30 Days...30 Items...30 People

To celebrate the 30 day mark here’s another wish list of 30 items under $30!!

These items are from the Harvest school list of recommended/required items that you can find at any Wal-Mart or drug store. So if you would like to contribute feel free to pick an item and you can drop it off at GCM, my house ,or I will gladly come to you!

Thank you in advance for all your support and prayers.

Can you believe WE are going to spread God’s love in Pemba, Mozambique in 30 days?!?!

If you're wondering why all the items are crossed out it's because all items were given by 2 people! WOW! However if you would still like to help...prayers, cash and any extra items are accepted! The more I take the more they will have at the orphanage! I speak blessing and favor over each of you and those who so willingly and sacrificially  gave to this ministry I pray it returns to you 100 fold.

1.     2 fitted twin sheets (any shade of blue)

2.     box of Ziploc bags (large and small sizes)

3.     box of kitchen trash bags

4.     pack of AA & AAA  batteries

5.     Travel Febreeze (several bottles)

6.     Dove deodorant (2 twin packs)

7.     Baby wipes (several packs)

8.     One bottle of each: Tylenol, Benadryl, Dramamine, Sinus medicine, Pepto Bismol pills; Midol (12 hour), Children’s Advil (chewable)

      9.     Baby powder/Gold bond powder

10.  Bottle of B12 gummies

11.  Bottle of multivitamin gummies

12.  Travel sized first aid kit (2)

13.   Box of bandaids

14.  Antiseptic spray

15.  Anti itch lotion

16.  Travel Lantern (with extra batteries or hand crank)

17.  Sun block (SPF 30 or higher)

18.  16 GB flashdrive

19.  Travel bottles of hand sanitizer

20.   84 inch shower curtain -found one here for $13.00: http://www.amazon.com/InterDesign-Mildew-Free-Shower-Curtain-84-Inch/dp/B00AYUM0YK/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1377782719&sr=8-16&keywords=84+inch+long+shower+curtain

21.   Mattress protector

22.   Pack of Venus refillables razor heads

23.   Wet ones (several packs)

24.  Face cleaning wipes (several packs)

25.  Travel sized toothpaste (several)

26.  Travel containers for soap and toothbrush

27.  Biotin tablets

28.  2 plain tshirts (no light colors; any children’s size)

29.  Prayers  (As many as possible)

30.  Cash (Not limited to $30!)

*Most of these items will be left there once I leave to be used by the children and staff at the Iris Ministries base.

My contact information:

Email- ashleycfloyd@yahoo.com

Facebook- Ashley Floyd or Mozambique Mission

Address- 2411 Osbourne Road Lake City,SC 29560

Cell- 8435981322

*I’m willing to do pickups!

Christmas in August?!?

Well folks 40 days from now I will be leaving on a jet plane headed to Pemba, Mozambique to begin the journey along with several hundred students and children at the  Iris Ministries’ base.

 

 

As I’m (trying to) prepare myself spiritually and emotionally for this life change there is also an overwhelming financial need to make this happen. I appreciate every donation, prayer and/or word of encouragement that has been given so far it is truly overwhelming. But I wanted to extend yet another opportunity for you to be a part of this journey.  Here’s how you can help…I’ve skimmed through pages of things we need to bring and I’ve picked a few ‘big ticket’ items so if  you would like to donate an item simply click the link and order away or contact me by email at ashleycfloyd@yahoo.com for donation options.

Here’s my short list..there is more where this came from so I’ll keep you updated:

 

Item #1 : Mattress Pad- This will be vital during our weekend stays in the ‘bush bush’. We will be taking several hour long trips to unreached towns around Mozambique and we will be carrying tents and sleeping bags. During these outreaches we will be ministering to the people in the secluded communities and bringing food, gifts, and love to a people who seem to be forgotten by the rest of the world.

 

       Check it out here: http://www.rei.com/product/829822/therm-a-rest-prolite-plus-sleeping-pad  (Size large is needed)

 

Item #2: North Face jacket- I will be there during the rainy season and at night the temperatures can drop down to 60 or below. A raincoat/jacket will be a great asset to help endure the crazy African weather!

 

Item # 3: Travel Pack Cover- I will be using the travel backpack my sister Erica used during her 11 month mission trip so I am blessed beyond measure not to have to buy one of those as they are VERY expensive, but I do need the travel cover to transport it. '

Item #4: Mosquito Bed Net- This item is not just recommended but required because of the high risk of malaria. This is also pretreated with repellent to keep those pesky things away! :)

Check it out here: http://www.rei.com/product/849594/sea-to-summit-nano-mosquito-pyramid-insect-shield-net-shelter

 

Only one 'big ticket' item left! God is amazing!  I will be adding a few more items very soon ....join me for Christmas in August!

 

Back to School

On July 1^st my teaching contract with Florence School District 3 ended but the reality of it didn’t set in until this morning. After skimming through the Facebook newsfeed and seeing all the updates about the first day back at school and seeing pictures of empty classrooms ready for eager babies to come and fill them. After talking with teacher friends who were excited and nervous about starting school and seeing little ones in their brand new school outfits smiling from ear to ear, I stopped with an overwhelming feeling in my gut thinking.. Where do I belong? That was my life and my ‘purpose’ for the past 5 years and I spent 4 years in college learning and growing as a teacher and now the school year has started and I’m not there. I guess change isn’t an easy pill to swallow. So then comes  this turmoil in my mind and gut wrenching feeling of being unproductive, lazy and for lack of better words,a bum… I sat for a minute examining my life and truly battling between the reality of my circumstance and the will of God for my life.

But as I began to reflect on my life and quiet the voice of man’s opinion and current circumstance I could hear the Daddy’s voice so faintly and full of love saying, “This is life. This is living baby girl. Putting all you’ve ever known aside and dropping all you love to come and follow me. Now you’re walking in the truest form of purpose you have ever known”. And my heart began to rest, tears filled my worried eyes and peace overwhelmed me. My feelings of doubt, guilt, and anxiety were replaced with grace, purpose, and peace.

 I lived too long worrying with the opinions of man and letting success, careers and money control me. I lived in a place of uncertainty never truly feeling fulfilled and always being weighed down with never having enough. I was irresponsible with my finances, created a lifestyle of not enough, and took my career and my ministry time there for granted for too long. Now here I am with no income and no job and yet I have never gone lacking for anything. He has and still is providing for all my needs. He has shown himself true and faithful and it took pulling me out of what I knew to get me to this point where I HAD to trust him and him alone. I couldn’t rely on the school district or my paycheck.

 Does that mean I am recommending we all quit our jobs? No, he has a purpose and plan for each of us and mine happens to be mission work. Do I miss teaching? YES! But I know Daddy knows the desires of my heart and he will take those two loves and intertwine them and he’s already shown me that by sending me to Iris Ministries where I will be given the opportunity to love on and teach children everyday while I am learning and growing as a missionary! The best of both worlds…I must be his favorite!

It’s time we step up and look at our lives right now in this moment and decide who/what are we living for? Are you living, breathing, and enjoying each day or holding your breath and counting down the minutes until that day is over? It’s time we live life and live it abundantly with peace, joy, love, and hope. So right now, I am here at home with no career, no income, and a scary yet exciting step ahead of me come October, but after my battle of mind and spirit, he has reassured me this is exactly where he has called me to be and he couldn’t be more proud. I’ve done it. Yet I’ve only started. Referring to my blog entitled 50 cents..not the rapper.. the grenade has been thrown, what I’ve known is gone, and I’m here with my ’50 cents’ waiting to go onto the next step….into the unknown but with courage and boldness knowing I have purpose and I am being led every second by Daddy God. No man, no paycheck, no ties…just him and I walking side by side living life as He intended. So today is my first day of school and the first lesson was a hard one and I’m sure I will have a test soon so I’m applying it to my heart, deep in the core of my spirit that I live to please Daddy God alone. I’m here to do what he’s asked me to do and watch him multiply my funds and my abilities.

 

This school year I’m not the teacher….I’m the student. Here I go!