please pray

I really leave in two days. I'm barely even packed.

I'm going to try to keep up this blog while I am in Ecuador. It is my intention to send out e-mail updates as well, but I do not know how available our technology resources will be. That's something I'll just have to play by ear when I get there. I will update as much as I am able.

Prayer is an important part of being on the mission field. I covet your prayers as my team and I spend these 6 weeks in Ecuador. Here are some specific ways that you can be praying:
- That I will adjust to life in Ecuador. That I will remember and pick up on the language quickly.

- Relationships among team members as we come together as strangers and spend these weeks together. There are 6 girls on this team: Brittany, Katie, Yvonne, Elizabeth, Joy, and myself.

- Our communication with the people we encounter, that we will be able to communicate the Gospel in a clear way through both actions and words, and that God will be glorified through these encounters.
- That the people will have open hearts and be receptive to the truth of the Gospel. That new believers will find boldness in sharing with others.

- Our health as we will be active in high altitude areas and spend time in the jungle

- That we will be constantly filled with the Spirit and actively seeking opportunities wherever we go.

- No matter how tired we may get, that we will continue to grow in our faith through consistent reading of God's Word and spending time in prayer.