We are finishing our Launch training here at the Adventures in Missions (AIM) headquarters in Georgia. My journal and mind are already fuller than when I left. My heartache is easing as God’s calling on my life to be here in this season continues to be clearly confirmed. Before we fly to Guatemala in the morning, I want to share about a ministry opportunity in which you can partner with me.
Beauty for Ashes is AIM’s women’s ministry. The name comes from Isaiah 61 that says,
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me…
to bestow on them a crown of
beauty instead of ashes.”
My role as a Beauty for Ashes coordinator is to plan and host retreats for women in the countries we visit. Empowering others to become all that God has created them to be is one of my greatest life passions. I’m thrilled to have this avenue and experience to do just that across the world!
We will work alongside local ministries and equip them to better serve the women in their communities. Each retreat will look a little different, but the goal is to offer women a safe place to share their stories, learn to hear God, and begin the process of healing. We will present sessions, offer a meal, host a fun spa time, and, hopefully, ensure that the women feel fully loved and heard.
During the training this weekend, we practiced a couple of the sessions we will be presenting. Each session includes a Bible story, teaching, personal testimony, activity, and time for the participants to share. As I participated, God revealed things I didn’t even realize I was feeling or believing! The activities were a tangible way to connect with God and focus our minds on what He is speaking to us.
I’ll share more details about how you can be involved and retreat dates once we have settled into our ministry sites and know the specifics, but I wanted to ask you to begin praying now for the women we will reach. I cannot wait to see how God uses this ministry to powerfully touch lives and show the women that they can rise from ashes into beauty!
Please also pray over the health and safety of our squad as we prepare to leave the country tomorrow. If all goes as planned, my next blog will be coming to you from Chichicastenango, Guatemala!
Read more about the ministry at: Beauty for Ashes
Father we pray You would be preparing hearts to receive the good, beautiful, everlasting news of Jesus Christ’s work for us!!!
Prayers for safe travels and that God will use you in a mighty way!!
Thrilled you’ve finally launched! Guatamala will be amazing! God’s got big things waiting for you to do! I can’t wait to hear all about it! Oxo