Like when He said to me this week:
“SURPRISE! I AM SENDING YOU TO
MEXICO CITY IN
2 WEEKS TIME!”
Let me get you up to speed. When DTS finished in December I was placed into the ministry here on base called Megacities. It is a vision that Shirley Brownhill, the base director, got several years back of transforming nations by targeting the heart of the nation: big cities. Megacities goes into a city with a population of over a million for one year at a time and connects the local body of that city to short term teams from all over the world to join together in reaching the city. The integrated, unified, grassroots approach to outreach serves as a catalyst to ignite the local body and bears fruit that lasts for years. I have seen the effectiveness of this approach first hand. I did my outreach in Jakarta during the Megacities focus in 2008. God used our tiny team of 10 to stir up a youth group, get them fired up for God and involved in reaching a neighboring slum community with His love. More than a year later, those same teenagers are still going into the same community and seeing miracles and transformation in peoples’ lives week after week.
This year Megacities is focused on Mexico City!
It has been quite busy and exciting in the office over the last month. I have been corresponding with teams and churches via email about joining Megacities in Mexico City and have been phoning pastors in D.F., confirming details about the teams that are coming to work with them.
Then came the surprise!
On Wednesday afternoon my leader, Rod, asked me to pray about going to Mexico City at the end of this month to serve as a coordinator. Coordinators are the bridge between the local body and the visiting teams. They bring vision, encouragement, and direction and help to build relationship. Coordinators are also the face of legitimacy for Megacities during the beginning of the year, as more pastors hear of what is going on in their city and decide whether or not they want to be a part of this major effort. Despite the size of Megacities (dozens of teams and local churches are involved, and we’re hoping for hundreds more) there are only a couple of coordinators working in the city at any given time. It is a huge responsibility, privilege and honor.
As I sought the Lord about this decision, He reminded me of the words that He had already been speaking to me over the last few weeks. He had said to me that this is not a season of standing still, but of RUNNING… that I am to step out of my comfort zone so that He can move in big ways… and that I have been brought to this position for such a time as this! The final reassurance of His hand in this came through the scripture “I will be with you where ever you go.”
This is a major leap of faith… a leap bigger than He has every asked me to take. The role that I will be playing will be challenging and stretching, in ways that I have never experienced before. It is also a financial leap of faith. I have trusted Him for provision before, but never in such a short period of time. God has increased my faith a hundred fold in the last year and a half of serving Him in missions. I believe He is ready to multiply again.
o I need to raise $2300 for a plane ticket by Monday the 18th.
o I will also need $2000 for ground fees (transportation, food, and accommodation for the ten weeks) by January 25th.
One of my favorite YWAM speakers said that “the big things we want to see God do will never happen in our comfort zone.” I am ready to step out of my comfort zone to be a part of an incredible move of God in Mexico City!
I would like to ask you to please pray about supporting me as a Megacities coordinator in Mexico City. Your support would be a part of what makes an eternal impact on a city of 20 million souls.
Thank you!
In His amazing grace
Claire Griffin
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