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In Motion Ministries October 2012
Sunday ~ July 15, 2012 ~ in Peru
The morning started off rough as several team members became ill on the bus ride to Molle Molle. Hairpin turns turned many inside out.
Yet, it was when we arrived at Molle Molle that God -not the bus driver- turned us inside out. Though we were the ones to perform, to play with the children, to en-gage the adults, it was God who met us in our new friends in Molle Molle to teach us something about what it means to receive and to give God’s love.
I watched as God was at work in several ways. When we were painting hearts (and other things) on the faces of children and adults alike, I saw God ex-panding the boundaries of our own hearts. When we performed, I watched as God opened
In This Issue
God Did This... P.1
Mission News ... P.3
Mission Project ... P.4
Short Term Mission Trips
Custom Mission Trip
Options for your Group We are not limited to these loca-tions! These locations are high-lighted because Missionaries in these nations have specifically requested IMM short-term mis-sion teams.
Ghana
Guatemala
Costa Rica
China
Dominican Republic
New York City
God Did This—by Pastor Paul
Continued on Page 2
our eyes to the ways people opened their hearts and lives, and through them, how God opened our lives as well to the possibility that the ways we live our lives are maybe not as gratifying as we might think. As we wrapped blankets around the shoulders of the people of Molle Molle, I watched as God draped around us His grace. As people thanked us profusely for the blankets, I think I saw God making space for us to give thanks to God – not for what we have, but for the ways God shows up and surprises us in unexpected ways. When we played with the children, had our pictures taken with them, held and carried them, I watched as God began (or continued) to hold, carry, and play with our hearts and minds, breaking us open to make all things new.
On the way back, we stopped at Pomati to deliver the few remaining blankets. The church was on the side of the road; the community on the side of a moun-tain. When people heard that we were coming, they ran to the church. [This was a common occurrence, right: people flocking to greet us?] I prayed for the commu-nity, and then Mike and I handed out blankets. At the end, there was one family left, but no more blan-kets. Well, there were two remaining, but we had hoped to bring them home to share with First Lutheran. I sent Mike to get one of the blankets. When I gave it to the young mother, and said, “God Bless You”, (Dios te Bendiga) tears streamed down her face.
It has taken me awhile to write this reflection, be-cause the only word I could come up with to describe it – and there is much that I have left out here – is “powerful’. And it was – and still is. Some may roll their eyes at so much focus on what God is doing – or on God in general – yet, how else does one make sense of it – and of life itself, as a whole? We have been dependent during this trip on no one else but God.
God Did This—continued
Current Short -
Term Mission
Trips
Panama
Dayspring Christian
Academy
March 9 to 19, 2013
$1895.00 per person
This team is full
Dominican Republic
St Peters Lutheran
March 16 to 30, 2013
$2390.00 per person
Anyone is welcome
Apply Today!
Kenya
Oasis Network
June 15 to July 1 , 2013
$4099.00 per person
Apply Today!
Uganda
Quarry Rock Church July 2 to 17 , 2013 $4056.00 per person
Apply Today!
Current Short -Term
Mission Trips 2013 Short-term Mission Trips
IMM currently has four short-term mission trips being
planned during 2013 and several more are looking likely.
Contact us today to discuss a mission trip for your group!
Jerry and Carol Chilcote
Seth Dunn, IMM’s Director, visited Jerry and Carol in Costa
Rica last month. He found them doing well as they settle in
to their new life. Pray for them as they learn Spanish and
settle into the culture over the next year.
Mission Project
See page four of this newsletter for exciting details and an
opportunity to participate.
Bible School in a Box
IMM has currently started schools in: Costa Rica, Nicara-
gua, the Dominican Republic, and Ghana. We will report
how the schools do over the next year.
Going Electronic
We want to communicate with you in ways that are
easy for you. If you are not already, please consider
connecting with IMM via these methods:
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Twitter – In Motion Ministries
Website – www.inmotionministries.org
E-mail – [email protected]
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On your tablet with the Google Currents App
Mission News
2013—It is time
to start planning
your short-term
mission trip for
next year. Con-
tact us today to
start the discus-
sion.
Mission Project of the Month Calendar Event
In Motion Leadership
Training (IMLT)
Open to Anyone who would
like to lead trips for IMM.
October 12-14, 2012
$85.00—includes train-
ing, books, two meals
and housing. This train-
ing takes place at the
IMM headquarters in
Greeley, CO. You will
need to provide your own
transportation.
PO Box 337507
Greeley, CO 80633
Phone: 970 352-5640
email: [email protected]
Website: www.inmotionministries.org
In Motion Ministries
As we travel the world with short-term mission teams, we
regularly come across projects that would significantly help
the body of Christ as the work of the Kingdom of God goes
forward. We have decided to highlight one project a month. If
you would like to help with projects, you can give by sending
a check in the provided envelope or via PayPal.
October Mission Project Highlight
We will highlight this project for the remainder of
2012 or until we reach our $20,000.00 goal.
On July 4, 2012 Simple Wisdom Ministries (Clint and
Renee Wisdom) purchased the property that they
have been leasing as their personal housing and
short-term mission team housing since 2004. The
plan is to add onto the house, to better serve their
family and short-term mission teams, including
teams from IMM. In partnership with Simple Wis-
dom Ministries, IMM is reaching into Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Panama from this staging point in
Costa Rica. We are raising $20,000.00 for the re-
model/addition process.
Please consider giving to this project.