We are ready to go to Campat today!

Good morning everyone,

Our team is doing great this morning.  We are all feeling well and got a good night´s sleep.  We had a really wonderful day yesterday.  We started our morning visiting with Victor Cortez in Guatemala City.  After that, we departed on our road trip.  Half way, we stopped and had a good lunch and then we also visited one of the Guatemala national parks.  The team took a hike along a mountain path, and we snapped some amazing photos of the beautiful Guatemalan mountains and forest.  We arrived safely last night in Coban, which is where we stayed.

After a good night´s sleep, we are preparing for breakfast and our devotions, and then we´ll be taking our 1 hour drive into the community of Campat!  Praise the Lord!  We are so excited to see what God has in store for all of us during this time.  Today, we will be doing some construction work on a school repair and also we´ll be helping to construct a soccer field.  We´ll also be doing a couple home visits of children that some of our team members sponsor. 

Thank you for your continued prayers.  We´ll keep you posted with more.  Blessings to you all and have an awesomely blessed day.  Talk soon.

Ryan

One beautiful morning in Guatemala...

Hi all,

Well, we are rising up to a beautiful morning outside here in Guatemala.  The weather is clear and cool, and the landscape is so green and plush.  It is wonderful.  We are going to have breakfast and devotions in about 45 mins.  Then we will be visitng with Victor Cortez, who is our FH Regional Director over our Latin American offices.  Victor is such an amazing person, and we can´t wait to spend some good time with him.  Well, please pray for continued safe travel for us today.  We will be making our 4 to 5 hour road trip today to the community of Campat, where we´ll be staying for most of the rest our trip.  Can´t wait to report more.  Talk very soon.  God bless you today.

Ryan

We are HERE... made it to Guatemala safely!!

Hey everyone,

Quick blog entry... we are HERE safe and sound in Guatemala!  Thank you, Jesus!  Everyone on the team is doing great.  We just ate dinner and are winding down for the night.  Thanks so much to everyone for your prayers.  We´ll keep checking in with the latest. 

Until next blog...

The Radio Shine mission team 

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!  Praise God!  In a couple short hours, our team will be meeting at the airport to depart for our journey to Guatemala.  I can't believe the time is here.  This is so amazing.  I know the entire team is so excited to see what the Lord has in store for us.  Everything has come together so well, and I really feel the peace of the Lord upon our team members.  Please continue to pray for us, that we will have a super-blessed, safe, sick-free, fun-filled trip!  We'll check in with updated blogs as we can.  Hopefully we'll get some good pics posted as well.  Alrighty, that's all for now... GUATEMALA... HERE WE COME!  WOO HOO!

Dreams from the past, Hope for the Future

Is this truly  happening??? Today I am struck with humility as I reflect on the true goodness of God and His faithfulness. He is a God who gives us the desires of our heart, the DREAMS of our heart.

I woke up this morning around 4 a.m.  Typcially at that time of day I am sleepy and can't bear the thought of getting out of bed, today was a different story! I wrestled thinking maybe if I just laid here, surely I would be able to go back to sleep. By 4:30 I decided to just get up. And it was during that time that God revealed Himself to me.

When I was in 3rd grade I remember being on an airplane sitting next to my pops and writing a letter to a missionary nurse in Tanzania. I remember then deciding when I grew up I wanted to be a missionary nurse. (I smile when I think of that, God knowing everything about me, knew even in 3rd grade that Biology would not be my strong suit. He must've laughed and thought to Himself, "Daughter if you only knew truly what I have in store for you.") Long story short, I never did become a missionary nurse, but one of the dreams of my heart has been to become a missionary.

What God revealed to me this morning as I reflected, questioning "Why at almost 37 am I just now getting a stamp in my passport and having the true opportunity to be a missionary?" And you know what I heard Him speak to my spirit? I heard Him say "Now that you are empty, I can fill you". In Toby Mac's words I've been emptied of all my 'junk'.
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future."


I am ready to receive what He has. I am ready to see what He does in others. I am ready to fill my cleaned up heart with the fulfillment of dreams from the past and the plantation of new dreams, with a fresh hope for the future.

In Christ alone,

Kresta

2 short days away.. WOO HOO!!

Hey all, we are only 2 short days away from departing for the Radio Shine mission trip to Guatemala.  We have a total of 10 people on our team, many of whom have never been out of country.  You can imagine the levels of excitement and anticipation building up for the team members. 

We would love to have as many prayers prayed over us during the time we are in Guatemala.  Please pray for safety, for comfort away from our families, and for God to really bless the hearts of the team members in a supernatural way.  May God bless and pour His favor upon the communities and families that we are so blessed and privileged to visit soon. 

We will try to keep you as up to date as possible with our trip in this blog.  As we hopefully have access, we will also try to post pictures along the way.  Thanks for supporting all of us.  Talk soon!

Enjoying Jesus,

Ryan

Can't wait for the worship time in Guatemala

We are so honored that Patrick and Heather Eddolls from the band Covenant 31 will not only be on our team to Guatemala, but they will also be leading worship there.  What an awesome and blessed opportunity we'll have to gather with community members and families to sing songs of worship to our Lord Jesus Christ.  CAN'T WAIT for this!! :)  Will keep postin' as we go.  God bless!

Ryan