Update on Mission Trip

Many of you have been concerned about our mission trip to Kenya in April. We received an email about a week ago confirming that we would probably not be going. John and I were disappointed, but we know that you can't deal God a bad hand. We will be traveling to Honduras in Central America. Our team is one of the smallest mission teams and thru our meetings we have gotten close. We really are excited to be able to stay and work together as a team in Honduras. Here is the story on how God brought our new trip to us from Scott (our leader).

First of all, I want to thank you for your patience as we have waiting on the Lord for direction. We have worked extensively to find what closed doors in Kenya mean to us as a team. Eric, Tracy, Sara and I have met multiple times. Some open doors have come, but we have waited to find out what HE is doing. We did not want to just find a replacement without really searching His heart.

In the process, I met with a few of you to gauge what you were feeling. In my meeting with Denny Prins, I asked him about Honduras, a country which he had told me about many times. He spoke of the desperation that a group of pastors has for revival, how they are traveling to different areas, anointing with oil and asking for God to send revival. I kept what he said in my heart. Later that day, I met with Mary Lou (our lead intercessor for our team). She told me that the day of our team meeting (lunch at the Pewitts), when we were talking about Kenya, she heard the Lord say, "Honduras." She did not say anything, as she had no idea what it meant.

On Friday, the day when I knew we would have an answer, the confirmations came. A man for whom Pastor Bill had written a book endorsement randomly stopped by the church. Since Pastor Bill is out of town, and does not usually meet with "drop ins," I spoke with him and told him I would pass on his "thank you" to Pastor Bill. He looked at me and said, "There is revival in your eyes." I asked if he would like to hear Dutch Sheets speak, and we both walked towards the sanctuary. He stopped me in the lobby and said, "I see many dark faces in your eyes. They are not Africans. They are central or south Americans. What is going on with you?" I briefly told him the story of Kenya and our asking God what He wants us to do with our team. He told me that Honduras was a Macedonian call. (Paul was on his way to Asia, but the Lord "rerouted" him to Macedonia, see Acts 16).

We are so honored that the Lord would confirm to us what He is doing. He is so good and He showed up RIGHT when we needed him (even sent a stranger to confirm). Joaquin also had a dream for Sara a few weeks ago, that pointed her towards Latin America. I believe in each and every one of you and believe that you were chosen to go with us on this team. I believe that we were put together for a reason. I also believe that Honduras is not just a place that we have chosen instead of Kenya, but it is the perfect will of God that we go at this time.

We are very excited to start praying into this new adventure, and we will let you know when John and I know more. John and I still have a strong desire to visit Kenya/Heroes of the Nation and are planning on traveling their in the future. Our team will still be sending financial support through a fundraiser we are having this month.

Blessings and love
Alyson and John