Author: Adventures

Shining Like Stars

Upon arriving at training camp, my team and I were instructed to choose three items from our belongings and told that we would be spending the night in the woods! “Choose wisely,” the leaders told us, because we would not be able to return to our suitcase until 9:30 the next morning. I’ll admit.. I was a little shocked, but I put a smile on my face, grabbed my pillow, sheet, and bible and decided to make the best of it!  Six hours later, around 2AM … laying on the hard ground, sharing a small sheet with 4 other girls (spooning for warmth!).. I became...

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Speak to Me…

        My Training Camp has been one of the greatest things that I have ever been involved in. I can honestly say that it has completely changed my life. It’s been an amazing way to get to know my team mates and build community between us and learn more about the Lord together. I have learned so much about myself and the adventures I will soon be having. Not to mention we’ve been dancing our butts off!         Spiritually, training camp has taught me that I have a voice and the Lord will use it to minister...

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The Beginning Of A New Me

We made it to Thailand!!! I haven't even been gone a week, yet I have learned so much. My team is amazing and I know God has a special plan for us. There are 22 of us all together, and then we have 2 leaders. We all get along so well and each one was put on this team for a reason. God is going to do amazing things in Thailand and will use us as His tools to further His Kingdom. These past few days have been hard on me. I've been missing everyone at home and I had started to question if this was really God's plan for me. I was having doubts about myself and whether I could offer...

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This Strip Isn’t a Tease

In case you were wondering: God is alive! The Holy Spirit is alive! Christ is alive! AND He is living in YOU.  Do you get that? Christ is inside of you. When God looks at you He sees his Son. He sees the one whom He looked down upon and declared, "You are my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with you."   Absorb that for a minute.  This is what God has reminded me of at training camp. It is Christ living in me. My old, wretched, sinful self died with Christ and He has freed me. He has stripped off my old nature and clothed me with a brand new nature that is...

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Train me in Your ways

           Sawasdeekha friends and family!! Welcome to my first-ever blog post. The adventure has begun! We are alive and well in Bangkok. I am beyond excited to be in  this diverse city!! Training camp was great! It was literally Summer camp, but for college students who love Jesus. Camp was complete with log cabins, wilderness and bunk beds. AIM has challenged and enabled us to go into our distinctive mission fields with confidence.             I love the openess on our team. We have had some awesome...

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where the spirit of the lord is, there is freedom

Hello from Bangkok! We are here safely and I am personally enjoying letting my feet and ankles "unswell" from the long flights. It blows my mind that I have been with this group of girls for a day short of a week already. When we met on the 3rd, we sure were put to the challenge for community within our team. We slept outside, unexpectedly, on the first night. For me, I was a little hesitant at first about training camp when I arrived. I guess my poor attitude could have come from feeling a little sick that day but I also learned the next day that I had expectations about training...

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