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Dearest Tumblr friends,

            I am entering a very exciting season of my life over the course of the next couple months! On May 3rd I graduated from Oral Roberts University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance. That in and of itself is a miracle! After graduation I plan on spending a little time at home with my family before moving to Denver in July to further my pursuit of dance.  

            In between these two milestones, I have the opportunity to help lead a team of dancers on a very unique missions trip. A team consisting of myself and 10 other girls from around the country are partnering with the Burn 24-7 on what they call a Burn Wagon trip. Burn 24-7 is a collective of people under theleadership of David Fritch and Tannon and Cristina Herman. They have a passion for seeing worship and prayer ignite revival in our nation.

“Burn 24-7 is a movement of burning hearts all across the globe returning back to their first love and then taking that love to nations. Our core is communities unifying around the Presence of God for "burns" consisting of 12 to 100 hours of nonstop worship and prayer at least once per month.” (http://www.burn24-7.com)

I got to spend some time with David,Tannon, and Cristina before I left for Hungary last year, and these are some of the most authentic, passionate, Jesus loving people I’ve ever met! I am inexplicably excited to partner with them again this summer!

My team and I will be stopping in several cities in the HEARTLAND region of the US. (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Tennessee, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska) to partner with local churches and bring the gift of worship and God's love through movement. My trip to Hungary last summer ignited a passion in my heart for dance specific missions, and I know that this summer God is going to continue to amaze and surprise me in this expression of His heart!

After seeing how God proved Himself faithful in so many ways both in preparing for my trip to Hungary last summer, and practically while we were oversees, my heart is so expectant to see what He has in store for this summer! On behalf of my team and myself, I would like to humbly ask for your support for us in your prayers. This team will be unique in that all of us won’t be together until we meet for training a few days beforewe depart on our trip. With this in mind, please pray for unity among our members, and also for grace as we get to know one another as we serve the Lord together. We are also believing together that God will provide vans for all six of the different Burn Wagon trips.

I would also like to ask that you consider partnering with me financially on this amazing journey. You can go towww.burningones.com/donate, choose burn wagon, TEAM HEARTLAND, then type in myname for specific member. The total cost of the trip will be approximately $1,700. This includes all trip costs (lodging, transportation, food, etc.) and my plane ticket that I will need to get to and from our training and launching city of Harrisburg, PA. My full amount is due by MAY 20th.

If you would like to support me in this way, you can follow the instructions above, or send me a message to get more details about sending your support to me directly.

            Thank you so much for investing both in my dreams and in the creative ways that God is lovingly advancing His kingdom on the earth! I look forward to be able to update you on my plans as I get closer, and to give you amazing reports throughout this summer.

In His grace and peace,

Rachel Akers