Team: all parts working as one body

Las manos ayuda a Dios = God's helping hands.

Our second meeting was held on Sunday, May 1st.  Here are the highlights:

• We have 2 new team members!  Amanda Rogers and Brandy Fields have joined the team and we are all so excited!  That brings us to 14 members strong. 
• Following the last meeting we each took a spiritial gifts test, so we discussed the results.  It's amazing to see what a diversified group that God has assembled. 
• Our plane tickets were purchsed! It's official!!!
• We're planning a dinner in the near future so that we can all bond and get to know each other better.
• We will be updating the blog with individual team member bios in the next few weeks.
• We're all continuing our fundraising efforts so that we can all meet our final goal in the next month.
• Our next meeting will be on Sunday, May 22nd.

The excitement is building and it really is amazing to see the team start to discover all the talent and special gifts that He has given each member.  The gifts will most certainly be used on this trip for His purpose.

Matthew 9:37-38 NLT
37 He said to his disciples, "The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields."

Romans 10:11-15 NLT
11 As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced." 12 Jews and Gentile are the same in this respect.  They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.  13 For "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." 14 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him?  And how can they believe in him if they have never heard of him?  And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? 15 And how will anyone tell them without being sent?  That is why the Scriptures say, "How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!"

Romans 12:4-5 NLT
4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 So it is with Christ's body.  We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

Countdown: 46 days.