So. This is my first blog. I just wanted to share some stuff with whoever reads this. This summer, I will be going on a mission trip for a MONTH, to the country of Panama. It is going to absolutely the time of my life. I'm really excited to see where God will lead me, and how He will use me. It's going to be great. I just wanted to start of kind of explaining my heart for the whole situation. This past summer, 2010, I went to Dallas, Texas on a two week mission trip and had the best time ever. On my trip, God really broke my heart. He gave me a heart for missions and I discovered how much I love dealing with children. I know that I am called to work with them, and also one of my passions is the Spanish language. I absolutely love it. I'm a little obsessed, but it's okay. haha. Anyways, I really love Latin America and so I was thinking about what to do this summer, 2011, and I knew I had to go on a mission trip. I mean, it's not like I would be doing anything better. Mostly I would be sleeping at home, or at my dad's work watching Golden Girls reruns, but that's a different story. I really just want to go and be the hands and feet of God. As Christians we are called to share the gospel with everyone, not just people in our hometowns, but all over the world. (See Acts 1:8)
So, I started praying on where God was leading me to go for next summer and I knew I should be somewhere where they spoke Spanish, and I knew I should be working with children. Putting my passions with my burdens. As this all came into play, I started really praying for direction on where to go from God. I looked on the Global Expeditions website (I went with them on Dallas Z 2010) and saw the Panama trips. I knew it was where I should go. I knew it was right. So here I am. Fifteen years old. Going out of the country for a month this summer. I'm not crazy. I'm doing what I know is right. I'm stepping out in my faith. One thing I have learned in all this process is how much you really need to rely and trust in God. Like my trip this summer will be over $3,000 and me myself can not raise that much money. That's why you have to trust and put all your faith in God, faith in Him isn't just 50 or even 99 percent. It's all or nothing. You have to believe. You have to be ready to give. So this summer, and in my daily life. I am going beyond myself. Essentially, beyond Chantry. That's all I have to say right now, more updates and just tid-bits of encouragement will come. :)
In Christ,
Chantry Carroll.
