Monday, April 20, 2009

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:


1 comment:

  1. AMANDA! I'm so glad you updated your blog! It's great to see what's happening with your trip! BTW, you've got to get skype! Then we can keep in touch better!

    P.S. THE CHUNNEL?! That's sweet!

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