The time has finally come! I’m writing this as my family and I make our way down to Gainesville, Georgia. These past few weeks have been filled with hard goodbyes. Leaving was incredibly difficult, but I’m so excited for what lies ahead. I can’t wait to meet everyone in my squad, grow closer to God, and be the hands and feet of Jesus in these next nine months.
I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported me during this preparation season. Whether you bought gear, contributed financially, prayed for me, or offered words of encouragement, I wouldn’t be here without you.
A special thanks to everyone who wrote me a letter, and to my amazing Aunt Wendy for organizing it—that was the best surprise ever!
Tomorrow, I’m headed to training camp at the Adventures in Missions base. The purpose of training camp is to prepare us for life on the mission field and everything we might encounter. We’ll be diving into the Word, focusing on our relationship with Christ, participating in various practice scenarios and team-building exercises, and even doing domestic missions in Georgia!
As of now, I’ll be there for 5-6 weeks. It won’t always be easy, so I would greatly appreciate it if you could join me in prayer during this time!
My prayer requests
- That God’s peace and joy would fall on me at camp.
- For my squad and team as we navigate being away from home and growing with each other.
- For God to use me! Not only for those who I am serving, but who I am serving with!
- That I have an open heart to the Lord and what he is teaching me.
I put some of the pictures from all my goodbyes below, I will miss everyone so much.
With love,
Ashlyn
Good luck honey !! Rooting for you !! Have safe travels
I feel better already, hearing from you on the road, and seeing you completely overtaken by backpacks 💪🏼! We love you and will certainly be thinking of you so much tonight. These updates are water 💦for all the people who love you so much!!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I’m so proud of you & so excited to see all the amazing things you’re gonna
do!! ❤️ praying for you !
We are praying for you sweet girl!!
Super awesome! Go out and explore! Blessings to you on your adventures!
Go get ‘em kid!
I’ll be praying for you Ashlyn! What an amazing adventure! 🤗❤️