Once it rains, it pours! December 27, 2007

I’m amazed!

Most of all, Praise God! I’m halfway there with the financial supports.
Thank you to those who has made donations so far. Especially as of
today, 3 people have made such generous donations/commitments of monthly
payments…..from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!! (You know who you
are, Love you all!) Because of that, I was able to go ahead with
purchasing the flight tickets and medical insurances that’s required to
have before I go.I’m officially leaving on January 26th instead of February 1st. Feb 1st
were sold out but the 26th had the CHEAPEST FARE I’ve EVER seen with
this airline. This airline still provides the best prices but this time
the 26th was best price.Sunday morning, Dec 23rd, I went to my parents’ church with my oldest
sister’s family and with my parents. My mother asked me to go up front
with her to announce about my going to Jamaica, and to pray for me
etc… as I was standing up there…. a flashback came to my mind…. I
think the last time I was up front of the church was when I asked to be
baptized….and there I was again, this time to be prayed for as I go
out to the mission field. That was just awesome! I never dream of doing
this!! It’s humbling. When my mother was announcing this, she was saying
something like this, “YOU (the Dayton Avenue Baptist Church) are the
ones who have taught her about being a Christian. Now I’m seeing my
daughter out to the mission field.”  I gotta give the kudos to my “home”
family church, DABC.Today, as I am posting this blog, my youngest sister’s husband, Jim
Menne is traveling to Sudan, Africa and will be staying there for 3
weeks. He’ll be working on teaching men to become Pastors in Sudan and
leading them in starting churches. This is part of his internship for
Pastors Degree. Pray for his safety during his stay there. Pray for my
sister, Diana and 2 sons being here in Illinois with family. Check out on my blogroll…on the right side…click on Sudan, Africa  ( you’ll see “e3Sudan” That’s the organization he’s going through.)
I continue to look forward to see what God has in store for me, for the
Jamaicans, for the deaf children and adults in Jamaica during the time
I’m there.

*PRAISE GOD
- for OTV and Randy! I couldn’t do this without OTV! Randy’s been
awesome help in preparing me for many things.
- for supportive and encouraging words from Family and Friends
- official leaving 26th of January
- cheap flight fares
- for touching your heart to make donations/committed monthly support.
- financial raised halfway through

*PRAYERS
- for the funds goal to be met
- to take care of personal things, pray all goes well and smoothly
before the 25th.
- for the safety of Jim Menne, my brother in law during his 3 weeks stay
in Sudan, Africa

May God bless you!
And I pray that the new year will bring you many blessings!

Sweet Flashback December 11, 2007

As I got the letter of endorsement from OTV, I read what Director Randy remembered about me. He mentioned that he remembered very clearly what I said on our trip back to America from Jamaica back in January 2006. As we (including his wife, Sue) settled in our seats, waiting for the take off, I said “My body’s going home, but my heart’s here in Jamaica.”

I forgot I had said that but it’s SO TRUE! I still feel as if I left my heart there and I could say I’m going back to retreive it. But I’m sure I’d be leaving MORE of my heart there!    Only God knows!

Prayers for Missions Trip December 5, 2007

The letters have been mailed out to many of my friends, family and such…. And you may be checking out my blog now since you got my letter.

Please pray for what God leads you to do, how much to donate etc… Please know this, all of your prayers helps LOTS !!!!  And also, any amount you decide to give definitely helps L O T S !!!!  I just wanted to  let you know that.

Thanks for checking this out. In the meantime,

HAPPY  HOLIDAYS !!!!

Send me, I’ll go! December 3, 2007

Kudos to Ja’nice for sharing the song with me.

SEND ME, I’LL GO!

By Lecrae

Send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
lemme go lemme go!
(repeat x4)i seen it with my own two,
there’s no way i can show you
a perfectly poverty stricken people with no view.
And i bet you can’t believe this,
they never heard of jesus.
Heard young butler, lil wayne, and young jeezy.No one’s signing up to go on missions this summa.
Rather sit at home and watch exibit pimp in a humma
while a nine year old is shot down.
No one’s screaming ’stop now!’
no bridge illustrations for criminals who on lock down.

People deep in africa
looking for an answer bra’.
In china man,
they’re dieing man,
until they know who died for sins.
So look what grace did.
Not for us to stay here
inside our comfort zones
at home in mama’s basement.

Get out on the grind y’all.
Ain’t no better time doll.
I know y’all read the great commission.
Let me just remind y’all:
make disciples of the nations.
Teach’m to obey the lord.
Have to lead someone to christ before i face the lord.

Send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
lemme go lemme go!
(repeat x4)

hey! After, 1,000 years in the west and the churches
get’n bigger daily without understand’n worship. (say what?)
Some regenerate but a lot ain’t saved.
You walk outside and be surprised cuz the block ain’t changed.
And the numbers they be get’n me.
Something just ain’t hit’n them.
America ain’t christian they practice’n the ritual.
That’s why we should be mission though.
Hey, what you think i’m spit’n for?
The united states is die’n
and in the east is looking pitiful.

Some places if they catch you
they’ll arrest you.
They’ll serve you,
but they still need the word too.
The gospel should be heard too.
We claim we ain’t ashamed,
but we ain’t hit the block up.
Were in our christian bubble,
while our brotha’s get’n locked up.
Lord i wanna stock up,
pack a bag and walk up
in a country where my faith may get me shot up
anywhere i go, whether my city or far abroad,
i just wanna show’ christ the risen holy god.

Send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
lemme go lemme go!
(repeat x4)

i know they’re die’n in the streets over in the middle east.
Some kids sink in piece
others hold’n up a piece.
If the violence doesn’t cease,
then at least the deceased
might know jesus as their savior as their bodies hit the streets.
And i know this is a graphic view.
And i pray that it’s attack’n you.
Track’n you to act and do
what you see in the back illusion.
Mathew twenty-four and fourteen.
We should read it twice
before we think that life is just a battle
see we free in christ!
Look dawg! Life is more than church work and football!
What if you were dead and seen that christians overlooked y’all!
This is why we leave the couch
and leave the comforts of our house
to show a die’n world a god they’ll probably never read about.

The great commission says make disciples of all nations.
Have we even made them in our own nation?
Come on christians!
Missions exist because worship doesn’t.
People don’t worship the god who made them.
We’re ambassadors.
Let’s go!

Send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
send me I’ll go,
lemme go lemme go!
(repeat x4)