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Training Camp is Too Stinkin Long

So training camp… Ah. Where to start? Saturday: We got surprised with a “Here’s 4 tarps and 4 ropes. Build a shelter for the 27 people in your group. This is where you will be sleeping tonight…” Haha. Talk about bonding. We had like a mansion tent and it was pretty awesome. It was absolutely freezing and we were told we could only bring 3 items. Let’s just say we all woke up angry and cold. Sunday Night: Worship is incredible here. It’s amazing to see how the Lord works when you get together 200 people...

Declaring Freedom from Freedom

June 4, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

Training camp….where oh where to begin. I came to camp three days ago not expecting too much; you know, a few cultural classes, learning some language and growing closer to the girls. One out of three isn’t that bad right? God has been moving in amazing ways. From night one he began meeting me in an intimate and personal place in a way that I never expected. All of this was epitomized last night in our service. When were worshipping I was met by the Holy...

the lion of Judah

June 4, 2012
Adventures
Training Camp

Well, we've been so incredibly spoiled to be able to call this bowl of trees and streaming water our home for the past four days. To be raw and real, I've been absolutely dreading training camp, but the Lord has taken a chisel to my heart and I'm desperate to spill it out. The first night we arrived, we sang a song that the Lord fed to our worship leader in a time of darkness and rejection: “The lion of Judah's thundering deep, breaking down the walls of fear in me. From deep inside this battle cry you roar.” Every night since, we've repeated this...

uncertainties

A great man said “it’s crazy how so much uncertainty can bring great things.” I realized then how much God blesses us through the uncertainty. 200 years ago, college aged men met to pray, desperate for India to get to know the Lord. When it rained, they burrowed into a haystack and continued to pray. This is now known as the haystack prayer meeting and began the modern mission movement. They were uncertain about what to do and were just desperate. With sas, my friends and I were unsure about what to do, but knew something had to be done and blindly followed what we thought...

Belonging

Seasons tiptoe in and out of my life so stealthily sometimes- taking captives and leaving behind temporary refugees. Thousands of fingerprints blend into the walls of my aorta’s waiting room. In this new season of uncertainty, I find myself pleading with gravity to release several of the grains of sand that have conceded to the bottom of my hour glass. I long to return to the realm of confidence; instead, I wake up startled, assuming that I overslept my...

Underdogs Overcome

May 5, 2012
Adventures
Adventure

I love movies where the unlikelies win. The Sandlot anyone? Cool Runnings. Lord of the Rings. Braveheart. And a million more. We all love these stories because we can relate. Example A: This broken and way-imperfect girl literally going to the other side of the world to fight deeply rooted injustices. Example B: Only 1% of Thailand knows the saving grace of Jesus. 99% don’t. I am the underdog here. Thai Christians are the underdogs here. A good friend that is doing the Mission Training School here reminded me of Gideon in the...

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