In Motion Ministries October 2012

Sunday ~ July 15, 2012 ~ in Peru

The morning started off rough as several team members became ill on the bus ride to Molle Molle. Hairpin turns turned many inside out.

Yet, it was when we arrived at Molle Molle that God -not the bus driver- turned us inside out. Though we were the ones to perform, to play with the children, to en-gage the adults, it was God who met us in our new friends in Molle Molle to teach us something about what it means to receive and to give God’s love.

I watched as God was at work in several ways. When we were painting hearts (and other things) on the faces of children and adults alike, I saw God ex-panding the boundaries of our own hearts. When we performed, I watched as God opened

In This Issue

God Did This... P.1

Mission News ... P.3

Mission Project ... P.4

Short Term Mission Trips

Custom Mission Trip

Options for your Group We are not limited to these loca-tions! These locations are high-lighted because Missionaries in these nations have specifically requested IMM short-term mis-sion teams.

Ghana

Guatemala

Costa Rica

China

Dominican Republic

New York City

God Did This—by Pastor Paul

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our eyes to the ways people opened their hearts and lives, and through them, how God opened our lives as well to the possibility that the ways we live our lives are maybe not as gratifying as we might think. As we wrapped blankets around the shoulders of the people of Molle Molle, I watched as God draped around us His grace. As people thanked us profusely for the blankets, I think I saw God making space for us to give thanks to God – not for what we have, but for the ways God shows up and surprises us in unexpected ways. When we played with the children, had our pictures taken with them, held and carried them, I watched as God began (or continued) to hold, carry, and play with our hearts and minds, breaking us open to make all things new.

On the way back, we stopped at Pomati to deliver the few remaining blankets. The church was on the side of the road; the community on the side of a moun-tain. When people heard that we were coming, they ran to the church. [This was a common occurrence, right: people flocking to greet us?] I prayed for the commu-nity, and then Mike and I handed out blankets. At the end, there was one family left, but no more blan-kets. Well, there were two remaining, but we had hoped to bring them home to share with First Lutheran. I sent Mike to get one of the blankets. When I gave it to the young mother, and said, “God Bless You”, (Dios te Bendiga) tears streamed down her face.

It has taken me awhile to write this reflection, be-cause the only word I could come up with to describe it – and there is much that I have left out here – is “powerful’. And it was – and still is. Some may roll their eyes at so much focus on what God is doing – or on God in general – yet, how else does one make sense of it – and of life itself, as a whole? We have been dependent during this trip on no one else but God.

God Did This—continued

Current Short -

Term Mission

Trips

Panama

Dayspring Christian

Academy

March 9 to 19, 2013

$1895.00 per person

This team is full

Dominican Republic

St Peters Lutheran

March 16 to 30, 2013

$2390.00 per person

Anyone is welcome

Apply Today!

Kenya

Oasis Network

June 15 to July 1 , 2013

$4099.00 per person

Apply Today!

Uganda

Quarry Rock Church July 2 to 17 , 2013 $4056.00 per person

Apply Today!

Current Short -Term

Mission Trips 2013 Short-term Mission Trips

IMM currently has four short-term mission trips being

planned during 2013 and several more are looking likely.

Contact us today to discuss a mission trip for your group!

Jerry and Carol Chilcote

Seth Dunn, IMM’s Director, visited Jerry and Carol in Costa

Rica last month. He found them doing well as they settle in

to their new life. Pray for them as they learn Spanish and

settle into the culture over the next year.

Mission Project

See page four of this newsletter for exciting details and an

opportunity to participate.

Bible School in a Box

IMM has currently started schools in: Costa Rica, Nicara-

gua, the Dominican Republic, and Ghana. We will report

how the schools do over the next year.

Going Electronic

We want to communicate with you in ways that are

easy for you. If you are not already, please consider

connecting with IMM via these methods:

Facebook – In Motion Ministries

Twitter – In Motion Ministries

Website – www.inmotionministries.org

E-mail – info@inmotionministries.org

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On your tablet with the Google Currents App

Mission News

2013—It is time

to start planning

your short-term

mission trip for

next year. Con-

tact us today to

start the discus-

sion.

Mission Project of the Month Calendar Event

In Motion Leadership

Training (IMLT)

Open to Anyone who would

like to lead trips for IMM.

October 12-14, 2012

$85.00—includes train-

ing, books, two meals

and housing. This train-

ing takes place at the

IMM headquarters in

Greeley, CO. You will

need to provide your own

transportation.

PO Box 337507

Greeley, CO 80633

Phone: 970 352-5640

email: info@inmotionministries.org

Website: www.inmotionministries.org

In Motion Ministries

As we travel the world with short-term mission teams, we

regularly come across projects that would significantly help

the body of Christ as the work of the Kingdom of God goes

forward. We have decided to highlight one project a month. If

you would like to help with projects, you can give by sending

a check in the provided envelope or via PayPal.

October Mission Project Highlight

We will highlight this project for the remainder of

2012 or until we reach our $20,000.00 goal.

On July 4, 2012 Simple Wisdom Ministries (Clint and

Renee Wisdom) purchased the property that they

have been leasing as their personal housing and

short-term mission team housing since 2004. The

plan is to add onto the house, to better serve their

family and short-term mission teams, including

teams from IMM. In partnership with Simple Wis-

dom Ministries, IMM is reaching into Costa Rica,

Nicaragua and Panama from this staging point in

Costa Rica. We are raising $20,000.00 for the re-

model/addition process.

Please consider giving to this project.