no.278 140202 Thank you for the missions month

At the beach, Manzanillo

February is our church's missions month.

Next week, pastor Rolando whom I met while I was in Mexico for my short term will be visiting Toronto, and I am super excited to reunite with him! My team and I are planning to take him out for dinner one night. I can't wait to hear all the stories about his ministry, and most of all, the family that we built the house for in Cerro del Quatro.

Speaking of missions month, I was recently thinking about summer missions for me this year. I'm curious on where God will send me this time. Our church is sending a group of men to Guadalajara at the end of February for a short term mission work. I would love to be a part of it, but it is reserved for men only, since it's a labour intensive - building a house after a house… for the entire week. I still remember the pain in my arm on the night after my first day of construction. Out of everyone on our team, I probably used the least strength (because I was the only girl on the team). Yet, my arm was hurting sooooo much that I woke up from the sleep and I had to apply some pain relief pads on my wrist. It was hurting because of "heavy" lifting (I'm sure it wasn't that heavy for the guys), and also from cutting thick metals.

Regardless of all the pain and sickness that I went through, I think it's amazing that God is giving me a heart to want to go back to Mexico. Whenever I think about my last mission trip, I am so amazed and thankful! If you're wondering why I felt this way, please search "Mexico Mission" on my blog. You'll know what I mean:)

Where will God send me? I started to pray about it. Although I don't know what will happen just yet, I know one thing for sure. I will go where He goes.