The Sending Off!

Today at church was our "sending off"...as of today only five days until we leave! It is hard to believe it is this close... all the planning and preparations this summer are soon going to come to life.

Led by Fred we prayed for:

God to change our lives on this trip,

for our safety in travel and during the mission,

for Casas por Cristo (our host missionaries),

the people of Jaurez and particularly the two families and their churches that we will be building for,

that God would receive all the Glory.

We really appreciate these prayers. Some supporters came to pray and send us off who aren't going but showed there support at the church. We realized we desperately need your prayers back home as we leave Saturday morning and encourage you to be in prayer for:

the long trip there... this is generally a good time for us to continue to get to know each other. For safety on that bus trip.

If you have been watching the news there are serious problems with drug trafficking over the border... over 500 police officers have been murdered in Juarez. Please be in prayer for this. Although these attacks are directed between the drug cartel and the authorities and does not seem to pose any threat to our saftey, it is still something to be in prayer for.

We ask your prayer when we are down there for strength and health... it will be in the 90s and heat stroke is our worst enemy.

We are also holding a VBS each day on the job sites... please pray for these children, that God would speak through us and reach out to them and their families.

And above all pray that we would be a blessing to the mission down there, a light in Juarez, and that all of the honor and Glory would be given to our Lord!!

Thank you again for your support... if it werent for you and our faithful God we wouldnt be on this trip! I am going to try and update the blog a few times while we are down there so stay tuned!