I can't believe it has almost been a year since I fell off the blogging wagon. It was a sudden stop mid Mexico trip update when life honestly just overwhelmed me. We had a few bumps along the road last summer and I had to let something drop. BUT, God is faithful. He has continued to carry us through the bumps while bringing us closer to Him. Now as He is calling us to step into one exciting summer we are gathering up our prayer warriors and rebooting the blog to relay prayer requests and trip updates (as well as some day to day moments.)
Here is a bit of an intro to what's ahead...
Dear Friends and Family,
Summer is quickly approaching, and as we anticipate warmer days and a slower pace, we are also excited about upcoming mission opportunities. The purpose of this letter is to share with you our next steps in this journey.
As many of you know, last summer Mark, Sophie and I traveled with twenty-nine others from our church to partner with Back2Back ministries in Monterrey, Mexico. Many of you partnered with us in both prayer and support, and for that we are eternally grateful. Through this trip, we learned that Back2Back is an amazing ministry dedicated to serving orphans and their caregivers by showing them tangible examples of Christ’s love. Just a few of the many examples are how Back2Back (along with strong partnership) provides psychologists and tutors for the children to help them overcome some of the monumental deficits from their already tough circumstances. Since bringing on the psychologist at the orphanage we visited, six children and their families have been reunited after months of working specifically to educate these parents on the importance of parental support and family structure. They have helped these families shuffle work schedules and reach out to extended family for assistance to give these children the stability that family can provide. (You can see more of what Back2Back is about by visiting Back2Back.org.)
This year, God is leading our family on numerous short-term mission trips. He is leading Mark and I to visit our longtime friends who are now long-term missionaries overseas with a population unreached by the gospel, He is leading Mark and Suzann (my mom) back to Barranquilla, Colombia with E3Partners- this year Sophie will be going alongside, also He is leading me back to Monterrey. However, this time I will have a new “traveling buddy.” Yes, Haleigh will have her first opportunity to serve God outside of the US. Our self-professed future missionary will have the opportunity to live out her favorite Bible verse, Acts 1:8, “… and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
This year’s trip (June 13 - 19) to Back2Back looks incredibly different from last year’s. First, Mark will not be going, and this alone puts me way out of my comfort zone. Second, the close-knit women from our community group will also be staying home, so that their husbands can find out first hand what God is doing in Monterrey. We are eager to see how this further evolves our community group dynamic. And finally, our Back2Back trip is only one week after returning from our overseas trip. SO, we need your prayers!!!
Please know that each of you are precious friends and family and we covet your prayers. In fact, as the trips draws closer, we would like to send you specific prayer requests. Also, we would like to commit to better partner with you by sharing our experiences of how God is using our feet on foreign ground with your prayers backing us to be part of His story. I will be restarting our family blog… neveradullmomentcall.blogspot.com to allow for timely prayer requests and updates. Also you can send me an email if would would prefer email updates (call619@att.net.)
Thank you in advance for your prayers and love! We look forward to updating you on the blessings you will be part of!!
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