9 posts tagged “missions”
For those of you who supported us for our Mission Trips we want to thank you very much! We have just finished producing, and will be sending soon, our Thank You Newsletters. Pictures and stories throughout the newsletter will help you feel like you were part of the trip, because you were! One thing I want to point out, is that I have made available a few short videos from my trip. If you would like to see them please email becca.holcombe@gmail.com and I will make them available to you.
Thanks again to all of you!
March blows in interesting things this time of year. Hints of spring, change, and some rays of hope. I see now that I will never get what I need working at the casino. It was a promise unfulfilled. I am now actively looking for better employment. I'm sure I will find it.
I think I am only weeks away from getting invited by Homeland Security to join the Customs Border Patrol team. That could be a good step forward for me. It is certainly something with potential for growth and a level of interest on my part. You all will know as soon as I do regarding that.
I'm looking forward to meeting all of the people going on the Guatemala Trip this year. We have an advance meeting coming up at the end of this month to rally together for the fundraising. Since I am on the topic, Becca and I have finished our Newsletters and all of you should be getting a copy soon. If you do not, please email us immediately! :)
Well, here we are in 2009 already. This year will bring many unexpected changes (I hope). I will hear back from the CBPO within the next few weeks. It will be nice to find out one way or the other with them. I am pretty much done pursuing a Police career. I'm not really sure where to head as far as work goes if the CBPO thing doesn't work out.
Missions has it's retreat at the end of this month, and I am looking forward to that. It will be nice to get away for a little bit, and to talk a bit about this coming Missions season.
The football playoffs begin tomorrow, and I will be rooting for Minnesota again (although they will have a very tough time). I'm also rooting for Baltimore, but it appears that the Giants have a great chance again.
We are having a wonderful winter this year. We have had some cold temperatures and several days of snow. It is a nice change from the unceasing rain I have gotten used to.
Thank you to all who follow our blog and keep up with us. We love you all and are thankful for your support.
I'm sure you can guess that I am excited about the upcoming trip. It is 'in my face' already as we get all the last minute stuff done in preparation to leave on the 18th. Since I am leading the trip, there is a lot more of that to do than I am used to. I hope you all got my letter and that you are visiting to keep up to date. Feel free to send me a private note with your email address so that I can update my database.
The team is pumped up and ready to go. We are all expecting really great things. I believe God is going to do some neat works while we are there. I know we are going to be willing vessels, and God loves to use willing vessels.
The Fickers (the long term missionaries we are working with) are very excited. We have received a fresh batch of medical supplies to take for them. We have put together the VBS that we are taking down to use with the children, and the dramas all look great! This Sunday we will be prayed for and launched by Real Life Church.
This will likely be my last post until I am in Guatemala, so please pray for the following:
Safe travel, health, unity, good communication, love to be shared, pray the devotional time is intimate, pray the young people we are taking are all changed forever, pray the people of Guatemala meet Jesus.
Blessings and peace upon you, I thank God that I have such loving and supportive friends and family.
I will be leaving for Guatemala on August 18 very very early in the morning. We will return around August 28th. This is going to be an exploratory mission trip for us, as we are starting a new relationship with some local missionaries in the San Andreas area. They are a team of physicians who have setup a base of operations there and lived in the area for many years now. You should check out their website at: www.adonaiinternationalministries.org
I am excited to go because this will be my first trip leading, and my last step in being released to organize and lead trips in the future. The team that is going is a great team, and I look forward to working with them. We will do local Vacation Bible Schools, a drama, show 'Facing the Giants', medical outreach (two of our team members are in the medical field), some work projects and general evangelism. Every trip is unique in its own way, and I am looking forward to seeing what the Lord will do through this one.
Please pray for all the finances to come in. Pray for our safe traveling and health. Pray for team unity. Pray for a great start to our relationship with Duane and Leslie. Pray that I do a good job leading, and make the right decisions. Pray for salvation of people, and for them to get connected to God and a local church that will take good care of them. Pray for signs and wonders.
I look forward to sharing with you all that happens when I return. I will update this blog when I can. Thank you all for your support and prayers.
Yes, I love mission trips and I know that God has called me to work on the mission field, but I love coming home. Flying over Seattle, looking out the window make me feel so good.
Seven years and my dream has finally come true. It was so much more that I ever expected it to be! The people of the Mo tribe are so kind and welcoming, they have beautiful faces and warm smile. I can't describe to you the feeling I got the first time I was swarmed by the kids...and when I say swarmed, I mean swarmed! They learn English in school so we were able to talk to the kids a little, but they younger ones were really shy as they are still learning to speak English. The older kids were a big help in communicating. They love to touch our hand and skin because we have hair on our arms and our skin a softer...mostly because we don't have to work with our bare hands from the time we can carry things.
We saw a women carrying a log on her head...a real log about 5 feet long. They carry everything on their heads so we tried to but didn't do very well.
I put in the video that Philip edited for our mission trip. Please take a look at it.
Thank you all for your support and prayers!
Becca
Philip has been bugging me ever since he started this site to get on and post so here goes. I don't usually take the time to do this sort of stuff because I am a big fan of paper, pen and stamps. But that hasn't happened in a very long time.
I am working hard to help out with the family budget. I babysit about 2 days a week for a cutie little girl named Eve who is 1 year old and sometimes her sister Nora (5) when she is home from school. They are a bundle of energy as Eve is just starting to walk and Nora wants all the attention. I love it though. I have just accepted the team lead position at Jamba Juice and will begin training next week. I like it there and the job is fun.
I restarted my home business after taking the summer to focus on the Guate mission trip. I am going to do my best to keep it going and make this business a success. I like the food and I enjoy hosting shows and the fun we have at the parties.
I am starting to fund raise for the mission trip to Africa in April - yes Africa. I will be joining with several other women (pray for men to join the team so Clark is not alone) to work with a tribe in Ghana. The Chief of this tribe has attended our church for several years and we have supported his village in many ways. This will be the first "team" to go and work locally with the villagers. I can't wait. I start fund raising this month and will have at least one every month until I go. I will keep everyone posted on that.
Okay, I think that is all I can do right now. My wrists hurt.
Can't wait to see you all (except the Dowells) in November!
