Puerto Rico VBS Prayer Requests

• For VBS preparations to go smoothly
• For safety in travel
• For Christ to shine through the staff
• That we would have a heart for the deaf children and their families
• That we would communicate the message of God's love clearly through Sign Language
• That the deaf students would be able to watch us enough to be able to "hear" the message
• That the deaf students would be cooperative
• That God would bring out the students whom He wants to attend
• That the children would be excited to attend
• That God would open doors to reach families of the deaf children who attend
• For unity as a team

Part of my wonderful PR team!

Meeting some of the team members!

There are only 3 more weeks and 3 more days until we leave for Puerto Rico and there's still so much to do! 
     But below are some pictures I took from our team meeting yesterday--only half of my team members are pictured here--unfortunately the others were unable to make it to the meeting. 

Our courageous leader!-(Pastor Dave with his Puerto Rican machetes!)

Rosa is teaching us how to sign the songs we will be preforming for the VBS.  From left to right--Carla Vacca, Rosa Soto, Ashley Warfel, Kathy Zimmerman, Amanda Walde, Pastor Dave, and Michelle White.

And the business part of the meeting.  From left to right--Ashley Warfel, Rosa Soto, Kathy Zimmerman, Amanda Walde, Pastor Dave, Michele White, and Carla Vacca.  (Rosa is sharing and Amanda is    interpreting.)                                                                                                                                              

  My team consists of such wonderful people and I am blessed to be a part of the PR team and to be working with such great people!  I thank God for bringing everyone together and I am so excited for what     we'll be doing in Puerto Rico!                                                                                                                     

The Countdown Continues....

     Guess what?--There are only 5 weeks (35 and 1/2 more days) left until we leave and there's still so much to do!  However, I have completed/crossed off a few things on my "to do list".
Necessary clothing for Puerto Rico purchased--Check.
Hepatitis A shot--Check.
Received all of my financial support--Check.
Photo Id--Check.
Collecting school items to take to PR--Check.
A list of things I need to take--Check.
Since a fraction of the pressure has been lifted--new "worries" have presented themselves.  I'm finally beginning to feel slightly anxious now--I've never flown on a jet before so that's slightly unnerving, I've never been away from my family for more than a few days, and I've certainly never left the country before!
     Also, the issue of my signing all day long seems rather tedious to me since I'm not a fluent signer--but with the grace of God and the help of my wonderful team--I'm sure things will go well.
     Apart from my nervousness, I just received an great email saying that there's a possibility that we may be facilitating 20 students at the VBS instead of the original 15!  And our VBS t-shirts have been ordered.
     I am also participating in 2 of the 5 skits that our team is preforming for the VBS.  They are strictly in ASL(American Sign Language) so now I need to spend a lot more time practicing to sign my lines.
     We covet your prayers as we prepare to depart on the mission to which God has called us.