Mexico Support Letter!

Friends and Family,

This past trip was so good! It was such a major opportunity for me to feel chosen to be part of the team called to Haiti. God called me to be a part of His plan to heal Haiti! That just amazes me so much. I didn’t know what to expect when I was planning for this trip and preparing myself. I knew there was going to be oppression, broken hearts, starving people, and places of darkness, but I have never seen so much hope in a country!! I see hope in Haiti, I see hope in the people! The people were truly a blessing to me. I learned so much just by seeing their way of life. I could see so much joy in these people. They know there is a God and they know my God will heal them and their people!

Being with orphans everyday was absolutely incredible! There sweet faces just brought a smile to my face every time I saw them. We did many activities with them. We helped the children make bracelets and greeting cards, which will be sold on www.healinginhaiti.com starting in April. We did a lot of construction on the orphanage home. We put up a solar panel, as they had never had light in their house besides the daylight. They now have lightbulbs in each room! We made water filtration systems so they can have clean water daily! We also put together 15 beds. This was a big deal for me, because just thinking that those children slept on HARD, DIRTY, ROUGH, concrete every single night just broke my heart. Now each orphan will have a bed to lay their sweet head on, so they can "sleep sweetly." They were so excited when they saw them!! It seemed that most of them were just in shock. It was such an honor to be able to go down and serve the Lord with everything I had. I’m ready to go again!! Thank you so much to the ones who financially supported me in this trip, so that I could be a part of HEALING this nation! You will be blessed! 

As I have the past 2 years, I feel called to be a part of the Mazatlan, Mexico Summer 2011 trip as well.  Missions is becoming a huge part of my life just because that is what God has called us to do, GO to all the Nations proclaiming the GOOD news!  I’ve been to Mexico with my church group for the past two summers. Being there so eye opening, and changes the way I see things every time I go down there!! 

This summer we are doing something different. Usually we visit the villages and spent an abundant amount of time just loving on sweet children. This summer, we are planning a summer camp for the youth group in the church we are working with. This is going to be very awesome for them, because they have never had an actual “summer camp” put on for them. We will be taking the same camp(Beach Week 2011) we do at Thompson Station Church for our youth group and doing it in Mexico. 

Please be praying for my team and I as we prepare for this trip spiritually and physically! Most importantly, is prayer support.  Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God's leading.  Without prayer, little, or nothing will happen.

But also finance comes into play. The cost of this trip is $1500! It sounds like a crazy expensive trip, but i feel that God will provide me with the money! Where He guides, He provides! But, if you would like to help me financially for this trip it would be greatly appreciated!! If you do, you can send to:

                                                              ATTN: Mission Department

Thompson Station Church PO Box 218

2604 Thompson Station Road

Thompson Station, TN 37179

Please make your check payable to Thompson Station Church. In the memo section of the check you may add Mazatlan Mission Trip 2011. Please do not include my name on the check, but you may add an extra note(sticky note or something) with my name on it in the envelope. All of your contributions are tax deductible if the check is made payable to the church without my name on it.

Thank you so much! May God bless you for your time and support for my trip!!!

Here are some pictures from Haiti, thank you to those who supported me, You blessed me as well as them! :) :)

Believe the impossible,

Sarah Babcock

I'm getting old.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

He knew me before I was formed!! I can't believe 19 years has passed. It's weird to think that next year, I will not be a "teen" anymore! Scary!! But I Thank the Lord for 19 years...and many more to come! I have enjoyed spending my "18th" year learning and growing in the Lord and I pray that I continue to do that! Nothing better than that, promise :) The Lord has opened so many doors and provided so many opportunities for the years to come, I am so excited for it all! 

This birthday was a little different. It was the first one away from my family. They came up this past weekend to visit for a "birthday weekend." It was good to spend time with them! I enjoyed going to dinner and Starbucks with them! Oh, and Texas Roadhouse thinks the "birthday girl" should sit on a saddle while they sing to her. Awesome! haha :)

Haley and Lauren decorated my room!!

This year, a group of friends and I went to Chilis for dinner then made cupcakes!! I'm so blessed to have such wonderful friends at school, I do know what I would have done without them!!

Friends at dinner!

Thank You Lord for giving me another year of life. God thank You for all the people who have remembered and blessed me today. Lord thank You for all the experiences this past year held. Thank You for times of success this year which will always be happy memories, but also for times of failure which reminded me of my own weakness and my huge need for You. God thank You for times of joy and times of sadness which drove me to You Lord! I pray You forgive me for the time I wasted this past year and the chances I failed to take. God I just pray that I do not hold back as I begin a "new" year. Help me in the days ahead to make this the best year yet, and through it all bring all the Glory to YOU! MERCI JEZI!

Be still....and wait.

We all experience "tough" moments in life, moments that make us want to just quit and give up. Moments like losing a job, ending a relationship, losing a loved one, school, and a lot more. Just recently, I've been going thru one of those moments. But instead of searching thru worldly things to satisfy me and make me happier, I've given it all to God. Only He can satisfy me! It may seem like rains falling, waters are rising, and our boat is out of control...but be still. Be still, and know that HE is God. Don't give up or feel like you're drowning...Have faith and be still. Amidst the raging storm , Jesus stayed in perfect peace. He was calm and he knew his Father was in control...so today thru everything we go thru we must Live in perfect peace!!

While I was in Haiti, one of my good friends was explaining her time she fully devoted to the Lord, she dated Jesus without having "her eye on any guy." I feel like the Lord said, "Sarah, that's what you need to do, you need to invest all your time into Me, not be searching for a guy to satisfy you." I love that!! Something I heard recently was, "When God gives you the person you are to spend your life with, you will feel peace with that person." That is so true! So if you are in the same position I am.....stop searching and just fully seek Him!

Ephesians 5:25

Right now the Lord is telling me to serve Him the best I can while I am waiting! He knows who He has planned for me and I am going to just trust Him with that! No more trying to fill that place. 

Isaiah 30:18 He blesses the ones who wait on the Lord

Psalm 40- waiting patiently

Put your hope in the Lord for with the Lord is unfailing love and full redemption!

One of my friends sent me this.."Jesus is all you need Sarah, even though it probably doesn't feel that way, it's so true...He loves you and cares about you more than any guy could. just embrace that truth and trust Him with the rest" *Same for all of you!

Just run to Him with everything! Trust Him with it all....I promise He knows what He is doing even when  it seems like everything is falling apart! 

I fell in love.

Sorry this is so late...
hmm where to start...being a part of the March team that went down to Haiti was the most amazing thing that I could experience!! I would not have wanted to spend my spring break any other way! I learned so many things while I was there. Number one was I am called to be a servant! It is a privilege to suffer for the Lord! I am called to put myself after others.
1. God 2. others 3. me

I had no idea what this trip was going to be like. I was trying to prepare myself physically, but I just had to prepare myself spiritually. I knew there would be oppression, broken hearts, and starving people. Yes, I did see that, but more importantly I just saw joy and HOPE in these people. They are hungry for the LORD, just as I am! Seeing these Haitians worship our God in church Sunday morning was just powerful, and so moving. Something many Americans do while "worshipping" is sing the words off the screen, some of us are so comfortable with doing nothing but singing the words. We have to encounter the love of God! Some of us haven't yet grasped was full "worship" is. These people had. They were dancing. They were shouting. They were singing to our Holy, amazing, perfect GOD! They know how to worship!! The spirit of God was soooo present that morning! I constantly prayed that I could be like them, giving all they had to my God!

It was a major opportunity for me to feel chosen to go! I have never seen so much HOPE for a country to have just after the one year mark of the earthquake. Even thru their hard times, they have hope in our God. They know HE is healer and he will heal them and their home! Being with the orphans every day was incredible. Seeing their sweet smiling faces everyday just brought me joy! I just enjoyed being able to love on those kids with God's love coming thru me! I knew that when I hugged and kissed each child that it was God coming thru me to love on His children!

Being able to be there the day they got their beds was so awesome!! You should have seen the looks and smiles on their faces! Knowing that they wouldn't be sleeping on hard dirty jagged concrete anymore just brought a sense of peace and amazement to many of us! Those sweet children deserved those beds!!

Also another moment I will forever remember is the kids recording "I have decided to follow Jesus!" Talk about making your heart smile. Wow! To describe the way they sounded is hard...They basically sounded like millions of angels just singing to you! They were so loud and their voices were beautiful! I love hearing my angels sing to Jesus!! This is pastor helping lead them in the song while TJ and Andrew recorded it!

It is so hard to summarize my whole experience. I know everyone always says that, but it's so true! Some things you just "had to be there."
I have learned that going to the nations is not just a physical thing but it's spiritual! It's all about the Kingdom of God! I am so thankful the Lord called me to Haiti! It's all about the nations coming to the LORD!!
All I can say is....I fell in love with Haiti and those sweet people. Merci Jezi!!

be FREE!

When I am free from ambition, I am free to serve with a joyful heart.

When I am free from selfishness, I am free from irritation.

When I am free from jealousy, I am free to rejoice in the good of another.

When I am free from judgment, I am free to pray from a pure heart.

When I am free from expectation, I am free to enjoy whatever comes.

When I am free from controlling others, I am free to see the miraculous.

When I am truly free, 

I will see the Kingdom of God in my life!

 That is what I want to see –the Kingdom of God come in my life. What is that going to take? It's going to take tearing free from my own selfish thoughts and feelings. It's going to take looking at things from God's perspective. It's going to take God's help. In order to be free, I have to be free of me.

"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather,

serve one another humbly in love."

Galatians 5:13

Be free today and everyday!!