Hello to those who have been tracking our mission trip. To those who have supported, followed, and prayed for this trip, God has used the money, prayers, and support to completely fund our trip for June 2023! In the last week of funding, over $10,000 was raised. From last-minute $2,000 checks to random interactions that led to more than $5,000 being donated at once, it was incredible to see it happen. The way God showed up to financially support us like that created a new understanding of what it means to trust God as this trip moves forward. The VBS planning has taken full swing as the team is now preparing the materials needed to be brought or bought for the planning. The itinerary has been set, and members are working on the teachings they will deliver. The excitement for this trip has been buzzing. Through God’s showing up and…
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Preparations have begun! On July 9, our team of 12 students and 4 adult leaders will head to Cleveland, Ohio where we will be partnering with Next Step Ministries, and The Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland, in doing different service projects for people and organizations in the Cleveland community. Our students are excited and have had two meetings now to begin preparing for however God wants to use them on this trip. Support letters have gone out, and our students took time this past week to learn more about Next Step Ministries and The Nehemiah Mission. Each of the students has a “prayer buddy” on the team to offer support and prayer throughout this journey. Please join us in praying over each of these students; that God prepares their hearts, provides the finances needed for this trip, and uses each of them in unique ways to bless others in July.
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Dear Calvary, We are so blessed as a team of eight, to be able to go to Glyfada Greece in the month of June. We are will be partnering with the Evangelical Church of Glyfada. In addition to the partnership, we are hosting a camp in the area for the youth. The team assembled is led by Ally, and accompanied by Alexander, Abby, Nathan, Jessica, Alex, Danielle, and Micah. Some prayer requests include good preparation, safety for the trip, and funding. As we prepare for this trip please also pray for God’s love and grace to flow through our team’s words and actions. Thank you!
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Prasing God we are home! We arrived in at about midnight. Good byes were hard but praising God for new friends made. We want to thank everyone for praying. We are praising God for all HIS yes answers. No one got sick, travel was good, luggage’s all made it there and back, we saw no snakes on the property , team bonded very well and work was completed. God blessed us beyond what we asked for. We debriefed over dinner in Miami airport. Sharing how we each saw God and how great He is. Please continue to pray for all the abc Guyana churches. Especially pastor Stephine who is still in the hostipal. All praise and Honor to God , our one true KING! With love, from a team of strangers who are now close friends Matt, Lisa, Joe, Bill, Pat, Dan, Tom and Laurie and our new friend John…
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House is finished! Crazy how much work got done in 2 weeks. Praise God. Tonight we had dinner together and went around praising God for all His blessings. One more sleep here and we leave at 9am to start our trip back. Please join us in praising God for this house. Also safe travels for all us as we travel home.Thank you for following along with us and all your prayers. From the team of strangers that our amazing friends now! PRAISE GOD!!!! Beyond blessed!
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WOW! Roof on, kitchen wrapping up,fence done,gate painted,gates made, snake wall done, doors up,closet made, expanded bedroom, new washroom made, bathroom re done, tile, tile ,tile DONE! Car port being made, windows in, holes filled in….NO MORE SNAKES coming this way. We are wrapping up today, Last work day. Tonight we will have dinner and fellowship with everyone. Prayer request: That we can wrap up everything today and leave the house nice Pray for strength today For pastor Stephen and the Drs to find out what’s wrong with him Great fellowship tonight and our team can be good witnesses for the Lord Thank you so much! Looking forward to seeing and sharing back at home with our friends and family.
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Coming to a close soon, so lots of work to be completed. Yesterday fence was completed!!! Matt is welding gates now. Pat, Joey and Billy are finishing the kitchen. Tom and John have finished the closet and working on a new bathroom. Dan is now a plumber! Laurie and Lisa are tiling, tiling, tiling. Our new friends here, Doug and Lydia, are putting up doors and painting. The Guyanese men are working circles around all of us. Such hard working men. The kitchen ladies are feeding us very well. Please pray for strength and endurance to finish well. Thank you from our team
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The start of our second week, New roof almost done. The kitchen is wrapping up. Fence is going up today. Bathroom tile is almost all done. Tom and John are building a closet and another bathroom. Praying we can get plumbing started today. The heat got to some of us yesterday. Laurie shared last night from Ephesians. The neighbor James shared his testimony last night of God’s grace on his life. We are ready for another day of work after great food and rest. Prayer request: Protection from the heat The team can continue to have strength to finish projects That we keep our eyes focused on God’s ways and not our ways For the unsaved people here Pastor Stephen who is in the hospital and Strength for this wife Joy Thank you so much!
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Wow a day of rest! Yesterday we enjoyed worshiping at the local church, Pastor Andy preached about our creator and be prepared when HE comes. Pastor Prim included some of the men in the service. We came back to another wonderful meal made by the sweet kitchen ladies. A bit of rest and fellowship. Then off to swim in beautiful water. An hour bus ride there with our new Guyanese friends, much laughter and good times as we swam in a stream. On the way home the bus broke down. So we sat on the bus laughing and having more fellowship with our new friends while Andy and Prim went to get new vehicles. Dan and John choose the top seat on the roof of the Land Rover. More crazy fun memories being made. Pastor Andy invited people to accept Christ. We believe a guy we have been praying for…
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DAY OF REST,……Happy Sunday! Praying for Calvary church this morning as we head out to hear pastor Andy preach. Yesterday was another productive day here in Guyana. More building projects. The highlight of yesterday was our alligator hunt. We all got in boats at night and off we went with one gun. They were hard to hunt but we got a couple. The exciting thing was watching a local man jump in after it was shot to find it!!!! Many laughs and memories being made. We continue to use flexibility in our language and do what God is asking us to do for his kingdom. For those of you who know Kathleen and her kitchen this next news will shock you……She allowed Dan to come in the kitchen and cook this morning!!! { teachers pet}. Prayers request: Health and energy We can use today to rest and enjoy the day…
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