Well friends, I'm OFF! We are about to leave for the airport. I'm a little sad about not having my family around me for the next 5 weeks (Kyle said I'm not allowed to say that I'm "leaving" them for 5 days....), but mostly I am VERY excited about this trip. I cannot wait to see all of the ways God is going to move!

Be watching the blog for updates (assuming I have good internet connection). Also, in lieu of the trip, we will postpone the first official "Prayerful Mondays" until the next Monday.
In the meantime, just a reminder about things to be praying for:

1. Safe travel
2. against any "roadblocks" (i.e. delayed/canceled flights, lost luggage, etc...)
3. For every person going 18 students and 10 adults from First Baptist Church Euless, The Community at Lakeridge, and NEXT Worldwide staff.
4. For fruitful evangelism and discipleship.
5. For the pastors and church leaders of the new church we are planting. We are not building a building this week. We are sharing the good news to the neighborhood around this church, discipling church leaders, and celebrating kind of the "Grand Opening" of a church that has unbelievable potential to reach their area for the Lord.
6.For the families back home. Specifically, Kyle and Laura Kate.
7. For the other NEXT campaign to Costa Rica happening simultaneously to the Xalapa Campaign (same prayer requests apply for that trip).

I love and appreciate you and I can't wait to share with you stories of all that the Lord will do (and pictures! you can't have a good story without the pictures!)

-Carrie