Missions Trip in Haiti
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Hello,
My name is Angelina Tarsatana, but I just go by Angel. My life in the past few years has changed drastically and I have grown so much as a person. When I was two my parents divorced and mom became a single mother with two kids. She is one of the strongest people I know and has gone through so many tough things in her life. Up until I was almost sixteen my brother,mother, and I lived with an alcoholic. He was physically and verbally abusive towards us. For the longest time I questioned if there was a God and it wasn’t the easiest time of my life. I felt as if I didn’t have a purpose and I didn’t know what to believe in. I was very depressed and socially awkward. I never talked to anyone about my personal life because I was to scared to be judge. During one summer I started watching Frasier, and all of a sudden it clicked. I knew there was a calling on my heart to help people. To tell them I know what it’s like to be unhappy, but in the darkest of days there are turning points. Life is amazing and God is real. He will never put anything to hard in your path that you can’t take on. You’re pain will help others and life is too precious to take for granted. That’s when I knew I wanted to do anything I possibly can to help others; even if that just means a smile or an encouraging word. When I turned sixteen my brother, mom, and I ended up moving away from the abuse. After that year we ended up moving to where we currently live and it changed me completely.
I was never one to go to church or even think about going to church. I was very hesitant when I first came to Chestnut Assembly of God; I never knew what speaking in tongues was before this and I never knew christian music could actually be amazing. I started going to youth group with my brother and I was accepted with loving arms. During the first few times of youth group I was very standoffish and I didn’t talk to really anyone. Things started to change after my first winter retreat in 2017. Myra (my youth pastor) came up to me to pray and told me I am analyzing God. It’s as if I was taking apart an electronic just to try to put it back together to see how it works. With God you just have to believe. This is when I started to believe that there is a God who knows my every thought. God has never left my side and never will.
I am so grateful for everyone in my life and for the people who have seen me grow into the person I am today. I am so blessed for everyone God has placed in my life. I just recently graduated from Buena Regional and I have a calling on my heart to go on a missions trip to Haiti with Chestnut Assembly of God. The trip is from July 26th to 30th. There is a huge calling from God for me to go because I want to help the children there and see the amazing work God has already started to stir there. Our church has created a school in Haiti for the children to go to. I want God to move through me and to show these children that God is with them in their darkest hours. The cost of this trip is $1,300.This will be my first missions trip and just at the age of eighteen I know there is so much God wants to do in my life and use for others. Any Donation will be greatly appreciated; no gift is ever to small. The pictures below are some of the children who Chestnut Assembly of God are sponsoring. With God anything is possible.
God Bless you.
Sincerely,
Angelina Tarsatana “Angel”
My name is Angelina Tarsatana, but I just go by Angel. My life in the past few years has changed drastically and I have grown so much as a person. When I was two my parents divorced and mom became a single mother with two kids. She is one of the strongest people I know and has gone through so many tough things in her life. Up until I was almost sixteen my brother,mother, and I lived with an alcoholic. He was physically and verbally abusive towards us. For the longest time I questioned if there was a God and it wasn’t the easiest time of my life. I felt as if I didn’t have a purpose and I didn’t know what to believe in. I was very depressed and socially awkward. I never talked to anyone about my personal life because I was to scared to be judge. During one summer I started watching Frasier, and all of a sudden it clicked. I knew there was a calling on my heart to help people. To tell them I know what it’s like to be unhappy, but in the darkest of days there are turning points. Life is amazing and God is real. He will never put anything to hard in your path that you can’t take on. You’re pain will help others and life is too precious to take for granted. That’s when I knew I wanted to do anything I possibly can to help others; even if that just means a smile or an encouraging word. When I turned sixteen my brother, mom, and I ended up moving away from the abuse. After that year we ended up moving to where we currently live and it changed me completely.
I was never one to go to church or even think about going to church. I was very hesitant when I first came to Chestnut Assembly of God; I never knew what speaking in tongues was before this and I never knew christian music could actually be amazing. I started going to youth group with my brother and I was accepted with loving arms. During the first few times of youth group I was very standoffish and I didn’t talk to really anyone. Things started to change after my first winter retreat in 2017. Myra (my youth pastor) came up to me to pray and told me I am analyzing God. It’s as if I was taking apart an electronic just to try to put it back together to see how it works. With God you just have to believe. This is when I started to believe that there is a God who knows my every thought. God has never left my side and never will.
I am so grateful for everyone in my life and for the people who have seen me grow into the person I am today. I am so blessed for everyone God has placed in my life. I just recently graduated from Buena Regional and I have a calling on my heart to go on a missions trip to Haiti with Chestnut Assembly of God. The trip is from July 26th to 30th. There is a huge calling from God for me to go because I want to help the children there and see the amazing work God has already started to stir there. Our church has created a school in Haiti for the children to go to. I want God to move through me and to show these children that God is with them in their darkest hours. The cost of this trip is $1,300.This will be my first missions trip and just at the age of eighteen I know there is so much God wants to do in my life and use for others. Any Donation will be greatly appreciated; no gift is ever to small. The pictures below are some of the children who Chestnut Assembly of God are sponsoring. With God anything is possible.
God Bless you.
Sincerely,
Angelina Tarsatana “Angel”
Organizer
Angelina Tarsatana
Organizer
Buena, NJ
