Voy a Mexico!!!!

Soo this Saturday June 7 i leave for Tlaxiaco Oaxaca Mexico to be an intern for Global Frontier Missions. I cant believe it is almost here. This past March I was contemplating my plans for after graduation and i really felt God calling me to serve him full time . I was a spanish minor and knew i needed more practice before into the workforce and conversing with hispanics. So I went on the internet and googled Summer Missions Internships in Mexico and God led me straight to Global Frontier Missions (GFM). GFM's website blew me away as they have such a passion for the lost souls in Mexico and all over the world. I applied for a summer internship with them and began to pray about if that was God's will or not. I got accepted within a few weeks and realilzed right away that God was calling me to Oaxaca (wa-ha-ca) for the entire summer.


A little about what I will be doing......
I will be doing an internship called Global Adventures. My 1st 2 weeks in Mexico will include training about everything i need to know...I will meet the 20 or so other college interns and we will get the rundown on the culture, how to use transportation, spanish classes, ect. After those 2 weeks, church groups from the US will come down every week to help out and minister as well. As a member of the staff I will get to direct and assist w/ the sessions and training of the church groups.
The goals of GFM and my job are to 1)mobilize participants to greater mission involvement by teaching about God’s heart for all nations, by giving statistics and profiles and sharing about the need for mission work, and by sharing testimonies of people all around the world
#2) We train participants by giving them the tools and preparation they need to be effective in ministry. This includes thorough cultural orientation through skits, demonstrations, stories, and anecdotes, and giving them tools to help them practice Spanish with the locals.
#3) We go and reach out to the Upper Mixtec region of Oaxaca. Most outreaches take place in our market town of Tlaxiaco where we live, though an occasional outreach may involve some work in a village

There are many outreach opportunites that include: Well drilling, water filtration, English camps, Kids Health Programs, Medical and Dental Clinics ect....

I am soo exciteed for this oportunity but also nervous as well. I have never been out of the states before, heck i've never even been away from home for more than 2 weeks. There will be alot of friends and family I will miss, but I truly believe this is God's will for my life right now, and that brings a great peace to me as I leave on Sat. Please continue to pray for me this summer and that God will use GFM for his glory and that many will come to know HIM.

I will continue to update my blog through the use of internet cafes about once a week or so... Until then....
God Bless!