Monday, January 31, 2011

My mission

One minute i'm being picked up at the airport, the next i'm starting month two!
The past few weeks have been amazing. God has been teaching me so much inside and outside the classroom.
God is showing me how to make the most of my time. Its so easy to get wrapped up in friends, homework and life. So everyday i try to make God apart of everything. Work duty becomes worship time, walks around the loop become quiet times. I'm loving this.
This week we are doing a financial seminar. They are taking us through verses in the Bible that deal with finances.
This morning we wrote our Missions statements. They took us step by step and we had to answer a lot of crazy questions. somehow it all boiled down to one main thought.
my mission statement is the heartbeat behind the reason i'm alive, doing what i'm doing. Are you ready to hear it?

My Mission Is:
To redeem, nurture and release the creativity and imagination of orphaned youth to change a generation.

Thats it, plain and simple. That is what God has called me to do. i don't know how its going to happen, but that is my mission.
Thank you all for supporting me in this!
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catch.the.flash@gmail.com
Love you all!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Outreach!

So...
We prayed about outreach locations and we had three options.
India, South Korea and Thailand.
I prayed and God spoke.

I'm going to Thailand!!

Last week was an adventure. The first three days was a short intro on How to study the Bible.
i can never read the Bible the same way again!

The second half we had Scotty Meades. He told amazing stories and explained how important listening is. i learned a lot about myself. How well do i really listen? hmmm... lots of things to think about this week.

Please pray for me as i start raising outreach funds!
Ready or not.....here i come!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Back Home..

Hi friends!
I know its been a while, so let me back up a little...
After DTS I got to go back to El Paso and spend time fundraising, baking, sewing, babysitting and hanging out with my family. It was so great to be back home for a little bit.
From there i went to Kansas City to spend Christmas and New Years Eve with my parents and three younger siblings. They are all taller than me now! Ahhhh!
I'm back in Tyler Texas doing School Of Evangelism. Its only been a week and i already like it more than DTS. God did a lot during my DTS and i know i needed every minute of it, but SOE is going to prepare me for the ministry God is calling me to.
This week our speaker was Ed Sinke. Man, he sure makes you think.
He talked about world view and how its our responsibility to know what's going on in the world so we can pray and intercede on their behalf.
Later he gave us some scenarios and he would play the one that we had to evangelize to. When we were praying and figuring out how we could approach him God really put something on my heart. This wasn't just a made up scenario, but these are real people struggling through life. During lunch a bunch of us got together to pray and cry out for these people that are broken and hurting.
God is doing some amazing things in all of our lives. i am so happy to be here and i'm making the most of every moment. Thank you all for keeping me in your prayers.
We should find out our outreach locations next week...and then i'll need to start fundraising!
God is faithful to provide.
I love you all!