I hope all of you are doing well! God has been teaching me so much these last few weeks leading up to my mission trip. I have currently raised $1060 toward my $2500 goal. God has truly blessed this trip. Thank you for your prayers and support, I could not go to France without either of these things. If you want to financially support my trip please send checks made out to Denton Bible Church and put 8700-21 in the memo line. Email me to get my address.
My summer is filled with many adventures but a few hardships as well. School has come to a close and I am currently packing to go on a road trip with my roommates. We are heading to the Grand Canyon and California for a little R&R and Chaco Adventures. Chaco Adventures are a must each summer. Chaco’s are sports sandals that I enjoy wearing while hiking and doing ‘hardcore’ adventure type things. Last Sunday my friend Allison and I completed our first Triathlon in Irving. This has been a goal of mine for a while, so to complete it was such a rush. I will be training for my next tri after my mission trip. This past week I helped pack up my Grandma who is moving to Lake Jackson and also unpack my parents who moved into a new house in Belton. During the course of these events I had to say goodbye to a sweet friend of mine, my dog Maxi. Through a crazy event, Maxi passed away on the morning of June 9. She was well loved by many of my friends, family and passed roommates. She was 16 years old and a family pet that I had the privilege of playing with since I was 10 years old. Although we had ups and downs in our relationship, I will miss Maxi and the apartment will not be the same without her presence.
My mission trip is coming together through prayer and flexibility. We are having a garage sell on June 19th. My team will leave on July 8th and will be working with another group from Virginia to put on a Vacation Bible School in St Paul France. This whole experience has taught me a lot about waiting on the Lord in prayer and patience. When we first started meeting we thought that we would have to create a curriculum for the trip and be the only ones there teaching. Now we have a large team (10 people from other states), and will be working with an English curriculum to teach the children. This team has worked in France in the past, so we will have so much to learn from them. Another thing that I have learned is about my place on the team. My past mission trips have been with college students going to urban cities. This trip has been a challenge because I am out of my comfort. I am traveling with two families and one teacher from Denton Calvary (the private school affiliated with Denton Bible). I have so much to learn from these men and women, and need to remember my responsibility in building relationships. Both flexibility and acceptance has been a struggle throughout the past weeks, but I have learned so much.
With Love,
Anna B.
Prayer Requests:
· That the two teams may serve selflessly one another and the group of missionaries there in France
· For opportunity to share my faith here in the United States and in France
· For faith and trust that God will provide or finances and needs here and in France
· For the Lord to work in mighty ways this summer in the hearts of my past students and my future students, as well as the children in my apartment complex. Three of them were baptized two weeks ago. Praise the Lord!
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