This campaign is to raise funds for a big step in my walk with Christ! I just recently returned from my second missions trip to Mexico and The Lord opened a door for me to return for a long term stay. For awhile I had been feeling misplaced and had been asking The Lord what the next step for me is. Long story short, The Lord spoke to me before the opportunity arose, confirmed it three times, and then the opportunity presented itself. I feel this trip will be a landmark and transition in my faith. Ever since I first repented and started following Christ my heart has been after those who don’t know Him. I knew I wanted to give my life entirely to the pursuit of sharing the gospel and reaching the lost. I was also very zealous about evangelizing here in America. I was seeing Christians raise thousands of dollars to go on missions trips when they weren't even sharing the gospel with the people right in their backyards. I felt (and still do feel to a certain degree) that if people do not live out the Great Commission in their hometown and country, then they have no right to spend thousands of dollars to go share the gospel in other countries. This opportunity, in some ways, is going to cause me to bite some bullets I've fired. The Lord has recently been confronting my premature zeal from when I first became a Christian. To a certain extent, I was telling God what I was supposed to do and where I was supposed to be instead of letting Him tell me. With this opportunity coming around, The Lord comforted me in this; that I had walked my talk (to a degree, through grace). I had labored in my hometown and country and would not be a hypocrite for pursuing evangelism abroad. I just want His will for my life to come forth, and I know this is a stepping stone of the path He has me on. Whether I am to receive and grow from this experience and return to carry His plans out for me in America, or if I am to bring the gospel to other nations, I’ll follow wherever He leads. And I'm confident that this trip will reveal a lot pertaining to this. 

Now for the specifics of the trip.. I will be leaving the first week of September for Mexico City, Mexico. For a few months I will be serving in the central location of the ministry and learning Spanish. I'm not entirely sure of what the specifics will look like. I will then be sent out to a church plant (likely in a mountainous village where the gospel had been preached for the first time) and help serve the ministry in whichever way The Lord leads (preferably evangelism and street ministry :)) In January, I will be flying to India for another missions trip. I will be staying in India for most likely 12 days. I don't know many specifics of what that trip will look like, but I expect to be ministering in villages and for The Lord to move in mighty ways. I know that these trips will not only be fruitful for the people we will be ministering to, but also fruitful for my walk with Christ. I am excited for all the ways my character will be shaped and marked by the experiences I will have during this time. I don't know all of the specifics, but I know that The Lord is going to do a great work in me and through me. The money I need to raise goes mostly towards travel expenses, but also towards living expenses during the 8 months. Hopefully this GoFundMe campaign will raise a good amount of funds, but I also plan on other methods of fundraising. One idea is to make t-shirts to raise funds. Also, I will be spending this summer working for the funds. I trust The Lord will provide all the funds needed for this trip, but I also don't want to sit around lazily with my hand stretched out for donations. Work right now isn't very steady unfortunately, but I will be posting statuses with my email if anyone is interested in having some landscaping done (eh I'll put my email in here [email redacted]) This summer I will also be spending a lot of time with the youth group in my church and not neglecting my responsibilities for the summer. With leading the youth group this summer and taking care of other responsibilities, every donation goes a longgggg way. Please prayerfully consider donating towards the work The Lord is going to do during these 8 months! :)