Beca 2 Brazil

       It is surreal to think that I have been in country, as a missionary, for one year already. In many ways I feel as though I just arrived, and in many others, it is almost as if I was always here. God has been so good to teach me so much in this year and I would like to take moment and share just a few of my thoughts.       I remember on deputation, particularly towards the end, I had several pastors and church people ask the question,  ‘ What do you foresee being your greatest difficulty on the field?’      Well, to be frank, it was never something that crossed my mind all that often. Sure, I wasn’t naive to think I would have no troubles, but all of the things that ‘other people’ struggled with when they arrived on the field, I surely would not. After all, I had done language school already. I grew up with a very broad sense of culture due to living on the mission field. I had lived on my own already. My parents were mis...

 As I am starting through these first holidays spent here in Brazil, I have spent quite a bit of time pondering ALL that I have to be thankful for, this year in particular. God has been so very good to me and as I inch closer and closer to completing my first year on the mission field, I can look back and remember the numerous blessings, large and small that have been bestowed on me.  First of all, I am here! February 19, 2024, God brought me here to Brazil to start living this adventure of a lifetime! Every day I wake up and am overjoyed that God saw fit to call me into the ministry, and I am so grateful for His presence which has sustained me here so far. To me it seems like another lifetime ago that I was called to the field, another lifetime ago that I was in college preparing to come, even deputation feels like ages ago. But with all of the changes, all of the adaptions and difficulties, I have seen God be faithful and continue to work on my behalf. Truly so many things h...

  Hey friends!       This month I reached my 6 month mark since moving to Brazil! I can honestly say that this experience has, so far, been so much more than I could have ever dreamed it would be! I have fallen more and more in love with the life God has blessed me with, with every passing day. The people I get to minister with and to, have come to mean so much to me. The Deaf church and the hearing church alike have become my family here in Brazil and I could not love it any more than I do! The Lord has brought me some amazing friends these last several months. Friends who would laugh and cry with me, support me when I needed it and help me as I continue to adjust to life and ministry here in Brazil. Thank you so much for praying for me that God would make this a smooth transition process.      The last few months I have had many many ministry opportunities! I have loved everything I have gotten to be a part of! I have had opportunities to be a p...

Hey friends!  I wanted to share a dumb story of something that happened to me today, that I thought you may enjoy laughing at.        W e all do stupid things, and the faster you can laugh at yourself the quicker you will be able to not die of embarrassment at the first sign of trouble.      I had to come and get bloodwork done this morning. Not something I was looking forward to just as the process was one I knew nothing about and I was going to need to figure out. I waited about an hour just to start the registration process, once I was at the counter registering there was some issue with my insurance so the teller took my card to the back to resolve it. She was gone a while. While she was gone I pulled out my earbuds to listen to a message before putting them back in their case and ATTEMPTING to replace them in my bag. I missed…. I dropped them on the floor and both earbuds flew out of the case and under the desk in front of me. The desk was a ...

 "There is nothing quite like being in the center of God's will." I've heard it said time, and time, and time again. And so have you. Did you know that it's true?       I have been on the field here in Brazil, for 5 months now. While I am aware, that is not a long time, I have come to realize just how awesome it is to be living the dream God put in my heart and mind so very long ago. While the steps to get me here were also a part of God's will, it is a pretty surreal thing to realize that each step was taken with this goal in mind.       These last couple weeks I have spent a lot of time reflecting on the different trials and hardships God has brought me through to get me to where I am today. Each trial, each heartache and difficulty was part of the shaping and molding process to get me to be who I am and bring me here, to Brazil. I will be honest with you and tell you that the last several years of my life have been anything but easy, and I...

 You moved to another country?  Alone?  At 23?  But... why?       Well, you see my friend, I wouldn't want it any other way. What an incredible blessing to spend my 20s on the mission field serving in the ministry full-time. I think I have spent too much time giving the diplomatic answer, 'Well, God called me...' which is 100% true! But what about the other answer, the part where it's JUST AWESOME! I get to wake up every day and live my true adventure, service to the Lord here in Brazil.  Some think I’m nuts, others that my parents are, but I know that God is my leader and I couldn’t be any safer, happier or more fulfilled doing anything else -Beca

 Righteousness?  Ephesians 6:12-14  'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.'  The Noah Webster 1828 dictionary says: Righteousness:  Purity of heart and rectitude of life; conformity of heart and life to the divine law.   The active and passive obedience of Christ           The above three verses are very familiar to most of us, they make up the first part of the armor of God which most of us have known since attending VBS as children, they are very familiar to us. I recently was part of a Bible study, during which the armor of God was the main...