Today I am writing for prayer. Not for myself, but for a family that I met while I was working at Scott and White. A little boy that was diagnosed with cancer while I was there, passed away today. His name was Ryan Pelton, and let me tell you, he was a bundle of joy. He always wanted to come into the playroom (where I worked) and play video games. He would get so upset when the playroom would close. He was such a sweet little kid. His family was amazing as well. Ryan became a big brother not too long ago. I know he was a FANTASTIC big brother. It saddens me to know this baby brother will never get to know Ryan. Please pray for the Pelton family. I know they are hurting right now. I will never know why this thing called cancer takes away such precious kids. All I know is that I trust my maker and His PERFECT will for all of our lives. Thank you Jesus for allowing me to know these amazing kids, who are now praising you at your feet. How lucky they are!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
16 days and counting {anxiously}
The countdown is on! 16 days until I am in the country of El Salvador. We are going to 5 different cities and orphanages while we are there. We get to pretty much travel the whole country. We are going to be leaving Sunday, August 2nd and return the following Sunday, August 9th. We will arrive in San Salvador around 9:00Pm our time.
Here are the cities with the days. Each city will have an orphanage we visit.
Monday: San Salvador
Tuesday: Santa Ana
Wednesday: San Martin
Thursday: Our day of sight seeing in El Salvador.
Friday: Sonsonate
Saturday: Aguachapan
Sunday we leave and will return 4:20PM our time.
Here are the cities with the days. Each city will have an orphanage we visit.
Monday: San Salvador
Tuesday: Santa Ana
Wednesday: San Martin
Thursday: Our day of sight seeing in El Salvador.
Friday: Sonsonate
Saturday: Aguachapan
Sunday we leave and will return 4:20PM our time.
All in all, I am super excited and ready to head over there. We are having a team meeting tomorrow to go over all of the details. I am glad that we are going to be at different orphanages every day. Last year in Colombia, we were at two the whole week and it really made it hard to leave the kids because we had such a strong connection. This will help my "getting too attached" to all of the kids. That is what I fear the most. Last year was so difficult to come home because I got really attached to a few of them. I know I am going to want to snag a few of them while I am there. Adoption and orphan ministry is such a passion that I have, this is something I feel so called to do. Unlike school, I LOVE it and have such a feeling of doing "my calling."
Please start praying for me now. I know that I will have such a joyous time while I am there, but pray that I can be focused and pour my whole heart on to these kids. Pray that even though I cannot speak their language, that Christ's love would be so abundant to them and that they would come to know the love and salvation that only our Heavenly Father can give. Pray that I am strong enough and well prepared to go over there, and strong enough to leave. I know now how better to prepare to leave, and know that I have to be completely dependent on my God before I go. I want to give them my full energy, attention, and heart while I am there. I also really HATE leaving trips like these. When I get home I feel like I have left them behind and get really lonely and sad. My heart hurts that I cannot scoop them all up and give them a family like the one I have been blessed with. Lastly, pray that we all have fun and enjoy our time over there. Sharing Christ and especially with orphans, well, I can't think of anything better to do with a week of my life.
*PRAYER*
Please start praying for me now. I know that I will have such a joyous time while I am there, but pray that I can be focused and pour my whole heart on to these kids. Pray that even though I cannot speak their language, that Christ's love would be so abundant to them and that they would come to know the love and salvation that only our Heavenly Father can give. Pray that I am strong enough and well prepared to go over there, and strong enough to leave. I know now how better to prepare to leave, and know that I have to be completely dependent on my God before I go. I want to give them my full energy, attention, and heart while I am there. I also really HATE leaving trips like these. When I get home I feel like I have left them behind and get really lonely and sad. My heart hurts that I cannot scoop them all up and give them a family like the one I have been blessed with. Lastly, pray that we all have fun and enjoy our time over there. Sharing Christ and especially with orphans, well, I can't think of anything better to do with a week of my life.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
"What do I know of Holy?"
Well, so far summer is going fantastic! I have an amazing job, met some wonderful women, and done some fun things so far.
Let me start off by saying how much I have enjoyed my job at Champion Fellowship. I have been so blessed to be the intern for Children and Youth. It has been such a fun experience. My prayer is that I may be able to show these kids and teens how amazing and wonderful it is to serve such an awesome Creator. I hope that I can use the trials and triumphs in my life to encourage and uplift them to seek whole heartily after the Lord.
Along with meeting kids and youth, I have been privileged to meet and talk with some amazing women. A mentor is something that I have always felt a yearning for, but it seemed as if all the women I looked up to either disappointed me or were not a part of my life anymore. I have been doing to do a Bible Study, For Women Only: the inner lives of me; and have been able to not only learn how to be a Godly woman, but also how to encourage and uplift the men in our lives, so we may not hinder and burden their walk with Christ . With this study, I have been so blessed to have women who give me such great advise and are a living example of what a Godly woman, daughter, wife, and mother are. To name a few, Missy Robinson, Lynsey Kramer, and Debbie Forland have all been so wonderful to me. They all have taken time to encourage me, listen to my silly stories, and pray for me this summer. I cannot tell you women how much you are a blessing in my life. Thank you for portraying what a woman who seeks the Lord with her whole heart. I of course, have my amazing mother, who I know I can talk to about anything. She is so wise and an amazing mentor to me, I would not want to say anything about awesome women of God without mentioning her! How blessed I am to have such a mother and friend.
I just got back from a family vacation to South Padre Island, and let me tell you… I had a GREAT time! It was so fun to spend time with my family. We went banana boating (which we fell off and had to swim half of the ocean;),) parasailing, ate at some very yummy restaurants, and soaked up the sun at the beach. We were there for the 4th of July and the fireworks were insane! It was literally a 15-20 minute show. We had a fantastic time down in Padre, I wish I were still there. I will be adding pics as soon as I get them downloaded to my computer.
Another adventure I am doing is boot camp!!! Don’t ask my why I am willing to pay to have someone torture me, but I did. I must say its Day 2 for me and it really has not been too bad. I am doing it with my best friend Paige Glasco, so we encourage each other and push each other at the same time. Paige is getting married in October, so they call her “Bride” and me “Bridesmaid.” It is quite amusing. I will let you know how the end results come in.
One last thing, I have heard this song on the radio, but I watched the video a few days ago and read the words and WOW! It was so powerful to me. I don't even have words to describe how convicted and overcome with the love of Christ when I watched it. Watch it and let me know what ya think!
Any who, I hope everyone is having a great summer and had a happy 4th of July!
23 DAYS UNTIL EL SALVADOR!!!!!!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR THE TEAM GOING! I AM SO PUMPED!
Let me start off by saying how much I have enjoyed my job at Champion Fellowship. I have been so blessed to be the intern for Children and Youth. It has been such a fun experience. My prayer is that I may be able to show these kids and teens how amazing and wonderful it is to serve such an awesome Creator. I hope that I can use the trials and triumphs in my life to encourage and uplift them to seek whole heartily after the Lord.
Along with meeting kids and youth, I have been privileged to meet and talk with some amazing women. A mentor is something that I have always felt a yearning for, but it seemed as if all the women I looked up to either disappointed me or were not a part of my life anymore. I have been doing to do a Bible Study, For Women Only: the inner lives of me; and have been able to not only learn how to be a Godly woman, but also how to encourage and uplift the men in our lives, so we may not hinder and burden their walk with Christ . With this study, I have been so blessed to have women who give me such great advise and are a living example of what a Godly woman, daughter, wife, and mother are. To name a few, Missy Robinson, Lynsey Kramer, and Debbie Forland have all been so wonderful to me. They all have taken time to encourage me, listen to my silly stories, and pray for me this summer. I cannot tell you women how much you are a blessing in my life. Thank you for portraying what a woman who seeks the Lord with her whole heart. I of course, have my amazing mother, who I know I can talk to about anything. She is so wise and an amazing mentor to me, I would not want to say anything about awesome women of God without mentioning her! How blessed I am to have such a mother and friend.
I just got back from a family vacation to South Padre Island, and let me tell you… I had a GREAT time! It was so fun to spend time with my family. We went banana boating (which we fell off and had to swim half of the ocean;),) parasailing, ate at some very yummy restaurants, and soaked up the sun at the beach. We were there for the 4th of July and the fireworks were insane! It was literally a 15-20 minute show. We had a fantastic time down in Padre, I wish I were still there. I will be adding pics as soon as I get them downloaded to my computer.
Another adventure I am doing is boot camp!!! Don’t ask my why I am willing to pay to have someone torture me, but I did. I must say its Day 2 for me and it really has not been too bad. I am doing it with my best friend Paige Glasco, so we encourage each other and push each other at the same time. Paige is getting married in October, so they call her “Bride” and me “Bridesmaid.” It is quite amusing. I will let you know how the end results come in.
One last thing, I have heard this song on the radio, but I watched the video a few days ago and read the words and WOW! It was so powerful to me. I don't even have words to describe how convicted and overcome with the love of Christ when I watched it. Watch it and let me know what ya think!
Any who, I hope everyone is having a great summer and had a happy 4th of July!
23 DAYS UNTIL EL SALVADOR!!!!!!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR THE TEAM GOING! I AM SO PUMPED!
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