For 37 days I cut Coffee Coke and Cockiness for health reasons and so I could focus better on my relationship with God. I want to share with you what the Lord has been teaching me in my times of prayer.
What kind of legacy are you going to leave behind?
If you died tomorrow, what would people remember about you?
Would they remember how you died or how you lived?
These questions put me in a teaching mode with my children. I want to make sure that my children are taught everything that God wants them to hear from me. From faith, family, manors, Love, hate, sacrifice, hardship, education, dreams, service, compassion, persecution, relationships, sex, these are just a few things that God wants me to be my childrens teachers in these things.
God has carried my whole family through very difficult times over and over and over again. It has come to my understanding that we need to thank him in a big way. And in doing so we will be showing our 2 oldest children that there are always people in a more desperate situation then us. That God is in every corner of the world with the poorest of the poor. He is there giving them hope just as much as He gives us hope. This is a reality I want all of my children to understand in the fullest. It is a hard reality to see and comprehend so Rob and I will use a lot of prayer and discernment in deciding where and when and how old they will be. Missions has always been a huge part of our lives and we are trying to pass the legacy of the Great Commision on to our children as well.
God has opened a door for us to be on a missions team to Nicaragua this summer. We thought it was definately a good fit for us because its a week long. It is an evangelism team that includes skits, worship, feeding the hungry, and playing with kids. We thought that this would be a good first family missions trip with our 2 oldest. Robby and Jack are nervous about traveling to another country, but are excited about serving God. We are going with another family who has an 11 year old daughter. She went last year and was a very vital part of the team and reaching out to the children wherever they went. This was our final deciding factor in taking the boys. They love worship and telling others about Christ. Just this last week with all of the Easter festivities I ever heard Robby trying to preach to a little boy in my parents neighborhood. Jack passed out fliers to every family with kids in the neighborhood to our church's Easter egg hunt and a whole family of 5 came. Not only that but they are coming back this Wednesday. So proud!
How can you get involved?
We each need to raise $1200
A total of $4800 this includes our airfare and all the living and travel expences for the week. We need to have half of our money raised by the first of June.
We do have the extra expense of Passports this trip. The Boys need their first ones and Rob and mine expired a few years ago.
There are a couple ways you can be a part of our financial support team. You can give to us as a family or you can sponsor one of us. You can also donate supplies for crafts and things that we will be taking with us to do with the children there. If you would like support us please pray about the amount that the Lord would like you to give and if you can't give thats ok there are other ways to be involved.
We all need prayer teams both as a family and as individuals. So please consider being a Prayer Partner.
By suppoorting us in either capacity we will be your hands and feet and voices that will get to share the Gospel in Nicaragua. Here we are send us!
For more information please email or private message us on Facebook.
I am working on a facebook page that will give you more info on who we are serving with, who to make checks out to, financial updates, and prayer requests.
please look for it and start praying about helping send us.
Thank you Lord for this opportunity! Help us to be a beacon on a hill and the salt of the earth.
meg
What kind of legacy are you going to leave behind?
If you died tomorrow, what would people remember about you?
Would they remember how you died or how you lived?
These questions put me in a teaching mode with my children. I want to make sure that my children are taught everything that God wants them to hear from me. From faith, family, manors, Love, hate, sacrifice, hardship, education, dreams, service, compassion, persecution, relationships, sex, these are just a few things that God wants me to be my childrens teachers in these things.
God has carried my whole family through very difficult times over and over and over again. It has come to my understanding that we need to thank him in a big way. And in doing so we will be showing our 2 oldest children that there are always people in a more desperate situation then us. That God is in every corner of the world with the poorest of the poor. He is there giving them hope just as much as He gives us hope. This is a reality I want all of my children to understand in the fullest. It is a hard reality to see and comprehend so Rob and I will use a lot of prayer and discernment in deciding where and when and how old they will be. Missions has always been a huge part of our lives and we are trying to pass the legacy of the Great Commision on to our children as well.
God has opened a door for us to be on a missions team to Nicaragua this summer. We thought it was definately a good fit for us because its a week long. It is an evangelism team that includes skits, worship, feeding the hungry, and playing with kids. We thought that this would be a good first family missions trip with our 2 oldest. Robby and Jack are nervous about traveling to another country, but are excited about serving God. We are going with another family who has an 11 year old daughter. She went last year and was a very vital part of the team and reaching out to the children wherever they went. This was our final deciding factor in taking the boys. They love worship and telling others about Christ. Just this last week with all of the Easter festivities I ever heard Robby trying to preach to a little boy in my parents neighborhood. Jack passed out fliers to every family with kids in the neighborhood to our church's Easter egg hunt and a whole family of 5 came. Not only that but they are coming back this Wednesday. So proud!
How can you get involved?
We each need to raise $1200
A total of $4800 this includes our airfare and all the living and travel expences for the week. We need to have half of our money raised by the first of June.
We do have the extra expense of Passports this trip. The Boys need their first ones and Rob and mine expired a few years ago.
There are a couple ways you can be a part of our financial support team. You can give to us as a family or you can sponsor one of us. You can also donate supplies for crafts and things that we will be taking with us to do with the children there. If you would like support us please pray about the amount that the Lord would like you to give and if you can't give thats ok there are other ways to be involved.
We all need prayer teams both as a family and as individuals. So please consider being a Prayer Partner.
By suppoorting us in either capacity we will be your hands and feet and voices that will get to share the Gospel in Nicaragua. Here we are send us!
For more information please email or private message us on Facebook.
I am working on a facebook page that will give you more info on who we are serving with, who to make checks out to, financial updates, and prayer requests.
please look for it and start praying about helping send us.
Thank you Lord for this opportunity! Help us to be a beacon on a hill and the salt of the earth.
meg
