Monday, March 16, 2009

the laying of fingers....

CommissioningThe act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty

This last weekend was certainly one that i will remember for a while. All the mexico teams and the Africa team toured around Salem Alliance from the youngest to the oldest being commissioned. It is absolutely incredible that some 80 students and adults decided to give up their spring break to go a foreign country to share God's love. Where else can you find that. 

My group went to the preschoolers, which was a cool experience to have 3 and 4 year olds praying for God's protection over our trip. Then middle schoolers were funny. They were only willing to lay fingers on feet because they felt so uncomfortable with laying hands. ha. It was absolutely priceless. We also hit up the 4th and 5th graders. 
But one of the most impacting visits was when we went into kindergarten and 1rst grade room. After talking to the kids, we all went throughout them and they laid hands and prayed. There is something so amazing about 6 and 7 year olds praying out all at once for us. It just goes to show how many people are behind our trip. I love Salem Alliance so much.

As for packing, i am all done! yes. that is right, all i need are sunglasses and some protein bars. In just a few minutes i will taking my bag that has most of my supplies in so they will be ready for the travel. I also have my plane carry on packed up. The last thing that i need to pack is the camera. Otherwise i am ready to go. This is just becoming so real so quickly! 

God has blessed me financially and i am just about done with all the money portion of it. Who would have guessed that in our economic time people would still be so generous (it all points back to God). 

I will be writing a bit more in the next few days, and then i will be offline. I promise i will write over there specifically to share with you so when i get back, i will post them. Also, i will find a place to post pictures that everyone can see, and when the videos get done, i will also have those for you. 

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