It's official!

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Almost 3 weeks ago, I made the final decision and committed to a 15 month internship with Envision Wired! I leave mid-May to serve in El Salvador for the whole summer, then I'll head to Costa Rica to spend some time at language school. After a brief visit to NC for Christmas, I'll return to San Salvador in January and stay through August to prepare for and help teams coming to serve in 2013!

I am super excited and filled with peace about going, ultimately because I'm obeying the Lord and His call to go! Please be praying for me as I prepare to go:  1) for my heart as God continues to mold it for His purpose, and 2) for all my needed support to come in. Please pray for the people of El Salvador, that their hearts would be opened to hear the Gospel and for those already following Christ, that they would be "rooted and established in love" (Ephesians 3:16-19). Please pray for Envision Wired and the teams coming in 2012 to reach even more with the Good News of Jesus.

Thanks to all of you who are lifting your voices in prayer for me and for El Salvador. I will try to post often to keep you informed about where I am in the process of getting there and about prayer requests.

Photografías

Me and some niños lindos at VBS. :)

From the ABF youth trip this summer, July 25-August 2!

Our 21 member and the Envision Wired staff.

I love these people!

Also from this summer... all of these kids attended the VBS we had at a C&MA church in Salcoatitan.

The story (part of it)...

This past summer, I went to El Salvador with a team of youth from my church. We had the opportunity to work with Envision Wired* and come alongside a C&MA (Christian & Missionary Alliance) church in the town of Salcoatitan. There we held a VBS for niños in the area and joined church members in evangelizing and discipling people in the community. God is definitely at work there and seeing the deep faith of my brothers and sisters in Christ greatly encouraged and inspired me. Their joy and love just overflows! They cling to God.


This trip was my second to El Salvador and I was reminded how much I love Salvadorans! Towards the end of our trip, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and I knew that I would be coming back soon. So here I am now, definitely going to San Salvador next summer and hoping to spend an extended amount of time there! This blog is for keeping my prayer team informed of praises, needs, and what's going on in the time leading up to my departure in May and my time in Central America, and also for staying in touch. 


*Envision Wired:  

Description: Short-term teams from the US visit El Salvador to assist the local pastors in their efforts to share the Good News about Jesus Christ in their local context. Wired also provides quality internships for college-aged students looking to gain cross-cultural ministry experience. General info: Wired is a short-term mission center in San Salvador operating in many parts of El Salvador including Apopa, San Ignatio, Salcoatitan and Soyapango. Mission: To enhance the efforts of local pastors to fulfill the Great Commission in their neighborhoods through short-term teams from the US.