I meant to write this a lot sooner, it's been in the back of my head for the past week, but life has been absolutely crazy with starting new jobs, midterms, packing, and somehow maintaining my sanity along the way. Anyways, here we are. Reaching "the mark", as I like to call it when everything gets down to less than 24 hours, and everything in you is just bursting with excitement. That's pretty much where I'm at right now. As we sat in large group worship tonight with Cru, my friend leaned over to me and whispered, "The next time we're going to worship will be in Haiti!!!" And in that moment, it hit me, the next time I will see a lot of my team is going to be at 7 am Saturday morning at the airport! How awesome is that? This whole journey of preparation is coming to a close, and come tomorrow at 4, I will be on my way to actually DOING the thing! My mind these past few days have been so scattered, studying, trying to pack, trying to spend more intentional time with the Lord in preparation for the trip, and also going to classes at the same time, but at this point, a lot of that has gone away. I spent today either packing, or studying for my Bio exam, which just so happens to be my worst class, and the very last thing I have to do before leaving, but as things have slowed down, my anticipation for this trip has gone up. I'm realizing that it's not a selfish anticipation, like I can't wait to be filled by this trip(although I'm sure I will be), but it's more of an anticipation of what the Lord is going to do in the hearts and lives of those on the team, and the Haitian people that we come in contact with, and that makes my heart just overflowing with joy. But things here are still in the works, and there are still prayers to be said, so I wanted to give you all a list of how you can be praying for me, and for my team members, and for the trip itself over the next few days(we fly out Saturday).
1. Safety, Prayers that we would get there safely, but also that we would be guarded against various and potentially deadly sicknesses, like malaria, zika virus, and yes, there are even deadly jelly fish.
2. That the hearts of each person on the team would be fully focused on Jesus, and not ourselves, and we would have humility throughout the trip.
3. Communication, Pray that we would be able to succinctly communicate what we need to when it comes to sharing the gospel. Sharing the gospel is a scary thing for many, but sharing the gospel in a foreign language just opens up many more ways of it being misinterpreted or misunderstood.
4. The hearts of the Haitian people, most popular religion in Haiti right now is voodoo, or witchcraft. Because of this, we very well may run into individuals who don't want us sharing the gospel, so pray that the hearts of these people would be softened, and that we could address them if needed with love, and not out of frustration.
Overall, just pray that the impacts that we make in the country of Haiti would be ones that would continue when we are gone, and continue to ripple throughout the country and through the generations.
In Christ,
Rose
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