the 11th hour is coming. Pray for us.

34 hr 30 min. That is what time I have left to sew up all of the loose ends.
34 hrs 29 min. That is how much time I have left to fret over the loose ends that need to be sewn up.
You would think, this being my 7th mission trip in 5 yrs I would have this down and locked in. No, not me, for some reason I just do not roll like that.
My mind is operating like a 30 tooth chain ring that is missing 15 teeth. It is all coming to me in chunks.
Poor Maleta Benson, our church office manager probably wishes she could hide every time I walk into the office. Nothing scheduled, No warning, nothing easy. Although she always smiles and makes it look easy.
34 hrs 20 min left. If you are wondering, that is when we will all meet at the Finney's house to take the shuttle to the airport.
Yes that is O'dark:30 to you.

It is always like this. It is like a snow ball running down a hill. Picking up speed and getting bigger and bigger as it goes. The only problem........ at some point it is going to crash into something.

The team is ready.
The packing party is done.
Yet there are last minute items to get.
It always plays out this way.
My nerves are a little more steeled than they where last year at this time.
BUT, not solid.

Prayer, YES, Prayer, This is what I need. We Need. Yes, We need pray
OK, I need a lot of pray. But the whole team needs prayer too.
This is not something that I can pull of by myself. This is not something that this team can pull off by ourselves.
PRAYER. We need you. We need your prayers to aid us. Your prayers will help keep us in His will. Your prayers will help us say the words that the lost soul needs to hear. It is your prayers that will set the captives free. Prayer. We pray you will pray for this mission. Prayer, yes, we need your prayers.

It is our church's 5th time back to Santiago and Cerro de Oro, We will be building 3 houses this summer, delivering 5 new computers to the church's school, performing a 5 day VBS at the school, and give as much love and fun as we can handle to all the kids in the village of Cerro de Oro and VBS @ Santiago.

Thank you all for making this happen. Yes, you know who you are. You are the one that help in the organization and application of the International mission auction. You donated services and Items to the auction. You bought an auction item. You wrote a check to a team member to help pay for their expenses. You donated items to be sold at a garage sale. You gave us your time and talent to prepare a VBS lesson and think up crafts to match it. You opened your house to us and let us store stuff in it. You gave us your time. You gave us words of encouragement. You Pray'd for us. Prayer....................................................................If you have it in you. If you have Him in you and you are in Him. Pray for us.

Yes, prayer. It is not about us. It is about Him, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is about Him paying our ransom and setting us free. This trip is about Him, for Him, because of Him, and would not, could not, should not be done with out ........HIM.
Prayer that is what we need from you.

I pray I have made my point.



30 hrs, 1 minute

Coveting your prayers
Barrett Hartman, Team Leader