WIth less than 2 weeks to go, we are all getting excited about our Mission Trip to Honduras. I cannot wait to be there and share the gospel and God’s love with the people in Comayagua. My prayer has been that as God is preparing each of our hearts that he is also preparing the hearts of those we will encounter.
Month: December 2009
Isaiah’s First Blog
The trip to Honduras is only 9 days away and I can’t wait to go there. This will be my first trip out of the country and it will also be the most eye opening experience that I will have ever had. I hope everyone else ont he team is as exited about this trip as I am because this will be a great way to share Jesus Christ with people who do not know Him.
Will Blog more during the trip,
Isaiah
P.S. Happy New Year
Little Drummer Boy
I think I said earlier that I was going to post the video that the kids made of their drama that we showed at the Dessert Theatre but I did not link it anywher until now. I will say that this is the full video so if you have a slower connections speed it may be choppy so you may want to right click and download it first before watching it. I will try to shrink it at a later time.
New Year/New Hope
2009 had many ups and downs for me. As I move forward into 2010 and prepare myself mentally for things to come I get very excited at whats ahead. This trip to Honduras will be an eye opening experience. I am really excited to see how God is going to work in the natives lives and our own. While Erin and I are gone on this trip I want you to pray for our team and pray for the Hondurians. I pray that 2010 will bring new hope to the people who live within the community we are visiting and to myself.
Ready to start the New Year… then head to Honduras!!
Today is New Years Eve and its always fun to look back and reflect on the current year and see what all God has done in our lives but it is also fun to look ahead and start new things and see what we can improve on in the new year. One thing that we are super excited about is going to Honduras on a mission trip, what better way to start the New Year!! God has greatly helped us into making this possible, when we first prayed about going on this trip we thought how can we afford it, but God answered our prayers and thankfully all of our funds has come in above and beyond!! God is so good! So in your celebration of the New Year, while you are reflecting back on 2009 also ask God what he has in store for you for 2010!!
Stephanie Vittitoe
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 ESV
Who is the Greatest?
As I realized today, we have less than three weeks left before we leave for Honduras and as I studied Matthew 18, the phrase, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” stood out to me. I think sometimes, even with the best of intentions, we look at ourselves as superior when preparing to go to what we consider a third world country. But what makes us so great? Christ says that it is one who humles himself before Christ and comes with the innocence of a small child who will be the greatest in the Kingdom. As I prepare I am remembering the number of little ones that professed their faith in Jesus Christ and the joy that that had because of it. I am therefore humbled by my often complaining heart. Who is the greatest? As long as I am in the Kingdom, it doesn’t matter if it is me.
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
According to the Gospel of Matthew (4:17) this is the first, “sermon” of Christ. How simple yet powerful. I wonder how often we forget that proclaiming the truth is just that simple. Lord, give us the strength and the courage to share this simple truth with everyone.
Less Than 30 Days Away
The team is getting excited. I hope to have them begin posting to the site before we leave. We found out today that there will be a $30 charge for the second checked bag so we have to determine how much we can afford to take. I want to take everything we collect, so I am praying that God provides for the needs with the money need to send the totes.
All of Isaiah’s teachers are exited about the trip and want to be able to show the rest of the students things from the trip so we will be uploading pictures and video as often as we can plus we will be blogging everyday while gone to describe what each of us felt and did that day.
If you are a friend or a family member of one of the team members, feel free to leave a comment for them, but also let people know about the blog. The more who know, the more impact we will have with the people of Honduras because of the prayer support that this blog will generate.
Remember to pray for us between January 9-17, 2010
In Christ,
Rich