Well, the ladies have (except a few who had flights out today) made their way back to their countries and homes. We, too, are headed to the airport.
Thank you for your prayers and lifting us up to finish strong. Wow, what a time in God’s word and presence of His Spirit we enjoyed with the ladies.
Please pray with us that God will seal with His Spirit the truths they need to let take root in their hearts and apply to their lives growing forward. The same for us as a team. May His name continue to be raised high in these countries through His humble servants. And ...
Don't think about resting, Mexico is 6 weeks away! I’m not sure how many more ladies have signed up since we left but we will be in warp speed coming back. I know we had 30 something when we left for here. We had just starting getting sponsorships in. Please start praying for all the sponsorships for Mexico to come in according to His good will and purpose! And please start praying for the missionaries and the team that will join us there! Our theme is "Redeemed" and our verse is Psalms 107:2.
There are never enough words to tell you all how much we love and appreciate your prayers. We always know they only see 10-15 team members but we know an army of 6-8 hundred accompany us, and more on each trip through going, gifting, giving and prayer (most importantly)!
Love you all,
His,
Vickie
Weekly comments from Vickie Arruda, founder of Pure Joy International. Keep up to date on what is going on in Vickie's life and the life of the ministry
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Friday, September 23, 2016
Full Days...
This was our second full day with the ladies! They are a blast, eager to learn, fellowship, worship, shop (during their free time, smile). Yes, we do let them have a few hours on their own in the afternoon.
It is so awesome to hear their stories. They are a very sweet spirited group. They are so appreciative of the gifts!!
Tomorrow will be our last day with them before they all return to their countries!! We return home Sunday evening.
Keep praying for us we want to finish strong!!!
Love you all,
His,
Vickie
It is so awesome to hear their stories. They are a very sweet spirited group. They are so appreciative of the gifts!!
Tomorrow will be our last day with them before they all return to their countries!! We return home Sunday evening.
Keep praying for us we want to finish strong!!!
Love you all,
His,
Vickie
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Our Ladies Arrive....
Vickie

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Great News!
Our team members that were stuck in Hong Kong were able to get the passport situation taken care of and arrived this afternoon after lunch. It is Tuesday night as I write this note to you. Praising God and thanking you for your prayers!
Yesterday the team did some sightseeing and had some fun moments as you can see.
This morning we went to a batik shop and did a picture. For those of you that don't know what that is here is a link.... https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batik
While most of the team did their day of sightseeing here the others did theirs in Hong Kong yesterday. (Smile)
We have had good time learning about the people groups of this area and trying out their authentic food. It has been great!!
However, fun is over and work begins this afternoon as we work on the final details of preparation before the ladies arrive.
Please pray for their safety as they travel and as they leave their husbands and children behind if married.
His,
Vickie
Yesterday the team did some sightseeing and had some fun moments as you can see.
This morning we went to a batik shop and did a picture. For those of you that don't know what that is here is a link.... https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batik
While most of the team did their day of sightseeing here the others did theirs in Hong Kong yesterday. (Smile)
We have had good time learning about the people groups of this area and trying out their authentic food. It has been great!!
However, fun is over and work begins this afternoon as we work on the final details of preparation before the ladies arrive.
Please pray for their safety as they travel and as they leave their husbands and children behind if married.
His,
Vickie
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Prayer burst
All but two of team members arrived to our destination at
2:30 a.m. and 7:30 respectively this morning - the time here.
Asking God to extend Grace as they go to the embassy in Hong Kong Monday morning to work out issue. Please pray for God to make away! We are peaceable and know He has this!!!
Need all of you praying!
His,
Vickie
We are Praising God for the safe arrival of 8 of us.
However, I am asking you to be in prayer for two of our team members still in
Hong Kong due to a passport issue. Well, actually one with a passport
issue, the other as her Barnabas. (Smile)
Asking God to extend Grace as they go to the embassy in Hong Kong Monday morning to work out issue. Please pray for God to make away! We are peaceable and know He has this!!!
Need all of you praying!
His,
Vickie
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Greetings from Hong Kong,
We just touched down. We had a great trip and I don't think most of us had any trouble sleeping no matter what links we had to go to. (Smile)
We are here for around 3 hours and then back in the air for around 4 hours before reaching our final destination.
The team is all well. No one is feeling ill. For a group of women I'd say we are doing great! We all digested about 5 movies on the plane. Ha ha ha
And slept though half of them! Ha ha
Keep praying!!
Love you all.
His,
Vickie
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
3:00 a.m. No problem......
Well, you are looking at 5 of 30 pieces of trunks and
luggage that are packed and getting ready to be loaded on flights to Southeast Asia
this Friday morning early. After months of your prayers, giving, gifting and
going, we are ready to step foot on the other side of the globe. The team is
excited and ready to go. Please pray for good flights, safe weather, all trunks
and luggage to get to Southeast Asia with us. On the same plane. Ha,ha,ha,ha
Don’t forget that I will be
posting a blog to you daily. Yes, I will add some pics too. We are 13 hours
ahead of you so as I write this blog tonight it is 9:30 p.m. here which means
it is 10:30 a.m. in the part of the world we will be ministering in the next
week. So if you have family member on this team just remember our night is your
day. Your day is our night.
Don’t forget about Mexico. We had 3 more M’s sign up today
which brings us up to 34. We have 5 sponsored so far. Please be prayerful about
God bringing in the resources for the trip. The women there are getting excited
too. Just 8 weeks away. Wow! It will be an awesome thing to watch God bring in
the resources for this trip on such a short turn around. Make sure you keep up
with the blog concerning that because it is fun to watch His Hand at Work!!! Be
obedient if He is asking you to be a part of that.
So, until Friday when I write again from across the ocean
keep us on your minds and hearts.
Love you ..
His,
Vickie
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