Happy Cinco de Mayo!
I am going to
Guatemala this summer. I leave in less than a month, and I will be there June
and July of this year.
I am writing this
blog because I want to keep people updated, and I want to become a better
writer. Both those things are important! :)
I don’t want this
blog to be my online diary, because the internet is not the place for a diary.
I have a journal at home, and I will take a journal with me. But this blog will
be different.
Finals are coming up
close (why do I start my blogging during finals week? I had my only other blog
posts during last semester finals week too. ) Oh well. This season can get me
distracted and discouraged with all the things that need to get done. But God is always
faithful, and it always gets done.
We are learning
about the theory of relatively in physics, and I think college and life has
decided to go at warp speed, but time does not slow down, it just goes faster.
(I apologize to my physics professor because this is an incorrect use of
physics, but just go with me.) I am trying to wrap up the semester, and
finalize details for this trip which is going to be awesome, but now it is a
lot.
I am going to
Guatemala with a program called Red Box Missions program through Grove City
College. (and I will try to explain more
later) But we had the commissioning ceremony this past Sunday which made this
summer seem so much more real. There are eight other Red Box volunteers are
being sent by the body of Christ to go proclaim the name of Jesus. I just
humbly hope I can be a light and a blessing to the people I am serving, and
love them with Christ-like love.
Please Pray for us.
Pray for the college
students wrapping up the semester.
Pray for the other
Red Box volunteers and other people going on summer missions trips as we try to
be faithful and prepare, and gather last minute details.
Pray for a spirit of
Joy! May we glorify God through all things, and rely on his strength not our
own.
Blessings,
Lauren Gillespie
P.S. just so
everyone is clear, the last time I posted I was in the middle of Dressember. I did successfully finish Dressember even though I forgot to
take pictures/ post pictures of the last days. I look forward to doing it again
next year. :)
