Hey Guys! Thought I would give a quick little update! God is teaching me unbelievable things during my time over here. Last week, I met with the MEM ministry, which is a YWAM medical and children’s ministry in Bangalore. I was pretty excited about it and I starting serving with them on Monday, yesterday for me. I am still not entirely sure what all I will be doing with the ministry but I do feel at peace here. It is a small team of around ten people. There are two Chilean women who kind of run the team which is comprised of Indians that are around my age. Yesterday, they were very welcoming and were thanking me for joining them – saying that they had been praying for a nurse for a long time. Since the main ministries are medical and children’s with a hint of being able to use my Spanish. I feel like it is a good fit. Like I said earlier, I am still not sure what all I will be doing but will be taking it one day at a time with this ministry. MEM stands for Mobile Enrichment Ministry. They have a website, it is mem3.angelfire.com. From what I gathered yesterday I will be doing some children’s programs with the team twice a week, visiting a nearby leaper colony for wound cleaning and health education one a week, serving as a nurse at ACCEPT (a local HIV/AIDS hospice, hospital and orphanage) three days a week, helping to do some medical training for the staff, developing village health education, and helping out on medical camps (the ministry has an ambulance that they take to villages to provide free medical care). This all being said…It’s India. So I am unsure what all will end up playing out and working out. I do feel peaceful about the start.

Prayer Requests:

-          Lonliness – I have felt more lonely than I ever have in my life here, pray that God will comfort me and provide close relationships with people here.

-          Joy – While I am excited about my upcoming ministry and am starting to feel more comfortable here, I still feel out of place. Pray that God will give me joy and excitement for my time here.

-          Dependence – The independence of being a 22 year old in America is incredible. The dependence I feel here, not only on the Lord, but just in general is very hard. Pray that God will continue to grow me in dependence upon him.

-          Discernment – Continued prayers for discernment of God’s will for me here and how I can best serve Him.