Hi all!

Thanks for your support and encouragement and donations. So grateful for each and every one of you.

9 weeks in a new place. Things are finally starting to feel settled. God has been showing me again that just because I don’t feel Him or sense Him, doesn’t mean He’s any less real or any less close to me. He still speaks and I still know His voice.

When I was going to leave August 2021, I had been praying to be fully funded by June 16, ‘21. It is a new year and new journey. So I prayed for a new date and April 16 is the new date I’d like to be fully funded by.

I also prayed for a verse over this World Race trip. Phili 4:18 is what I think I got. “I have all things and abound: I am filled, having received.… the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.” That’s a different version, but it’s ASV.

The second hub we are planning to visit is in South America. The second hub is planned to be Ecuador. One of the ministry focuses is on special needs. I remember being in junior high/ early high school and helping with summer camp as staff. At that camp, there was a student with special needs. I was given the opportunity to be around her and be her friend for the duration of camp.

Colombia is an opportunity in South America. There was a Mardi Gras event at a theme park. Colombia was one of the countries. I fell in love with the food, though I’m sure it wasn’t the same quality it will be in the actual county.

Brazil is also an opportunity in South America. In 2013, I signed up for a mission trip with my church to go to Brazil. I did not get a chance to go. These opportunities feel like 2nd chances and confirmed hopes.

This is how you can help:

1. PRAY: Prayer is so important.

        -Pray for me and my team as God 

          prepares us now mentally, physically,

          spiritually, emotionally and 

          financially

        -that my sister and I would use our 

          finances well and wisely 

1. GIVE: I can’t go without partners like you. (Click on give link here in my blog.)
2. SHARE: -Tell people who may want to contribute. 

        -Subscribe and/ or comment on my 

          blog—hearing from you is

          encouraging to me

        -Connect with me to meet up or talk 

          to someone who may want to make 

          the World Race their journey 

Thank you! You all mean so much to me!!

Rachel