CURVEBALL!

I havent posted sinse the Mexicans came back because I didnt want to act like nothing was happening when big stuff has been happing that we couldnt share at first because we were not certain. The day the Mexicans came home we had a prayer time at night. The plan was just to hear from God. Whatever He had to tell us we were willing to listen. About an hour in we hadn't heard anything and were ready to leave and that's when He started speaking. Things became crazy and confusing as God showed us that Kenya wasn't what was on our minds. We kept pursuing Him late into the night and had to stop because we were so tired. The next morning before and after lunch we got together and kept seeking Him. He began to show us that we are not going to go to Kenya. Although it was surprising, it makes sense in more ways than one. We all feel peace about this and are really excited about where we are going. God was showing us different places in southern Mexico, Panama and Peru. We are going (probably have gone by the time you get this) November 9-10 to Lima, Peru and from there we are going to Mexico City on the 7th of December. We decided against Panama because plane tickets are more expensive than plane tickets to Kenya!  The cool thing is that we can minister to all the places God was speaking to us in southern Mexico by going to Mexico City. On the 9th and 10th of December the Mexicans celebrate the virgin of Guadalupe. This is a catholic celebration representing the Virgin Mary and people come from far and wide, many walking the whole way on their knees, to receive gifts from her and to thank her for previous gifts. The scary thing is that these gifts happen, it is very demonic. This is an exciting opportunity and I ask that you guys look it up so that you can pray more effectively. So, the reason I didn't blog about it was because I wanted to be certain of everything and not mislead you guys. I am so excited about all of this as is my

team! The only downside is that some of us are leaving Wednesday and others Thursday. This was on account of buying tickets online for cheaper prices and things didn’t work out as planned. I will be flying with the group on Thursday.

I want to emphasize the fact that God has been powerful throughout this whole change. It may seem that we changed plans just because we didn’t have enough money, but that was only the eye opener. God opened our eyes that He had other things planned for us by not sending all the money. If God wouldn’t have shown us differently we would still have headed to the airport even though we didn’t have the sufficient funds. We still don’t know exactly why God had us invest so much into going to Kenya but we know that He has a greater plan and we will follow Him where He leads us, and that is to Peru and Mexico City!!  We now are completely paid off, plane tickets bought and bags packed! Hopefully I’ll be able to keep in touch!
One thing we have done while waiting to leave on outreach was go on a march for peace! It was really cold but really cool! We walked about 3 miles with a whole bunch of other people, I would guess around 500.

I want to apologize for leaving you guys in the dark for a while but I didnt want to mislead you!

Love,

Kelsey Rae Klumpstra