London Team 2009!

Hey guys!

So this past weekend (April 18th and 19th) was the JSI retreat. I got to meet all the people that I will be serving with over the summer and the missionaries we will be working with.

I'm going to give you the low down on everything:

• My team is about 17 students. and 4 of them are currently college students (including me).


• I will be there with two other college students one month prior to the rest of the high school JSI's I leave on May 23rd with Andrew and Channing and the rest come in late June (24th-ish).


• For the first month, I will be with a host home, so I will be emersed in the culture and everything! It's so exciting! and when everyone else comes we will have our own apartments.


• There are a number of different mission opportunities while we will be there in London (like 12) they range from Art classes to carnivals to teen outreach to Narrative Mapping (mapping by culture and sociological information).


• At the end of our trip (around July 23rd-ish) we will be taking the chunnel (The English Channel Tunnel) and go to Paris, France for a few days. I'm not particularly sure exactly what we will be doing, but I'm super excited about that.

Those are the big main points that I thought you guys might want to know. I also wanted to let you know that I have totally finished raising money for my trip! It's all paid for, but I'm still raising money for spending money while I'm there since there are things that I won't be able to bring over and the fact that I will be living there for two months. So if you still want to donate to my trip I am still recieving money just make sure you don't mak it out to iWitness, instead you can make it out to me or my mom.

Please still keep praying for me and my team! There are alot of different things that we will be apart of when we are there. please pray that the Lord will grant comfort to our parents and family members. Pray for safety in our transportation (plane, train, chunnel, bus, etc.). Also please pray for the preparation of our team. This is huge! Pray that we stay in constant communication with God (We aren't all super christians; we fall and make mistakes too) and that we are open to what God wants for us and is calling us to do.

Thank you for all your continued support! Love you guys! :)

Below is a picture of my team:

If You Tarry Till You're Better, You Will Never Come At All...

Wow, so there are so many different things going on lately! I have officially sent in my final payment for my trip to London!!!!! God provided! He is so amazing! all $4500 is paid in full and all I have to come up with is the money I need while I'm there.

Classes are starting to wrap up, right about now and so I'm going to be really busy taking care of tests and assignments that are due. It's getting pretty hectic now that my moom has a job and I'm at home taking care of everything here, but it's all good.

I also wanted to tell you guys something really cool that has been happening in my life over the last couple of weeks. about 2 weeks ago I was in the middle of a really dry spell in my spiritual life. I had no drive and almost no desire... it was horrible. My Connection group (church small group) leader sent me an email saying that I needed to fill out the application to become a CG leader next year. I kinda decided to ignore the email just because I didn't feel like I was at the right place in my life to take on that responsibility in the Church. And that I might do it the following year, but now wouldn't be a good time.

Then service came along on Sunday and Kyle (the minister) talked about being complacent in the Faith and we sang a song that had a verse that said:
If you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all.
I was struck speechless after I sang the words.

It was like god was talking directly to me and I froze!

It was in that moment that I decided to apply to be a CG leader next year (fall-spring). It was crazy and so fulfilling to hear God speak to me again like that! :)

I just want you guys to be praying for me about all these leadership positions God is putting in front of me and that He will be the only reason for my doing this.

Thank you guys for all your support! :)