Stateside Update 6: Answered Prayer

Dear Friends,
Earlier this week, I received an email from Gen, who served as my team leader last summer while I was in Hong Kong and Laos. She told me that the organization that sent us last summer is partnering with her in a new ministry. This is an answer to prayer! Gen will be leading three teams a year to serve as prayer facilitators and encouragers for teachers and international workers in Asia beginning later this year. I am so excited for this opportunity Gen has because I believe in the importance of support and encouragement for those who are serving overseas.

In the Southeast, where there is a church on every corner, we tend to forget that there are countries where not only are there no churches, but meeting for church is illegal. When international workers are sent to these countries, in the thick of ministry, warfare, and giving of themselves, they can't just drive over to the nearest church for community and fellowship, unless that church is in their home, for example. Part of my desire to teach overseas is to support the ministries of people serving overseas, and a great way to do this is by teaching their children!

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In other news, I got a summer job! I will be working at a girls' summer camp in Alabama from the end of May to the beginning of August. This is such a blessing and I am so excited for the opportunity. I will definitely keep you updated on how that goes.

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Henna Fundraiser Tonight
for a refugee ministry

We have a group on campus that supports student ministries overseas that meets once a week. Each week, there is a stated prayer focus, and then we divide into small groups by area of the world. Since I have been attending, I always join the Asia group. Last night, the prayer focus was prostitution and the sex trade, which weigh heavy on my heart. It was such a blessing to be able to pray for the people involved in this tragedy with a group of people who also have hearts for Asia. I was so humbled and encouraged because I felt like a united effort, beseeching our Father for these broken people, both the perpetrators and the victims.

Thank you for joining me in prayer, friends. His praises never cease.

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"Seek Him. Be Here. Be His."
"‎It is the people who endear the city to our heart." - Chandler