House of Hope, Zacapa, Guatemala

I returned home yesterday from a mission trip in Guatemala. It was a wonderful opportunity for three churches (Faith Bible Church, Irving Bible Church and Bent Tree Bible Fellowship) to come together to be the hands and feet of Jesus to orphans and families in need in Guatemala! It was an amazing and intense time of service and ministry.

Our team spent 8 days serving with House of Hope in Zacapa, Guatemala. House of Hope (HOH) is an orphanage and a school that provides love and education, an ideal environment for the children to socialize with the surrounding community.

We painted both a church built by HOH and a HOH school, dug a trench for electricity improvements, played games with the kids, provided medications, prescription eye glasses and clothes for villagers and orphans.

We visited three schools in surrounding villages to share the gospel in the form of a drama. The drama was about a boy who faces many trials and tries to find meaning in life. He eventually finds meaning in his relationship with Jesus. Much to our surprise MANY of the kids were touched by the drama. Tears streamed down their faces as they watched it. These kids have hard and difficult trials in life and at home. They related to the drama in many ways and it touched their hearts.

We also visited the state orphanage in Zacapa to bring them gifts, sing songs and pray with them. The state orphanage differed from HOH orphanage tremendously. The kids at HOH were happy, joyful and had house parents that loved them. The children at the state orphanage were attention deprived and desperate for the attention and love of our team members. After seeing the difference between these two orphanages, the vision of why HOH existed was clear.

Our team had the privileged of clearing a piece of land within the HOH complex. This land will be used to build an additional House of Hope home!!! Which means that they will be able to house and raise more kids!! These kids will have the opportunity of being given a place to live with house parents, an education and LOTS of love.

This mission trip was a life changing experience for every team member. Every where we went the children and local villagers were so thankful for our service. They showed us a lot of love and gratitude throughout the entire mission trip. We were given many hugs and words of praise. During our trip our team keep strong and unified through prayer and the encouragement of one another. I praise God for such a wonderful and fruitful experience!


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She is Now Made a New Creation!!!

The Area Director of Young Life in McKinney, Scott Rhodes, asked me to be a Young Life Camp Leader for one of the Freshman cabins at Crooked Creek Ranch. Young Life is an AMAZING ministry that presents the gospel to all the teenage kids that attend the summer camp. It was an unexpected and last minute trip for me but God had it planned all along!

In my cabin I had a bright, fun and sweet young 15 year old girl in my named Olivia (not her real name). This girl truly stood out to me! She was drinking in EVERY word the speaker had to tell her about what Jesus had done for her on the cross and His gift of eternal life. God was pursuing hard after this young girl's heart!

During one of our cabin times Olivia had shared much of what was going on in her personal life between her and God. She was part of a broken home and had been hurt as a child. After Olivia shared this I meet with her one on one. With Olivia sitting across the table from me, I asked her if she had a relationship with Jesus to help her calm the storm that she was going through in her life. She confessed that she had a past and felt she needed to first forgive herself for her sins before she would allow Jesus in her life to lighten the load for her. Fear and shame was holding her back from the relationship she desperately wanted with her Lord and Savior.

Olivia and I talked about the Bible's truth and promise of Jesus forgiving her of her sins and washing them clean. I told her she couldn't do this on her own. That Jesus was crazy about her and He really wanted to have a relationship with her and help her in her times of need. As we parted I wasn't discouraged at all. God was continuing to write His testimony in Olivia and I was blessed to be apart of it.

The next day after the kids had their 15 minutes of quite time with God, Olivia walked into our cabin. She looked me straight in the eyes and said, "I had a good talk with God". I asked her what they had talked about. She tearfully and joyfully wept saying that she had accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. She had told Jesus she couldn't do this life alone or face her trials by herself. She wanted His help and grace!!! Praise God!! She is now made a new creation!

This was a rich time for me and other Young Life Leaders in McKinney that walked along side teenagers learning about Jesus and His plan for them. The best thing is that we get to continue to walk along side them here at home!!

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McKinney, TX 75069

Prision Ministry

It has been a GREAT month doing outreach!!! There have been so many different opportunities to get the body of Christ plugged and I have been blessed to be apart of it all!

There has been some talk about a prison ministry called Seed Sowers. When I heard about this ministry I had to check it out to see how I could get the Body of Christ involved. A group of us went to visit these inmates to help them paint murals on the plain white walls of there dorm.

These were some VERY special women!!! The experience was unreal, unlike any other ministry I have seen. The inmates were broken and open for the Lord in their attitude and in their worship. I think we all learned more from them than they did from us!

Want to join us sometime?? I am bringing a group of women August 19th and September 9th to love and minister to the women inmates. Let me know if you would like to be apart of this group!! God can and will use you!


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McKinney, TX 75069

Salvation Comes To The Brothels!! (Febuary 2009)

I am in awe and overjoyed at the GREAT things God has done! Girls in the brothels have come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior!!! God is truly amazing!! I HAVE to tell you the stories of these girls and how God worked in their lives. Since I have witnessed these miracles I feel that it is only right that I tell you all that God is doing in hopes of you also being encouraged in the same way that I have been.

In the first brothel God revealed that He had already been sowing in these two girls. The first girl said that previously, on THREE occasions a man had visited the brothel and paid for her services. When she went into the private room to service this man he was holding a Bible. He said he was there because God had sent him to tell her to get out of this business and that God had other plans for her! The second girl had been attending church for several months but had been hiding the fact that she works as a prostitute in a brothel. She said that she LOVED church but hated that she had to hide what she does in fear of being judged and rejected.

At the second brothel we started out loving these girls by washing their feet. While washing their feet I read John 13:1-17 Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet. After reading the scripture we told them, “this is the way Jesus tells us to love each other and that is why we have chosen to serve you in this way. We want you both to know that we don’t see ourselves as better than you, we only want to serve you.” Then I read Luke 7: 36-50 Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman. While reading the scripture both of the girls were in complete and total awe of the sinful woman’s faith and boldness! They truly listened like little children, waiting to find out what Jesus’ response was going to be towards the sinful woman that was weeping at His feet. They responded to Jesus’ response with, “That sinful woman is ME!! I can’t BELIEVE she followed Jesus into the religious mans’ house!!” Both girls did not take this scripture lightly or as just a story. They took it as Jesus Himself speaking directly to them. This scripture challenged them to no longer let society tell them who they are in Christ or hinder them from following Jesus, even if modern day Pharisees judged them!

In both brothels the Gospel of Jesus was shared and they were taught how to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. All four girls gladly chose to accept Him, some with tears of joy while praying the prayer of salvation! Witnessing this brought tears to my eyes as well!

I want to let you know that this was ALL God. His word brought these girls to Him and He made them ready to accept Him into their lives. I give HIM all the GLORY!!!!

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Sharing the Gospel with Children!!

"Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

Ever heard of Good News Club??? You may know it like myself as Vacation Bible School. That is what I went to when I was a kid. See this kid to the left?? This is Eli. He was a trip to have in the Good News Club. His smile will make you melt for sure! At Good News Club many kids like Eli were presented the Gospel and Bible stories at Good News Club by volunteers that wanted to love these children. The kids sang songs, played games and had a BLAST. There were many volunteers that helped make this Good News Club possible and available for kids like Eli!!

If you would like to help support my outreach ministry financially I would greatly appreciate it!

To Donate Send Personal Checks to:
Faith Bible Church
Attn: Christina
201 1/2 E. Virginia
Suite 1
McKinney, TX 75069