I pray
this letter finds you well! It is hard
to believe another year has passed and it is now 2012. I used to laugh when my dad told me that the
years speed up as you age, but now I completely believe it. On the 7th of January I will
celebrate my fourth year as a Teaching Parent at Boys and Girls Country. Somehow God has brought me through some tough
times as I learn and grow in the understanding of His call to love on
orphans. He promises throughout the
Bible to love, help, protect, and provide for the orphan child and He fulfills
this promise through the body of believers.
Do you know that there are 148 million orphans worldwide? While that number is overwhelming, we serve a
Mighty and Powerful God who holds the world in His hands.
Last
July I was able to serve with a ministry in Mexico, Back2Back Ministries
(www.back2backministries.org). This
group works with local orphanages to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual,
and monetary needs of over 400 children. They also partner with
local pastors in 3 squatters’ villages around Monterrey, Mexico to support their ministry to over 1000 families
facing poverty. Additionally they
provide opportunities to those orphans to live with them and attend high school
and college. It is the chance to change their family line! It is my hope and plan to return to Mexico
with Back2 Back to serve for a month this summer. While there I will help organize missions’
teams and lead projects in the orphanages.
I will serve alongside the full-time missionaries to be God’s hands and
feet in the lives of the orphans. While
I am excited about this opportunity I am also slightly overwhelmed at the
task. My commitment to Back2Back cannot be done alone. As I continue to rely on God for His plan, vision, and provision for this ministry and my involvement I am asking you to join alongside me. The trip costs approximately $1200. This includes the flight to Monterrey, Mexico
and the cost of room and board. The due
date for this amount is March 5th.
I know that God will provide. I
have seen it over and over again in my life and in the lives of the kids I work
with; however, my heart still beats a little faster at this new
opportunity.
Please lift me up in prayer. Pray that God would provide yet again for
this trip. Pray that he would continue
to pour out his love and provision on the lives of these orphans. Pray about a partnership with me. Checks can be mailed to me and I will forward
them on to Back2Back.
Heidi Coberly
18806 Roberts Road
Hockley, TX 77447
All donations should be made out to Back2Back Ministries and are tax-deductible. Contributions are solicited with the understanding that Back2Back Ministries has complete discretion and control over the use of all donated funds.
