Radosti Roads: Gospel Trafficking: Latin America

"Are you sure Lord?" was our response the first time hearing it. We had most definitely thought it was a crazy idea, however; we don't serve a generic God! What was our next step? Where to next? I mean, how much more faith could you need then to do what we were already doing? We had already been to bars, clubs and even places that had live porn shows to preach the Gospel and saw how God was touching the seemingly most hard hearted people we've ever met and now, well we were in for a totally different kind of adventure!

It all started on May 1st, 2009 we boarded the plane from Pennsylvania to California. There we would take a little time to visit some friends, see some tourist spots and scope out Tijuana, Mexico for some prayer time and declare the works of the Lord in Latin America. It would be the last of any vacation time we would get for quite a while! The atmosphere in Tijuana was rough. As soon as we crossed the border the first thing said to us was, "Get over on your side Gringos or I will kill you!" In the short time we were there we ran into some very dangerous situations and the Lord protected us from harm. We returned to California later that day to find in the news that four young people around our age had been beheaded and their heads were found in coolers in Tijuana. Our hearts broke as we realized the serious need in the nation and even more than being faced with fear, we were moved by compassion. That's when we knew we were ready.

Our plane landed in Brownsville, Texas on May 16th, 2009. It was morning yet as we headed toward the border. We knew that once we crossed over there would be two endings to our story. The first would be that we complete our journey through every country in Latin America preaching the Gospel and living on raw faith, or we would not return.

We didn't have enough money to make it through the 21 nation journey, no. We did not even have enough to make it past but a few cities in Mexico but we never let money determine our obedience to what He has called us to do. So we strapped on our backpacks, jumped into a taxi that took us toward Matamoros, Mexico. Many had warned us how dangerous it was what we were doing. Many people told us how we could get kidnapped, hurt and killed (especially in the taxis). Even family members yelled back at us "You're crazy! You're gunna die!" There comes a point when you know what the Lord has said to you and even if everyone comes against you, you have to press forward! That's why it's the narrow way that we are supposed to take. It's also the narrow way that few people find.

Through every country though we had difficult times and times of enjoyment. There were times of rest and times where we were working so hard that the Holy Spirit would urge us to leave a place, and by doing so our lives were spared from disaster. It was the most intense times of our lives but we saw God reach thousands of people! We are ever thankful for the blessing of the Lord on that journey and everyone who supported it!

- Millie

Here I will share some photos of our journey: