Leaving for Mexico in less than 2 days now...oh my goodness, this really snuck up on me! After I took "Perspectives in Mission" last week with Tim Stabell, I was anticipating going on this trip and now it is finally upon me! In my last post I talked about my Mexico trip with 13 other Kaléo students and what we will be doing there and the challenges and opportunities that we will be facing. Now that the days are coming to an end and the time of departure accelerates towards me, I am trying to prepare myself.
To be honest, I am feeling quite good about the trip. Since I have lived in Russia for four years, I know what it is like to be overseas in another culture, I am fairly confident with my high school level of Spanish, I love meeting new people and I have faith that God will work in powerful ways. I am a bit apprehensive, however, about how everything is going to be falling into place. There are numerous things that us as students were supposed to have ready for the time we leave, and that is not quite completed yet. Currently, seven of us working on a DRIME to present in one of the towns more resistant to the gospel. If you have not heard of a DRIME before, it is a hybrid of a drama and a mime, so basically a short skit with no talking to music. The DRIME we are doing is to the song "Everything" by a band called Lifehouse, which happens to be one of my favourite songs. The DRIME is going to be really powerful, telling the story of God creating humanity, and all the real and cultural distractions and temptations that occur in our every day lives. The main character struggles to understand what her purpose is in life and ends up running back to God in the end despite the attempts of the devil keeping her from Him. We are not quite ready with the DRIME but it is coming along nicely, so I am just worried about presenting this message clearly to the village. I mentioned in my other post that three of my teammates and I are involved in running a youth event at the beach, and right now we need to learn a few worship songs in Spanish which we have not done yet. I know that above all, God is in control and he will prepare us for his work in Mexico.
I am so excited for this trip and I am anticipating meeting a new people and a new culture who have the same love for Jesus that I do! Mostly all I know about other cultures' faith is my time in Russia, and the many immigrant communities here in Vancouver. I know immersing myself in the Mexican culture is going to be such a joy and a wonderful growing experience. I am anticipating being stretched in new and different ways as I am used by God to do his ministry. There are many things on this trip that I have never done before and I will be able to learn to use the leadership skills and ministry/missions knowledge to be bold and step out. I am so excited to make relationships with the Mexican people! I love people and have such a heart from them, and I know one of the main things about this trip that I will remember forever is the people I will meet and the friendships I will make. God is so good, and I am excited to see how he shows his mighty power and love in Él Papalote!
I think my greatest challenges and struggles are going to be focusing on Christ and giving all the credit to him, whether it turns out like I want it to or not. In the DRIME production I am worried that we will not present this message clearly enough, and that I will mess up on my role because I don't have any form of acting in my blood. Please pray that I would be glorifying God in everything and not working about my presentation. I like to do the best job that I can in everything and I think one of the hardest thing for me going to be not seeing solid results. Most of the impact we are going to have on the community is going to be through Northern Light Ministries far after we are gone. Pray that I would trust God to work in people's hearts and I might only be tilling the ground or sowing the seed. God has a wonderful plan for our team and the indigenous people of Mexico. I know I will be completely blown away with his plans which are far above any of mine.
"The Lord replied, "Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn't even believe even if someone told you about it." -Habakkuk 1:5
"For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." -Isaiah 55:9
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