Hey guys, it’s Joshua Choi, and I am planning to go on a mission trip this summer to the Dominican Republic from July 2nd to the 12th. As you may already know, I recently moved to Florida from Los Angeles. It has been a hard transition to make, leaving everything and everyone I had behind. I spend each and every day at home, just trying to figure out my life and grow in faith. God has brought me here for a purpose and I’m desperate to find out what that is.
When I first came to the church here (Harvest of the Korean Presbyterian Church of Orlando), the mission trip caught my attention. The church I attended back in LA doesn’t have mission trips where the youth are able to participate. As time passed, it just became another one of the many announcements given on the Lord's Day. However, it soon became clear to me that going on this mission trip is exactly what I need in my life. Before, I said that I had left everything and everyone behind. Now I realize that while I left, God never left me. Just like how God is there for me, He is there for everybody in this world and one way He shows this is through mission trips. I want to take part in this upcoming mission trip because this is a great opportunity for me to see and experience God working in an underprivileged part of the world, specifically DR. Not only that, but through this experience, I can find out who I am and what God wants for me in my life.
The time I spend in DR will consist of helping a local church spread the Word of God throughout their community. We will participate in children’s outreaches through Vacation Bible Study, evangelizing to the public, and much more.
As my team and I prepare to go, you too can be a part of the ministry in DR by partnering with us through prayer and finances. This trip will cost about $1,200. I trust that God will provide in some way or another.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
- Pray that this mission trip will help us to open our eyes to see the brokenness in this world and what we can do to change it.
- Pray that this experience will be like no other and that through this we can become humble servants of God, serving those all around us throughout the rest of our lives.
- (2 Tim. 2:2) “and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” Pray that the people of DR will also be able to pass the Gospel on to faithful men who will in turn teach others so that the Gospel is preserved for coming generations.
Thank you so much for the support and God bless.