Update on Outreach and Prayer Requests
Hello loyal readers! :) I just wanted to drop a quick note and let those of you who don’t know my upcoming plans. Our team is leaving for China on Tuesday, January 5, for a month of outreach and service. We can certainly use your prayers for this! We will be flying into Hong Kong and staying at the YWAM base there for a couple of days, then will be flying to the Guilin area in SE China…and will be there for a month to serve. I’m not sure how safe it is for me to write more specifically about what we’ll be doing there, so I’ll leave it at that.
Around the fifth of February, we fly to Auckland and will be serving the Maori (native New Zealand) community in the north part of the north island for the month. After a week of debriefing back at our base in Oxford, we have graduation on March 6. I fly back to L.A. on March 7.
Here are my prayer requests for our two-month outreach:
- Smooth and safe travels, especially through the Chinese immigration
- Protection (physical, spiritual, etc.); not only for our team, but also for those we come into contact with (that is probably the greater concern and we need to be very careful about that)
- Open hearts of everyone we will come into contact with; divine appointments
- Our team be filled with the Spirit
- Unity of our team
- Boldness for our team
- Above all else, LOVE
Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and support! I will try to access internet to give updates, but cannot guarantee it as we will be in a rural village for most of our time in China. I should have internet access when we get back to New Zealand. I just want to say “thank you” to everyone who has provided me support in some way. A special shout-out to my parents, who have been supportive beyond measure…you are AWESOME!! Truly, without everyone’s help, I would absolutely not be here.
Again, our team cherishes your prayers— THANK YOU!!
P.S. If you send me an email (or post something here or to me on Facebook, between now and February 5), please be delicate in what you write… the Chinese government is still monitoring online activity… please do not mention YWAM, and use code (such as ‘Father’ instead of God, ‘pr…y’ instead of pray, etc.). Thanks!!
