Dear Friends,

                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 7^th 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 5^th.  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.