Talk Is Sheep

Wow, almost a month goes by and that’s how you know we’ve been busy celebrating the summer and watching it fly by…and now it’s Fall! Yet another great season to celebrate! This fall Lee and I have an opportunity that we’re both so excited about…a Mission’s Trip to India! We’ll work alongside Kathy, my wonderful mother-in-law, and train Children’s Ministers, Pastors, and Leaders how to be more effective teachers to children.

If you would have asked me if I thought I’d be doing this two years ago, my answer would have been something like…”That sounds like a really great experience…I just don’t think I’m ready” or “I’ll go but I have no idea what I can contribute.” These last few years have meant a lot to me in building up confidence, trust, and faith in Christ and His plan’s for me. Around two or three years ago, I started assisting teachers in the pre-school class for Providence Church. I would do whatever the teacher said, but I felt overwhelmed with all those little children running around…but I would gain confidence after some time. Then the big one hit. Kathy wanted Lee and I to lead a class together for Elementary kids. Kids who can walk, talk, make some sort of sense, and make trouble! I was nervous before almost every class, but I would pray through it and something happened. I began to pray beyond the nervousness, prayers that were effective in building my trust in God, that He knew exactly where I was and that He had plans for me in the classroom. And now I’m again at the point where I can see He is increasing in me, and this trip to India marks a new step of growth in Him.

So here we are. Lee and I have been making plans and raising support and asking people to pray for us over the last couple of weeks. We’re excited to offer anyone who would like to support us a chance to win something, too….an iPod Touch. You can read more about the raffle details if you go to this page: http://indiatrip.chipin.com/childrens-ministry-trip-to-india

…but here is the gist: the raffle is open to the first 500 entries. For anyone who donates $5 for our trip to India, you get 1 entry to win the iPod touch. So, if you give $20, that give you 4 entries…you do the math! As soon as we reach our goal we’ll randomly choose a name from the list of entries. We’re so excited to be able to go to India, and we’re trusting in God to provide for us for this trip. Please help us get the word out by posting this link on your blog or social network pages. http://indiatrip.chipin.com/childrens-ministry-trip-to-india

Much love,
Sarah and Lee

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