This summer God has blessed me with another amazing opportunity, only this time around it’s for shorter amount of time and I will be staying the states. Most people were saying that they were sure that I would be going back to Uganda knowing that my heart is completely tied to that beautiful country. No worries it still is, but God has been teaching me a lot lately about patience and timing and where to go and what to do in certain seasons in my life.
This season of my life I will be interning with 15 other young adults at a camp called Bigstuf this summer in Panama City Beach, Florida. I will be living and serving there from May 21 to the beginning of August. If you are not sure of what Bigstuf is, they are a non-profit camp that wants to spread awareness about other countries and open the eyes and hearts of people to who God is in many different ways. They try to get everyone to meet knew people, start conversations, and build relationships with others and in their own youth groups, so that may go home more unified and renewed so they can share the gospel better and make a difference. I will be leaving Alpharetta in May and head to Florida with my new co-interns and help set up the stage and worship area, which is a huge part of the Bigstuf experience. I will be working with youth groups from all over the country, musicians, speakers, staff, and leaders making sure that their Bigstuf week is awesome by being helping them in anyway I can by being hospitable, working with production, photography, beach activities, and being a supporter and friend.
This internship is very different from the things I was doing in Africa, but this camp is a camp that had helped me grew spiritually and the relationship between God and I to be more trusting and bigger than I ever thought it could be. This camp speaks truth and really opens the eyes of youth and adults to the true beauty of God and even the hard characteristics of God that we tend to overlook. Bigstuf is also a huge part of why Africa had been on my heart at such a young age. God set it there in preschool as most of you know, but when I started going to Bigstuf camps my freshman year of high school the fire grew bigger and stronger for that continent that I now call my second home. The causes they support and the awareness they raise for people in Africa and Haiti is incredible and comforting. This camp has a big heart and definitely changed the way I viewed life and helped me become who I truly am and see Jesus fully.
Everything about this internship is exciting for me. I am excited to get to know my new friends better, to see how God wants to use me specifically at Bigstuf, to grow more and more with Him and truly see his love and comfort not only for me but for campers, staff, and adults as well. The reason behind this letter is not only to tell everyone about this amazing opportunity but also to invite you to partner with me in my Bigstuf journey in a couple ways.
First, I am asking for prayer. Prayer not only for me but for the Bigstuf camps and he campers. Prayer that their hearts will be softened with love and comfort from God, their ears will be ready to listen to the truth and for their eyes to be opened to opportunity, truth, and awareness. So much of what happens at Bigstuf and why it is so successful is because of prayer from so many people! I am thinking about keeping my same blog I used while I was in Africa: www.hisbeautyiscomforting.
Secondly, I am going to need financial support. I need to raise $2,800 for my internship. This money is paying for my stay at PCB, food, lodging, training and team-building, and transportation to PCB from ATL. That is a good amount of money, but this opportunity is something I believe that God has given me because I am supposed to be there this summer and because of that I trust that my goal will be met. Please pray about whether or not you can support me prayerfully and/or financially. Any amount that is given to me I am so grateful for! Thank you all so much in advance for supporting me in anyway you can!
How to donate to me? There are two ways you can donate to me!
First, you can send a check, but not to me, to Bigstuf Camps. Before mailing a check you will have to go to this link: http://bigstuf.com/
Second, you can go to this link: : http://bigstuf.com/
Thank you all again for supporting me financially or with prayer! All is so appreciated! You are all so wonderful and so blessed to have you all a part of my life and community! Please feel free to call me, email me, Facebook me, or stop me if you see me out! I would love to catch up and talk to you all!
With much love and an excited heart,
Mary Grace Heath
Questions or just want to chat?
Email: margracie08@gmail.com
Phone: 706.248.6446
Blog: www.hisbeautyiscomforting.
Donation page: : http://bigstuf.com/
I am setting a deadline for my goal to be reached by April 19th!
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