So long, Farwell

Hey all,

Time is quickly approaching and we will embark on our adventure to other Central American countries: Costa Rica and Panama.

Our group of 5 students, with the possibility of one joining us in October, will leave Sunday evening to Guatemala City. We will bus from the Belize border to Guatemala city and fly to Costa Rica on Monday afternoon.

We will be in Costa Rica for almost a month and then head to Panama, via bus. We are excited and looking forward to this experience and challenge. It will be different cultures and new perspectives. We hope that from this time, God will show Himself in ways that we've never seen before. We go to be a blessing and to partner with others in living the Great Commission, Matthew 28:19-20, "Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all the things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

When we were in Belize City for a week, working with different groups of children and young people in rough neighborhoods (rough is an understatement), a comment by one of our students was made. He said, "We should just spend our entire 2 months here." Why do we need to go elsewhere if there's people that need God right in our own country? This is so true, it made me think because I've heard this perspective so many times and its true, people that live in our neighborhoods, our communities, our schools and at our workplace, they need to know the Truth. I totally agree with this and I want to highlight Acts 1:8, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." We are called to our neighborhoods, our communities, schools and workplace and we're called to other places, other countries as well. This is a partnership...we are all called to be lights in "our world and the worlds of others." We are called to do this together.

Thanks for partnering with us in being lights to our "worlds."

Love and Blessings