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Hello Friends and Family,


I hope you are doing well, and I would love to reconnect with you sometime soon, as it might have been a while since we chatted. There are some exciting new things happening in my life, and I would like to include you in them. A few years ago, I was dramatically transformed. Jesus Christ entered my life and asked that I serve him and that I give my entire life to him. This is not an easy task, but I am doing my best. God has blessed me in the process by putting wonderful people in my life, by ridding my soul of guilt and shame, and by helping me to heal and to become a man whom I never knew I could be. Because of Him, I have developed a passion for serving others and for using my skills and abilities to acknowledge his presence in my life.


Recently, I was presented with an opportunity to serve abroad and to share the good news of Jesus with the people of Paraguay. My good friend Sam Loewen informed me of his four-month trip to Paraguay to serve and to grow spiritually and invited me along. After much prayer, council, and consideration, I have decided to take a leap of faith to go fulfill this task that I am confident God has given me. I will be in Paraguay from September 15th to January 1st and will be given the opportunity to volunteer at multiple places. Some of the ministry options include serving at The Mennonite Volunteer Service of Paraguay, at an elementary school, and at a mental hospital. I will get the chance to live with and serve a family of missionaries named Bill and Ita Williams and learn what it is like to be a missionary while offering my assistance to them in their ministry. There will be opportunities to lead talks, to help lead youth ministry events, to lead in worship sets, and to care about people and share Jesus with them. The first stop is Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay. Afterward, I’ll head to Carapegua and will stay there for a month. After that, I will travel around to stay with a few different people, including Sam's family, who has offered to let us stay with them.


So why do I want to go to another country in the middle of South America? For a lot of reasons! As a Spanish language major, I can use the education that God has given me for His purposes. There, I will be completely immersed in Spanish, which is the best way to refine language skills. I will be able to advance my education while serving God and others at the same time. When I return, I am confident that my Spanish will have improved to the level required for my career as an interpreter. While in Paraguay, I will be accompanying Sam, helping him learn Spanish, and acting as a translator to connect him to his family and share Christ with them. Once I came to faith in Jesus Christ, I realized that I am great at making friends (both from within and outside our culture) and introducing them to Jesus. God has blessed me many times with successes in intercultural ministry and He has given me a passion for evangelism and for serving others. People in Paraguay tend to admire the United States and its people. Thus, as an American, I have the chance to draw interest to myself, which I hope to turn into opportunities to share the gospel and to humbly serve others by showing God’s deep love for them. I see this trip as a rare and momentous opportunity to serve others, to perpetuate the gospel, and to grow, both in my faith and my career field.
I believe that I have found the ministry I am being called to, and your support can make this happen! The entire trip would be slightly under $3000 for tickets, a visa, food, transportation, lodging, and living expenses. If this is something that you feel like you want to be a part of then I encourage you to pray about what you could do to support this trip. You can donate by sending a check or money order to the following address:

Corey Mitchell
2700 NE 111th Street
Vancouver, WA 98686

....or you could call me up and we could meet somewhere. My phone number is 360-909-4639. In reality, your prayers are the thing that will fuel this trip. Please pray that God opens doors for communication with people and that He brings me as much ministry as I can handle.
Thank you so much for your time, your contributions, and your prayers, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,
Corey


Prayer requests

• To make my trip successful, you could be praying that:
• God uses me to reach others 
• God gives me the wisdom I need to be effective 
• I improve my Spanish 
• God keeps us safe and healthy 
• We get opportunities to serve people and impact others.