Another exciting blog entry from your favorite blogster ;) See? I'm getting much better with the frequency of my posts! Maybe that's not necessarily a good thing, but I'm sure I'll find a balance in there some where.
I need your help in praying for my family. We're in a rough place, and there is no doubt about that, it's been this way for a while now actually, but it doesn't seem to be getting any better. So hop on the prayer wagon and lets make it better together! Here is what you can pray for in a nutshell, I'm not going to give you details about what's going on, you'll have to pray in faith, pray for $15,000 to come into the store by March 31st. That would be especially important. Next pray for the Lord's favor as we try to refinance our house, interest rates have been killer. If you will join with me in those things I would really appreciate it. And just pray for my parents, for wisdom and peace and for the Lord to provide all that we need. It doesn't take much, just a few minutes. There is no such things as too small a prayer, even if it's just "Lord bless them!" that's perfect =)
Will you join me?
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
The Week
Yo Brethren! What up? I thought I would take a few minutes to update you on what has happened this week. Tuesday I did get to meet with my friend Daniel. We talked at Barnes and Noble for about two and a half hours, it was a really good time. We talked mostly about God and religion. He is a great example of how Christians have hurt the world by being fake. He doesn't have a problem with God, he has a problem with people who pretend to be good when they aren't, with hypocrites, and that has turned him off to Christianity. That's the bottom line of his issues. He believes in God, although not necessarily in Jesus Christ, that was very sketchy. What's even worse than that is that he told me he felt like I am the only outside of his family that truly cares about him, whether he lives or dies. How horrible is that? The Body of Christ rejected him and hasn't loved him? That's the kind of thing that rips my heart out of my chest. I am honored that God placed me in his life and built that kind of trust between us, but devastated that I'm the only one who has shown him that kind of love. It shouldn't be rare like that, it should be common place.
Anyway, aside from that the week was yet more interesting =) I got pulled over for the first time on Wednesday for a cracked windshield. My Dad said that the officer was probably just wondering why that 12 year old was driving on the highway and it really had nothing to do with the crack. That really wouldn't surprise me.
I ordered my passport on Thursday! That was very, very exciting! I'm going to Serbia!!! We (the CSUP Serbia team) also fasted on Thursday, that was a very long day, but good. I think I'll just be fasting two meals on our fasting days because I have no energy with out eating and Thursdays are also JiB. Friday we all got together and did a mailing party! That was great fun, lots of laughing. Aaron got a little loopy toward the end which made for lots of laughs, he was sooo tired. We had dinner together and stuffed, addressed and stamped envelopes. When we had done enough we stopped and watched Hitch, so I didn't get home until almost 1:00 AM, but it was totally worth it =) It was good fellowship time. (Anna's Mom fell on Thursday though and hurt herself pretty badly, so pray for her please).
And finally today! I talked at church about Serbia and gave out a few response cards. One family actually wrote me a check there on the spot! Hallelujah! I am so thankful! It was fantastic =) I'm starting to get more comfortable talking in front of people, isn't that crazy? Not something that's normal for me, but it's a good thing. So now I only need $4,300 more! =D Yay! We're almost there! Every little bit is a little closer =)
Some of my friends from Crusade are also going to South Korea for the big worldwide conference that is in... I don't remember... either the end of June or the beginning of July. Only a handful are going because the Lord arranged for most of us not to be able to, but set aside a few that would be going, which is really exciting. Please be praying for them as they set their hearts and minds on that. The conference itself is only $100 but the airfare will be much more than that.
Next week is the Mississippi trip for Katrina Relief. Between CSUP and UCCS in the Springs there will about 35-40 students going to provide help for the people on the Gulf Coast. I'm one of the them, as well as my boyfriend, and another friend of mine from Denver. About half the students going are from CSUP! Rock on! I get so excited about Serbia that I rather forget about this trip, but it's going to be amazing. A lot of work, but amazing. Please keep us in your prayers as we go.
The campus is flourishing, there have been tons of new people coming to JiB the past few weeks, God is really working in the communities he has placed people in. Hallelujah!
Anyway, aside from that the week was yet more interesting =) I got pulled over for the first time on Wednesday for a cracked windshield. My Dad said that the officer was probably just wondering why that 12 year old was driving on the highway and it really had nothing to do with the crack. That really wouldn't surprise me.
I ordered my passport on Thursday! That was very, very exciting! I'm going to Serbia!!! We (the CSUP Serbia team) also fasted on Thursday, that was a very long day, but good. I think I'll just be fasting two meals on our fasting days because I have no energy with out eating and Thursdays are also JiB. Friday we all got together and did a mailing party! That was great fun, lots of laughing. Aaron got a little loopy toward the end which made for lots of laughs, he was sooo tired. We had dinner together and stuffed, addressed and stamped envelopes. When we had done enough we stopped and watched Hitch, so I didn't get home until almost 1:00 AM, but it was totally worth it =) It was good fellowship time. (Anna's Mom fell on Thursday though and hurt herself pretty badly, so pray for her please).
And finally today! I talked at church about Serbia and gave out a few response cards. One family actually wrote me a check there on the spot! Hallelujah! I am so thankful! It was fantastic =) I'm starting to get more comfortable talking in front of people, isn't that crazy? Not something that's normal for me, but it's a good thing. So now I only need $4,300 more! =D Yay! We're almost there! Every little bit is a little closer =)
Some of my friends from Crusade are also going to South Korea for the big worldwide conference that is in... I don't remember... either the end of June or the beginning of July. Only a handful are going because the Lord arranged for most of us not to be able to, but set aside a few that would be going, which is really exciting. Please be praying for them as they set their hearts and minds on that. The conference itself is only $100 but the airfare will be much more than that.
Next week is the Mississippi trip for Katrina Relief. Between CSUP and UCCS in the Springs there will about 35-40 students going to provide help for the people on the Gulf Coast. I'm one of the them, as well as my boyfriend, and another friend of mine from Denver. About half the students going are from CSUP! Rock on! I get so excited about Serbia that I rather forget about this trip, but it's going to be amazing. A lot of work, but amazing. Please keep us in your prayers as we go.
The campus is flourishing, there have been tons of new people coming to JiB the past few weeks, God is really working in the communities he has placed people in. Hallelujah!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
What's New Caribou
I was starting to worry that I wasn't going to get a bunch of mailing addresses from my friends back in Denver, but they totally came through! Praise God! He is so awesome! =) I love him! So for those of you who were willing to do that, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You made me very happy!
Last night we had our weekly prayer meeting. We actually didn't get a whole lot of praying in, but it was totally awesome anyway. Before the meeting I went to the campus early, which isn't unusual for me, to read my Bible some and do some prayin' 'round campus. It was sooo nice out! It's wonderful to have sun and heat back for a while. (In case you can't tell, I'm very much a summer girl, winter is not my season). So I read some more of 2 Chronicles, which I am two chapters away from finishing, and then I thought I was just pray around the campus. I walked the whole campus, it was great, and just prayed over each building as I passed around it. It was a really good time, very enjoyable.
Since it was so nice out I had a feeling that we would end up praying outside, so I tried not to tire myself out too much. When I finished I got something to eat and headed up to our meeting place. Sure enough once everyone was there we resolved to go outside and pray! What we did pray was good. I have to admit I couldn't hear what anyone was praying because we were in a line and I was on the end. But I laid back on the cement where we were sitting and just looked up at the sky as the stars began to show through. It was so beautiful. I just lay there and praised God for what He had made. I felt as thought I could reach up and pull the the bottomless blue down around me like a blanket.
So we finished praying, which didn't take long and started talking, and Anna wanted to play a game. I thought that was a great idea because for whatever reason I was in a particularly good mood last night, joy of Lord, amen! The guys weren't really into that idea, but Aaron came up with a massage circle, so we went inside the Music building and did a massage line because the circle was too tight. It was most pleasant! After a few minutes we switched it up and did it again. It was fun! And then we just stood around and talked for a while. It was a really good meeting. Although we didn't pray a whole lot, the Lord blessed us with some extra joy and the time to share it with one another in His presence, and that makes a difference in the world.
Tonight I get to meet with my friend Daniel. I'm really excited about it, I think God is going to do something amazing for him. He's been in a bit of a tough place for quite a while and really needs the love and peace of Jesus in his life. I'm excited that the Lord has put me in a position to show him that kind of love. I find that I'm quite surprised at how much I do care for Daniel, with out much reason to. I don't know him particularly well, we aren't really that close, but I love him very much. As a friend and brother that is. I want so much for him to know Christ and the love of the Lord as I do that I think I would do pretty much anything if it would help him believe. Really believe. Not just to say he believe, but to truly, down from his toes to the top of his head, believe and see that in him. I want him to live and thrive in all the glory of the Lord, which He wants to share with our dear Daniel. So, the Lord will meet with us tonight and bless our conversation and fellowship, and it will be awesome!
Thursday the Serbia team that is on CSU-P campus is going to be fasting and then we'll get together and pray. Friday we're going to get together and stuff envelopes! yay! I'm very happy =D
Last night we had our weekly prayer meeting. We actually didn't get a whole lot of praying in, but it was totally awesome anyway. Before the meeting I went to the campus early, which isn't unusual for me, to read my Bible some and do some prayin' 'round campus. It was sooo nice out! It's wonderful to have sun and heat back for a while. (In case you can't tell, I'm very much a summer girl, winter is not my season). So I read some more of 2 Chronicles, which I am two chapters away from finishing, and then I thought I was just pray around the campus. I walked the whole campus, it was great, and just prayed over each building as I passed around it. It was a really good time, very enjoyable.
Since it was so nice out I had a feeling that we would end up praying outside, so I tried not to tire myself out too much. When I finished I got something to eat and headed up to our meeting place. Sure enough once everyone was there we resolved to go outside and pray! What we did pray was good. I have to admit I couldn't hear what anyone was praying because we were in a line and I was on the end. But I laid back on the cement where we were sitting and just looked up at the sky as the stars began to show through. It was so beautiful. I just lay there and praised God for what He had made. I felt as thought I could reach up and pull the the bottomless blue down around me like a blanket.
So we finished praying, which didn't take long and started talking, and Anna wanted to play a game. I thought that was a great idea because for whatever reason I was in a particularly good mood last night, joy of Lord, amen! The guys weren't really into that idea, but Aaron came up with a massage circle, so we went inside the Music building and did a massage line because the circle was too tight. It was most pleasant! After a few minutes we switched it up and did it again. It was fun! And then we just stood around and talked for a while. It was a really good meeting. Although we didn't pray a whole lot, the Lord blessed us with some extra joy and the time to share it with one another in His presence, and that makes a difference in the world.
Tonight I get to meet with my friend Daniel. I'm really excited about it, I think God is going to do something amazing for him. He's been in a bit of a tough place for quite a while and really needs the love and peace of Jesus in his life. I'm excited that the Lord has put me in a position to show him that kind of love. I find that I'm quite surprised at how much I do care for Daniel, with out much reason to. I don't know him particularly well, we aren't really that close, but I love him very much. As a friend and brother that is. I want so much for him to know Christ and the love of the Lord as I do that I think I would do pretty much anything if it would help him believe. Really believe. Not just to say he believe, but to truly, down from his toes to the top of his head, believe and see that in him. I want him to live and thrive in all the glory of the Lord, which He wants to share with our dear Daniel. So, the Lord will meet with us tonight and bless our conversation and fellowship, and it will be awesome!
Thursday the Serbia team that is on CSU-P campus is going to be fasting and then we'll get together and pray. Friday we're going to get together and stuff envelopes! yay! I'm very happy =D
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Serbia
I have been really behind with this, I'm sorry. There has been a lot happening, but that would be an especially long post and my posts are already particularly lengthy! So I'm going to let you know about Serbia =)
I'M GOING TO SERBIA!!!! And in case you can't tell, I am also very, very excited about it! I don't know why I am excited about it, because I don't get excited about things like this that involve sharing my faith with complete strangers in foreign countries where you can't understand anything anyone says because they're either speaking another language or have a really thick accent. It's incredible!
We our training weekend this past weekend and it was fantastic. Terrifying, but fantastic! We go a lot of good information and we started some team bonding which was very cool. The people that are going are truly amazing. A bunch are going for the second, third or even fourth time. It never ceases to amaze me the kind of people that God puts together in one place to do something. I'm really excited to be going with all these people that I don't know very well, but I'm really, really excited to be going with some friends that I DO know from CSUP, Aaron, Anna, Barry =) I love them all and they rock my socks off. As much as I would love for other people from our campus to be coming with us as well, I know that God set the four of us apart to go together. There is a certain dynamic there that just makes sense. I can't explain it, but it's very cool.
So while we are in training Jay, who is the direction for the region of Southern Colorado for Campus Crusade, was really honest with us about the people there and the kinds of challenges we face. A lot of it was intense, and I won't go into great detail, but the gospel can be rejected in a very harsh way there. I'm sure that's not much different from any other country, but from what I understand Serbia has been a "missionary grave yard" for many years. After hearing the history of that country... I just hurt for them. And after Jay was finished talking to us I really didn't know how I felt about the trip. I really kind of wanted to back out, because it's just intense, way intense. However, on the otherside of that fear was an equally intense feeling that I needed to go. I know that I can't just walk away from this, I can't just not go. It's simply not possible. So I resolved to go through with it and trust God the whole way and not back down, even though I know at some point, or even many points, I will want to. I will not allow myself that option, the option to chicken out or take the easy road when the hard road is the one worth traveling. When the hard road is the one that NEEDS to be traveled.
After the weekend was over I still didn't know if I was going to be accepted. And my dear friend Anna who is always so completely honest with me, which is something I truly love about her, pointed out that I haven't been living in faith about it. I needed to stop saying "if I go" and start saying "when I go" kind of a thing, and she also pointed out some pride issues in my life, and it was really good. I appreciate her in-my-face honesty because I know she says it always out of love, and it's actually helpful. So I started saying when I go, and I'm working on the pride thing, because there isn't room for that on this trip, and sure enough Monday I got the call that I'm going!!! Hallelujah! Amen! I'm happy! =D
Now I have $4,500 to raise by May 15th, we leave June 5th and return July 20th. If you are interested at all in partnering with this ministry please send me your address and I will send you a support letter. If you will partner with us in prayer I would encourage you to start praying now. There are going to be some serious spiritual dangers on this trip and prayers are the back bone of a ministry. My team, and I, will appreciate any help you can offer.
And that is the Serbia update for today, more to come ;)
Much love you! And peace, and abundant blessings!
I'M GOING TO SERBIA!!!! And in case you can't tell, I am also very, very excited about it! I don't know why I am excited about it, because I don't get excited about things like this that involve sharing my faith with complete strangers in foreign countries where you can't understand anything anyone says because they're either speaking another language or have a really thick accent. It's incredible!
We our training weekend this past weekend and it was fantastic. Terrifying, but fantastic! We go a lot of good information and we started some team bonding which was very cool. The people that are going are truly amazing. A bunch are going for the second, third or even fourth time. It never ceases to amaze me the kind of people that God puts together in one place to do something. I'm really excited to be going with all these people that I don't know very well, but I'm really, really excited to be going with some friends that I DO know from CSUP, Aaron, Anna, Barry =) I love them all and they rock my socks off. As much as I would love for other people from our campus to be coming with us as well, I know that God set the four of us apart to go together. There is a certain dynamic there that just makes sense. I can't explain it, but it's very cool.
So while we are in training Jay, who is the direction for the region of Southern Colorado for Campus Crusade, was really honest with us about the people there and the kinds of challenges we face. A lot of it was intense, and I won't go into great detail, but the gospel can be rejected in a very harsh way there. I'm sure that's not much different from any other country, but from what I understand Serbia has been a "missionary grave yard" for many years. After hearing the history of that country... I just hurt for them. And after Jay was finished talking to us I really didn't know how I felt about the trip. I really kind of wanted to back out, because it's just intense, way intense. However, on the otherside of that fear was an equally intense feeling that I needed to go. I know that I can't just walk away from this, I can't just not go. It's simply not possible. So I resolved to go through with it and trust God the whole way and not back down, even though I know at some point, or even many points, I will want to. I will not allow myself that option, the option to chicken out or take the easy road when the hard road is the one worth traveling. When the hard road is the one that NEEDS to be traveled.
After the weekend was over I still didn't know if I was going to be accepted. And my dear friend Anna who is always so completely honest with me, which is something I truly love about her, pointed out that I haven't been living in faith about it. I needed to stop saying "if I go" and start saying "when I go" kind of a thing, and she also pointed out some pride issues in my life, and it was really good. I appreciate her in-my-face honesty because I know she says it always out of love, and it's actually helpful. So I started saying when I go, and I'm working on the pride thing, because there isn't room for that on this trip, and sure enough Monday I got the call that I'm going!!! Hallelujah! Amen! I'm happy! =D
Now I have $4,500 to raise by May 15th, we leave June 5th and return July 20th. If you are interested at all in partnering with this ministry please send me your address and I will send you a support letter. If you will partner with us in prayer I would encourage you to start praying now. There are going to be some serious spiritual dangers on this trip and prayers are the back bone of a ministry. My team, and I, will appreciate any help you can offer.
And that is the Serbia update for today, more to come ;)
Much love you! And peace, and abundant blessings!
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