Hola!
Wow, I had intended on being able to post so much between when I first started this blog and now, but I guess that's how life goes...Either way, I am preparing as I write this to leave in the morning for Gainesville, Georgia. I will be there for 10 days before leaving on July 2 for Peru. While in Gainesville, I'll be having leader training until the students come on June 26. When they arrive, we will have an intense time of team building, ministry prep, and preparing our hearts Spiritually for what God has in store. I'm really excited and nervous to go. I feel very unprepared both personally and as a leader of this team. I ask that you pray for my heart and that I will be seeking the Father as he is worthy so that I can be led by the Spirit to guide this team for the summer!
A few small details about our ministry. We will be in Musho in the Andes of Peru working with the Pastor (Pedro) of the small church there. Pray that God will open the doors for ministry, as we will be meeting with Pedro and setting up our ministry once we arrive, I've been told the village is quite small, so I am excited to get to know the people there well as we spend time becoming a part of their community. The main language where we are is Quechua, so pray for clear communication, as I am told that is a difficult language, and we may be working through two translators (English-Spanish-Quechua). My team will consist of myself and two other leaders (Jason and Chelsea) as well as the director of the Ambassador program at AIM who will be joining us for the first part of the trip. We also have 11 students coming along with us (Bart, Meghan, Sarah P, Sarah H, Adrian, Kyle, Molly, Channelle, Ally, Liana, BreAnne). Please be praying for each of them, as this is the first mission experience and the first time to leave home for some of them! I can't wait to see how God is going to use them and work in us all throughout the summer!
I likely won't be able to post here while I am gone, but check the trip update website for updates. Once I return (July 29), I will try to write stories to share with everyone. Thanks for your prayers!
Teresa
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
El Viaje Empieza...
Wow, with this being the first post, I'm not really sure where to begin. With that being said, I must not place a disclaimer on the words that follow by saying that I have so much to convey about what my trip holds that this may not be as organized as I would like. Now that you have been fairly warned, I shall proceed:
I should probably start with how I got here...my name is Teresa, and I am a first year medical student. Hence, this is my last summer to truly have no responsibility. As a medical student, we are heavily pressured to do research, or something equally resume worthy in order to aid us in our climb of the medical success ladder. However, after much contemplation, prayer, and talking to the very people who told me to spend my summer exalting myself in some way, I answered the call to lead an ambassador team to Peru for one month.
To say a little about what the ambassador program is at Adventures in Missions...it is a nondenominational Christian organization that brings together high school students from across the country (who have never met) who love the Lord and chose to give up a month of their summers to go overseas and do just that. We live in community and grow closer than you would ever imagine as we learn from the Lord and teach each other to reflect it to those around us. As a leader, my main job is to take care of these students, disciple them, and model ministry for them to enable them to disciple the people of Peru. Three years ago I was an ambassador in Kenya and God turned my world upside down. What He did there became so much a part of who I am that I ended up leading a trip of students last year in Swaziland...which again changed my life (If you feel so inclined, there are blogs about both trips linked on the side). I'm so blessed to have been apart of this program and super excited to be a part of it once again!
With all of that lovely back ground, I'll say something brief about what we'll be doing in Peru (with more complete details to come). We will be staying in a village in Peru called Musho. This village is high in the Andes mountains near Mt. Huascuran, the tallest mountain in Peru. We will be working with the local church in order to develop a deeper discipleship with believers and reaching out to those that don't know him in the community. I'll be with 7 students and a co-leader, Jason (who is currently in Peru).
Alright, there are so many other things I could share, but I suppose those will wait for another time. Pray for my team as we start the preparation for our trip. Pray for Jason and I to be equipped with all that we need to lead in HIS strength. Also, at this point, I'm just beginning to communicate with the students, so pray for community and unity to be cultivated among my team. Until next time...
T
I should probably start with how I got here...my name is Teresa, and I am a first year medical student. Hence, this is my last summer to truly have no responsibility. As a medical student, we are heavily pressured to do research, or something equally resume worthy in order to aid us in our climb of the medical success ladder. However, after much contemplation, prayer, and talking to the very people who told me to spend my summer exalting myself in some way, I answered the call to lead an ambassador team to Peru for one month.
To say a little about what the ambassador program is at Adventures in Missions...it is a nondenominational Christian organization that brings together high school students from across the country (who have never met) who love the Lord and chose to give up a month of their summers to go overseas and do just that. We live in community and grow closer than you would ever imagine as we learn from the Lord and teach each other to reflect it to those around us. As a leader, my main job is to take care of these students, disciple them, and model ministry for them to enable them to disciple the people of Peru. Three years ago I was an ambassador in Kenya and God turned my world upside down. What He did there became so much a part of who I am that I ended up leading a trip of students last year in Swaziland...which again changed my life (If you feel so inclined, there are blogs about both trips linked on the side). I'm so blessed to have been apart of this program and super excited to be a part of it once again!
With all of that lovely back ground, I'll say something brief about what we'll be doing in Peru (with more complete details to come). We will be staying in a village in Peru called Musho. This village is high in the Andes mountains near Mt. Huascuran, the tallest mountain in Peru. We will be working with the local church in order to develop a deeper discipleship with believers and reaching out to those that don't know him in the community. I'll be with 7 students and a co-leader, Jason (who is currently in Peru).
Alright, there are so many other things I could share, but I suppose those will wait for another time. Pray for my team as we start the preparation for our trip. Pray for Jason and I to be equipped with all that we need to lead in HIS strength. Also, at this point, I'm just beginning to communicate with the students, so pray for community and unity to be cultivated among my team. Until next time...
T
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