I would like you to meet….a very
special summer missionary. My little sister!! I have always enjoyed seeing her
amazing walk with God and her willing heart to serve others in anyway she can
and I have always known she would eventually show up on my continent, and now, in just a few short months she will do just that! She is going to Kenya with the organization, Empower
a Child during the month of August. She will be doing outreaches in the slums
of Kibera and outlaying villages with a group of volunteers, they will also volunteering at
orphanages, and helping tutor during after school programs. I am so excited to
say the least! This will be her first overseas trip. The first time I went on
an overseas missions trip, it completely turned my world upside down and changed me
in more ways than I can tell you, so I can’t wait for her to have the same
experience. But there is even more exciting news, after Kenya, she will be
flying to…..Madagascar!!! She is going to stay with me for two weeks and help
out with CYIAs, 5-Day Clubs or whatever we happened to be doing over those two
weeks. I am looking forward to seeing her and even more excited to introduce
her to my world and the beautiful country that has changed me. Right now my little sis, um…her
name is Christa, is working on raising support. So, if you are in need of a summer missionary,
and who doesn’t need at least one of them every year, I would love to give you
the opportunity to consider adopting her, whether through financial support
and/or praying for her. She has about half of her support right now and needs
about an additional $2600. If you would like to think about making her your
summer missionary for this year, check out her website or shoot me
an email with any questions. You can find all the info you need at, christadawn7.wordpress.com.
I can’t wait to see how God will use her this summer, how He will work in her
life, and of course, I can’t wait to hang out with her. For those of you who
don’t know her, let me introduce you with a few pictures. :)
Sometimes she color coordinates her clothes with mine or ends up with the same hair cut. Ok, she would tell you this is just an accident, but I am not letting her off that easy.
She goes shopping with me and we gawk at prices together. The best shopping trip of the year is around Christmas time when we make a day of it.
Or there is our shared love of icecream and rootbeer floats that has sent us on emergency grocery store trips and has brought us together in the kitchen for late night snacks.
This is the look I always strive to get from her. On Facebook, that look, looks like this, -_- It doesn't get much better then that.
There are more trips to the lake than I can count, and these are always filled with adventure when you are with Christa.
Our times together seem to always involve taking pictures. Probably since she almost always has a camera in hand.
This is the infamous photo shoot, we hung the camera in the tree and set it on automatic. Only to learn it was set to take like thirty pictures in a row. Yeah, we have a ton of photos just like this, but were are many where we are completely confused as to why it is still taking pictures... :)
Somehow, she doesn't share my mountaindew obsession. But that is ok, it just means I don't have to share.
We can end up looking a lot alike at times which explains the excited hugs from strangers I sometimes get at church when they think I am her. Or when people would ask her when she will be heading out to Madagascar.
So there you have it, you have now met my cute little sister. And, Christa, I can't wait to see how God uses you this summer and I will be sure to be waiting for you at the airport hold a huge sign with your name on it and jumping up and down screaming, no matter how culturally inappropriate that will be. ;)
