Watch out Tanzania

Watch out Tanzania, here we come. What a special day of orientation at AIM. I felt the Lord's presence and comfort overwhelming me. All the women who are at orientation this week for short term missions with AIM had the opportunity to share their testimony. Each one was so powerful. God has such a strong calling to missions and I am a part of that. Thank you Lord for this calling! I look forward to more opportunities to share my testimony.
So tomorrow is the big day. I car service picks us up at AIM and takes us to JFK for our journey to Dar es Salaam, the capitol of Tanzania. Heather, who will be training us, will be waiting for us in Dar where we will stay for a couple days before we head up north to our village. I am anxious to meet the other missionaries and the people we will be serving. I have updated our prayer requests about our travel and transition.
There is so much excitement in this time. I have been flipping through my Bible all day reading and praying through much of God's Word in preparation. He has given us a whole book of His Word and precious promises. I need to walk with those on my heart. My prayers for this year are summed up well in Colossians 1:10-14, "And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Put your trust, faith, and hope in Jesus for He will never disappoint and will always walk with you, through your joys and challenges.
Thank you for tuning in. We will try to update as time allows! Please be consistently praying for us. And keep us up to date with what is going on in your life as well.
Blessings,
Emily