Some would see language as a barrier, I saw an opportunity. As some of you who have been following my newsletters know, my last update was on my way to the Cora tribe. A tribe located in Mexico that had not been impacted by the gospel yet. We flew to Culiacan, Mexico, and then took an 11-hour bus ride up a mountain. Upon arriving, our pastors had to meet with the counsel men of the tribe to get permission to stay. Permission was granted, so we went to work setting up tents and tidying up. We were able to hang with a few of the kids who were curious as to why we were there. They spoke mostly their own language, separate from Spanish. But rather than seeing it as a huge hurdle I had to jump, the Lord showed me it was an opportunity for love. So, with my mediocre braiding skills, some of us girls started braiding the girls’ hair and they did ours! It was a moment that reminded me how much my actions matter to those I am sharing Christ with, and it was a great start to our weekend there!

I love how the Lord shows me things in such simplicity. While I was braiding one of the girls’ hair, she had knots in her hair and we didn’t have a brush. So I began to take each knot out of her hair one by one and the Lord reminded me of His love for this girl. When I was younger I would cry while getting my hair brushed, so my dad would come and take each knot out one by one. And the Lord spoke to me, “remember that love your dad showed you? I love her way more than that.” And I began to try to comprehend God’s love for this little girl, then His love for the whole village, which then reminded me of how much He loves me! And I was overwhelmed. And it set my perspective for that whole trip, that God loves the Cora people, He sees them, and desires to know them. So a question I’d encourage you all with is: How does God’s love for people and yourself, challenge you in your faith?

Overall God did amazing things there at the Cora tribe! There was great unity within the team, nobody got majorly sick, and the Gospel was shared! We held the first ever church service there that Sunday and held an outreach as well! We saw a great response from the tribe and about 30 people gave their lives to the Lord that Sunday! A few people got saved as well the night before at the outreach. The only thing is that they need bibles as well as someone there to teach the Word and disciple them! So please keep them in your prayers that the Lord would stir it in someone’s heart to stay there and help plant a church!

I will have a section on my blog with more in-depth stories from the tribe as there is just too much to share here! I would also love to chat more via email, text, or even over coffee sometime about all that God did those 6 weeks and is doing in my life currently. And beyond anything else, I hope you can come alongside me in a few prayer requests as well. 

• Pray for the Cora people (Pastor Antonio will be going back with bibles for them in November)
• Pray I would walk confidently in the calling God has placed before me
• Pray I would continue to seek the Lord for direction in my calling
• Pray I would be a bold witness of my faith to my family and community around me!
• Pray for fresh vision with the Youth and Young Adult Ministries here at CCSG
• Pray for the upcoming MTS school year! 

Love you all! Thank you for following my journey through CSOM.

God Bless You!