I'm Going to Bolivia!

As you may or may not know, I am headed on a mission trip in just less than a month! From March 4 - 21, I will be going to Bolivia with a team from Pioneers to distribute a unique radio to the Quechua Indians so they can hear the Gospel.

Our two-week trip will see us working in the high elevations of Bolivia, where the need for the Gospel is great, and the oxygen is scarce. We’ll be travelling in by jeep and then walking into Quechua villages to distribute specially made solar radios which are pre-tuned to a single station to broadcast the Word of God.  Each of us will carry 100 Canadian made radios with us to Bolivia, which will allow thousands of the Quechua people to hear the word of God for the first time. God is moving in the hearts of these people who are desperate to hear the Word.

I will be completely honest, I am quite fearful heading into this trip. I am really scared and Satan is taking full advantage of that. The spiritual attack has been in abundance lately. I'm stressed about missing school and trying to get assignments done before I leave, I'm scared about team dynamics, and a new culture...  this list goes on. I have turned to Psalm 27, I like that it is titled "A Psalm of Fearless Trust in God." That's what I am praying for right now, fearless trust. I need to trust God for our safety, with my schoolwork, in our team... I need to give it ALL over to Him. As I shared my fears with a co-worker a few days go she said, "You are going to do God's work so I'm sure God will help you with your work." I needed to hear that. I am excited to go, my heart so badly wants the Quechua to be able to hear the Good News of the Gospel, sometimes the fear just overshadows that. This journey to Bolivia is going to be a challenging one (it already has been), but I also know it is going to be a growing one (again, it already has been). God is at work.

The Lord is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the defense of my life;

Whom shall I dread?

- Psalm 27:1