THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT!!!!!!! It means so much.

We are totally dependant on God! We don't have a clue what we are doing nor do we know where we are going, but we could have NOT made it this FAR WITHOUT HIS LEADING!!!

God is all that I have; I sold all I have, gave up my formal education, JOB, friends, and life to come down here, how foolish would I be to turn my back on him and go my own way and blow it AGAIN! This land is not safe, and with out God I would be lost to an eternal death! To those who have little faith in our mission, let this be known it is not a mission trip! We have no itinerary, we travel in FAITH, and that no one back in the states is controlling who we help and where we help. God is the only person we follow. I am grateful that our sponsors are inspired by God and have faith in us to complete HIS mission for us in this world. Jesus did not come in to this world of KAOS to heal the healthy, save the saved, nor build up the rich; He came to bless those around him, to show them the way! He is our guiding light on this trip. We are here to do the same. To be a BLESSING to those we meet, Jews and Gentiles alike! When we run out of support and funding, when the light is gone and we are left in the darkness screaming for our lives... it is then that we will know that God has left us.... but God doesn't leave, he is always here, he was here before we even got here.

Some people look at mission trips as taking God to a place and sharing Him..... But the truth is God is already here, even in the BARS, Clubs, and DISCOS. God has been here since the beginning, we are just presenting Him in a positive way to people. A way that people can grasp and ponder.... Why are these Americans leaving everything to help us? Why do they work for free in the heat, sweat hard and sacrifice freedom and pleasure to bless me?

That is what Christ is to me! I thank God for allowing me to be apart of this trip, I wish everyone who hears of this trip could understand this God that I am beginning to know.

Rob Bell has a very refreshing way of experiencing his God, His God is a friend asking us to JUMP on His Trampoline! Amen! Listen to the Velvet Elvis Cd set, or Read the Book . . . You'll be challenged and encouraged . . . My GOD, OUR GOD is awesome!

Thanks,

RAY

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