The Eve of Departure

Photography by Paige Pruitt-Haase

The packing is done and our suitcases have been weighed. I believe we are ready to go. This weekend at church we prayed with the congregation. We shared last minute needs and what is planned for the trip. They got to meet us, again. Only this time we were together as a team. A family in Christ preparing to go and share His love to the people of Nicaragua.

We still needed 50 small tubes of toothpaste and asked the congregation if they could supply it. By the end of our service on Sunday, our prayer was answered! What a great community we have! Praise God!

In Philippians 2, I find comfort in the words as to our preparedness:

1 Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from His love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.

3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

6 Though he was God,[a] he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.

7 Instead, He gave up His divine privileges[b]; He took the humble position of a slave[c] and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form,[d] 8 He humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

So I leave with you all a request. As our team goes and share these things with others, do the same in your communities. Love one another. Remember Jesus' sacrifice for us. Humble yourself as a servant to others with the love of Christ in your hearts.

I love you all, praise God for you all. I pray the next two weeks you make yourself a living sacrifice and you have some great stories to tell me when I return. I will too!

Bendecidos!