Posted in General Posts by Becky Arce on 5/17/2012
Today my heart felt really heavy and I know I had to have some Jesus time. There have been things really weighing my heart about this trip. I go through moments at least every other day when I feel that the World Race is not an option for me. I have all these emotions in my head I just don’t know what to do with them. Sometimos I think to myself that I CANNOT believe how God can truly bless me with going on this missions trip when I don’t deserve it. I just don’t see how I’m going to pay for this trip. So with all those crazy thoughts I just went to the Lord. I truly had some things that I needed to be broken of. As, I am crying out to the Lord I decide to play listen to The United Pursuit Band and then the song Come Away starts to play.
Turning Point Moment!!!!
As I heard these lyrics:
Come away with me, come away.
It's never too late, it's never too late,
it's not too late for you.
I have a plan for you, I have a plan.
It's going to be wild,
it's going to be great,
it's going to be full of me
It just hit me that God has chosen this plan for me life. I am WORTHY of this experience. Why wouldn’t God use me to share his love with others. God is asking us to trust him whole-heartedly. As I look at those lyrics now I am just in awe of the call that God has put on my heart.
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Posted in General Posts by Becky Arce on 3/24/2012
1. My favorite color is Purple!!!
2. I'm very short
3. I love to laugh and I've been told that my laugh is very loud so I apologize in advance
3. My parents have pastored the same church for 20 years
4. My parents are my inspiration
5. I have a younger sister who got married last year and is now pregnant with her first child due July 29
6. I LOVE sports
7. My favorite football team is the New England Patriots and yes I cried when they lost the super bowl
8. I love the Boston Celtics although they did/are horrible this year
9. I love action movies although I can appreciate an occasional chick flick
10. I'm from Springfield, Massachusetts and I've lived here almost my entire life
11. I went to a Christian college in Lakeland, Fl and seriously had the best four years of my life.
12. I spent the summer of 2010 working in Caguas, Puerto Rica as a part of the Youth Works staff
13. I love to talk but I also love to listen and learn about everyone's life story. I believe we can learn so much from the people around us.
14. I love to read but don't get to do it much
15. I speak Spanish and studied French for 8 yrs
16. I have this CRAZY fear that I will one day forget how to speak Spanish so sometimes I translate things in my head to make sure I remember (crazy I know)
17. I love to have fun and I will try almost anything
18. I dream that one day I will open a center for young people who have somehow been involved in criminal behavior or affected by criminal behavior. In my center there will be counseling as well as opportunities to teach these kids how to apply for jobs, how to live in society, but most of all show them there is hope.
19. I was a criminal justice major and minored in psychology and pastoral theology.
20. Music is what I turn to when I'm stressed, sad, tired, happy, etc.
21. I have a horrible singing voice.
22. I love all different genres of music.
23. I don't know any good jokes sorry
24. I'm very clumsy and tend to get hurt a lot.
25. I love making people smile, I rather someone else be happy than me
26. since I went to a Spanish church all my life, when I got to college I didn't know any of the worship songs
27. I always knew that I was going to somehow be involved in missions I just didn't know how soon it would be
28. I can't dance
29. I LOVE LOVE LOVE to cook
30. I preached my first sermon when I was 9 I think and that was in Children's Church
31. I love to watch/read the news, I believe it's important to stay current with what is going on in the world
32. My love language is quality time
33. I love to give gifts but not receive them
34. I love to celebrate birthdays!!!!
35. I have no idea how I'm going to pay for this trip but I am trusting in the Lord
36. I am NOT a morning person
37. This is so hard
38. I have really curly hair and I have no idea how I'm going to tame it on the trip
39. I'm probably the only person who doesn't like New York city but will make the trip there a couple times of year
40. we have a cat named Lola
41. I HATE bananas and I hate how they smell
42. I read Redeeming Love once a year
43. I hate beans
44. I put garlic or adobo seasoning on almost everything
45. I love my bed and will miss it so very much
46. my favorite cartoons growing up were Doug and Hey Arnold
47. Yes I am guilty of reading every Twilight book
48. My spelling skills are bad and I'm not good at writing blogs
49. I can't wait to meet each and everyone of you in my squad
50. I still can't believe that God has chosen me to go on this adventure and show people who he is!!!
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Posted in General Posts by Becky Arce on 10/11/2011
"As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. "
Emmanuel Teney
My heart has always been to travel the world and help others; soon that wish will become a reality. This year, in September, I will embark on a beautiful journey that will take me to 11 countries in 11 months. During this year long adventure, we will help orphans, help women and children that are affected by human trafficking, feed the hungry and much more. To make this missions trip a reality I must take a grand LEAP OF FAITH. This missions trip will require me to leave all material things behind, leave my family and friends and most to trust the Lord with all aspects of my life. To go on this trip I must raise thousands of dollars that will cover all of my expenses for the year including airfare, food, visas, etc. I trust that God will provide and I know he will send people to be a part of this journey alongside me as a supporter. If you would like to be one of those supporters please click on the support me tab and make a donation towards this journey. I will be visiting:
South Africa
Zimbabwe/Bostwana
Swaziland
China
India
Philippines
Ukraine
Moldova
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica/Panama
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Posted in General Posts by Becky Arce on 10/8/2011
Last year I worked in Caguas, Puerto Rico with an organization called YouthWorks. I lived with three other team members inside a church. I slept on the floor using an air mattress as my bed. Every week a group of teenagers came to Caguas and served the community. During the day they worked and at night we held a little service. The theme for that particular summer was Jesus must become Greater and I must become Less. We told the students that very statement everday but I guess since more than I year has passed since then I have realized that I have stopped living by that statement.
I have recently been struggling with the notion that I have to raise over $15,000. I have been questioning whether or not I should go on the trip, questioning God's will for my life. I took a look at all my bills and totally lost faith. This week I became consumed with ME and MY worries and I totally lost track of what the true purpose of this journey is. Jesus must become Greater and I must become Less! When I begin to loss faith and not trust the Lord with my finances I am no longer allowing Jesus to be greater in my life and I am putting myself and my worries infront of his glory. I know that God will provide simply because he is GREAT!
John 3:30 "He must become greater; I must become less"
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Posted in General Posts by Becky Arce on 10/8/2011
Sorry this is a long one!
In May 2010 I graduated from Southeastern University about 2,000 miles away from home. I met my best friends there and I experienced so many beautiful things while being there. My senior year of college we were having our big campus revival and Erwin McManus was speaking. I remember walking back to my dorm room with a consuming fire in my chest, the feeling was so strong that all I could do is get on my knees and worship. During that worship time I felt the Lord tell me that he was taking me out of my home and away from my family because it was time for me to begin my ministry. Well, after I heard that I was consumed with extreme fear. I remember telling the Lord that I wasn't ready. My senior year I fought with the Lord about that but I finally came to terms with it. By graduation I was ready to conquer the world. I was ready to spread the word of God and just do his will. I got an amazing job with YouthWorks and I went to Caguas, Puerto Rico for the summer. As the summer came to an end I remember being so excited because I knew that I would not being living in Springfield, Ma for much longer, God was going to move me somewhere else because he told me he was going to move me away from my family and my home.
I arrive to Springfield the first week of August with such a desire to do God's will. I knew that he was going to provide me with an amazing job in the field that I want while waiting for God to direct me elsewhere. Well, to my disappointment nothing happened. I couldn't get a job and I was still in Springfield. As the months passed I became extremely discouraged and honestly lost hope. I became consumed with anger and even some jealously because I saw that my friends all had jobs and knew where their life was taking them while I sat at home clueless. I couldn't understand why God would tell me that he was going to send me out to then have me stuck in Springfield, Ma. The months passed and I was still feeling a little down about the whole situation so I began to dedicate more time to the Lord and my family. As early summer came along I had a revelation!
Maybe there was a reason why God had me in Springfield after all. Maybe God wanted me to spend more time with him and grow in his word. Maybe God wanted me to spend more time with my family. Maybe God wanted me to appreciate what I had infront of me.
This past August my friend sent me a link and it was for the world race website. I clicked on the video and within the first few seconds an immenset heat shot thru my body and my heart began to race. It all became clear: This is what God wants me to do! This is why God kept me home, this is why he was demanding me to get closer to him. God knows the desires of my heart and he was not going to let me down. He knows my passion is to help others and he is sending me on such an amazing trip. It was in God's plan all along to send me out in his timing and not mine. I cannot wait for this adventure to begin come September.
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