Bree is going to Ghana

We were visiting a church that was a likely candidate for us to join, when we spoke to the Youth Pastor about the Youth mission trip this summer to Ghana. He was telling us all about it, and even though it was really just a "polite conversation", I still remember thinking how awesome it was for them to be able to reach so many souls though vacation bible school. And I even thought, too bad Bree isn't able to go on a trip like that! We didn't even know if we were for sure going to return to that church. But when we got in the car, I said to Todd, "It would be great for Bree to be able to go on that trip." and he said he was thinking about it too. So he told me, lets pray about it every day and see what God will do. Well, I talked to Bree, and she hadn't even considered it a possibility for this year, but she agreed to pray about it every day. And that she did! She prayed fervently that God would show her what he would have her to do, and she said that everywhere in her devotions and readings, she felt like God was showing her that later or no was not an option. I can only tell you, but I can't really explain fully...how I saw Bree really yielding to the Holy Spirit during this time. For the first time I saw my little girl as a woman, a godly woman who truly was seeking to please the Lord. I saw in her eyes the understanding and even the nervous acceptance that this short term mission trip was really going to change her life forever. I am very grateful to the Lord that he would chose to use her, and that she so gladly said "yes"! Several years ago, I promised the Lord....that I would never stand between Him and my kids, even if it meant I might never see them again. I am grateful for this opportunity to prove that to Him. I am more grateful than I can express....it could have been so different for Bree. I wasn't even a Christian when I had her. I could've never came to Christ, or never taken her to church. She could've grown up to be a completely different person! A person without Jesus. I see people her age all the time, lost people, saved, kids from Christian families, and unsaved families.....living in the world, living for the worlds trappings, and it is so sad. It is only by the grace of God that this sweet young woman desires to be a vessel of righteousness, a servant for Jesus Christ. God has blessed me beyond my wildest expectations! And I praise Him! To God be all the glory, He did this in Bree! Please pray for Bree, for this trip that she will be making in August, and for the souls of the children in Ghana. But please continue to pray for her always...that she will always say "yes" to God!