Hi guys!….(girls).
I was in the shower this morning, praying (showers are only really good for three things- singing, praying and, of corse, getting clean). I always pray for my trip to Guatemala- raising enough money, that I would be safe, and most of all, that I would show the light that is Jesus to the people of Guatemala. Suddenly, I realized that I was only praying for ME, when really, if I’m the only one who is raising enough money, the only safe one and the only one to show the hope of God on this journey, then this trip would not go too well.
I don’t know if there’s another official prayer request blog, but if there isn’t, I would like to make this one it. If you want, you can write anything you’re worried about, anything you’re not sure of, and everything you are thankful for (even if it’s not about the trip).
I know we all have to write about our expectations and stuff, but I think this way, it’ll be more organized and easier to get to rather then going around on all of our different blog pages.
I’ll start-
1. I still need to raise about half of my support, so pray that all of my potential supporters would consider giving even a little contribution.
2. I always stress over not being able to go on the trip because of things like overdue paperwork or not having enough money to go. Pray that I would trust in the Lord to provide me with everything I need.
If I think of anything else, I’ll let you know.
OH WAIT I thought of something else-
PRAISE the Lord for even giving me the chance to go to Guatemala. I am so so sooo excited and I couldn’t be more blessed and thankful.
🙂
Hey ladies….praying for you all and praising God for the support coming in. I look forward to our conf call on Thursday!
How about some updates on the prayer request? I see support is coming in… yipee! Thanking God.
Here are my request…
Tomorrow arrives the leaders for our first 5 – one month long – Ambassador trips! and on Friday the participants will be all here as well! Just 2 days after they depart…your 2 week trip leaders arrive followed by all of you a few days later! and then it’s off to Guatemala!
Pray for all the leader and participants.
Pray for Don and I … and our busy schedule etc.
SAT this weekend (hopefully the last time I have to take it), my heart and paperwork 🙂
Okay, I’ll be praying!
Awesome idea Danielle. That really opened my eyes about prayer for the whole team.
I have one…
As of right now I only have $100 in my account to go. which is from me, my deposit. I’ve sent out my support letters, I guess I just need to be praying for a miracle at this point. Worrying isn’t going to help anything, right? If someone could help pray, that would be so great.
I’ll be praying for the team cause I know a lot of us are probably going through some tough preparation for the trip. Thanks for this post Danielle!
Hey Danielle, this was a great idea! My prayer request is as Lauren’s…I HAVE much of the money, but I am struggling with finding the time to be able to withdraw it from my bank account and send it in because of several different issues, so if you guys could pray for that I would really appreciate it.
And I’ll be praying for you, Lauren and Liliana!!
Aw guys! This is awesome! God has TOTALLY been laying it on my heart lately to be fighting in prayer more.. I was just listening to someone today talk about how ‘the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective’ (James 5:16.. i think that’s right) and so this is so great that we’re going to be fighting harder together in prayer!
Hmm.. prayer requests for me.. well, my last day of highschool (forever! whoa) is this coming Tuesday (June 2nd) and I am honestly feeling pretty apathetic about it- just kinda wanting to get it over with and be DONE! But I know that this is basically my last opportunity to reach these people, people that have so much brokenness and hurt. So, I really wanna just step out of my comfort zone and be radically friendly and outgoing.. but I’m not feeling very confident (or motivated) to be doing that, as of now. So prayer for motivation and conviction would be AWESOME!
Danielle, Paige, and Lauren- God is TOTALLY going to bring in the money that you guys need if he wants you to go on this trip. It’s all in his hands! Don’t worry! 🙂
Liliana, how were SATS!?
Okay so-
I’ve been paying for all of you, and I hope that it’s helped.
But I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who have prayed for me, because YAY I have gotten all of my support in!!!!! I’ve been raving about it to everyone in sight and my twin is getting kinda tired of it. I even have some extra money for reimbersment to help pay for traveling and doctor visits. God is good. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I will continue to pray for all of you. In the meantime, how is everything going so far with everyone?
An update on my prayer request (i’ve been meaning to write this for days!): I was definitely a little more focused than I would’ve been (thanks for your prayers.. even just the accountability of you guys praying was movitating!) but I def could’ve invested more into their lives. Prayer def did make a dif though! I was able to build some new friendships in the last few days, which was encouraginggg!!
Can you guys believe Guatemala is almost here!? I feel like I haven’t even had time to really think about it yet. Although yesterday, I had training for a Christian Camp that I’m counseling at all this week, and one of the other counselors started talking to me about how she’s going to Guatemala this summer.. and I was like “WHOA! ME TOO!” and she said she had been there last summer and had actually been in San Pedro with her church and was going back to a different area this year. But she filled me in a bit on San Pedro, so I’ll have to share sometime.
Hey, speaking of support raising, how is everyone doing with that? Is anyone still really struggling? Because I guess the deadline is coming up soon, and I KNOW that a lot of us would love to help you out somehow (prayer, raising donation, etc) if any of you are still really struggling to get your funds in!!
Is anyone worried they won’t be able to make the trip, or anything like that?
I just wanted to see where everyone was atttt.
This is way too long of a comment. Sorry for the excess reading I’m making you guys do! 🙂
Prayer request for me: that I would be able to keep my mind on “things above and not on things on the earth”. I’ve been getting too caught up lately in getting things done. And, even though they may be things to serve God, I’m not spending enough time focusing on the God who loves us instead of just focusing on logistics.
JODIE!!!! You hit the nail on the head. I’ve been really distracted too….
Since the school year’s ending I’ve been really busy and therefore tired. Along with random prayers durring the day I usually have a long prayer at night. BUTTTT since I’ve been so tired I’ve just been like “Dear God, please bless Team Gutemala……Okay I’m tired now……. Have a good night Jesus…..I love you…Thanks for eveything you give me…. Amen.”
And I know theres nothing wrong with being tired but you know, that kind of prayer is not really the enthusiasm Jesus is looking for in his children. Pray that my focus will be on Him and that I would not forget his in times of discombobulation (HAH I’m pretty sure that’s not a word).
And Connie, Jodie, everyone else-
I continue to pray for you guys. Jesus will provide. God Bless!
hey! In response to the status…Im almost 1/2 way there in raising my support! I know most of you probably have it all in ha… but this is a huge step! I thought I was never going to get this much. Thanks for your prayers and encouragement! =)