Choosing joy in May

I woke up this morning at 5 am and my mind took off, thinking of a zillion things that needed to be done. There was no way I was going to be able to go back to sleep; May has definitely arrived, there is no doubt about it! Although our Discovery trips take place for 8 weeks beginning in June, with the exception of our debrief time with the team, John and I always find May to be the most grueling… and potentially the most stressful…month of our Discovery trip cycle. Because of this, you are likely to hear from us less often (responding to e-mails in a timely manner? Hah!) but we need your prayers so much! Here are some of the ways you can be praying for us up until our departure:

· For wisdom for each day, wise use of our time; what to let go of…. what to do… how to best do it.
· For patience and love for everyone we work with (participants, travel agents, co-workers… each other!)
· That we would continue to take good care of ourselves during this time (physically, spiritually and mentally) so we will be strong and ready to lead in June.
· For Uncle Alex in Ghana, as he finishes lining up our Ghanaian participants and the various language projects we will be sending them to work in. Please pray for both him and Wisdom, (our Ghanaian co-leader) as they work together to help prepare our Ghanaian participants for our coming time together.
· For the team leaders we trained for other trips, who are also busy preparing and conducting their pre-trip training with their participants online.
· For our finances; since the beginning of the year, our finances have dropped significantly. During the past 5 months we have received only 80% of our monthly support level. Thankfully, John’s consulting with The Well Churches has provided another 9%, but we are still running short now on a regular basis.

From this point through the duration of our trip, with the exception of our next prayer letter, our primary means of communicating will be via this blog.   Our blog also automatically uploads onto our Facebook wall, so if you are our friend (or want to be) you can keep up with us there if you prefer.

Thanks SO MUCH for your prayers; we are counting on them and are so thankful for them!


In His love;

Shevawn & John Ramsey