Trip = Cancelled

One of the hard things about working on the Travelling team is the likelihood of trips getting cancelled. Yesterday, we heard a story about how one person had 6 trips cancelled in a row. He said he was very angry at God as a result.

Well, I had my first trip get cancelled this morning. Yesterday I spent till 8:00 at night working on my trip, doing the system check out where we do EVERYTHING you could possibly do on site, making sure it works. Well, life is hectic here, but I'm handling it well. It's just that the transition is kinda rough too... I'm doing my best to hang in here.

Put a prayer up for me that another trip would come before too long, and that I would rest in God's comfort in the meantime.

The Lord is Good!
Bish

I'M HERE!

I'm on STINT!!!

So, basically, everything is GREAT right now. Things are fantastic and I'm going on a trip to Papua, New Guinea here in about 3 weeks. I leave September 7th, be praying for me.

My roomates and teammates are all awesome and I have already made a great deal of new friends. I am so thankful for the work I am going to do and for the Godly men and women that are around me. I am learning a lot already.

Papua, New Guinea, is a place in the world that has been previously reached by Christians but the Christian churches there are HEAVILY involved in spiritism, ancestor worship, etc. These people need the true Gospel badly. The witch doctors, shamans, etc, kinda took over the newly formed Christian churches made by missionaries back when the island was originally reached... therefore the Jesus Film will have an amazing platform for distributions, etc, and will also help spread true Christianity as opposed to idol worship in the name of Christianity.

My first trip should last about 4 weeks.

Praise the Lord!
Bish

I'm actually going........

Yeah I guess it just seems a lil weird. A lil surreal that I am actually leaving for Orlando on Sunday. I mean I've been thinking about it since September, hoping for it since December, and then ecstatic about it in February, and asking for support for it since April. But now that the time has actually come to leave, I kinda don't believe it's really happening. I mean I should be really excited. And on some level I suppose I am.......except I'm not. I'm feeling a lil freaked I guess. We have been getting emails telling us about all these really grown up responsibilities we have, like getting car insurance, and florida driver's license and registration and stuff. I don't know how to do this stuff. I've been entirely dependent on my parents to figure everything out for 22 years and now i'm just supposed to start doing it all myself. what?

So yeah I guess I am excited to be going, but all the details that have to be dealt with are really putting a damper on it, so i haven't actually felt excited in awhile. I just want someone to take care of everything for me so I can think about the fun part. You know, the reason I'm doing this- for His glory. To see His name spread to every nation, tribe, people, and tongue. How sweet to be a part of that, yet I haven't really been focusing on that part. I think I am just realizing how incredibly NOT a details person I am.

Anyways, I've heard some really positive reports about people's support lately. I'm so excited that there are so many of us going on STINT! I can't wait to hear reports about people's STINT's on this thing, and they'll start really soon! Anyways, good luck with STINT briefing and U of I Staff Planning stuff and everything! I'm praying for you guys!

Departure Approaching!

Josh, Lisa and I take off on Sunday. I think we all are done with our support too. Praise the Lord! I can't wait to go. I find myself stir crazy, with it being hard to sleep at night. I wanna get down there and start!

I hope everybody else's support is finishing up fine.