Lifetree Adventures Blog

Wow! It's hard to believe that our final 2011 Peru team heads out in less than 3 weeks and our DR team is getting ready to move out just a few weeks after that! It's been so neat to talk with dozens of friends all around the U.S. these last few months and hear all of the ways that God has been tugging on their hearts to make a difference this year by serving in either Peru or the Dominican Republic.

Some of our friends are hungry to go deeper in their faith, and the next step for them is to take their first mission trip. Others are eager to use the skills God has given them to help a community in need. Some friends are bringing their children or teenagers with them and can't wait to walk beside their kids as they experience their first cross-cultural experience and see firsthand just how differently people in other countries live. Mostly, our friends are just sensing God saying quietly to their hearts, "It's time."

It's time to think about others first. It's time to give back because much has been given to them. It's time to leap fully into the unknown trusting that God will catch them. It's time to give one week away for eternal purposes. It's time to look at the world with the same eyes of love that God sees it with. It's time.

What is He saying to you today? Have you even had time today to sit quietly with Him and listen for His voice? Will you take a few minutes even now and pray for our friends who have heard Him say to them that it's time? Will you pray for their time in Peru and the Dominican Republic this fall and ask Him to help us bring all of the final details together? And while you are praying for our friends, if you hear Him say to you, "It's time," will you come too?

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