Well, it is official. I am at 148% of the money I need for Egypt. I am so grateful for His provision and for those who donated to this cause. The 48% will rollover to others on my team. If there is any left over, I'm pretty sure it can be used for our VBS supplies and sports therapy materials (soccer balls). Thank you all so much for your prayers and donations. More to come...
~For His Glory~
Felicia
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
koinonia
Purely as a blessing from God, we were able to get all 13 members of our team in one place at one time last night. We got to enjoy a wonderful spaghetti dinner, a ton of laughs, worship, and a talk by Grant's mentor, Mike.
Mike is very interested in the Islam religion and will soon be on his way to Turkey to continue ministering to the Muslim people.
During this "lecture" (it was far too captivating to consider a lecture), we learned a few things that will be helpful to know for our trip:
1. Muslims think Christians are arrogant for assuming they will go to Heaven because they don't really understand the concept of grace.
2. Though their religion is based on the Koran, they rarely read it. Instead, they read the writings of Muhammad and try to follow it to the t.
3. They believe Jesus was born a virgin, sinless, and performed miracles, but they do not believe he was the Son of God or crucified.
4. They have such a bad views of Christians because they think that all Americans are
Christians and our pop stars don't paint a very good example of "Christianity."
This "lecture" was amazingly helpful and made us all even more excited to hop on over to Egypt and get the show on the road. :)
We decided one of the best ways to talk to them is to be full of grace. It will be then that they will see our Father's love for us and through us.
"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." Colossians 4:6
~For His Glory~
Felicia
Here, for your pleasure, is my amazing team:
Bottom (L to R): Chelsea, Lisa, Robyn
Couch (L to R): ME!, Addy, Kendyll, Hillary, Brooke
Da boys: (L to R): Isaac, Ben, Grant, Mikel, Matt
A fine team I must admit :)
Mike is very interested in the Islam religion and will soon be on his way to Turkey to continue ministering to the Muslim people.
During this "lecture" (it was far too captivating to consider a lecture), we learned a few things that will be helpful to know for our trip:
1. Muslims think Christians are arrogant for assuming they will go to Heaven because they don't really understand the concept of grace.
2. Though their religion is based on the Koran, they rarely read it. Instead, they read the writings of Muhammad and try to follow it to the t.
3. They believe Jesus was born a virgin, sinless, and performed miracles, but they do not believe he was the Son of God or crucified.
4. They have such a bad views of Christians because they think that all Americans are
Christians and our pop stars don't paint a very good example of "Christianity."
This "lecture" was amazingly helpful and made us all even more excited to hop on over to Egypt and get the show on the road. :)
We decided one of the best ways to talk to them is to be full of grace. It will be then that they will see our Father's love for us and through us.
"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." Colossians 4:6
~For His Glory~
Felicia
Here, for your pleasure, is my amazing team:
Bottom (L to R): Chelsea, Lisa, Robyn
Couch (L to R): ME!, Addy, Kendyll, Hillary, Brooke
Da boys: (L to R): Isaac, Ben, Grant, Mikel, Matt
A fine team I must admit :)
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Details....a must read!
Well, the details are in! We have such a crazy awesome agenda packed full of opportunities to tell of God’s great love.
We leave from DIA the evening of May 29th and land in Frankfurt, Germany on May 30th at about noon. We have a 10-hour layover in Germany (which is going to be a great time to focus our hearts and minds on Him while also getting to take in the culture of Germany). We will officially arrive in Cairo, Egypt on may 31st at 3:40 am and will get to rest for the day.
Starting the 1st of June, we will be meeting up with our first contact that is about an hour outside of Cairo. This is a complete work of God because, as of right now, our team is one of the only teams that have not had anyone drop out. Because our team is the largest team out of all Mill missions, they almost decided to keep us in Cairo so they didn’t have to transport 13 people around. God had other plans in store though. For the next 7 days we will be in the “slums” doing Vacation Bible School, sports ministry (most likely an emphasis on soccer), construction work, and VISITING AN ORPHANAGE (one of my passions in life. I would totally move overseas to work at an orphanage). This is a very poor part of the world and will probably be complete culture shock, but my team is like a family already and we will be there to keep each other centered and focused on His work.
After that week, we will be headed to meet up with our second contact. This contact will be taking us to a place known for their absolute poverty (known as the pennyless). This is probably going to be the hardest part of the trip because we will have to see the awful living conditions that they families are living in. While there we will be doing VBS and possibly visiting another orphanage. We will be here for about three days, and then head back to Cairo to meet up with all the other Egypt teams.
After a day or so of debriefing, we will board the plane back to America on June 11th super early in the morning. Some of us, however, might stay a few extra days in Germany! It isn’t often that an opportunity like that arises.
So, that’s the update. I am super excited for all God has in store for our amazing team. We are already so much like a family. Plus, I am super excited for the orphanage part of the trip. Honestly, I might not want to come home. This is really a time for me to determine whether or not God is calling me to do long-term overseas missions in an orphanage. I am excited to hear what He has to say.
Oh! Today my team and I got together and did a fundraiser. After doing a bake sale and going door to door doing community service projects, our team managed to raise $252! We are rockstars, we know ;)
Thanks for reading. Continue being in prayer for my team as all of this comes together. Only 7 more weeks!
~For His Glory~
Fundraising status= 57%
We leave from DIA the evening of May 29th and land in Frankfurt, Germany on May 30th at about noon. We have a 10-hour layover in Germany (which is going to be a great time to focus our hearts and minds on Him while also getting to take in the culture of Germany). We will officially arrive in Cairo, Egypt on may 31st at 3:40 am and will get to rest for the day.
Starting the 1st of June, we will be meeting up with our first contact that is about an hour outside of Cairo. This is a complete work of God because, as of right now, our team is one of the only teams that have not had anyone drop out. Because our team is the largest team out of all Mill missions, they almost decided to keep us in Cairo so they didn’t have to transport 13 people around. God had other plans in store though. For the next 7 days we will be in the “slums” doing Vacation Bible School, sports ministry (most likely an emphasis on soccer), construction work, and VISITING AN ORPHANAGE (one of my passions in life. I would totally move overseas to work at an orphanage). This is a very poor part of the world and will probably be complete culture shock, but my team is like a family already and we will be there to keep each other centered and focused on His work.
After that week, we will be headed to meet up with our second contact. This contact will be taking us to a place known for their absolute poverty (known as the pennyless). This is probably going to be the hardest part of the trip because we will have to see the awful living conditions that they families are living in. While there we will be doing VBS and possibly visiting another orphanage. We will be here for about three days, and then head back to Cairo to meet up with all the other Egypt teams.
After a day or so of debriefing, we will board the plane back to America on June 11th super early in the morning. Some of us, however, might stay a few extra days in Germany! It isn’t often that an opportunity like that arises.
So, that’s the update. I am super excited for all God has in store for our amazing team. We are already so much like a family. Plus, I am super excited for the orphanage part of the trip. Honestly, I might not want to come home. This is really a time for me to determine whether or not God is calling me to do long-term overseas missions in an orphanage. I am excited to hear what He has to say.
Oh! Today my team and I got together and did a fundraiser. After doing a bake sale and going door to door doing community service projects, our team managed to raise $252! We are rockstars, we know ;)
Thanks for reading. Continue being in prayer for my team as all of this comes together. Only 7 more weeks!
~For His Glory~
Fundraising status= 57%
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Fellowship
Yesterday I got to enjoy an early morning breakfast with a few of the amazing women on my team. It is so amazing to be in the company of women who are seeking God and who delight in praying for each other :)
Fundraising status= 50%
Fundraising status= 50%
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