Hello Everyone!

I am coming home for the Holidays! Its been an awesome month and a half gettting settled in with Mission Builders. I am currently sitting at the airport waiting for my plane so i can come home and share with you all about more of what I am doing and share with you everything God is doing in the World! I Look forward to getting together with you all! Merry Christmas!!!

Go GOD! Thank you to all for all your prayers and support as i get started with Mission Builders International! God is SO good. I am learning lots here in the office, and bringing in new applications everyday and placing people all around the world at different ministries everyday! Without you, this could not happen! I would love for anyone to come visit me here, so i can show you where i work and how you are involved and show you everything God is doing! I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, I spent Thanksgiving in Polson, Montana which is about 30 minutes south of Lakeside with a family and friends. It was a lovely time! God is opening doors to minister to people everyday over here, even at the local coffee shop and once at the dump when i took my garbage in! Crazy how in the littlest moments and most odd times God can open doors to share the Truth. God keeps opening doors here, and turning the desires of my heart into something amazing, and to use toward the Kingdom of God. My dream since I was little was to be in the Fire/Rescue and Paramedic field. I will be joining the volunteer Fire/Rescue here locally in Lakeside, Montana and start EMT-B school on Jan 22nd. After schooling, I will be joining a YWAM ministry, Search and Rescue so whenever there is a natural disaster, I will go out and have a chance to minister to all the people we help. Through school, i will continue to work Full time here at Mission Builders International. I will be home for Christmas for about 10 days and look forward to catching up with everyone and sharing more of what exactly i am doing and how you all are involved. Please email me at rachellynn1007@gmail.com or call me 425.327.8586. I would love to chat and hear about what is going on in your lives and how i can pray!

Blessings!
Rachel

WOW! God is good! Thank you all for your prayers and support and partnership through this new journey god has us on! I made it safely to Montana and i am all moved in to my apartment! Today is my first day working here at Mission Builders International! So exciting, I cant wait to learn more and share with you all what is happening! Be Blessed today!

Love, Rachel

Thank you all who are praying and have partnered with me in this ministry! I am still at home raising support and hope to have enough to be able to move in 2 weeks and get started with this ministry! So excited for what God has in store and how we will see many lives changed around the world. We couldnt make this happen without your help! May God Bless you All!

Ministry Support Letter

"Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all Creation" - Mark 16:15

Dear Family, Friends and Community,

             I am so excited to share with you what has been happening in my life this past year.  Last Sept 2011, I stepped down from my commercial construction job, after feeling led to go into missions with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). My time at YWAM Montana this past spring has been a life changing experience. I completed my YWAM-DTS (Discipleship Training School) and then came home in May 2012. In July, I returned to the YWAM base for a week long VWAP (Vacation With A Purpose) a missions trip that my church in Stanwood has been part of for many years. We spent our days helping paint, do stone work, replacing old windows and general construction on the base. During that week the Lord opened up a wonderful opportunity for me to serve Him, opening up and being offered a full-time volunteer staff position with YWAM Mission Builders International.

Also in July, I had the opportunity to serve at the YWAM Kona, Hawaii base as part of a Summer Surge program, constructing and building new student and staff housing as well as a new cafeteria and trans-media building to accommodate the exponential growth of their student body and volunteer staff. The surge was an inspiring experience to be involved with, watching as people around the world, volunteering their summer to help build buildings that will further the Kingdom of God.

 

So, for the next season of my life, I will be returning to YWAM Montana in October working as a full-time missionary with Mission Builders International (MBI).

Mission Builders International is a YWAM ministry that mobilizes ministries that calls Christians worldwide into active service, equipping them to encourage, support and work alongside front-line missionaries to build the Kingdom of God. MBI also mobilizes volunteers to provide ministry and facility development services to Christian ministries around the world that promote health, education and economic opportunities for helping people in need.

I am excited about the opportunities and experiences that lie ahead. This is a journey that God has called me to and I would greatly appreciate any level of support you are able to offer. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve and minister and I ask you to join me in ministry. Being a full-time missionary means raising monthly support, as this position is volunteer and self-supporting. Nobody in YWAM gets a paycheck. Instead, we believe in partnership with family, friends and community, as a way for everyone to be involved to make a difference around the world.

 

I am in need of raising $800- $1200 monthly support, to cover living expenses such as rent, insurance, food and ministry costs. I am praying for people to partner with me in this ministry which God has called me to. Even the littlest amount counts and is tax-deductible! I would love to get together with you and share all that God has done this year and what partnering in this amazing opportunity means. Along with financial support to make this possible, most importantly, Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God's leading in the ministry. I have set up a blog, as a way to keep connected with you to share all that’s happening along this journey. I have added videos and pictures of the different ministries that I’ve been a part of this year.

Thank you for being a part of my life and prayerfully considering if this is something you’d like to partner with me in. I would love to hear an update of what is going on in your life. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this letter, and if you have any questions, please let me know. I am excited to see all that God does in the nations this next year. Take care, and I hope to hear from you soon! May God bless you for your time and support.

May God Bless You!!! 

Rachel Lynn Burns           

425.350.5619

360.629.4005

rachellynn1007@yahoo.com

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