So when you first saw this blog post you may have thought it
would be about my beloved dog named India but its actually not. (Although she is
super cute and sweet).
Rather, I have news that I am so pumped to share about! I
have been praying a lot recently about going to India. Why India? My senior
year of high school my mom went to India with Mountain Christian Church on a
medical missions trip to India where she worked with the Central India
Christian Mission (CICM). On this trip my mom was deeply moved for the poverty
and spiritual darkness in many parts of the country. She was also inspired by
rubbing shoulders with passionate and sold-out followers of Christ as they
shared their testimonies of faith and persecution. She came home telling lots of stories of how hopelessness and ashes have been turned to hope and life! Just from her time there I felt God work in my own
heart and it was then that I decided to go into nursing because of the
opportunities that physical healing brings for spiritual healing. Since my
senior year God has taught me so much about the culture in India and the needs
there just through simply educating myself and getting involved in supporting missional organizations state-side. I knew that the past 6 years were waiting years and so I have involved
myself from afar by supporting organizations that are working to meet the
spiritual and physical needs in India and in Asia. After waiting 6 years God
has opened the door for me to physically go and serve at the place that my
heart has been drawn to for 6 years!
I have been accepted to join a team with Fellowship of
Associates of Medical Evangelism (FAME) on a trip to India for just under 2
weeks during the summer of 2016. Not only will I be going with FAME, but we
will be partnering with CICM which I am so excited about because my mom loved
working with them back in 2009! CICM has a nursing school, orphanage, seminary, and medical outreach. I am still waiting for my starting packet but the
estimated cost is $3,600 for the trip so, as excited as I am, its time to get
to work raising the money for this trip!
A few ways that I will be raising money so please let me know if you would like to utilize any of these services:
Babysitting (yes, I am putting back on my "babysitting apron")
Photography
Homemade cards (assortments of 8 cards or 8 Christmas cards for $10, I'll be posting pictures soon of some examples)
Handmade scarves (pictures to come as well)
Handmade bookmarks ($1-2 each)
And if you can come up with anything else let me know, I'm open for suggestions!
I will also follow up on how you can donate once I get my start up packet in the mail. If you know me and my passions then you probably understand how excited I am for this opportunity!
