Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Welcome

Hi, and welcome to my blog. This is all about a mission trip that I have been allowed to sign up for, and the fundraising efforts to get me there. The trip is to Romania. We will be leaving July 30, and returning on August 14th. I am so excited to get to go, and I am learning so many new things even now, before I have even left. The first thing that comes to mind is that I am learning patience. The cost for going on this trip is $2,800 and I am going to be fundraising most of that. As of today I have $170 of that. I am so blessed to see how many other people really want to help and support missionaries.

I feel that God is calling me to be one of those missionaries. Specifically to work with the orphans in Romania. So, when I saw this trip being sponsored by CIY (www.ciy.com) I was just thrilled. Our team will be hosting a Vacation Bible School (VBS) while there, working in an orphanage, visiting gypsy camps, working in a coffee house and participating in Agape runs.

Romania seems so very far away. And I don't mean just geographically. The culture is very different. The people have been taught to relate to their children in a way that is very different than here in the U.S. Not only children are treated differently, but other cultures such as the gypsies (or Roms) are too. I am writing a research paper for one of my classes and as I do research I will share some of my findings with you.

Since you are here, you have probably been given a support letter by me, or my mom. Yay mom, she is rather bold about asking people to help me. (yes, this is mom typing this for Devon. *grin*) So, you may be asking yourself what you can do to help me to help the people that I am going to serve this summer. You can pray. Please pray for guidance, financial support and that God would use me for His glory. You can support me financially, by sending a donation to CIY in my name. And you can tell others about this mission trip and how they can help us help God's people. What ever you feel led to do, thank you so much in advance. Every little bit helps, and prayers are of course, so very very important. Thanks again for reading my blog, come back as often as you can. We are trying to figure out how to upload a ticker so you can follow my progress in fundraising, and I will be adding pictures and lots of information as we go. God Bless you!
Devon S.

No comments:

Post a Comment