Dear family and friends,
We have officially hit the halfway mark of our 6 weeks here in Rosarito. I’m beyond grateful to God and my church for this opportunity. I’m also very grateful for all your support.
These past couple of weeks have been truly life changing. The Lord has opened my eyes and with all this information I now know, I can’t not share. So I will share it with everyone who will listen.
It’s been an honor to be able to serve the Lord by doing outreaches with the local church plants. We traveled to Ensenada to CC La Familia. We set up at the park and had a service for the adults and had activities with the children. We also went to Rosarito beach, set up tables with activities for the children and went out evangelizing. It truly has been the Lord working through all of us when going out to spread His word. I’m beyond grateful for every moment I’ve had to evangelize.
This past week has passed by in a blink of an eye and I’ve been trying to absorb as much as possible. If you read last week’s newsletter, I shared with you a little about the unreached. There are 17,000 people groups on earth and 7,000 of those people groups are unreached. They’ve never heard about Jesus, they don’t know a Christian, or have the Bible translated in their native language. On top of that, most of these people groups are under heavy oppressed, religious governments.
Being born in a country where I have the complete freedom to openly practice my faith in Jesus Christ makes me feel convicted. I ask God, “Why me?” Why was I born in a country with so much freedom. However, I realized the question to ask wasn’t ‘why me’ because if I truly believe that our God is perfect, then ultimately He has a plan for everything and nothing that He does is in vain. I realized, of course He chose it this way! Knowing myself, and knowing that God knows me better than I know myself. Of course, He chose to place me in this country at this time. He knew that when I came to Him and became born again, I’d be desperate to know Him. As my eyes were truly opened, I would long to have a deeper connection with Him. I would do as He commanded me and that’s why I’m here at the School of Missions learning about the unreached. He knew that I would go in a heartbeat! Without thinking twice. That I would believe and stand in the truth that He is our One and Only Perfect God.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
John 3:16-17
I look back at every moment God used to prepare me, to the moment I realized He was calling me to the mission field. It didn’t make sense then when I couldn’t see the bigger picture, and I still can’t fully see it now. But, knowing everything God has revealed to me, I would be disobeying Him if I was to spend my life doing anything other than His will and calling for me. So, even though I’m still not sure where exactly He is calling me to minister, He has opened the door for me to join the Missions Training School (MTS) to further my understanding of God’s word. Until God closes the door, I will continue to walk through every door He has opened.
If you’d like to partner with me, I would deeply appreciate your prayerful financial support. I am currently still in need of paying off my full tuition for CSOM. The need is $1,350. Thank you for your continued prayers. I am praying for you all as well!
For His glory,
Katia