Be a part of the Michigan team (and stay at home)!

Today I’ll be heading to the Mexico City airport to help pick up the team from Troy, Michigan.  The team is going to be involved in a lot of Christmas activities here over the next 9 days (they fly out on the 22nd).

Now, obviously we would love to have some of you come down and join them – but I know some of you would love to be a part of the team through prayer!

But … what can I pray?

I pulled out some ideas from the seminar I teach on Maximizing Your Short Term Mission Trip.  Here are some things you can pray today – or each day – that the team is here!

• Pray that they will have faith:  That God will provide what they need, that God has a purpose in their visit, that God’s Word is worth sharing and is life-changing, that God can and will use them for His glory.
• Pray that they will be open:  Open to new ideas, open to other points of view, open to learning, and allowing God to change them.
• Pray for health and energy:  That each person would know how to pace her/himself, that they would stay healthy and have the energy to serve.
• Pray that each person would have the courage to be a servant and an encourager:  to each other, to each person they come in contact with.
• Pray that each person would have wisdom in the midst of conflict:  That they would deal with any conflict in a godly way, and that peace and unity would be strengthened.
• That they would get to know people:  Missionaries, people they stay with, people they meet, etc, etc.
• Communication 1:  That we would all communicate clearly with one another – team members with team members, with the Frys and us, with the leadership of the church, with all the believers who are involved in the ministry the next few days.
• Communication 2:  That all of us would be able to share God’s Word clearly, through what we say and what we do.
• Communication 3:  That the team together and each person individually would keep open communication with the Lord each day.