Prayer Requests for the Trip

-Pray for safety. It is going to be obvious when we get there and it will be obvious who we are staying with. Julio (the pastor that we are staying with) was held for ransom about two years ago and one of our campers brothers was murdered last year when we were there. I know God will protect us if that's His will.

-That we will be a light to these people. They have heard the truth and so we feel like our goal is to go down there and serve them. We want that seed that was planted 5 or 10 years ago to start growing. We want them to see something different in us, and we believe we can do that by serving them. Pray that it never becomes about us, but that our focus is always on serving them...in any way.....

-That we will grow closer to Julio and his family while we are down there and encourage them in what they are doing (We are living with them while we are there). Julio has his degree and could be in a church in America, but he chose to stay in this tiny little beat down village. He has a wife named Luci (the c sounds like a k) and two little girls. They are always getting sick, and live in pretty bad conditions. I imagine that they often get discouraged, so we want to also serve them and encourage them in how they are living for the Lord....that's Luci in the picture teaching the Awana group.....


-That this will be a time when God tells us what He wants us to do with our lives...I know its a tall order to ask for, but we just want Him to make it clear to us if this is what we are supposed to be doing for the rest of our lives. Missions is in vain if its not His purpose for us, so we don't want to do something we are not supposed to be doing. Basically, please pray that He will write it on the wall for us where He wants us to serve and at what time He would like for us to go:)

Thank you so much for your prayers. We covet them and feel blessed that you would take your time to pray for us.

Please continue to check back and see any new prayer requests, or to find out about our trip. We leave June 27 and will return July 28th!!! We will try to post each day that we are there in order to keep you all updated on what is going on!