I'm a summer missionary!

Hello!! I'm Leah. Welcome to the blog! I'm headed to the Philippines this summer on what is called a Nehemiah Team. I'll be on a team of four going to Camotes (group of four islands east of Cebu - see map below) to let God use us anyway He pleases! It's going to be an amazing experience! Go to http://www.nehemiahteams.com/ to find out more about what the Nehemiah Teams are and what they do.

If you would, my team greatly covets your prayers as we are going into the mission field. Pray that this will be a trip overflowing with the Holy Spirit's presence and that we will have the sense not to get in the way of how God is working. If you're a Christian, YOU are on mission, too (Matthew 28:19)! Accordingly, I'd like to pray for you - so let me know how God is working and ways that I can be in prayer for that work.

Not to be exclusive, I'd like to assure non-Christians reading the blog that prayers are being lifted up for you all the time. There are so many people who are passionate about YOU knowing this great Love that has found us in Christ Jesus. My prayer is for mercy to be poured out into your life, for God to show His power in your everyday circumstances and for all the glory to go to Him. Jesus loves you recklessly, completely, and perfectly (John 3:16)!

More good news! My friend, Rebekah, is all set for her mission trip to Ghana (in West Africa) this summer!! After much prayer, God has assigned two students to her team! Our God answers prayer (1 Kings 18:24).

"'Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?'...'You see the trouble we are in...Come, let us rebuild the wall[.]'...I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me and what the king had said to me. They replied, 'Let us start rebuilding.' So they began this good work" (Nehemiah 2:3, 18).

GO ON MISSIONS: There's an opportunity to serve in my neighborhood this very weekend!! Eight Days of Hope is a missions organization that began to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina and hasn't stopped since. This organization would love your help in Tupelo, MS, anytime from tomorrow, April 16, until this Sunday, April 20. Their main mission is home building and repair, but they can use your help in all kinds of ways. Eight Days of Hope is serious about serving and they've truly moved mountains with their faith. Check it out: http://www.eightdaysofhope.com/

Peace

Colossians 3:14