Chaplain
Ministries International
Mission Project— Peru
2013
Dear
Blog Friends,
Beginning my junior year in high school has made some big changes in my life. After turning 16, and now nearly 17 years old, the future seems pressingly closer and God has given me wisdom on an excellent career to pursue: becoming a wife and mother after God's heart. As my eyes and ears are being awakened more and more to the Bible, Jesus' command to be his hands and feet, given 2,000 years ago, has become significant and a calling to me specifically these last few years of my life. My calling as a woman to be a helper/companion and nurture the next generation has taken wing, and God has graciously provided many opportunities to use my gifts in various places such as volunteering at Bible camp, vacation Bible school, writing children's books, and babysitting.
After
my 12-year-old brother Trent died on a skiing accident in 2010, God
has awakened me to the reality of eternity and the closeness of it.
Separately added after this post is a more detailed story about this great event in my life. One of the chances that God has given me to
be a witness to the gospel of my Savior, Jesus Christ, is a
short-term mission trip to Peru coming up next summer organized by
Chaplain Ministries. The plan is to act as ambassadors of our God to
victims of an earthquake in 2007, which left devastation still
unchecked today. Our team of six seeks to glorify God by being a
light to the world, and in so doing cause his children to grow closer
to him and trust him more, as well as strengthen our own faith.
Possibilities of specific work we will be doing in Peru will be
helping in orphanages, building and fixing structures, and
volunteering in vacation Bible school. Only after much prayer and
consideration did I commit to join this mission team, and it is still
amazing to me how God worked out the details for me to join even
through the slim chances!
The
needs my team and I have are two specifically: prayer! We need
faithful prayer partners from God who will commit to praying for us at least
once a week, asking God to work in the lives of the people we will be
witnessing to, each of the members of the team for growth in faith
and help to minister to others, and the long-term missionaries in
Peru. And our other need: financial partners. I am trusting God to
provide my financial needs of $3,000. As Paul encouraged in
Philippians 4:15-17, he hoped for others to give to further the
gospel for their sake of rich Heavenly rewards from God
their Father. I look forward to both the prayer and financial
partners whom God will provide to further his kingdom, assist me in
bringing the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ abroad, and receive
blessings in the next life themselves! Would you prayerfully consider
partnering with me for the sake of God's eternal glory?
For God's glory,
Alexis
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