Nivlag

You say you're fine, okay that's cool. But baby if you only knew.
My heart and mind race in
an endless chase of thoughts and dreams.
I think about you daily, while you guard your heart it seems.
All those words I said, I didn't mean.
The world is pushing and screaming in my head,
so much sometimes I wish I was dead.
But out of all those thoughts,
the one that plagues me most,
is the thought that You might hate me,
And I become your ghost.

I say all the time 'the past is the past' yet yours I somehow didn't let go.
Some say I'll be better off without you, and some say 'I told you so',
I made a mistake, you of all people should know.
Please don't push me away,
With your permission I'd like to stay.
During this whole ordeal, I've come to realize this one thing.
You're the one who makes my heart sing,
With everything we have been through,
I have fallen deeply in love with you.

So here it is, I hope you understand,
I plead before thee,
Please provide a second chance,
please forgive me?

Mission Colorado & The Cross and the Switchblade [august 11-17, 2013]

This past week I was able to be part of an outreach called Mission Colorado for our youth at the Springs Church here in Colorado Springs. There were thirteen or so teens on the trip and it was absolutely awesome.

For the first three days, we were privileged  to put on a sports camp in the inner city for kids in the neighborhood around Hillside Community Center. We were able to teach them sports, perform skits, do crafts, share the gospel, and just love on these kids. It was such a big deal to the kids that we cared about them and that we truly loved them even though we barely knew them. Kids should never have to go through what these kids have and it was awesome to just bless them in any way we could. 

Levi, Briel, Melissa, and I were on the VBS Skit team which was super fun. I got to play Bridgett, the tall and the hungry (which describes me perfectly for all who were wondering). 

Our two mascots, Zipper and Kevin, and Sue the Plutonian

Explaining the 6 days of creation in one of our VBS Skits

During the afternoons, we were determined to do street evangelism or jut hand out flyers for Cross & the Switchblade or just more flyers for the sports camp. However, God had different plans in mind. It started to rain. It basically rained every day in the afternoon. A lot of us were discouraged since we really wanted to do our dramas but even while the team was dancing outside Chipotle we were able to share the love of Jesus by dancing and buying a guy a burrito.

It rained while we were wanting to do street evangelism in Downtown Colorado Springs.

On the last day of the sports camp, after we had cleaned up everything we went to Manitou and instead of doing dramas like we had wanted we got to serve in a different way. The city had been flooded and several of the shop owners had lost almost everything. So we got to get in there and clean up. We ended up shoveling and sweeping and pushing mud out of the basement of a store called YoYo Loco. All the buildings on the street had people cleaning out the wreckage. 

My job was emptying the buckets filled with mud into the river behind the shop.

Our state has gone through so much within the last years from the fires to the shooting to the flooding. God had arranged for us to go do demolition in Southern Colorado Springs in a doctor's office which will be made into a Mexican restaurant in the years to come. We ripped out carpet and more carpet and lots of carpet. The next day we got to take out a wall. Mrs. Roberts [Levi's Mom] was a huge blessing! She took care of us with whatever we needed and wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty. She worked harder than all of us. 

On Thursday was our demolition day. We got to go to a former doctor's office and basically take it apart. The first day we ripped out carpet and more carpet and cleaned up trash and ripped out carpet. Our hands were so sore afterwords but it was definitely worth it. The next day we got to tear down a wall which was everyone's favorite part. It was hard to take turns. We worked with a young man named Orlando who ended up coming to the show on Saturday. I think he was the doctor's son or something like that. The doctor who owned the place and wanted to make it a restaurant was apparently almost in tears because of the amount of work we got done. 

During the week, we passed out flyers for The Cross & The Switchblade which was a production about the radical salvation of the ex-gang leader Nicky Cruz and the faith of David Wilkerson. This show was on Broadway and we ended up flying 80 something actors from New York to Colorado. I ended up watching the show all three times it played here. Several people were saved and God was waiting for every single one of them. This play and the actors are truly blessed and covered in the blood of Jesus. It was so awesome to to get to know them as they hung out at our church. It was really hard for me not to assume that the actors were the same people as their characters. I was able to pull a few strings and get some pictures with these guys. They were so encouraging and they make me want to live in New York.

Moses Ruperto, who played Nicky Cruz, and I. We were introduced three times so we just had to get a picture.

This guy right here is so cool. He gets so involved with his character and just has a maturity of faith about him that makes you just want to listen to what he says.

Mission Colorado was such a blast and there's so much I could say about it and there are so many stories to tell but it's really hard to capture all that God did. We probably will never the full extent of how much we served until we reach eternity. We were blessed to be able to bless the people in our own city and to share the love of God which really is all that matters.

Day Four [monday] 06-17-13

Today was another sight seeing day which so far it seems like that's all we're doing even though we have done quite a bit of ministry. Sam left us last night for a pastor's convention or something but I don't know if we'll see him again well we are on this trip. It was sad to say good bye. He's so full of energy and life that he just makes you happy whenever you're around him. Whenever I would see him he would never seem serious he might a little subdued for a minute or two but that would soon pass and he would be smiling again.

Anyways Tim who helps at ECC took us around London to see the sites. We rode the tube for most of the day which is like the American subway. When we first got to the Tube Station, Andrea and Tim said that the tube is very fast and waits for no one so if we didn't get on when we were supposed to we could very well could have become lost in London. She assigned Moos as the caboose since he'd been there so we call just called him CaMoos. Regan would occasionally back up and walk with him but not very often. He just seemed so lonely back there. None of us got lost though probably because none of us wanted to get left behind.

I think the second tube we jumped on we all rushed to get inside since we were all scared of not making it on. However all of us jumped onto one car but little Adam jumped onto the car next to ours with no one else he knew on it. So as we were riding to our next stop I look over and this is all I see. Creeper much?

Throughout the day we went to Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. As soon as we came out of the tube station: BOOM! You saw Big Ben staring right at you with the gorgeous building underneath.
It's amazing to me how close a lot of the famous buildings we saw or have heard of are to one another.

 After we took several pictures with Big Ben and clearly marked ourselves as tourists we headed on to the next big thing: Westminster Abbey. It is absolutely gorgeous and pictures could never capture the true beauty of this chapel. However it cost something like 40 pounds to go in so we stuck with just admiring the outside. The line to go inside also wrapped around the building. Next door however there was a little Chapel, St. Mark's I think which didn't cost anything. So we went in there however after I snapped one picture of this chapel one of my team mates showed the no photography sign. Oops! Oh well. It was still beautiful. Sadly I can't download the pictures from my mind onto the computer screen though.

It was cool to think about how people have been going to this church and praying for hundreds and hundreds of years. Again, who knows who could have walked inside that very chapel just like I did. There was also a wall of candles. Tim explained to me that when you say a prayer there your supposed to light a candle and put it along side the others sitting there. It was really pretty to see the candle light reflecting off the mural of our Savior painted on the wall behind.

We then jumped on the tube again for another short trip. Once we exited this station we happened upon this beautiful park but we had no idea where we were going, well at least I didn't know where we going. I thought to myself while we walked how perfect this park was and how sad it was that crime might occur here when the darkness closes in. For now the paths were perfectly lined and rows of tall strong trees and we simply treaded on. I doubt anyone truly marveled at this park like how it deserved. They might have been more focused on our destination than on their journey.

We eventually came upon a really pretty fence that looked pretty familiar so we walked down to the sidewalk opening to cross the street and then I saw it. We had walked to Buckingham Palace. No one had told me so I was in complete shock. Sadly I didn't take a picture of myself in front of it which makes me feel stupid now that I think about it. I guess I'll just have to go back and get a picture with it. Anyways we sat outside this palace for a little bit and just enjoyed the atmosphere. To think this was the place that royalty visits all the time. I remember seeing William and Katherine waving from the balcony when they got married.

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Gate

Buckingham Fountain?

We also went shopping all before we had to go back to ECC for their Monday Night Prayer Meeting which we were leading. The prayer meeting was good. Cameron played piano and sang beautifully as usual. I so wish I could sound like that just so easily and effortlessly like Cameron does. Anne led the meeting and we followed their daily prayer guide. I got up and prayed on the mic once which was good.

Day Two [saturday] 06-15-13

Today we went to the church and had rehearsals for three hours which was kinda weird since the other choir wasn't with us but it was still good. I loved it! I just wish I had a better voice or a voice people would like to listen to. The church is actually located in a restored theater in Ealing. It looks like one of those buildings from the 1920's. If it had vintage theater chairs I could totally picture one of our American stars from the golden era performing up there.

 After rehearsals, Sam and his beautiful sassy wife Rachel took us on the town. We had kebabs which apparently are really popular in the UK. Then we drove out to see Windsor Castle and shop a little bit at the shops near the castle. The castle was super cool and I couldn't help but think about the tales of knights and princesses I had grown up listening to as a kid. To think royalty walked this same cobblestone street or through these majestic carpeted halls. Apparently there was a royal family member at the castle that day since there was a flag flying but sadly it wasn't queen. It is rumored though that Windsor is one of her favorite places to stay though.

When we first got there it was pouring rain but it lightened up as we drove up to the castle and then stopped leaving the ground nice and moist. It was strictly prohibited to take pictures inside the castle though but for different reasons than you might think. We were told that we weren't allowed to take pictures because most of the furniture, decorating, etc. was actually copyrighted. Most of the team couldn't afford the castle or just didn't want to go inside with us so they went shopping. The boys love shopping Cameron and Regan most I think. We walked out of one store and Regan walked in and told us that he just had to get this one pair of nice shoes before they closed. It was super funny. I'm pretty sure for the rest of the trip they will be teased about how they shop more than anyone I know.

Me in front of the entrance to Windsor Castle

Now we were allowed to take pictures of the grounds since there is nothing they can do to stop you from doing so, so we took hundreds of pictures outside.

Or even imagine this castle under attack at night. The stars twinkling overhead while underneath torches blazed and shouts filled the night. The Brits would now be called to defend their prize, Windsor.

As we toured we prayed for the future of this country. We prayed that good decisions would be made to improve their lives. We prayed that these people would cherish their history as they advance into the future.

Later that night we walked down the streets to a quaint little fish and chips shop, okay maybe not so quaint. It was next to the river though which did make it more appealing. There were nearly a dozen swans gathering near the docks begging for food from passers by. We also saw boats sail down to the dock and then float away. On one occasion when the boat stopped we saw this bride and her wedding procession come out. However it would not be what you think, for this bride was from India so she was wearing a silk vibrant orange sahri. She and her groom walked down the dock and then along the edge of the river into the distance. We were all memorized because of the unusuality of this happening. After they left we soon went back to our fish and chips. Then the boys went on to feed the swans.

Moates feeding the swans with Andrea cracking up in the background

 Overall it really was a good day to just relax and kinda recover from jetlag.

The Swans near the boat

Wales Prayer Calendar

Alright my prayer warriors here it is! The director of my trip helped create this day by day calendar for us all to pray through while we're in Wales. I am so excited and thank you so much for all of your prayer and support!!!!!

June 13/Thursday   Pray as team sets out, that God will bless this trip in a special way.  We pray that there will be no delays in their travel schedule, that their luggage arrives safely with them, and that each team member will be able to rest during their time on the plane.  Psalm 34:8

June 14/Friday   Arrive London.   Pray that each of the team members will remain healthy and strong now, and through the duration of this trip.  Job11: 18,19

Pray for unity as the team begins to serve the Body of Christ.   Psa 133: 1-3

June 15/Saturday    London -Pray that each member have on the full armor of God, Ephesians 6:13-18.  Again, pray for unity as the team spends time in rehearsal, and prayer walking today.  Colossians 2:2…that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love.

June 16/Sunday    London -Team leading worship at Elim Christian Center today.  Pray that each team member will have the full anointing of God – that they will minister boldly, wisely and passionately as they serve today.  1 John 2:27

June 17, Monday   London -Pray that each team member would remember that they carry Jesus’ light within them everywhere they go.  Let your light, Lord Jesus, shine brightly, drawing others to you.   Ephesians 5:8-10.  Some sightseeing today,  pray for fun, laughter and great fellowship.

June 18, Tuesday   Today as the team is travelling to Cardiff, pray that the Lord would give them ears to hear what the Spirit is saying about their specific purpose.  John 10:3-5

June 19, Wednesday   Cardiff –Prayer tour of the city -  Pray that the Word of God would go forth to accomplish the Father’s purposes.  Psalm 119, Ephesians 6:17

June 20, Thursday    Wales – mini tour (Moriah Chapel and Ffald-y-Brenin).   Pray that the “winds of revival” would be stirred as team tours/and prays over different cities in Wales.   Let a spirit of “expectation” be on each person.  Acts 2:17, Acts 4:31, Romans 13:11, Gen. 1:2

June 21, Friday    Ministry at Aberystwyth Elim (church) – pray that the team would be a blessing to this church body.  Pray that they would have a servant’s heart as they reach out in ministry.  Romans 12:1, Galatian 5:13.

Team travels back to Cardiff.  This will be a long day for team.  Pray for God to bring refreshment and renewal to team.  Psa. 1:3

June 22, Saturday   Cardiff – Ministry at City Temple – worship training day.  Pray for a “joyful heart” as team does this training.  Psa. 98:6,  Isaiah 55:12, 2 Chron. 29:30

June 23, Sunday   Cardiff- Ministry at City Temple Services – Pray for Brad as he leads worship and preaches.  Evening services – Daniel, Angela,  Anne and April preach – pray for anointing for each of them.  Let the teams worship in Spirit and in truth, and giving all glory to You, Lord Jesus.  Psalm 29:2,  Psalm 33: 1-3

June 24, Monday   Cardiff – Songwriting with Elim Sound (Brad and 2 others).  Pray for God to fill their hearts and minds with His songs. Psa. 40:3

Team:  Outreach ministry and prayer with CT church plant in Llanishen – Pray today that the team would receive a special revelation of God’s love,  and that they can then share with others.  1John 4:16-18

June 25, Tuesday   Cardiff -  “Caleb Prayer” from Ffald-y-Brenin – O high King of Heaven, have mercy on our land.  Revive your church.  Send the Holy Spirit for the sake of your children.  May your Kingdom come to our nation.  In Jesus’ mighty name.  Amen

June 26, Wednesday   Cardiff- Prayer walking, and team running “Breakthrough Prayer Event”. Habakkuk 3:2 – Lord, I have heard of your fame.  I stand in awe of your name, O Lord.  Revive your work in the midst of our days and in our time.  In wrath, remember mercy.

June 27, Friday Travel to London –  team’s final day and night in U.K.. Pray that the Lord will be honored as the team spends time saying good-bye and talking about all that the Lord has done.  “Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.  A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.  Malachi 3:16

June 28, Saturday   Travel home – Pray again for protection for travel, no lost luggage and sleep on the plane.  Psalm 91, Psalm 4:8

General Prayers for Wales:

• ·         Pray for church leaders and fellowships with a clear vision to witness and serve faithfully, many of them in hard and unreceptive areas.
• ·         Pray that revival may come again and that the entire country will again sing the praises of Jesus.·      Pray that the Holy Spirit might breath upon the Welsh culture and revive congregations to again be a blessing to the world   
• ·         Pray for Wales’ team leaders:  Brad and Andrea Parsley 

Co-leaders: Jonathan Moos, and Anne Porter

TADA!

Hi Guys!

So for the past few years I have been creating blogs for each of my missions trips that I have gone so you all can keep up on what God is doing in my life. But here's the thing, even I am losing track of how many blogs I have made so I decided to just make this one and try to just have all my missions stuff and ideas here. It'll probably take a few days until I have this all configured but for now enjoy what I have posted! I will be posting about my upcoming trip to Wales in a little bit!

God bless!

~bethy leigh

How many believers and young people rely on their friends and family to find support and fulfillment today? Unfortunately friends and family will always disappoint us and let us down. Only God and his word can satisfy our hearts and only God and His Word will never let us down.

Our family and friends will always let us down, that's the just the way it is. You're family and friends are not God and they are not the ones who created you. They don't know every single thing about you and what heart needs exactly to sustain you.

Okay, look with me now to Genesis 37:5-10. This is the story of Joseph and I want to show you guys how this point is in the Bible too. This is what it says,

⁵ Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. ⁶ He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷ We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”

⁸ His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.⁹ Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”¹⁰ When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Now look back at Genesis 37:5-8.
Look what happens to Joseph when he goes to tell his parents in Genesis 37: 9-10
"Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
They don't realize though that God's word and promises are always Yes & Amen - forever. His word will never let us down. Those promises that he told you at retreat or wherever will come about because God cannot lie. God cannot lie. He can't tell you that you're going to minister to Africa and then never do it. He is bound by himself. He can't just change his mind even if he is God. God knows the plans he has for you and if he tells you a little bit about them he can't just be like hey just kidding! I got ya good! No, he doesn't do that. Let's go back to the story of Joseph. This is kind of a mashed up summary of his life out of different verses in the chapters to come. Read with me.
Now here's the thing God's promises and God's word sometimes take time to happen though. Yes he will never lie to you or take back any of his promises but it might take a little bit longer that you thought. Also God's promises and word will sometimes be put to the test. And I know that neither of these statements make you very happy to hear but  they're true. You may come back from that great experience with God where he was speaking to you but in the weeks to come you don't hear him or you don't feel anything. But here's the thing, Joseph never heard directly from God again. After the dream at the beginning of his adventure he didn't hear God again. But it is said throughout the story over and over that the Lord was with him. 
Through all of Joseph's trial and pain and waiting what God had promised him, God's word to him did come to pass and was fulfilled. Look at Romans with me.
Through all of Joseph's trial and pain and waiting what God had promised him, God's word to him did come to pass and was fulfilled. Look at Romans with me.

Even though God's words and promises take time, and test us through trials he will fulfill every promise in scripture as we wait on him. He has to.
 

Even though God's words and promises take time, and test us through trials he will fulfill every promise in scripture as we wait on him. He has to.

Close with general prayer for youth group. Pray for encouragement that God is always with students, for faith to believe God’s word, strength to stand strong when everyone else doubts, etc.

So I want you to imagine how Joseph is feeling right now.  Joseph is super excited to hear and finally experience God speaking to him. Now in the past he had heard stories about how God had worked in his Great Grandfather Abraham's life and in his Grandfather Isaac's AND in his Father Jacob's life; but now it was HIS turn. It was his turn to finally experienced all God was speaking and revealing to him.  So Joseph finally receives a revelation of his future and calling in God, just like we do like when we go on Mission trips or youth retreats and know we are hearing or seeing God's calling on our lives. You might just have an inner knowledge that God is going to use your life. You might not know what he is going to do with your life but you know it's going to be incredible. God has given you that peace that he's got you right where he wants you.

⁵ Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. ⁶ He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷ We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”

⁸ His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

So Joseph has this dream from God and he's super excited. He might not understand it all but he's still super excited the the Kind of the Universe gave it to him. So he goes to his brothers, his friends, expecting them to be just as excited as he is. He's like "Hey guys! Look what God said. Look God spoke to me! Isn't that so cool?!" But they simply hated them all the more. They already didn't like Joseph since he was the baby of the family, at the time. His father had blessed him and simply adored Joseph. He gave Joseph the coat of many colors and just constantly doted on him. So even after that Joseph comes to them and tells them this dream, which basically means they will bow down to him eventually. This made them so mad. But think about it for a second, how many times do we get back from all these awesome experiences with God and run and tell our friends at school about it, and they don't seem to care or understand. They didn't experience it with you. Or even at youth group. Everyone at youth group gets back from an awesome retreat or trip and are all hyped up at first but then in the weeks to come everyone fades. Everyone goes back to normal life while you are sitting here cherishing what God did there. So this time you go to your family, because family has to support you right? They are required to love you right? 

Okay let's take a second and go back and think about how Joseph is feeling right now. So first off you go off and tell your brothers about this incredible, magnificent thing from God. But now, they hate you and want to kill you which older brothers usually want to do anyway but this Word from God made them hate him even more. So Joseph goes and tells his parents about what God said. But even then his parents were skeptical too! No one wants to be told that they are going to bow down before you one day.

Sometimes when people don't experience the same thing you did they have a hard time understanding what it was like or why you are so excited about it. How many times have you come back from a youth retreat or a missions trip with this great word from God on your heart of what he wants you to be one day or just a reassurance that he is going to use you. Your parents may be watching you and be thinking that these risks you want to take for Jesus are just too dangerous. Or say you want to give up going to college to be a missionary; but your parents are worried for you. They worry that this missionary thing won't sustain you in the future. You need to get a sustainable job first, something you can fall back on if this church thing doesn't work out for you. You are young and zealous for God. But your parents don't necessarily want you to live such a committed life for Jesus. They want you to relax and not get too crazy with this Christianity thing. They want you to think realistically.

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing— and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.… Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed. … Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there…..From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. ….. and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” …And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house……Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined….When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream:…. So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh……The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you. So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”

How many young people today give up on their walk and trust in God because His promise to them was not fulfilled right away - and they felt like God was going to let them down just like their parents, their friends, and everyone else. What if God thinks I'm crazy too? What if he wasn't actually telling me this? What if it was all just in my head?

I want to encourage you, though everyone else will fail you God never will and never can. Our God is limited because he cannot lie.

Romans 15:4

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

Even though God's word and promises sometimes take time and our put to the test; God will always fulfill his word and promises if we simply trust and wait on him. He has to.

When you look back at this verse, its amazing to see how God orchestrated time: so many years ago he put together Joseph's life so that we today could look back and be encouraged because God was always with Joseph and will always be with us. God has to carry out his word, so we have no need to fear.

Wales Missions Trip {Support Letter}

A little bit of what I'm doing this summer!! :)

Dear Friends and Family,

            As you know throughout the last few years God has led me to incredible places to do amazing things for His kingdom. He has taught and showed me so much of whom He is and who He wants me to become. This year I believe God is calling me to Wales in the United Kingdom to minister to the lost and show Christ’s love to the homeless and hurting in this country.

            At the turn of the 20^th century, there was a huge Christian revival led by Evan Roberts which led thousands to Christ. However after the first World War Christianity plummeted and doubt in the people’s heart grew. When the second World War came about people started blaming the horror and war and suffering of the time on Christ instead of on their fellow man. From there more religions have entered Wales such as Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Druidism. This summer it is our goal to uncover the eyes of the Welsh and show them the love and truth of Christ.  

            This summer, I am going to the beautiful country of Wales with my mother and the New Life Church Worship choir. We will be working with the homeless who are hurt and hungry and most of all need Christ’s love and hope. We will also be working and ministering to women and children in the community.

            The total cost will be $2500.00 and we are going to be there from June 15-29, 2013. Most importantly I request your prayers and thoughts as I head out on this trip. This trip would be meaningless if Christ weren’t the center of it all. Secondly, I request your help financially. Anything you could contribute would greatly help.  If you would like, checks can be made out to New Life Church with Wales Missions Trip-Bethany Harrington in the memo line. All checks are tax deductible. I am so excited to see how God is going to use me this summer and to see what God has in store for me and for the people of Wales.

God bless,

Bethany Harrington