Friends,
Here is the Scum of the Earth Scotland '08 team: Mary Kate Makkai, Ben Mercer, & Janny Siebert.
We leave in less than 2 weeks and we still need a place to live. We're working on it. We'd like more money than we currently have in, but we believe that God will provide as He already has and if it's not enough for us to live comfortably for the month, it will be enough to live on. 'Cause He's God and He loves us and provides what we need, not always what we want :). Like our friend, Dan Craig, sings: we're worth much more than many sparrows... (yeah, Dan's quoting Jesus there 'cause Jesus is a good guy to quote...)
We could use more money if you'd like to send some. But what we really need is prayer. Prayer for God's provision & guidance more than anything. It's kinda of a scary thing going to a foreign country to love on people 'cause God told you to. 'Cause you don't always know what that looks like and how it's gonna be accepted. But He told us to go, so we're going. And prayer for love: that we would begin to understand and see God's love for us 'cause it's only through God's love that we're able to love others. And the more that we understand & see it in and for ourselves, the more we'll be able to pass it on to others. And that's what this whole trip is about: loving people. Loving the other 2 of us on the team, loving the people we'll be ministering to, loving the people we'll be ministering alongside. A good friend said that what God's calling us to do under, above, and around everything else is to love the person (or people) God's put right in front of you. And we feel He's put the people of Glasgow, Scotland in front of us. So it our job to love them. So if you could pray for us in that, it'd be a huge thing.
So yeah, that's a bit of where things are right now. Kate's selling a book of her poetry for $10 to raise money for this trip if you'd be interested in purchasing one. If you want to be a part of the Scum in Scotland '08 prayer team, please respond to this post and let us know.
Thanks for reading!
6 comments:
Awesome. I'll be prayin' for y'all!
I'm looking forward to hearing about the trip!
-the other Ben
Got some folks you'll need to meet here in Dublin when you come!
Praying for your preparation, finances and faith as you follow what God's put on your hearts.
(They say the difference between hoping this will all work out and having faith that it will is the certainty of God's promise to work in you to both want and do what he desires.)
Believing with you,
Durand
Hey Ben! This is your cousin, Pastor Joseph Gleason, in Omaha, Illinois. Add me to your prayer team, for sure!
Also, Ben . . . I invite you to join my Christian forum, and to make some posts regarding your trip. You may pick up some more prayer partners that way. Here is the URL:
www.biblelighthouse.com/forum
Also, feel free to check out some of my other URLs:
biblelighthouse.wordpress.com
www.biblelighthouse.com
I'm on your side, Ben - as always. I might have a contact for you in Glasgow - I'll check tonight.
Count on prayer and maybe something a little more concrete.
Your cousin Curt Gleason
Ben,
I would love to pray for you!
Kayla
My wonderful sister Janny, Kate & Ben
I am so proud of you all for doing this! I pray for you all in your journey with God in Scotland.
Janny's oldest "twin"
Jen
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