Hello Friends,
Here is a link to my latest email regarding my support. Spring is officially here and I am focusing on my next year at World Impact Dallas.
A Special Opportunity for My Second Year
Please pray for me as I submit to the Lord's will regarding my fundraising efforts. If you did not get this email and want to, please email me with your information at larteaga@worldimpact.org
In Him,
Lacey Arteaga
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
March Update
March 1, 2012
Dear Family and Friends,
We have been planning our upcoming spring break activities since November. We are excited to have three church groups working with us this month. We are very blessed to have a partner and friend come alongside of us and help facilitate all of our groups for spring break and for summer ministry. Jimmy Hutson has facilitated many groups with us in the past and we cannot wait to do ministry with him again this year. He has a huge heart for the inner city of Dallas.
The thing I am looking forward to most about the spring break and summer mission groups is seeing growth in the students who come to serve. I was once in their shoes. I did not know anything about the inner city. And what I thought I knew, I had learned from television shows. I thought that everyone in the inner city wanted to hurt me and steal from me. This is totally not the case. People in the inner city, homeless or not, are people just like you and me--with wants, desires and dreams. The same grace that is given to us is given to all. The same Holy Spirit that we have wants to penetrate everyone’s lives.
I remember when my stereotypes were diminished. I was in the inner city of New York serving in a soup kitchen. I remember being scared to death to talk to people. Why would I feel that way? I felt that I had nothing to talk to them about. But then I realized that we are made from the same Creator and it is through that love for Christ that I am able to stand up for Him today and proclaim His faithfulness to all.
Please be praying about a few things this month:
Pray for the youth groups that are coming to serve. Pray that the students’ and the leaders’ hearts will be open and receptive to the Spirit’s leading.
Pray for the children, students, and homeless in South Dallas as the students interact with them. Pray for the seed to be planted and pray also that our ministry and ministry partners will be able to help cultivate these relationships.
Pray for our staff and for Jimmy as they lead and teach the students about life in South Dallas. Pray for God’s wisdom and endurance.
As always, I am forever grateful for your prayers, support and involvement in the ministry in South Dallas. It is only by God’s grace and help that I can be here to serve. I thank God that He has put all of you in my life.
In Him,
Lacey Arteaga
Dear Family and Friends,
We have been planning our upcoming spring break activities since November. We are excited to have three church groups working with us this month. We are very blessed to have a partner and friend come alongside of us and help facilitate all of our groups for spring break and for summer ministry. Jimmy Hutson has facilitated many groups with us in the past and we cannot wait to do ministry with him again this year. He has a huge heart for the inner city of Dallas.
The thing I am looking forward to most about the spring break and summer mission groups is seeing growth in the students who come to serve. I was once in their shoes. I did not know anything about the inner city. And what I thought I knew, I had learned from television shows. I thought that everyone in the inner city wanted to hurt me and steal from me. This is totally not the case. People in the inner city, homeless or not, are people just like you and me--with wants, desires and dreams. The same grace that is given to us is given to all. The same Holy Spirit that we have wants to penetrate everyone’s lives.
I remember when my stereotypes were diminished. I was in the inner city of New York serving in a soup kitchen. I remember being scared to death to talk to people. Why would I feel that way? I felt that I had nothing to talk to them about. But then I realized that we are made from the same Creator and it is through that love for Christ that I am able to stand up for Him today and proclaim His faithfulness to all.
Please be praying about a few things this month:
Pray for the youth groups that are coming to serve. Pray that the students’ and the leaders’ hearts will be open and receptive to the Spirit’s leading.
Pray for the children, students, and homeless in South Dallas as the students interact with them. Pray for the seed to be planted and pray also that our ministry and ministry partners will be able to help cultivate these relationships.
Pray for our staff and for Jimmy as they lead and teach the students about life in South Dallas. Pray for God’s wisdom and endurance.
As always, I am forever grateful for your prayers, support and involvement in the ministry in South Dallas. It is only by God’s grace and help that I can be here to serve. I thank God that He has put all of you in my life.
In Him,
Lacey Arteaga
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