Hey Everybody,
Parents, family, students and everyone else interested, our mission trip to Oaxaca is just around the corner. Two weeks from tonight we'll be having a hard time sleeping, waiting for that 3:30 AM meeting at the church to begin our trek to Latitude 16° 58’ N and Longitude 96° 44’ W, Oaxaca city, Mexico. God has already gone before us and is going to do some great things through us and for us while we are there. It was a joy being a part of our last 'official' meeting tonight, sharing our anxieties and excitements, hearing the way that each of you will be listening for God's voice while on our mission, as well as eating some incredible enchiladas! I am confident that God will speak to each of us in just the way we need to hear, and He will use us to be His hands and feet to a hurting world. This blog will be an opportunity to chronicle our trip; before, during and after, with pictures, words and thoughts. Feel free to post comments, or email ryan@salemec.com with a post and we'll stick it on the blog. While in Oaxaca, we'll hopefully have access to internet, where we can post updates and pictures for family to pray and to see the incredible things God is doing in our lives and the great fun that we'll be having. I'm real excited to see the way that God will change each of us and your faces when you see kids running up to you, wanting you to put them on your shoulders and spend time with them. Each of you that are going on the trip are incredible and God is going to use you in a great and mighty way. For those you of that aren't going but are reading this blog, you too, play an intrical part in this mission trip. We need and covet your prayer in preparation for this mission, for safety and protection, both physical and spiritual, and that God would speak to us and use us on this mission. Also, your emotional and relational support, as well as anything that God might be calling you to donate or give to the trip. Each of us is a part of the body and family of Christ that is called to give in different ways, and we ARE a family, one that is blessed by God to give from what we have been so richly given. Let me leave you with one final thought in relation to prayer; remember to "not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understand, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Phillipians 4:6). God anxiously waits to hear from His children, and longs to give them peace which goes beyond anything we can truly understand. As we prepare for this incredible trip, with all its excitement and preparation, give over to Christ any anxieties you may have about our trip and wait for the peace that only He can give. I love each of you very much. This is going to be a great trip.
In Christ,
Ryan Thorson
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