Seeds of Change update-March 2009

Hello EVERYONE!!!!
Sorry I have not updated you all in a while, and this blogging thing is new to me. I really want to be better at this :/

Here is what’s been going on….

At the end of January, Heidy and I made a trip to San Salvador, El Salvador where Heidy will be studying at a YWAM (youth with a mission) for 5 months. Please keep her in your prayers as this transition has been difficult but she is enjoying her classes and growing and maturing in ways that only God can do when someone allows Him to have His way in their life. I am so proud of her. Please pray for Heidy as she leaves this Sunday with ywam to spend 2 weeks in Guatemala studying and also doing evangelism and outreach. Also, in April she will head to Belize with ywam for one and half months. Pray for finances for this trip, protection, health, and for God to just blow her away in what He has planned to teach her during this time away.

As for me, I am staying busy, missing Heidy, moving forward, watching God do what He does and standing in amazement at how He works in my life, this ministry and in the lives of others. Please pray for Leonie as she is in England for 2 months fundraising. Pray for Miranda as she prepares to go home for a month at the end of March. Please pray for me as I will be here trying to keep things going while they are both gone. We have a new couple who are moving to the Valley this weekend…yay! Just in time! They have been in Honduras for a couple months and feel God leading them to come join our team. Their names are Tristan and Beth, a young couple from California who are great musicians and youth leaders, and share our passion for helping the youth and children of Honduras. I am excited to see how God places them into the roles He has for them in this ministry. They are going to be a HUGE asset to us, especially Tristan since we are in great need of men to help us out with what we as women cannot do.

Also, please remember a young girl named Scarleth. She has been in contact with me and very much wants to be in our transition house. She is 17 and desperate. Things are complicated and it looks like we will have to wait until she turns 18. This is only a month away but the sooner she is out of her situation the better. We have a room all ready for her, but we have to be careful not to run ahead of what God is doing.

Plus, be in prayer for the youth in our Bible study group. Many are struggling and satan is really trying to destroy all that God has been doing in their lives. It’s hard because we are not the ones to change them, God is, but they have to be willing to let go of their junk and allow Him to heal and change them. It can be discouraging and sometimes seem hopeless, but God called us to obedience and the rest is up to Him.

One area I am really struggling is with loneliness. I know He is all I need but God does not want man to be alone (Gen.5). I am praying for a helpmeet, companion, a husband who will help lead this ministry and reach the ones we as women often struggle to reach(men and teenage boys). Please pray that I will just rest in Him, knowing that I am doing my part and God will bring him in His time. I just want to be open and transparent and this is a Huge struggle for me right now.

I thank each of you for all your love and support. Praise the Lord!! I was able to get 2 new tires for my car!! A great answer to prayers!! Now I feel so much safer driving especially when I have a car full of kids. I am so blessed to have the support and prayers of so many who I know believe in this ministry and what God has called me to here in Honduras. I love you all and will be in touch. God bless!! His, mandy
Joshua 1:9