Geary Family Mission Trip Letter March '07

To: Local and Foreign Missionaries
From: The Geary Family (Gloria, Hatcher, Reid, and Harrison)
Re: Mission Trip Inquiry
March 28, 2007

The Call
I am a widow with three boys (ages 11, 9, and 6). On the day of my husband’s death, I had a personal encounter with the Lord and over the last 5 years have continuously grown in Him. This year the Lord called me to take my boys on a 9 month to 1 year mission trip to spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I firmly believe this call is for the raising up of my boys for their future calling. The Lord has shown me that our main mission is to share the gospel with local children as we travel. It is also my desire to develop in my children and myself a heart for the poor, orphaned, and lost.

How we will minister (proposed items, open to suggestion):
· Tracts in the native language
· Wordless book soccer balls and any evangelical toys we can find.
· Showing the Children’s version of the Jesus film (in local language)
· Giving out Bibles, toys, and other items as needed
· Daily tasks at the organization such as empty trash and sweep rooms
· Most importantly, we will gather as a family, lay hands on individuals and pray.
· Possibly teach seminars applicable to the organization (i.e. “how children grieve” for orphanages). I was a professional speaker for 15 years prior to my husband’s death and have been a business owner and investor for the past 26 years.

My hope is to create a variety of “natural evangelism” opportunities for us to share Jesus with anybody and everybody. For example, we visit the local park and play soccer with the local kids. After a time we take a break and tell them about the colors on the ball, give a snack, give a tract in their language for their parents, pray with them and let them keep the soccer ball to tell others.

Proposed Itinerary:
Phase 1: We have been accepted to the International House of Prayer (http://www.ihop.org/) Family Internship, a 3-month intensive program designed to draw individuals closer to the Lord. The boys will be in the Children’s Equipping Program (with approximately 30-40 other children from around the world) and as a family we will spend 10 hours per week in the prayer room interceding for others. The program teaches healing prayer, prophetic ministry and other skills needed for the mission field. I consider this our training for the mission field.

Phase 2: We will spend approximately 3-6 months travelling to various countries and visiting organizations for 1- 2 week mission trips. Our plan is to schedule visits to areas of the world where we have a local contact and an “in” to a location (orphanage, hospital, church) in which we can minister. During this phase we will also sightsee and learn of the country/area that we are visiting to broaden the education of my children.

Phase 3: We will spend 3 months in one location in a Spanish speaking country to immerse us in the language and work for a local charity while there. This phase may be in the middle of phase two in order to break up the travel time.

Currently our plan is to enter the IHOP internship August 2007. We will begin travelling in January 2008.

Why are we contacting you?
We are seeking the Lord’s leading on the countries and ministries He will call us to visit. We request your prayerful consideration if God may be leading you to invite us to your location. I welcome your questions and dialogue via email to learn more. Gloriagg3@gmail.com

What else you should know
· We have the blessing of our pastor and church mission task force at our home church http://www.fbcgaffney.org/
· We plan on providing our own funding for the travel, hotel and living expenses
· We will seek donations for gifts/evangelical tools we will give out
· I am a seasoned world traveler having visited over 20 countries and we travel light
· We are prayer warriors and will have a prayer team covering us
· Everything above is subject to the Lord’s guidance J
Thank you for your prayerful consideration of this request.


I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.
John 9:4 NKJV