April's Mission Trip for the Orphans - Part 2

I am so excited to embark on an adventure that the Lord has been placing on my heart but holy crap, I am scared, too! I've been in another country before but with the protection of the US Army behind me. I wasn't in war (Thank the Lord) and I felt "safe" within the confines of our compound. And besides, S. Korea is a pretty safe country. At least it was 17 years ago when I was there.  I would have felt safe walking the streets by myself at 2am. 

I will be going to Eastern Europe with New Horizon's for Children to interview Orphans for the Winter 2011 Hosting. 

I don't know a whole lot about Eastern Europe but little do they know, I am really relying heavily on some friends right now! I guess they know now (if they are reading this)! :) I have a friend there right now adopting her son and she is truly there by herself!! Her husband left there last Saturday to come home! Yikes! Then, I have another friend leaving in a week and a half to go with her hubby and newborn baby to adopt twin girls. So, I am hoping that they can give me insight into what to expect...I don't like the "unknown".   If someone were to ask me what I am most afraid of....that's what I would respond with...the unknown.

But God isn't looking for me to be comfortable, I know that. Lord knows, these Orphans surely aren't "comfortable". The least I can do is come out of my comfort zone, fly across the world, eat who knows what, stay who knows where, see people taking their cows for a walk on a leash, possibly have the water to our apartment turned off at night, to go into a public restroom to find there is no toilet paper and that there wasn't meant to be any and whatever interesting and crazy things I might encounter while there! I am going to do this for the Glory of God and I pray that the Lord will bless these children. I pray that I might be the Jesus they meet! But I just know that I am probably going to be more blessed than they ever could be!

Please consider contributing because without your help, I may not have a chance to go. I am in need of $800 to fund my portion of this trip. I know the Lord will provide if this truly is indeed his will for me. I can't help but think it is though, according to James 1:27. "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

Oh and Lydia will be here at the end of June for 5 weeks!  Please continue to pray for her...we are excited to finally meet her and love on her!