I can honestly say that I never saw myself being a missionary in Mexico. As a young teenager I used to say that I wanted to be a missionary but as I grew older it never crossed my mind. It’s interesting the places God takes a person when they are willing to be open and to submit to God and how it can come full circle.
My first time in Mexico was the spring break of ’05. I was in grade 11 and came down with my youth group for a mission’s trip with Mission Adventures in Tijuana. We were down here at the same time as a group from Lacombe Alberta and the speaker we had that week was a guy named Matt from BC. When that week ended my desire and passion for God increased dramatically and I always wanted to go back to Mexico. So after 4 years I made it back to Tijuana in January of ’09. I came down to just volunteer for 3 months but God had something else in mind. His plans are always better. The last week of my 3 month stay there was a Mission Adventure team down from Lacombe Alberta and the speaker was Matt who was the same Matt who spoke the spring break that I was down in Mexico for Mission Adventures. It was that week that God told me to stay. So things came full circle! There was a reunion with Lacombe and myself and the speaker. And those times as a youth when I said I’d like to be a carpenter and a missionary came to be true. It is awesome how God works and grants us our desires even when we forget that we had them at one time.
So I am now in Mexico after committing to work with YWAM Tijuana for 2 years. I am now a missionary! The Swine flu or the violence in Tijuana are not going to stop me from serving God. The enemy is not going to make me believe in the fear that he is trying to spread across the globe. Because I know that God is bigger. He is our fortress in times of need, he is our protection!
The journey that God has for me is a mystery but the path is exciting!
The teachings can be difficult but the relationship is alive!
Surrender is a challenge, service is needed!
Thank you for your support and prayers and please continue to do so.
