One week until I leave for Trinidad.....

April 8, 2007,

Hello Faithful Prayer Warriors,

I am preparing for yet another adventure for the Lord. I will be part of a medical team of 15 with Mission to the World (MTW) to serve in Trinidad, West Indies, from April 21-29. Trinidad is an island that is 6% Muslim, located in the Caribbean just north of Venezuela. It has a multiethnic population, with many of African and East Indian descent.


We have been invited by Steve McGee, a Missionary Pastor who serves in West Indies Covenant Ministries. The purpose of their ministry is evangelism, reformed church planting, and teaching. Steve is a professor at Grace Bible College in D’abadie, Trinidad, and hosts a twice weekly radio program, “West Indies Table Talk.” He lives in a predominantly Muslim community with his wife and 3 children. They have built relationships with their Muslim neighbors, and one especially – Zaid – who owns a small shop in the community.

Zaid and his family are willing to open up an area near their little shop to host our medical team. We plan to spend 2 days ministering in the McGee’s community at Zaid’s shop, and 2 days at the Bible College where we will minister to the staff/students and the surrounding community there.

Not too long ago, we learned that Zaid and his wife Sherry were expecting their first grandaughter. We were later told that the baby died in childbirth. Please pray that I will be able to spend time with the family and be an instrument of God’s peace.

This week, Steve and Dr. Beharry (a friend of Steve’s) will be obtaining our medical licenses and obtaining a letter from the Ministry of Health that will enable us to practice medicine and send our supplies through customs. Please pray that this process will go smoothly.

We are excited about the challenges this trip offers to learn and grow. As Jabez prayed (I Chronicles 4:10), “…Bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” In other words, push me, Lord, and expand my horizons. God granted Jabez’s request. We go knowing that we do nothing ourselves – only He does anything. We can only be instruments for His use, resting in the knowledge that He will guide and protect us.
Please pray for us, as we anticipate physical, medical and spiritual challenges. Specifically, pray that God will be with, and care for, our families in our absence; that we’ll be safe and secure in our travels; that we’ll be protected from disease and ill health; and that the Love of Jesus Christ will be evident in us to the people we serve and care for.


I could not do this work without your prayers and support! Thank-you so much!

Yours in Christ,

Karen McClure


Acts 20:24
“But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.”