It's go time.

by Josh Schack

"At airport. Checked in. I woke up this morning and prayed. God clearly said 'Go. You all are ready.' We are walking on sacred ground from here, Josh! Will be amazing."

That was the text that I received from Becki Barrett this morning. After nearly 3 years of planting the seeds and nearly 10 months of preparation for this trip alone, the moment is here! As I type this, the preparation team is in California buying food, supplies, and ensuring that things are all in order for the group's arrival on Sunday. There is no turning back now!

Becki's text this morning was a simple yet powerful reminder that this mission trip is ALL in God's hands. He knew about this trip, its purpose, and chose this specific team before the foundations of the earth were laid. He has been preparing the hearts of leaders and students alike for weeks, months, maybe even years for this very week - and I am convinced that all of His preparation in our hearts is merely the beginning. A good work has begun with this mission team, and I am sure that God will be faithful to see it through until the end.

Mission team, I invite you to get packed up tonight and then take tomorrow to rest, focus, and spend time in prayer.


Mission team family members, I invite you to encourage, support, and build up those from your family who will be going on this trip - and to pray for them.

Mission team friends and greater SPC community, I invite you to pray for us. Please pray:
- For a sense of calm and the peace of Jesus to be with team members, as the impending trip has stirred anxieties.
- That student leaders, adult volunteer leaders, and SPC staff would be spiritually charged and ready to lead on Sunday.
- That the team would forget about any expectation that we have put on God and instead open ourselves to whatever He wants to show us in His perfect timing.
- For the families and orphans that we will encounter in Tijuana. Pray that we would love them with the love of Christ faithfully and unconditionally.
- For the city of Tijuana. Pray for redemption and healing of poverty, injustice, and violence. Pray that Jesus would be at work, building His church in this poverty-ridden city.

Getting to this point has truly been a SPC-wide effort, and I cannot thank all of you enough for your support! Now that we're on the trip, we need continual prayer support from now until the very end! Thank you so much for your ongoing commitment to this team, to this church, and to Jesus. Grace and peace be with you.