Let’s Go, Birmingham!
Our family is excited to share that we have committed to a mission/ service trip this June to Birmingham, England! I am starting this blog as a way to share our preparation and adventure with you—our supporters, friends, and family!
My name is Beth, and I am wife to Joe, and mom to Braelyn and Adria. Adria and I, and Joe and Braelyn, were lucky to find each other a little over 10 years ago, and we blended our family nearly 8 years ago. Braelyn is a 14 year old 8th grader who plays tennis with her school, and loves also being a big sister to Mia and Sadie. Adria is a 13 year old 7th grader who also swims and runs track. Our family attends Concord Baptist Church in Clermont, GA, where both our girls have chosen to be baptized, and where Joe and I serve in the 4 year old room and with our MS/HS Student Ministry. Joe’s giftedness is in construction and project management, and he has his hands full managing me and the girls! I have worked at the University of North Georgia for over a decade doing training and leadership development for our staff, and I get good practice there for raising up our daughters!
This summer will be our girls’ first trip “across the pond,” although Joe and I both spent a portion of our childhoods overseas. Our first international family trip was the requisite Niagara Falls trip, but our family has since traveled to Ensenada, Mexico on a youth group mission trip building affordable housing with Concord last Spring Break. We all agreed that this year we felt called to go to England because the trip encourages more personal interaction with locals, and we speak the same language! Our focus this summer will be on service projects specifically targeting an incredibly diverse international immigrant population, and street evangelism centered on the question, “if you could ask God one question, what would it be?”
We are all trusting God as we agree to put ourselves out there, to serve others, and to raise funds. Our pastor just happens to be leading this trip, and he encouraged us to begin building a support team, and journaling our experiences with preparing and trusting God along the way.
I hope to post highlights and encouragement as we prepare, and to share the journey with you. Thank you for reading and joining our little community here!
Would you please pray for my family and our team as we prepare over the next 3 months? Would you pray for the nations to come to know and experience God, even as we encounter them in Birmingham? Would you pray for our finances and logistical preparation, and for our spirits and unity as a family and as a team? If YOU could ask God one question, what would it be?
Thankful for you,
Beth (Joe, Braelyn and Adria)
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