Update and Prayer Requests

time for an update... Today I got my visa info! I'm applying to go as a charity worker. I have just one week left in school and then I'll be home with my family from the first of July until I leave on August 17. I'm getting SUPER excited about moving to Cardiff and I can't wait to see what God has waiting for me to do. I still don't really know what I'm going to be doing once I get there, so for now I'm just focusing on the preparation. There is a great quote by Dr. David Livingstone (the explorer/medical missionary to Africa who fought against slavery and was awesome except that he abandoned his family grr :-(.. but this quote is really good): "God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to yours.”

So as I spend the next two months preparing and hanging out with family, I have some prayer requests.

1- Me. That I would not be lazy! I want to be able to “let my conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that I may know how to answer everyone” (Col 4:6). I think a lot of my job next semester will be building relationships, so I desperately need God to soften my heart and make me aware of other people’s needs.
2- My team. There are ten of us on the team. Please pray that we would connect, learn to love each other, and remember our common reason for being there.
3- The people we will encounter in Cardiff. Please pray that God would begin to soften their hearts to God’s truth and “give them a heart of flesh” (Ez 36:26).

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your prayers.