GIG!!!!!!

Amen Sister!
Did I mention my enthusiasm for this mission is on FULL FORCE right about now???
Excellent prayer requests! And definitely an AMAZING accomplishment to reach our monetary goals and be fully funded before we leave for the airport TODAY!!
OMGoodness...did I say today????? 17 hours and away we go!

GIG....God Is Good!

Brasil Bound

Here I sit. 1:38 am. Mostly packed and ready to go. I spent the last two hours trying to decide which sweater to bring (its winter there) and how many pairs of shoes to bring (I usually limit myself to two, but since it is Brasil I feel like heels are in order...plus I heart heels). But to say that I'm pumped about the trip would be an understatement. Now that packing is done....even more pumped!

We had AMAZING news today. Laura who has been keeping up with ALL our support donations informed us that we are FULLY funded!! Wow. Amazing. What a God sized thing that we were able to raise nearly $34,000 in this economy. Completely amazing. And the day before we left. What a gift. We can go into the trip not thinking about the funding. So many thanks to you all who are partnering with our team on this journey. Did I say amazing?

I thought you might like to know what I'm praying for the team. Feel free to pray for these things or anything else!

1. Unity. Hands down a problem for teams in Brazil. The enemy attacks relationally.
2. That we would be able to leave distractions behind and hear the Lord speak to each of us.
3. For the details of the camp to come together. Camp begins on Friday and ends on Sunday about noon.
4. For the Spirit to move during the camp and Sunday service.
5. Health for the team as we travel and serve.

We are so thankful for your prayers.
We will be updating the blog as often as we can while in Brasil...we look forward to traveling "with" you!

Wendy
Team Leader

And we are off! (Almost...)

(focus on the plane here not the alps....we won't be flying over the alps on our way to Brazil)

We leave in 4 days! Wow, we can’t believe it’s finally here. We’ve been planning since late February and, yet, it’s still crept up on us. BUT, we are ready!! The team is so pumped – God has really provided us the guidance and confidence to carry out this mission.

We met Monday night and packed all the team supplies. Wendy has assigned a “leader for the day” so we each received our day to lead as well. We also finalized the itinerary for the team building retreat. Thankfully, we have some creative minds that have put together some amazing skits and beautiful artwork. We are so excited to see what God has in store for all of us – our team and those we are serving.

We leave Atlanta Tuesday, June 30^th, flying straight to Sao Paulo, Brazil (9 hour flight), layover there, and take another flight to Londrina. A long travel day for sure.

Our support network has been amazing so thank you again! We look forward to providing you many more updates so you can see what your support is doing for God’s good work.

God Bless you all!

Meet the Team

Here is a pic of most of our team recently....enjoy!

Check back!

Keep checking the cheesy thermometer to the right to see how we are doing on support...we are getting close! Whoo hooo!

Getting there....

I have exciting news......drum roll.....we are 68% there on funding (see the cheesy thermometer on the right)!! We more than 150 supports. Wow! Amazing. THANK YOU to all who have given. If you are still interested in giving (and being a real part of what we are doing in Brazil) you still have time! Here are the online giving instructions.

1. www.GOglobalx.org
2. Click "give"
3. Fill in contact info and click "Short term mission trip"
4. Under "Short term mission trip" select "Brazil" then "Brazil Volunteer Retreat"
5. For individual type "team" (if you want to give to someone specific then you can type their name rather than the team)

We are thankful for all funding - $10 - $10,000!!