Denver

On Sunday I head off to Denver for a week of training. I am excited to see all the people I have been working with in the flesh and to have face-to-face conversations about different topics regarding my trip and all that comes between now and going. I head out at 6am on Sunday morning (March 1st) and get back at around 8pm on Friday night (March 6th).

Brenda, from Guinea, called on Saturday and talked to me about what I will be doing and what it is like to live in Guinea. It makes me so excited. She said they do about three health clinics a year, the first I will be a part of will be in October or November. I also am going to be going to a health conference in Burkina Faso (I think that is where she said). In my defense, she called from thousands of miles away and the reception is only so good and my memory is even worse! I will be living in the Guest House, which means I get to host those who come through, which includes a medical team from Minnesota that will be helping with the health clinic.

Please continue to pray for me as I slowly mark off things from my to do list and have more going onto it then coming off!

I am starting to work on what I will be sending out to all my friends and family and of course that includes all of you! So hopefully in a few weeks after I get back my video will be ready to be emailed or sent to everyone as well as a letter!

Please keep praying that I will use my time wisely and that I will be falling more and more in love with Jesus!
Also for French, the Maninka and Guinea.
With lots of love
Bethany

Finances

I have finally received my financial breakdown for WorldVenture. It will change as new things are added and a few things will cost less or more than budgeted. But it is nice to know a rough estimate of how much everything is going to cost me!
So it looks like it will be about $1300 a month that I will need and around $7000 in one time costs.

I bought my plane ticket for Denver; I will be there March 1-6 for training. Please be praying for me as I soak in all the information.

And be praying for me as I start to raise support.

And for my French!!

In Christ alone,
Bethany

Jesus is so good and faithful! In Ephesians 3 it says “Now to Him who is able to do more exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen” (vs20,21). It is a rue statement that He does so much more than we could ever ask!

I have been praying for an internship for quite a few months and I thank you for all your faithful prayers for one as well. When I found out that I would not be doing my internship in Guinea I was slightly confused and frustrated, but I knew that God is bigger than my small understanding and that He has an amazing plan. So it looks like I will be doing and internship with CompassionConnect, a grassroots, non-profit organization that partner’s local churches with the community to set up health clinics in the Portland area. I will be working as the Follow-up coordinator for the South East clinic as well as assisting the director of CompassionConnect. This is an exciting opportunity to be behind the scenes on a project like this as well as be a blessing to the organization, the churches and the community I live in as a whole. Please be praying for me as I start this up. Between my internship and the time and travel it will take to raise support I am going to be one busy girl!

This afternoon I had a phone orientation on more information for WorldVenture and all the papers I need to sign and send in and the order that it goes in. Soon I will be having another phone meeting on my finances. It will be so nice to finally know how much I need to be raising.

I need to start getting people together who would like to be a prayer team for me, committing to pray for me and the ministry God has called me to. If you are interested please let me know!

I have started back up with French. Bonjour! It is a hard language to remember how to spell so even though there are a few things I can say, I don’t remember how to write it!

Thanks for all your prayer and interest in what God is doing in my life!
Blessings,
Bethany