Dear Friends and Family,
I am so excited to tell you about an upcoming adventure in
my life. Many of you know that missions is
something that is very near and dear to my heart. I have participated in and lead around a half
dozen mission trips here in the US.
However, my heart’s desire has always been to serve an unreached people
group overseas. After many years of
praying and lots of closed doors, God has finally opened the door for me to go
and serve the people of East Asia.
In October of this year, I will be traveling with my home
church of Houston’s First Baptist with a group of 14 people to an undisclosed
location in East Asia. We will be
working with the J People. For security
purposes, we are not told their full name or their location. Most of the population is farmers, working
with livestock and various crops. Right
now, there are believed to be between 20-30 believers in the 300,000 person
population. That is about .01%. Currently, there are no Bible translations or
even a written language of the J People.
A small team of people are currently working on translating ten Old
Testament stories into the J People’s language.
Last summer I had the privilege to lead a team of 150
missionaries as we went into one of the darkest place in our city. Carrying the words of Isaiah 58:10 “If you
spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the
oppressed, then your life will rise in the darkness and your night will become
like the noonday” we brought hope to the lives of many through hamburgers and
craft projects. This fall, I will get
the privilege to once again bring hope.
I won’t speak their language and will spend more time traveling then in
the city, but I know that God will use me to somehow be a blessing.
Why am I telling you all of this? I know what it is like to play a small part
in Gods great big story and I am asking all of you to join with me.
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First would be prayerfully. It is not possible for us to go on this trip
without a mighty group of prayer warriors praying for us from now until we land
safely home. Over the coming months I
will be blogging about the trip. Feel
free to follow my story at http://tuesdaysatgringers.blogspot.com/.
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The second way that you can join me is through
financial support. The total cost of the
trip is $2,700. I know that God is so
much bigger than that number and that he works in the lives of others to
accomplish great things. If you are
interested in donating to my trip simply go to http://houstonsfirst.org/connect/give/missions/trips-opportunities/mission-trips/.
Once you have logged in or selected guest, simply select the East Asia trip and
type in my name.
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Finally, I will need all the encouragement you
have to offer. This is a big step for me
and I am excited to see what God has in store.
I am beyond blessed to have so many people in my life who
are willing to come along side me on this journey. The words to Christy Nockles song Sing Along
are playing in my head as I write these words, “Let YOUR song rise and fill up
the earth, let YOUR hope ring out, let YOUR heart be heard.” There is no feeling in the world that
compares to joy of knowing that your days have been spent proclaiming Jesus to
a lost and dying world. As I leave you,
I wanted to share the story of one of our church members who has been on this
trip before. Please enjoy Rogers story
and I look forward to having each of you along with me on this journey. http://houstonsfirst.org/article/rogers-story/
Let HOPE rise!
April Pearson
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