35/36 of our 100 people...

last year the lord started an initiative in our church to send 100 people to unreached people groups across the world.  you can check out all the info here: 100peoplenetwork.org. it has truly been amazing to see god call his people up to out of the crowd to go and how he has called many others to support and mobilize!  seriously, this has been awesome!

[in fact if you want to text "people" to 50555 right now, you can give $10 to the 100 people network goers. easy as pie!]

there is lots of information and more videos at 100peoplenetwork.org. i encourage you to check it out and see all that god is doing.  we are called to take the gospel to the nations, perhaps on this site you will find that this is how he is calling you to go therefore...

this is a video of number 35/36 that will be going in the future. and they happen to friends of mine.  check it out. its worth the 20 minutes. it is eye opening for sure.


#35 and #36 of 100 from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.
A couple from The Austin Stone explains how God is calling them to go...

extra things for the DR trip...

hey guys, i emailed some of our friends in the organization (makarios) we are going with to see if there was anything we could bring down to bless them. if you have any of these items lying around or you would like to purchase some to help them, please let me know.


* Flashlights and batteries
* small hand soap dispensers for school bathrooms--preferably antibacterial (no foam soap please)
* Moisture absorbers you put into closets to prevent mold. We need these for our medical supply closet. We need 2 every 40 days. * 5 clip boards-the kind you hold in your hand
* grapefruit seed extract
* boxes of pens and pencils for the school
* hand held pencil sharpners
* ink cartridges for the printer at teh house - we have an hp psc 1315 all in one printer, scanner, copier. we need color and black cartridges. Color- HP Tri-color print cartridge 8 ml # 28 Black-HP Black print cartridge 19 ml #56
* roles of masking tape and duct tape
* ticky-tac the stuff teachers use for sticking posters to the wall
* scotch tape dispensers and extra roles
* bug spray
* hand sanitizer
* kids flavored toothpaste (just kids flavors...we have enough travel size toothpaste to teach dental hygiene to the entire country)
* tacs --for a bulletin board
* paper clips
* white printer paper
* construction paper (all colors)
* card stock (all colors)
* roach hotels--those things you put out that roaches crawl through and then ill the whole family
* khaki pants-ONLY toddler sizes and a little smaller (for skinny kids ages 3-6)
* tennis shoes-ONLY toddler sizes(for skinny kids ages 3-6)
* underwear-ONLY toddler sizes(for skinny kids ages 3-6)
* bulletin board decorations-ONLY spanish. Stuff for a bulletin board that will be used to do seasonal displays, holiday, special anouncements.
*small storage bins (shoe box size and larger)
* storage boxes for pencils, pens, glue, and scissors (the small ones, so we can put one on a table for kids to share from)
*cotton balls (for art)
* paint(for art)
*q-tips(for art)
*popsicle sticks(for art)
*stickers
*anything “crafty”

dominican republic trip take 2...

as many of you know, i got to go to the domincan republic on january. i not only got to serve, but i was also there for the purpose of scouting out for a trip this summer. july 3-11, I get the great opportunity to lead a trip of 3 families and their elementary school age kids on a mission trip. we are going to to partner with an organization called makarios. though this is not my first international trip to lead, it is my first trip to lead with kids on it.

i am super excited about this trip for many reasons. i am excited to be used by God to love on kids in the dominican republic (I will explain more about what we will be doing later in the blog). i am also excited about providing an opportunity for families to serve together on mission. i love the idea of parents getting to talk to their child about all they have experienced together as they have taken the gospel to the nations. we can all attest to the deep bonds that are formed with people you go on a mission trip with, how cool for those bonds to be within a family. thirdly, I am excited for the kids to be exposed to a completely different culture so that their eyes may be opened. i am also excited for them to be used at such a young age to share the gospel. lastly, I am excited for the kids that are in our ministry but are staying behind. they get to help pray for and support their friends that are going on a mission trip overseas. i am hoping that this opens their eyes to how God can use them at even their young age to tell people about Jesus. hopefully this will fight the tendency to wait until they are older.

we are embarking on this journey, July 3-11 and would LOVE your prayers for our trip. please be praying for lives to be changed. while on this trip, we will be putting on a bible camp for some elementary age kids. One of the many things makarios does is teach a bible class. this summer while we are there,

they will graduate from their class and we will be helping with their graduation celebration with their family. i am really excited to see our kids get in and serve alongside the dominican kids. Please be praying for our time there. For more information on whatelse makarios does, please check out the website www.makariosinternational.org.

personally, i am a bit nervous about taking kids on an international trip. please pray for safe travel with these little ones. secondly please be praying that the lord will give me vision for what family trips may look like in the future, as this is the first trip of this sorts that our church is taking. and lastly, please be praying for my health. my diabetes should not present a problem, but it could. pray that all of my medical supplies will make it and not be lost with luggage and that my pump works as it should while we are there.

if you would also like to help support our team financially, we are still in need of funds. each person on the team has to raise $1500 (including the kids). our team will need to raise $16,500. we are having garage sales and other fundraisers to help curb the cost. but if the Lord has laid this trip on your heart and you have the means, please consider supporting us financially. i am confident that the Lord will provide what i need, but any excess that i receive will support the families going on the trip as well.

Please make checks out to Makarios. To help us comply with IRS regulations, please do not write anything in the memo space on the check.

PLEASE SEND ALL FORMS/CHECKS TO:

Makarios 3267 Bee Caves Rd. Suite 107-71 Austin, TX 78746

Thank you for your prayers! I will send out more updates as the trip approaches and I will post about it here as well.