33 Hours

33 hours from now I will be flying out of the Rochester airport and on my way to LA. Thus starts my journey to the other end of the world.

There seems to be so much to do between now and then, packing mostly. The reality just hit me and now I am totally stressed out. I just want to scream and I can't figure out why. I think my family will be glad to get me out by Monday. I just need to take deep breaths, pray, and stop stressing. I can't believe I'm actually going. It's crazy how time flies.

Please remember me in your prayers. I don't know when I'll post again, possibly not until some time after Friday when I get to PNG.

Only a few more days !!!

Monday I'll be flying off to LA, then to Singapore and finally to Papua New Guinea. I'm starting to get really excited. Everything is falling into place. I even got my malaria pills. I'll try to post before I leave, if not I'll post when I get a chance in PNG.

My Latest Prayer Letter

Greeting to my Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Thank you all for your prayers. It has been a while since I have updated most of you and I apologize for my lack of communication. This past two months has been a trial of my patience, but God is good and saw me through it.

In the month of May, God brought all but $400 of my support in. During this month He also taught me how to wait and trust in Him. For a few weeks preparation for my trip seemed to be at a stand still. No funds were coming in and my passport was not even close to being on its way. My tickets to LA were bought in April, but no other progress seemed to be made. I finished up the semester and headed home, where I continued to wait.

Then May turned into June and I still had no passport. I was however able to speak at a two churches, Harvest Field Baptist in Fayette, NY and Grace Baptist in Marion, NY. Thank you to both churches for having me.

Many of you have been praying for my passport to come. I am happy to report that it is finally here. God is in control and He works in His time, not ours. I still lack $300 for my trip, but I am confident that God will supply. After all He has brought in $4100 so far. I am starting to get excited for my trip now that everything is falling into place.

Please continue to pray for me as I continue to get ready for my trip. I leave for L.A. on July 2nd and for PNG July 4th. I am a little nervous about flying for so long, but I know God will keep me safe.

A few prayer requests are
1. That I will continue to trust God
2. That the rest of my funds come in soon
3. For my teammates as they continue to prepare for their trips.

Once again thank you for all your prayers and support.

In Christ,
Kimberly Phillips

God is amazing

Praise the LORD! My passport is now in my hands! It came in the mail this afternoon. I also learned a little bit more about my trip. We are going through Singapore and get to take a tour. There are about 30 other people going on the trip with me. I am excited to meet them and make new friends.

Now I just need another $300 and a bunch of stuff and I'm all ready to go. There's much to do in the next thirteen days, so keep me in your prayers.

Praise the LORD

God is in control. He really is. Sometimes we say this but we don't actually believe it. He has power over all the governments on the face of the earth. This is good to remember when waiting for the government to do something.

My passport is finally on it's way to me. It's in the mail and should be here by Wednesday or even sooner. I guess they finished processing it sometime this afternoon. God is good. Now I have to be patient waiting for the mail. Please pray for me as I get ready for this upcoming trip.

disclaimer

In all fairness to my sister pictured below I would probably have ended up in the same situation. Superglue is not my friend.

Super glue fun

This is why some people should not attempt to fix things with superglue.

Q. What do you do with a broken patio?

A. Break it up with a sledgehammer and build a wall.

On Saturday my brother Mike and Matt decided to break up the patio which has been broken for over 14 years. We've been talking about building a wall for many years now but the bricks are too expensive. So we had this pile of broken concrete sitting by the road. I got the idea of building a wall with it. I started and soon everyone in my house was helping. A few hours latter we finished. I think it turned out really good.

Fun weekend

I just had a great two days with my grandparents and my sister Keren. We spent the night at my grandparents camper Thursday evening. On Friday we went down to Watkins Glen to work my great aunt's bake goods booth at a farmers market. It was relaxing. Today we helped with the booth at the Interlaken Old Homes Day festival. That was a lot of fun too. They had a nice parade. It was the perfect summer day.

Grace Baptist

Tonight I presented my trip to Grace Baptist Church in Marion NY. It went pretty well even though I'm still sick. Dad missed the turn and we showed up 10 minutes late, but everything worked out fine. God is in control. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that over and over again.

oh where oh where could my passport be?
on somebody's desk maybe?
is it in the mail
which moves like a snail?
oh where oh where could it be?

God really does like to make me wait to the last minute. I'm trying to be patient, but I really do need my passport. Please pray that it gets here soon.

baby bunny

This is the baby bunny that lives in our yard. I think it's really cute

God's good

Today I woke up with a terrible sinus attack, then I remembered I have to speak at my grandparents church. Oh great I thought. God please let me feel better. He answered my prayer for about five minutes, the five minutes I was upfront presenting my trip. Despite my cold the presentation went really well. Thank you God.

Other than this rotten cold, the day has been good. Hopefully I feel better on Wednesday, when I'm speaking at Grace Baptist Church in Marion, NY. Hope things are going well with you.

Hello Everybody

I've never blogged before in my life. This is all new to me. I decided to create this blog so that my friends and family can stay in contact with me. One month from today I am heading to Papua New Guinea for a missions trip with New Tribe Mission. I'm really excited though I'm still waiting for my passport and the last $430 to come in. I know that God will provide somehow.

This week I'm busy preparing for my trip. Tomorrow I'm presenting my trip to my grandparents church. Wednesday I'm presenting to one of our sister churches, and next Sunday I'm heading to Greenwood DE to present at a church down there. I'm not a big fan of public speaking by God helps me get through it everytime. I should get use to it I'll be doing it for the rest of my life.