I GOT MY PASSPORT!!!!!

Finally and I am so excited to finally have that off my back...now all I have left is raising the rest of my money...

Passport is Coming (in theory)

So I have really been stressing on this whole passport thing. I know that I shouldn't be because I know that God is in control and I shouldn't worry. But I guess I am worried because I don't have the control. Well I talked to the Passort Information people and they said that it was completed and should be in the mail and to me by the end of the week.

Now that my passport is hopefully on its way, I still need to raise some money. This weekend I am holding a garage sale to maybe get some money and the rest is up to God.

Keep praying for me and my team.

Two Weeks to Go

Well I am now two weeks away and I am getting a little nervous. You see, I still havn't gotten my passport and I am not sure about how much money I still need to raise. I am about to have a huge Yard/Bake sale here in good ol' Texarkana and I know that that will bring me a little cash, I am am still not sure.

But after doing a little studying I have come to this little point where I know that God's will is what I want for this (not mine). If it is God's will for me to go, I will get my passport and I will have raised enough money. So there is no need for me to worry anymore, I am in good hands.

Continue to pray for me and my team.

Praying for Rain

I bet a lot of you (if not all of you) have seen the movie Facing the Giants. Well I loved the movie. And even though there are a lot of great quotes to choose from here is my favorite:

"If you're gonna pray for rain, you have to prepare the field"

So I am going to prpare my field for the rain that I know that God has in store, and this is how I am going to do it. Over the last month I have been raising money for my mission trip to Greece. To date, I have a little over $1000. Which means I am about $2000 short. But after talking to Rob yesterday and praying about it, I have come up with this: If 200 people are willing to donate $10, I will have $2000 in no time.

I am preparing for a rain that I know God will send.If you are willing to be one of the 200, contact me at hawkspg@aol.com or leave me a comment on here and I will get in touch with you on how to go about making your donation.

I have prayed for rain and prepared my field, now the rest is up to God.

PS- If you have any questions you can call me at (870) 723-7707

Why do you Worry?

So, lately I have been boggled down with a lot of stuff. With classes winding down, finanicial deadline for my trip coming soon, and with just so much other stuff, I have been feeling very overwhelmed lately. And last night was no different.

I had to go with the Choir to Little Rock (I am a part of an ensemble that plays for the choir). I kne wthat with a couple of tests this morning that I didn't need to go, because it would stretch me a little too far for comfort. After talking to Dr. Skinner and finding that he was going to require me to go, I wrote Rob an email and told him that I had to go and about feeling overwhelmed. Well I got a reply:

"Hang tough. God has a plan"

So I had to go to Little Rock and I desided that I was going to study on the way down there, so Mr.Meggs let me ride with him so that we could get back early. Well after studying and a little small talk, Mr.Meggs got around to telling me that he got my letter and was asking me how to send in money and all that, and I told him. But this is when the God thing started. He asked me why I had been stressing out lately and I spilled. Afterwards he asked that instead of sending in money, he asked if he could pay for my plane tickets to orientation and back from debrief.

WOW!!! That was one of the things that I had no idea how I was going to do. God just reminded me that there is no reason to worry, he is going to take care of everything.

Waiting isn't Always Bad

So in preparation for my trip, PIONEERS wants us to do a study of Acts (as this will be our main focus at orientation and throughout the summer.

So where else did I start but at the beginning. Acts 1 starts with Jesus ascending into heaven, but not before giving this command to the disciples:

"Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father has promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." -Acts 1:4-5

I can only imagine what was going on in the minds of these guys at this point. In the last forty dayys they have seen Jesus die, raise again, teach and now he has left. But he told them not to scatter, and stay in the place that they killed him. I probably would have been terrified. But Jesus knew that without the Spirit, they would be nothing. The Spirit cam t ogive them power and wisdaom and was exactaly what the were seeking.

So I guess waiting isn't all that bad.

Going to Greece

If you haven't heard by now, I am going to Greece this summer on a mission trip. I am going with an organization called Pioneers. My team and I are going to spen eight weeks serving the Lord through camps and anything else that we get asked to do.

Here is a look at our tentative Itinerary:
- June 16-19: Participation and serving at the annual Missions conference held in northern
Greece at a Christian campground.
- June 20 – 25: Preparation of camp and ministry grounds at Porto Astro for the sports camps
(Hellenic Ministries sea-side property situated on the Mediterranean, 1 ½ hours north of Athens.
Porto Astro is a rugged olive orchard with intrinsic beauty used as a base for ministry.)
Serve at “Go Wild for Jesus” Extreme Water Sports Camps” – 7, 1 week camps
- June 26 – July 1: Pre-teen camp
- July 2 – 6: Refugee camp
- July 10 – 15: Leadership camp
- July 16 – 22: Teen camp
- July 22 – August 5: German youth camp
- August 6 – 12: Young Adult camp

it looks like we are going to have a great summer and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us (as a team and individually)

So this will be my update blog for my mission trip this summer. I will try to update ya'll at least once a week, if not more, on my preparation, trip and everything else I can think of.

My team:

Anna Vaughn- Texas Christian University
Jarred Pike- Montevallo
Zeb Gill- Fort Lewis University
Becca Carter- San Diego
Jenn Sisco- Abiline Christian University
Margaret Harrison- Central Washington University