Well, tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning Ellen and I will head off to Honduras! We will arrive in Tegucigalpa around noon. Our plan is to spend one day and night in Tegucigalpa. We will be picked up and taken to Choluteca on Saturday (its about a three hour drive). I will be there for the next month but Ellen will head back to Dallas on the 24th. We are very excited to go! We don't know a lot about Honduras so it will all just have to be a pleasant surprise. :)

I first started thinking about taking a trip like this about 10 months ago and I am really thankful for how God used the encouragement and help of a lot of people I care about to make this a reality for me. The trip will be great way to put the last three years of Spanish classes into practice but I am anxious to see the other ways that God will use the trip to grow and teach me. As far as I can tell I will spend most of my days working with children, children who have a lot of needs. The other day while I was driving with Jack in the car we were singing along to "For Your Glory" by Kate York. Hearing Jack's little voice behind me reminded me of why I wanted to do ministry with kids this summer. I believe that God gave children the abillity to know Him, and to know Him in a way that provides an identity for them that carries into adulthood. Often, I think of my faith as childlike. I believe that is the result of having faith in Christ when I was a child.

I would love to be strengthened by your prayers! I am sure after being there for awhile I will get a better idea of what we can all pray for. But I'll go ahead and list a few. :)

- You can ask God to keep Ellen and I safe while we travel and while we spend the day and night in  Tegucigalpa.

- You can pray that I will be bold in using my Spanish, sometimes I'm a liiiiitle shy. ;)

- I am most concerned about the relationships that I will be forming, particularly with the children. You can pray that God would show me how to best use my gifts to relate to them and to meet their needs. I am interested in full time ministry after I graduate and this is an opportunity to learn how God may use me in that way.

Thanks a lot! Really, I am just so anxious to meet God in another part of the world, surrounded by new people. God loves people and I am always humbled thinking about how His love is enough for all of us.

"I'll rise up and be Your voice. I made my choice. This is my story. Your songs are stored inside my heart. So break me apart. It's for your glory. Let it pour out of me." For Your Glory