Dearest friends and family,
I have been blessed throughout my lifetime to
go on many trips to different places, meet many wonderful people and learn a
lot that the Lord had to teach me through those experiences. I would like to
share some of the bigger trips that have grown my faith tremendously throughout
my life. The first trip would be on my missions trip to Wichita, Kansas with my
middle school youth group. This trip was where the Lord really opened my heart
to Inner City missions. In high school I got the opportunity to go to Honduras
not only once but three times! This letter would be seven pages long if I wrote
all I learned there, but one of the biggest things I learned was that the Lord
always provides. He provided me a way to get there each time even when it
seemed almost hopeless and I had little faith. I also saw how He provided for
those in Honduras who had faith like I have never seen, even in some of the
roughest circumstances. The third wonderful experience I was blessed to
participate in was the Oklahoma City Gospel Project in 2012. I heard about it
on a spring break trip and was obedient to the Lord when he called me there.
Intentional community and getting outside my comfort zone was a must during
that summer, but it was hands down the best summer of my life. It confirmed my
calling to love God's people in the inner city that God had placed on my heart
when I was only thirteen.
I tell
you of these three trips one, because it shows the hand of God on my life, and
two because many of you supported me whether it was by support money or prayer
and to this day I am still very thankful. Since then I have graduated from
Oklahoma State University and moved to Oklahoma City to attend and serve the
church I did the Gospel Project with. I am currently nannying for a family at
my church, co leading a children's Bible study and am a youth night leader at
our churches youth group. I get to live with three other precious girls from my
church in a house within the community that we are called to love. The Lord has
blessed me with a lot in this season of life, one of those blessings being the opportunity
to go to Ghana Africa this August with my home church back in Tulsa.
Many of you who know my story know of my
friend Lauren who went to be with Jesus my junior year of high school and the
impact she and her family have had on my life. Our church and her family have
done a lot to help our brothers and sisters over in Ghana and there is a
lighthouse chapel there in dedication to her called Lauren's Lighthouse Chapel.
A huge desire of my heart has been to visit there and visit all the people who
have been touched by the story of what God did in and through Lauren's life.
And now I have the opportunity to go with Lauren's mom and other wonderful
people from my church! My heart is completely overjoyed!
Our time there will be spent at The Pearl
House which is a place dedicated to providing refuge for vulnerable girls,
teaching them Truth and giving them freedom and hope for the present and
future. We will spend our time there doing projects, getting one on one time
with the girls, going on outings and ultimately just spending time and loving
our sisters who live there. We will be
sharing in Sunday services, one at Maranatha in Accra and one at Lauren’s
Lighthouse Chapel. We also will be visiting the missionary training schools
that are there.
As you all can imagine, I am extremely excited
and overjoyed at this opportunity and would greatly appreciate your support
whether it be in donations in helping me get there or prayer before, during,
and after the trip. Your prayer for me before the trip can be that the Lord
prepares the hearts of those whom we will be loving and spending time with while
there and also that he prepares my heart for what he has to teach me. While we
are there, pray first and foremost God’s will be done in everything that we do,
that we hear what he has to teach us, that we are obedient to what He has to
say and for good health and protection. After the trip I will send out another
letter telling you of my trip and what you can continue praying for! My trip
has an estimated cost of 2,460 dollars which will cover my immunizations,
flight, food, and lodging while I am there. If you could help support me in
that way it would be great, but ultimately prayer is what is needed most. Thank
you all for your love for me, I truly love and appreciate all of you and what
you have been in my life.
Sincerely,
Kacey Lynn
Donations can be made out to me and sent to 2646 SW 60th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73159
Feel free to call or email me about any questions you have about donations, prayer or the trip in general!
918-261-1008
Kaceylynn0312@gmail.com
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