We made it! We have wifi for the night, nothing promised past that, but I wanted to let you all know that all 11 of us and 23 bags made it from College Station, to Houston, to Lagos, to an Ambulance, to a hotel for the night. Tomorrow we will visit the mission hospital we will be working at for the next week. (I think). Everything in Africa is pretty flexible haha so we will see what tomorrow brings!
Dinner calls...We will update as we can! Thank you for the prayers!
Katie and Kaitlyn
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Feelings of inadequacy.
Good evening, it's kind of late, but I'm kind of geeked out with excitement, and I'm feeling a little nervous about the trip, mainly because I feel inadequate to go do what I'm about to go do.
The verse Katie shared in the last post sums things up pretty well. But I don't even know that I'd consider myself weak, sometimes I consider myself far below that, like the dirt under the rock that the worm is sitting on.
I think great men of the Bible also felt the same way.
1. When Moses was commanded by God to set the Hebrew nation free: "But uses protested to God, saying "Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?" - Exodus 2
God answers in the next verse, as He always does, so faithfully. "I will be with you."
We don't have to go it alone.
2. Gideon has a similar reaction when the Lord asks him to rescue Israel from the Midianites: "But Lord", replied Gideon, "how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole rice of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!" - Judges 6:15
And the Lord says to him in verse 16: "I will be with you."
3. And again, Jeremiah responds in a similar fashion when God called him to be a prophet: "O Sovereign Lord, I can't speak for you, I'm too young!" - Jeremiah 1:6
Again, God responds in verse 8: "And don't be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you."
I feel like I could go on with more examples, but the gist is this: God uses those who are willing, those who are weak, and those that feel inadequate. He does not need the strength of men to accomplish His great works, for the strength of men always fails, but our unchanging Savior has endless strength that is all good, all the time. Therefore, I rely not on my strength or abilities (which are limited to say the least), but rely on the one God from whom all strength originates.
It's worth repeating:
The verse Katie shared in the last post sums things up pretty well. But I don't even know that I'd consider myself weak, sometimes I consider myself far below that, like the dirt under the rock that the worm is sitting on.
I think great men of the Bible also felt the same way.
1. When Moses was commanded by God to set the Hebrew nation free: "But uses protested to God, saying "Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?" - Exodus 2
God answers in the next verse, as He always does, so faithfully. "I will be with you."
We don't have to go it alone.
2. Gideon has a similar reaction when the Lord asks him to rescue Israel from the Midianites: "But Lord", replied Gideon, "how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole rice of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!" - Judges 6:15
And the Lord says to him in verse 16: "I will be with you."
3. And again, Jeremiah responds in a similar fashion when God called him to be a prophet: "O Sovereign Lord, I can't speak for you, I'm too young!" - Jeremiah 1:6
Again, God responds in verse 8: "And don't be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you."
I feel like I could go on with more examples, but the gist is this: God uses those who are willing, those who are weak, and those that feel inadequate. He does not need the strength of men to accomplish His great works, for the strength of men always fails, but our unchanging Savior has endless strength that is all good, all the time. Therefore, I rely not on my strength or abilities (which are limited to say the least), but rely on the one God from whom all strength originates.
It's worth repeating:
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Summer Missions
Hello again! 8 days to go...
This is a call to prayer! I am convinced that prayer is the most powerful thing a believer can do (James 5:16), and I beg each of you reading this to faithfully pray for these teams! (Kaitlyn, please add to this with any teams you know of!)
THAILAND: This trip has my little sister and a lot of dear friends on it- so as often as you pray for Nigeria, please pray twice for the Thailand team! They will be there June 12-June 21. This team will be doing village evangelism, preaching, and working in an orphanage, among other things. I know God is going to do AMAZING things! The village they will be visiting has only three Christian families in it. What an opportunity for the gospel to be spread! Pray that God would equip this team with boldness and that each member would allow the Spirit to speak through them as they step out to preach the gospel.
BOLIVIA: My inspiring friend Susanna and her friend Jennifer will be headed to Bolivia on June 27. They return July 24. This will be a trip to work with a group of orphan girls that Susanna has previously worked with. She will even get to visit the little girl she currently sponsors! There has been a lot of unrest with the leadership in this ministry and some political issues so please pray that things will get resolved and there will be no issues while they are in the country. Pray that they will know how to meet the needs of the kids that they will be working with and that they will be able to work around the language barrier. Also for health, strength and joy no matter what. Pray that God will continue to reveal His will to them for the future.
CROATIA: A team from MMBC will be in Croatia from June 13-23. This is a construction trip with a wide range of people going to serve. Please pray for safety for the whole team, that contact will be restored with the missionary there now, and for safety while they are serving.
NIGERIA: Kaitlyn and I fly out of College Station June 14th! Kaitlyn will be back July 13th and I come back July 26th. I can't tell you how excited we both are about it! Please be praying that we would be sensitive to the Spirit's leading and that our team would be spiritually, physically and technically prepared for all that God has in store. I think we have both been battling with the realization that we may not have a clue what we're doing...but after reading 1 Corinthians I am confident that we're the sort of people God is happy to use :-) (But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.) Our greatest desire is that God would be glorified through this summer, both home and abroad, so please pray for that every moment you think of us!
I'm so amazed by our God. Last Tuesday I went to my old small group through Eikon (young adults ministry at MMBC) and as we were praying I came to the realization that just from that small group of girls, we were sending people to Asia, Africa, South America, North America, and Europe. That's 5/7 continents. God can do some pretty crazy things- even through a tiny group in Fort Worth, Texas.
Thank you for your payers!
Katie
Thank you for your payers!
Katie
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