Hey guys!
Hope you are all doing well! Just thought I'd give
you guys a quick update on everything going on with my upcoming Belize
trip. We have had two team meetings so far, and each one just makes me
even more excited and expectant.
Instead
of having 12 team members like we originally thought, our leaders, Bruce
and
Taylor, closed the trip with 8 of us being accepted, so with our leaders we
will have a team of 10.
Bruce says that
each time he has taken a team there has been some sort of theme that has united
them, and this trip he is calling the Young Adult Team, with him being our
oldest member, Taylor being the youngest, and the rest of us interspersed
between them.
I am thrilled to say that
of the 10 of us, I am related to three of them haha, both my brother and my
sister-in-law were accepted as part of the team, as well as my awesome cousin
Heather.
From there we will be joined by
Rachel: our resident EMT and
a co-leader, another sibling pair: Dan and Susanne
Cooper, and our last team member Jessica, who is a chef and a mother.
Our first team meeting was a kind of meet and
greet and a chance for us to get to interact a little bit with each other.
Bruce and Taylor believe that each of us is
supposed to be on this trip and this team, and is crucial to the trip, and
after
meeting them I couldn’t agree more.
Each
month I look forward to our meeting, and I can’t wait to keep getting to know
them all more!!!
Personally, I am starting
to think this trip is going to be bigger than I imagined.
I can already tell that God is shaping me and
changing me for this trip, and that big things are going to be happening between
now and then, and of course during the trip.
To be honest… I find this rather terrifying.
I know I’m going to be pushed to my limit,
challenged, and molded, none of which can be easy.
I think some of my spiritual gifts will be
brought to the forefront, and that I will have to lean on God to find a new strength.
I have been told that I will be a warrior and
a fighter for God. Which sounds awesome, but when we fight for God we deal with
powers we can’t imagine, and that’s what I find so intimidating.
So prayers for strength, courage, discipline,
and peace would be greatly appreciated.
As far as
finances go, I’m doing good for April and am right where I need to be, but I do
need about $500 more by the middle of May, if you feel like you’d like to
support me please let me know and I can give you the information to do so.
I am so thankful for all of you, and the support and love
you have showed me! Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I’ll do my
best to keep you posted J God bless!
Dawn
