Brazil trip

We are preparing for our trip to Brazil for INFORM. Please keep us in your prayers. We will be there for almost 3 weeks.

Back from Paraguay

Everyone made it back from Paraguay safely. The team shared their experiences and pictures at church. It was great!

Update from Paraguay

I received a short email from Amy this morning. She said that today the group working at the daycare will be dressing the children in the new outfits that we purchased for them. They pray for that child silently as they get each child dressed. She also said that part of the group would be painting the outside of the daycare where the flower beds are and putting in soil and planting today.

I have not heard an update on how the church building is going or how the medical clinic is going, but I am sure that it is going good. Amy said that they all line up to check their email every night, so they do not have much time to email much. I can hardly wait to hear how everything went Sunday. You will not want to miss that and the great pictures from the trip.

Please continue to lift of prayers for the team, the children and workers at the daycare, the people who come to the medical clinic, the people who come to the worship services, the Toba Indians, the people who will be a part of the church our team is building, and the country of Paraguay.

Paraguay Mission Trip 2009

Please keep Amy and Eli in your prayers for the next 2 weeks. They leave with our church on Thursday for a mission trip to Paraguay. They and the rest of the team will have a blessed time.

Have a great Easter!

We pray that your relationship with God has grown closer this Easter than the last.

Here is a great Easter video we thought you might enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-r-M_dORk0

Praise God! He makes all things new!

Imperfection and Unworthiness

One of the big struggles in this process that I went through (and sometimes still go through) is the feeling of unworthiness.

My devotion today shared a great verse:

"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done" (Ecclesiastes 11:4 NLT)

I continue to realize that it is not about me, but it is about God. He is in control. As I continue to grasp this concept, fear and worry disappear. It really is the peace that passes understanding.

Praise God!

Being A Servant

I love this quote from John Wesley:

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."

I pray that God will help us to become that kind of servant.