Serving God

We thank God as we prepare to embark on this trip to Swaziland and to see how He can work through us and are excited about meeting new people and spending time with them.

We are grateful that God has called us to go on this journey and has made a way for us to be able to participate on this mission.

Thanks to everyone for their prayers, support, and encouragement along this journey- we thank God for sending you to help us along this path.

I thank you God for putting this burden on our heart and for helping us to see what you see- to see a need beyond ours and pray for a people we have never met or seen- this is truly only something from God-
That being said we thank God for His great love for us as individuals and for the world in it's entirety. I am also reminded that as a result of God's love we are to serve Him by serving others. We thank God for this opportunity to be used by Him and pray for His guidance, peace, unity, healing, love and wisdom to go before us and the team. We pray also for the country of Swaziland and for the people of Swaziland that they can be healed and that this next generation can have an even greater opportunity to pursue their dreams and goals.

Lastly- remember that each day is a mission, a point of service. God has placed us here to serve one another- may we look to God for His vision in how to serve others and may we not minimize the opportunities we have in our families and our communities to reach out and care for one another. We need each other to go through this life- to help each other in need, to console each other, to teach one another, to celebrate with one another, and to love one another. May we not be pigeon-holed and only reach out to those we understand, but may we allow God to give us His visions to see the people and the world around us.

I say this to admonish all of you who sit with a lonely or elderly person, who provides guidance to someone confused or in need, to feed the hungry and help those without, to do what we find to be little things for our family and friends, ultimately to be available to be used by God each day whether it be in your home, in a hospital, at a shelter, at a grocery store, or on a mission field. God's heart is for the one lost coin not the winning lottery ticket- reminding us that man sees the outward appearance, but God sees the heart.

In conclusion may God help us to see the world with His heart and His eyes and to put our eyes upon Jesus and not ourselves.

Thank you and God Bless!