Mission: Urban

We had two services to go to and an asado (cookout).
We had our usual worship at 9am with Nate.  He has asked us read Psalms 105 & 106, then write our own thoughts on what God has done in our lives.  We went round the circle and each read one line or section of our [...]

Our God is awesome God…He reigns…What a day!  Today we did two Hora Felices.  We had three of the group, Gary, Herb, and Jackie, as clowns.  We had candy and balloons to hand out.  Hugo, an Argentine man and his wife Luisa came from Bueno Aires to help.  He had been praying for an opportunity [...]

It occurred to me today that I FEEL as if I have been here for…well…so long I can’t remember!  Not much down time really…and not having much time alone with my husband has been…lacking.  Gary and I discussed this a bit with Rich who totally understood and encouraged us to do so if we needed [...]

I don’t know if anyone reading this has ever done a prayer walk, but I have not, until today.  I must tell you that it is not as intimidating as it sounds.  I was worried about how this was all going to go down, but it is low key and unassuming.  We were praying for [...]

Today was an exhausting day.  After a 10 1/2 hour flight, we arrived in Buenos Aires at 9 something AM.  Brian Gornik and Rich Elledge were there to welcome us and get us to LaPlata.  We were greeted at our “home” by Tara, Malachi, Elijah, and Ezekiel Gornik, Jill and Emerson Elledge, and Nate, Deb, [...]

Today Grace had our commissioning services.  We were all called to the front of the sanctuary, were introduced, friends, relatives, and members of the Missions Board came and laid hands on us while the Pastor and the congregation prayed for us.  Sort of felt like the final step before our leaving on Tuesday.  It was [...]

When having a chat with my brother today, it struck me (and I mean STRUCK me) that there is only 9 days until we leave for Argentina.  My brother by the way, is taking care of our three kitties and dog while we are gone.  He lives in VA, so to stay in Chesapeake Beach [...]

Well,  here it is 19 days before “lift off”.  I have to admit that I wondered…about 2 things…OK, worried about 2 things.  The first was going on a missions trip that the focus was prayer.  What did that mean exactly?  Was I going to have to pray 24/7 for 7 days?  Could I do that? [...]

Well, this is my first post to the I-GO blog.  I was asked to consider this short term missions trip and at first thought…my thought was, “what?”, “me?”.  Well, after some prayer and discussions, I decided that since I couldn’t think of ONE reason NOT to go, that was God’s way of telling me that [...]