Hola Amigos, or hello friends for those non spanish speaking friends out there. We have arrived safely in Tlaxiaco and have already been using our limited spanish to communicate with everyone. Today we are in training and early tomorrow morning we will be leaving for a village that is approximately four hours away. Thank you all once again for your support both financially to get us here and prayerfully. We appreciate your prayers for the coming week. We are really excited to see what the Lord is going to do!
*once we leave tomorrow morning we will have no access to the internet. We will try to update the blog again when we return to Tlaxiaco on saturday.
Adios Amigos Hasta Luego
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Well our travels have started out a bit differently than we thought it would, our flight to Charlotte was canceled, so we rented a minivan and we are driving to charlotte tO catch our flight to Mexico city! What an adventure! We have already Seen God provide amidsts challenges! I can't put pictures up right now, but well try to put some up later! Thanks for the prayers!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Prayer Calendar
April 17th
Pray for traveling mercies as we spend the whole day trying to reach our destination.
April 18th
This is our day of training. Pray that our hearts and minds will be open to God's instructions as we begin to gain a better understanding of this team's ministry.
April 19th
This will be about the time we will enter the village. Pray for boldness as we begin the process of encouraging the folks we will be working with and allowing God to use us to love on them.
April 20th
Pray that we are an effective witness to the Mixtecos through our actions and that God's light will shine brightly and transcend the language barrier.
April 21st
By now we will have experienced some form of culture shock for sure. Pray that God provides us strength and that we remember His faithfulness to us. We have seen the evidence of how He has called each of us to be a part of this team. Pray that we remember that we are sent to glorify Him.
April 22nd & 23rd
These will be our last days of ministry. Pray that we will have fulfilled His purpose for our team and that we will have completely surrendered ourselves. Pray that we spend these two days looking for how God can use us to have a lasting impact even after we leave.
April 24th
We will be heading home. Pray that as we begin to process what God has done in and through us, that we will come to an understanding of what He desires for us to learn from this experience. Pray that we will be obedient as He challenges us to grow into a deeper relationship with Him as a result of what He has taught us.
Pray for traveling mercies as we spend the whole day trying to reach our destination.
April 18th
This is our day of training. Pray that our hearts and minds will be open to God's instructions as we begin to gain a better understanding of this team's ministry.
April 19th
This will be about the time we will enter the village. Pray for boldness as we begin the process of encouraging the folks we will be working with and allowing God to use us to love on them.
April 20th
Pray that we are an effective witness to the Mixtecos through our actions and that God's light will shine brightly and transcend the language barrier.
April 21st
By now we will have experienced some form of culture shock for sure. Pray that God provides us strength and that we remember His faithfulness to us. We have seen the evidence of how He has called each of us to be a part of this team. Pray that we remember that we are sent to glorify Him.
April 22nd & 23rd
These will be our last days of ministry. Pray that we will have fulfilled His purpose for our team and that we will have completely surrendered ourselves. Pray that we spend these two days looking for how God can use us to have a lasting impact even after we leave.
April 24th
We will be heading home. Pray that as we begin to process what God has done in and through us, that we will come to an understanding of what He desires for us to learn from this experience. Pray that we will be obedient as He challenges us to grow into a deeper relationship with Him as a result of what He has taught us.
Todd's 1st Post
I just wanted to thank all of our supporters and say what a blessing it has been to prepare for this trip. We are getting ready to leave in a few hours and we are over 100% in our support. God has been so faithful and has already begun to teach me what it truly means to trust Him. When we look to put our complete trust in Him for our lives, He often will challenge us to give up anything that we hold on to. God has used this team to challenge me in a way that I did not expect. I've had a mindset about myself that has not been correct due to what God has done in me over the last several years. It has been my desire to learn to lean on Him more, and as a result I've had to give up my way of thinking. All of this, and we haven't even left yet! I think maybe now you all can understand when I say that I'm excited about going on this trip.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Meet the Team
Hey Everyone, i am excited to be updating the blog for the first time for our team. We are going to Mexico April 17th-24th. If you are reading this you probably know someone going, but we thought we would introduce you to everyone.
From left to right its Robert Dawson, Ellie Brown, Brice Crigler, Donya Hafshejani, and todd Cox.
We are really excited to be going, and we are getting more excited as our departure gets closer. So heres the team!
Thanks for taking a few minutes to get to know the team! We want to thank each and every one of you for your financial support to get us to this point, we are almost 100% funded! We also are very thankful for each prayer that you have prayed on our behalf; we have already begun to see the fruits of them! Please continue to pray for us as we go to Mexico and into the villages. More updates to come!
In Christ
The Barnabas Team
We are really excited to be going, and we are getting more excited as our departure gets closer. So heres the team!
My name is Todd Cox and I've been attending Westover Church for the last four years and I enjoy serving in several areas with the church. This will be my fifth missions trip and I'm really excited about what the Lord has been teaching me. It has also been a blessing to see others mature in their walk with Christ. I ask that you pray that our team will be used by God to encourage the missionaries we will be working alongside. Thank you for your support and prayers.
Hi, my name is Donya Hafshejani and I have been attending Westover church for the past year and a half. I am a Kindergarten teacher at Pilot Elementary and love working with children. I was born in Iran and really enjoy experience and learning about different cultures. The Lord called me to go to Mexico this past July on my first mission trip. During the trip I felt that He was calling me to come back the next chance I had. I really enjoyed my time in the mission field and am excited to see what the Lord will do with this upcoming trip. Please pray that the Lord will protect us from the spiritual battles in Mexico and that we may be an encouragement to the people we encounter. I would also like to ask for prayer for our team and that we may grow stronger together and with the Lord during this experience. Thank you for your prayers and support in this journey.
Hey everyone my name is Brice Crigler and I’ve been a Christian since the 8th grade but it wasn’t until the last couple years until I really began to understand what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus. He’s been transforming my heart and mind in radical ways and I’m excited for this opportunity to serve in Mexico for His glory. I live and work in Greensboro but he’s laid it on my heart to not only share here but everywhere. I’m thankful for the blessings that he’s given me and I’m eager to reflect Him in Mexico. I’ve lived in the triad my whole life and this will be my first true mission trip. I wanted to share a verse with everyone that God has laid on my heart for the past couple years… Matthew 22: 37-40 Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments” He keeps reminding me in my life to love on everyone. Thank you for loving on me with your support and prayers so that our team can love on the Mexteco Indians.
My name is Ellie Brown. I'm 30 years old. A single mom of a 5 year old little boy named Harrison. I work as the Training Director at Chick-fil-A at Friendly Shopping Center. I participate in MOPS through Westover and am a member of Westover Church. I have been seeking an opportunity to serve on a short-term trip for many years now, and am looking forward to this new adventure. I have been on 6 mission trips in the past and each one was an amazing experience and a way to use my strengths to serve others and serve God. I anticipate the same for this trip to Mexico.
My name is Robert Dawson. I grew up in Greensboro and I have been attending Westover all my life. I recently graduated from UNC- Chapel Hill and am going into youth ministry. I have been a volunteer with the Middle School youth group at Westover and have really enjoyed that over the years. I am currently working at Chick-Fil-A and doing photography for an online company. I am really excited to be going to Mexico and am looking forward to being used by God. This isn’t my first time on a mission trip, but it is my first time going to such a remote location with such a large language barrier. We value your prayers for these challenges and that God will use us in ways we couldn’t even imagine to spread the Gospel.
Thanks for taking a few minutes to get to know the team! We want to thank each and every one of you for your financial support to get us to this point, we are almost 100% funded! We also are very thankful for each prayer that you have prayed on our behalf; we have already begun to see the fruits of them! Please continue to pray for us as we go to Mexico and into the villages. More updates to come!
In Christ
The Barnabas Team
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