Traveling mercies

Hi friends!
Still updating from the Maryland side of things, but wanted to keep you all in the loop as you lift this team up in prayer!

Hannah B. sent out an email update:
Dear Family and Friends:

The entire Mexico team minus Augustine, Mary Anna and Susan are at Ichthus Education Center now. We will go to the village we went to last year. We will stay 5 days (Tuesday-Saturday). Aug and the two girls will arrive today at 4:10 pm. Please pray they arrive safely and that all our luggages are found. We lost 2 check-in bags along the way. 

Pray for the Holy Spirit to be with us throughout the trip and to guide us and lead us perfectly. We appreciate your prayers!

Love, Mexico Team

Additionally, we received an update from Augustine at the airport.  Here's an excerpt:

Our flight got delayed a little bit to 3:30.  But for more of His glory...  Alex gave a word that these delays remind him of the delay of healing for Lazarus.  It's for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it. ( john 11:4). 

When we came to the gate, on the screen it said our flight was delayed to 3:30.  I sit down, read Alex's email, and felt the delay confirmed his words.  While we are waiting, 3:30 stuck out so i looked up John 3:30 and it says this: "He must become greater; I must become less.". I felt it ties in with Jesus being glorified through all this.

The trip has certainly gotten off to an unexpected start, but we are confident and hopeful of the great things that God will accomplish through these 15 beautiful hearts!  Alex's word about Lazarus is encouraging...in that passage, Mary and Martha were so saddened by Jesus' delay because they thought He could and would do the great thing of healing their brother Lazarus.  But because of His delay, they were able to witness something even GREATER:  the resurrection of their brother from the dead and a glimpse of God's glory!

Thank you for remembering our team in prayer!  We truly are thankful for each of you.

Getting some much-needed rest at the Mexico City airport

Update and Prayer Request

The mission team headed out in the wee hours of the morning, only to be met with unexpected travel complications.  Please pray for traveling mercies as they continue to make their way into Mexico!

Here's an email from Augustine:

So here's an update - flight got delayed from BWI so we missed our connecting flight in Houston to Mexico city.  All flights were booked so the airline even said that this trip may not happen for us.  We were even thinking about flying into Guatemala and crossing the border, but that would be too dangerous.  


We eventually got flights to Mexico city, but have to wait until we get there to see about the flights to Tuxtla.  Four members are definitely going tonight.  Three are still in Maryland and will fly out tomorrow.  My group will stay overnight in Mexico city and try to get to Tuxtla tomorrow.  


Don't know why all the issues are coming up, but we want to be aware of what God wants to do wherever we are.  I had the opportunity to pray for the lady who got us flights to Mexico city tonight, even though others were telling us we probably would have to fly back to Maryland.  She started crying and told me how customers usually treat her like crap when issues arise, but to have someone pray for her instead was a blessing.  

Please keep praying for safe travels and to get there by tomorrow night.  Thanks!