Please pray for Cesilia and her girls. They have stopped attending church since we left Mexico.
Continue to pray for Icho and Barbara as they continue to hold church in their home.
Pray for our village as they will be celebrating this week.
Pray for Lupita and Rosa. I miss them! I love them!
Pray for my Angelica that the joy on her face will stay and that her husband, Salvador pictured below, will find help for his alcoholism.
Pray that Salvador will find help.
So, I haven't posted in a few days mainly because it hurts to put my thoughts in the form of words. Make sense? I really am feeling blue. I never in a million years would have thought that I would be so homesick. I mean, I am reallllly homesick. All I can do is think of my people, my friends and all that is back at home in Mexico. I know it is hard to understand. Trust me, it is hard for me to understand because I didn't know it would be like this. I am finding that although I love America my heart loves my people and that is where it longs to be. Now don't get me wrong, I love being American and I love America, but God has called me to be with my people and it is hard to picture them there, hurting in any way and me here, not being able to help them. So, I am blue. I am trying to remind myself that I need to focus my time and energy on things that I can do here that will help them once I do return, however I haven't figured out what that is or how I can better myself while I am here. Please pray for me. I am a mess!
Okay, now on to more uplifting things! :o) Jerod and Alex have been given the wonderful opportunity to attend the camp that I attended as a child, Camp Cheerio. They will attend for one week starting next Sunday, the 16th. We are all so excited about this opportunity! It is an awesome camp and they are super excited! Neither one of them have received any mail for about 4 1/2 years. So, I was thinking that it would be the coolest thing in the world if I had all of my friends from all over to send them some mail. It is one of the things that the campers really look forward to and they think they are extra special if they receive a bunch! Will you help me make my babies feel special? You can send the mail early and if it gets there early they will hold it until they arrive. I am going to try and write a bunch so that they get some every day. Who knows if it will work with the mail system. However, it will be forwarded to our apartment if it doesn't make it on time and that will make them happy too!
The address is:
Jerod or Alex Wood
Camp Cheerio
1430 Camp Cheerio Road
Glade Valley, NC 28627-9731
I love all of you and wish I had a dime for all the times I thought about the people who read this blog and how thankful I am for you. ( I REALLY do! :o)) I have discovered that not ALL people in this world are really interested in missions. There are some sweet people in the world but they just don't really care what I have been doing for the past 4 years. They don't care about the Angelicas and Salvadors or the Barbara and Ichos or for the sweet little Cesilias in the world. If they do care and I am sure they do, they are just too busy to ask about them. So, thank you for following me on this journey, and please do pray for our village. Tomorrow starts the biggest festival that they have all year and it is one big drinking fest. We are praying that our friends stay strong and our alcoholic friend stays away from the alcohol. They really need your prayers because these festivals can get kinda dangerous when you mix alcohol and people from different villages things can get ugly. Please pray! I love you, Missy
Missy,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. We will be praying for your friends--especially for the next few days during this festival. We will also be praying for your heart and that you will find something extra special that you can focus on while you are here that will bless you and your friends once you return. We love you and care about you and how you feel. I know the boys will have a great time at camp and that Annie will love being an "only" for a few days.
Tracie and crrew
Dear Missy and Family
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your blog. Thank you for sharing your journeys. I hope you are all enjoying the summer in Wake Forrest NC. I am happy that you all have made some good friends in Wake Forrest. I know that it has been an ajustment, leaving your Mexican home and Family, but I think it is a blessing that you have found such a great love for other people and cultures.You can all also share that love with your other new family in Wake Forrest, and enjoy some all American past times, like Fourth of July fun, football with the boys, chic filet, fresh water, and yours and Gregs parents, siblings, family and friends. I will be praying for peace to you all, and to your friends and familys in The USA and in Mexico. I hope Jerod and Alex have fun at Camp Cheerio. I remember that you(Missy) and Meredith talking about all the fun you both had as children at Camp Cheerio. It seems like just yesterday!I hope Annie has a special time too, having you all to herself for a few days. God Bless You, and peace to you always.
Love,
Robin
Oh, Missy! I know how you feel, and we only leave for a few months at a time. The marvelous thing is that now you KNOW where you belong, that God CALLED you to this people, and that it is a PASSION within you. When you first came, you came in obedience--not quite sure about everything. Now when you come home, you will have a flame of passion burning in your heart. Can you even imagine the difference that will make?! God is doing within you things you cannot even see. "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice!" Rejoice in obedience, and He will bring the feeling one day. The days are ticking by--can't tick by soon enough for me! We miss you! S.L., look out! A fireball for Jesus is coming back!
ReplyDeletePraise God that you have HIS heart for HIS people!!! You are in a minority but HE rejoices over those who obey HIS call on their lives. Isn't it wonderful when HE does let us recognize the desires of our heart?
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