak out at the trail of ants leading to the spider that you killed earlier. (They did leave a nice clean spot after. They know how to clean there plates. 🙂 ) And it’s the moment you don’t have a spaz attack when a lizard enters your suitcase. It’s the moment when you just don’t care. You just don’t care that you may not have water for a shower, you just don’t care whether or not yo...