A little about Me and Team Bangladesh

Hey everyone!!
I’m Kyle Sawyer and for those of you who don’t know me I will introduce myself first as well as than tell you all about our trip!!
I’m a freshman here at APU and I’m a History and Political Science double major. These subjects have been passions of mine for awhile now and I have felt God’s calling into education specifically as a professor of history and so that is my eventual career goal. I also enjoy a good philosophical and political debate! In terms of my history before APU, I’m from Chandler (Queen Creek), Arizona and went to Chandler High School. I was an AP student there and enjoyed my time and feel I gained a great education and foundation for my knowledge from there. My church fellowship in Arizona was Chandler Christian Church which is a non-denominational church with a Wesleyan background.
Now that you know a little more about me I feel I should tell you where my passion for Bangladesh originated. My passion first started at a Christ in Youth camp a couple summers back where we watched a documentary (Baht) about sex-trafficking in Southeast Asia. This documentary deeply impacted me and gave me a fire to help those in such a situation. My next step in this journey was actually an educational one, I began learning more about economics in my high school comparative governments class and we discussed the rising economy of Bangladesh and the hope this has provided the region. This hopefulness is something I believe is an amazing thing but can only be fully realized when coupled with a faith in Jesus Christ. When I than saw the booth for Team Bangladesh at our missions fair, I felt drawn to it and knew that’s where I was called to go and so I applied.
From this I am so excited for how God is going to use us this summer. While many of the details are stilling being ironed out and difficulties have been encountered I know God is doing great things in the region and feel so blessed to be a part of that. Our team I know can’t wait to be a shining light of God’s love to everyone in the region, they will know us by our love.
I have so much more to say but I will leave the rest for further posts but I will also post some (but certainly not all) of our prayer requests.
-Hope for the People of Bangladesh
- A continued spirit of love and joy from God to emanate through us
- Financial support (Thank you so much to all those who have donated so far)
- That we will be well-received by everyone we encounter
- Protection from spiritual, mental, emotional, and even physical dangers which we may encounter
In love,
Kyle Sawyer