This is where Matthew and a team of students are spending 10 days...India! Quite a few of the students going went last year. Sweet Trish went last year as well so they can all teach Matthew, "the leader of the trip," the ropes! It has been confirmed that they arrived safely yesterday at around 1 pm our time. They are now 9.5 hours ahead of us which is just crazy to me! They are already in tomorrow!

Wednesday night we rushed around getting all the necessities for traveling across the world. Grey, Tucker, and I sent him off Thursday morning to meet everyone at the church. I did shed a few tears in the realization that he was really going to be SO far away and flying across many oceans. In those moments I was quietly reminded that the Lord desires for us to share Himself with others making Himself known and that is exactly what Matthew and all the others were going to do. He is the hope of glory. That's our calling as believers and they were being completely obedient to that calling. That's what matters.

So I began to pray. I began and am continuing to pray with a steadfast spirit that He will be made glorious and others will be drawn to Him simply because of who He is. That fear would be foreign to any heart on this trip. That His Word would be clearly communicated and the Holy Spirit would invade the hearts of the people of India. That each person sharing the gospel on the street would be changed from the inside out. That they would fight battles and grow. That they will come back to Fort Mill, SC and continue to obey their calling as believers. Pray with me!