South America here we come!

Just wanted to give you guys an idea of what we will be doing when we get to Lima, Peru...


Lima, Peru Here we come! Wow! we are so excited that this time is finally here! We are thinking our time to go will be sometime in August/September and are moving forward with that time line, but are ever listening and praying. We really feel the Lord laying on our hearts that this will be a season of helping, blessing, encouraging, and doing whatever we can to help the ministry that is already taking place in Lima. We will be coming alongside Calvary Chapel Bible College Lima Peru, and Calvary Chapel Lima. For those of you who don't know their vision is:
*To establish a Spanish-speaking Bible College
*To establish a training center for missionaries
*To establish a center where students from both schools would serve and work together, forming teams to be sent out to plant churches.
*To receive visiting short-term missions teams to spearhead evangelistic outreaches throughout Latin America.

We want to move close to the bible college in Magdalena Del Mar... and start helping there in whatever ways they need, and learn the language... We believe this is a great starting point, and are looking forward to all the things God will call us to while we are there... We will be helping with park ministries for children while we are down there, we both want to get involved with Men's and Women's ministries. We know that God works when hearts are willing and obedient... so that's our heart to go where He sends us, and to be obedient to the things He calls us to.
Thanks so much...
Dios te bendiga! ( God Bless You!)

Beauty in simplicty

It has been a very very busy month for us... We are officially heading to Peru... we are just waiting for the finances.... Of course we would love the Lord to provide this overnight so we can just be there already.... we feel kind of lost starting fundraising.. but how else do we let people know about the opportunity to partner with us if we dont share and ask... so thats what were going to start doing.
The biggest back and forth struggle for me(Courtney) is our comforts, our stuff, our home, our cars, our home decor, most importantly our family, our friends, our church... can we leave it all and go to Peru? Some days I feel so strong and my answer is yes... without a doubt. How can we not? How can we hear the call from Jesus and say no? How can we see the need and leave it be? We can't...we won't.
But then I look into the faces sunday morning of all the friends and people we have grown to love and cherish, who have become family to us... and I don't want to go! I don't want to leave them all behind... if you are reading this and you love us, will you all just come with us??!! That is including all of our loved ones all over!
The Lord is so faithful to speak to us... He has been providing peace and joy through it all, and we realized that if heaven is our home, then this life is just a hotel room, we are only visiting, our time here is temporary... all though the hotel room is beautiful, it isn't meant to bring us all the comforts of home.... only heaven can do that.... where our Father waits for us...


Here is a song that a dear friend shared with me by Josh Wilson its called "I refuse" and this is our heart....

Sometimes I,
I just want to close my eyes
And act like everyone's alright
When I know they're not
This world needs God, but it's easier to stand and watch
I could pray a prayer and just move on
Like nothing's wrong...

But I refuse.

I don't want to live like I don't care
I don't want to say another empty prayer
Oh, I refuse to sit around and wait for someone else
To do what God has called me to do myself
I could choose not to move

But I refuse.

I can hear the least of these,
crying out so desperately...
And I know we are the hands and feed of You, Oh God
So if You say move, it's time for me to follow through
And do what I was made to do
And show them who You are

I don't want to live like I don't care
I don't want to say another empty prayer
Oh, I refuse to sit around and wait for someone else
To do what God has called me to do myself
I could choose not to move

But I refuse.

I refuse to stand and watch the weary and lost cry out for help
I refuse to turn my back and try and act like all is well
I refuse to stay unchanged, to wait another day to die myself
I refuse to make one more excuse

I don't want to live like I don't care
I don't want to say another empty prayer
Oh, I refuse to sit around and wait for someone else
To do what God has called me to do myself
I could choose not to move

But I refuse.

This is our heart, to love like Jesus loved, to see people through His eyes, to see their need, their hearts, to see them and love them... to point them to Jesus...everywhere we go...


Ok so you can't come....I get it.... will you send us? Pray about financially supporting us and God's work in Peru... (BJ and I joked that none of our family and friends would support us, because no one wants us to leave!) :) Of course we know that all of you will at least consider it in prayer...:)
If you go to Cheney Faith Center pray about being on the missions care /support team that is forming.
Please be praying for us in all of this... for God's provision through His people... for our hearts as we transition... and all that comes with it...
Love to all,
The Millers