Brazil bound!

For the last three days, we have been on a retreat with all the other summer missions teams that are being sent out by Trinity’s Global Projects. This was an incredible time of connecting with other like-minded, mission-orientated young people. We spent time alone with God, worshipping together, praying together, playing games, sharing meals and learning about cross-cultural missions (and more about the specific ministries in Brazil).
We each journeyed though devotions starting with the Incarnation, to the Crucifixion and finally the Resurrection. The Incarnation- what does it really mean like that Christ came to earth as a man and how are we, as image bearers of Christ, to bear his image as we go to serve in another culture.
The Crucifixion – Jesus died for all our sins, giving up everything he had. In these sessions we talked about what are the things we need to die to in order to effectively bear the presence and grace of God. Through this and through collective confession and prayer, many of us were struck with our brokenness and how God wants to use our testimony to build relationships with the many people we will meet.
The Resurrection – a focus on the new life and freedom that God offers when we die to our old selves.
We ended with a powerful time of worship and commissioning prayer where the Holy Spirit was definitely moving.
Today, the teams started to part ways!
The teams this summer are heading to India, Israel & Palestine, Romania, Fort Babine and Brazil! Our Brazil team is off and we are excited to see how God wants to use what he has been preparing in our hearts in the last few days.

Our adventures didn’t take long to begin. Due to weather our landing in Chicago was delayed by 5+ hours so we have been rebooked on a flight for tonight. God is so faithful in providing though as a friend from school happened to be on the same flight and his extended family opened up their home for us to come and sleep in and they have been feeding us and offering to drive us back to the airport! So we are off to enjoy some famous deep dish pizza and are so incredibly grateful for the countless ways God is providing for our team! We will hopefully be arriving in Brazil tomorrow!