Mission Leader

“Age doesn’t matter… God doesn’t need us to do His work.  He can do that Himself, yet He allows us and demands of us the opportunity to do His will for the betterment of His kingdom, His glory, His power and our relationship with Him that we have through the Cross.  God can use anyone of any age,” said Will Chavez.

Will just returned from a short-term mission trip to Roatan, Honduras.  A 21-year-old college student attending Florida State College at Jacksonville, he traveled with a team of high schoolers from Chets Creek Church in Jacksonville, Florida.  “I feel like I should go back,” he said, “Something about that place has captured me and I want to go back.”

The purpose of the Roatan team was to help build piping to houses in a poor mountain community, giving them access to running water.  Chets Creek Church has partnered with an organization called Living Water 4 Roatan and this team was working on an ongoing project to bring clean water to the village.  Additionally, the team from Chets Creek put on a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the children and passed out things like toothbrushes and shoes to various houses.

Will didn’t plan to go on this mission trip, he said, but God opened all the doors.  As college students understand well, money is always tight.  “For this mission trip, I didn’t have to pay to go, save for my passport… God made it so available for me to go,” said Will.  An anonymous donor from Will’s church gave the full amount to send one person on the mission trip.  Will heard that they needed someone to lead worship and handle music for VBS and he jumped on the idea.

“I have a calling to lead worship,” said Will.  “His desires are made my desires through Him… If you had told me four years ago that I would actually be singing and leading worship, I would’ve thought you were crazy.”  Will never saw himself where He is today but said, “God had other plans for me.  So my calling, desire and mission is to lead worship.”

“If you are called to go (on a mission trip) then it is more than worth all the time, money and hassle needed to go,” said Will.  “…We are called to go and tell, and to love God and love people.”

Will (center, green shirt) leading children's music in Honduras.