Stepping out in Faith
It’s already incredible that I have one friend living and serving in Honduras…What’s even more amazing is that I will soon have two friends there! Last night I got to hang out with Leanna, a good friend of mine from high school. She’s been living in Rochester, Minnesota and working as a nurse at the Mayo Clinic. I got a call from her a couple weeks ago asking if she could spend the night on her way to Colorado. When I saw her in April she told me she had taken a short term mission trip to Honduras, and that she was praying about going back for a longer period of time. Now, she’s decided to take the plunge and go for two years…so she is out raising support.
Leanna is going to be in Teguicigalpa working with a ministry that serves impoverished children, providing them food, clothing and basic medical help along with sharing the gospel and other Biblical truth. She is able to play a unique role because of her nursing background, helping with the medical needs.
I’m really proud of my friend Leanna for stepping out in faith and doing this — Especially since she has to raise support to cover her expenses! She is the shy, reserved type so speaking in front of churches and taking initiative with people to tell them about her ministry is way out of her normal comfort zone. But she’s doing it, because she’s convinced that God wants her to go.
If you have a moment, please pray for Leanna that God continues to give her courage as she raises support, and that she would be able to get her support raised in time to get to Honduras by her goal-date of early February. Other than a couple of weeks off for travel, she is still working full time until December 1st, and then part-time until she leaves, so you can also pray that she is able to make the most of the limited time she has available to raise support.