Dear Family and friends,
The DAY is here!!!
Finely, after three years of
waiting, the time & opportunity has come to return to the place that God
has placed most on my heart:
ZAMBIA!!!
Over the past three years God has
taken me on a journey full of joy, tears, and sometimes pain, but I never lost sight of the call God
place on my life. The call to go
love His people anywhere, anytime, anyplace.
I will be going with Scrubs Medical
mission in August 2-17th going into schools doing medical education.
We will teach hinge and basic first aid so that Zambia will be able to help
each other after we leave.
When I was nine years old I went to
Mexico with my family. On that
trip I was sitting at a work site while people from our church were building a
house. I was on a pile of dirt
with some little children; we found some nails and string and crafted a cross
to give to the new homeowner. Looking
back on my life this was the time I was wrecked for Missions no matter where
God was going to send me.
As my year was unfolding… I made
the following blog post (in fact it was earlier this month):
“When I was sixteen I felt the call on
my life to go and love in Africa… I went back to Africa at seventeen. This was a forever-changing trip from the second I
stepped off the plane. I was
overwhelmed because I knew I was “home.” One of the hardest things I ever had to do was leave my heart
in a foreign land that became home. I had to leave the people I lost my heart
to. But God has bigger and better
plans for me thou I am still unclear of what these are and soon enough I will
know. This April I had the
possible opportunity to go to Africa.
My heart was saying “yes,” I will go; there was nothing I would not have
given up to go… However, this was not God’s plan for now. I am staying in America. This has been one of the hardest things
I have ever been through, but I know God is teaching me to be ready to go where
he calls and to wait for his timing.
It is hard to be patient when my heart is not here in the states. God knows what I need, I am grateful
that I serve a God who gives me what I need over what I want… I may not ever
get to go back to Africa, but I am ready to go wherever God wants me to go whenever this may
be. I want more then anything in
the world to be in the hands of the king and love Him. He has me exactly where He wants me. My
job is just to be faithful to His call and rest in His arms; waiting for His
voice to say it is time GO!”
Little did I know that I would be
going back so soon after finally giving my hearts passion to the Lord. But now
after all the waiting I am going be back to Zambia!!!! God said it is time to
go back to the place that changed my heart forever. The trip cost $3500 I could not tell you all how
humbled I am for God giving me the chance to go back to Zambia. But I cannot to
this on my own I need your help to raise the money and in prayer. You can make
all checks out to Bethel Bible Church and
mail them to 2067 Rana Park Flint, TX,
75762
Prayers:
1. That
the trip will bless many people and that their medical needs will be met. We
are going to be working with Scrubs Medical Mission.
2. That
our team will bound and be able to work together well
3. God
will get hearts ready to hear his word
4. That
we will be ready to talk about the gospel and show the gospel to everyone we
see from the people on the plan to the Zambians.
You can read my
blog to see updates and read of what God is doing Followingjesusalloverworld.blogspot.com
In his name,
Katie Rittenhouse
