Beca 2 Brazil

       I hope I never get over how incredible my journey as a missionary has been. The Lord has done some incredible things for me before deputation and even while traveling.       This last week I had the opportunity to attend BIMI’s South America Field Conference.  What a tremendous encouragement it was for me to be around so many faithful missionaries serving the Lord here in SA. Many of the missionaries present, I had heard named before but had not been privileged to meet yet. What a blessing to put some faces and relationships behind the names! BIMI South America is truly a family and I am so excited to be a part of it.       This week I had the wonderful opportunity to be one of the interpreters for the conference. There were a couple of deaf missionaries present whom I got to meet and get to know this week. It was such a special blessing to me to interpret for the Deaf while in the country. I got just a small glimps...

  Hello from Maryland!  It has been quite a while since I have been up this far north, and I must say, stepping off the plane into 30 degrees reminded me why lol.  I had the opportunity to fly up to MD for the weekend to take part in a conference here. I’ll be flying back to Florida on Monday morning to pick up Ray (my car) and travel to a church there. The last several weeks have been crazy busy for me, I had the opportunity to present my work in 8 different churches in just the last 4 weeks! God has been so good, and has blessed so much. I have gotten to meet so many people and form relationships with servants of the Lord from all over. I recently was in a missions conference in Louisiana and really enjoyed getting to spend time with the pastors family as well as the other missionaries present. There is nothing like fellowship among other people working to serve the Lord! It is an encouragement like no other.  This week is my last week of meetings for a little whil...

     Hello friends! The month of February has been a crazy one to say the least, I spent much of it in the state of Louisiana, crisscrossing to all corners of the state. The Lord has blessed the meetings I have had and I am currently at about 40% support!I am beyond excited by that number, it seems too good to be true. I am pushing harder than ever to be finishing up deputation by this coming November. In the last few days I have seen the Lord do a lot, just in my personal life. I had been praying for several days that the Lord would give me an opportunity to be a witness to someone. (As I’ve travelled I have found it somewhat more difficult to actively Soul-win.) In this last week I had the opportunity to share my testimony in sign language and in Portuguese! I was not able to lead either of the ladies to the Lord, but was able to give them the gospel. How encouraging it was to be able to use the languages that I am preparing to use in  Brazil here in the states. Tw...

 God is so good! I know He's always only good, but how much more real it feels when He is good to ME! I was able to go into the DMV in TN and get my license transferred in about an hour. Once I had that taken care of I went over to the tag/registration place, I waited in line for maybe 15 minutes and then they took my paperwork and gave me my new tags! The very thing that I had, honestly, overstressed about, was taken care of completely within about 2 hours. What an incredible God we serve, truly this could have been a week long affair, but God saw fit to give me favor with those I interacted with.  Thank you so much to those of you who helped me pray about this! It is truly a weight off my shoulders, I have been in between states for a little more than a year and it has certainly brought a set of challenges and concerns, but praise the Lord it has all been taken care of!  I am currently in the state of Louisiana for the next several weeks, I have a couple meetings down h...

Hello!  It has been a long last few weeks if I am being totally honest with you. I have pretty much been sick for most of the last two weeks. I had the flu and then as I was getting over that I was hit with double ear infections. Lots of fun stuff all around. I really appreciate everyone who reached out to me and let me know they were praying for me. It really does mean so much. Being sick on the road is no fun. Praise the Lord I am on the mend now. I got some antibiotics for the ear infections and am feeling much better now.  I left SC today and made my way to TN near where BIMI is located. The reason I am down here this week is because I need to get my car stuff straightened out. Some of you may have heard the very long story about the complications with my license and car registration and all that. Basically, my license is in Indiana but my car is registered in Maryland. My car’s registration is going to expire soon and I needed them to be the same, but for some other reaso...

  Hello!       I am finally back down south! I think if I could do all my traveling down here I would never leave. I am in South Carolina this week and next and then will be making my way down to LA and then back to Florida. WOO HOO! I am chasing the warm as fast as I can. The last few days in MD were bitter cold, I am much looking forward to some sunshine.       Beyond traveling, I wanted to share a blessing with you all. The last day of the conference I was in last week, I came down with the flu. I haven't had it too terribly, but fever, chills, cough and all that fun stuff. It went around the church and I happened to contract it. A few months ago, I was praying and thinking about what would happen and what would I do if I got sick and had to travel. Well, God answered that for me this week. One of the missionary families I was in the conference with last week, also 'happened' to be driving down to the Carolinas, just about an hour north of...

 Happy January!  I have hit the ground running this year and am starting off with a packed out schedule! The Lord has been so good. I will be traveling full time until May. I have a trip down to Brazil and also to the DR in that time and cannot wait to see what all the Lord has planned for me this spring. I am currently in a conference in MD and am so enjoying my time here with some old friends as well as making some new ones. It is always so great to reconnect with people. Thank you to all who have faithfully prayed for ‘Ray.’ He is driving just fine, actually better than he was in December. ( I think sometimes I can tell when people pray harder 😂)  As I get things charged back up for this next ‘round’ of meetings, I have decided on a theme for myself  this year. A theme of trusting God. We all (or at least I do) struggle at some points, to trust our Heavenly Father. A thought that, when in perspective, is so ridiculous! If I look back on my life at the trials God ...