Adventures in Missions

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September 5, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

La verdad que no se donde empezar. Esta semana ha sido una locura. Siento que tengo tanto que contarles, pero no se como ponerlo todo en palabras. Llegamos al aeropuerto el viernes y ahi nos conocimos todos. Honestamente fue miedoso llegar de un sitio donde todo el mundo te conoce y te quiere y luego llegas a un sitio donde nadie te conoce y tienes que empezar de nuevo con todo el mundo. Pero pues ha sido chevere conocer a todas las ninas y ninos de mi equipo. Entonces el viernes nos quedamos en un shelter de personas sin casa en el centro de Atlanta. Fue super duro, solo ver como vive...

Unified

September 5, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

The past four days have been mind-opening for all of us. Constant support through out and worship have been a big part as well as the super fun activities. Some of the super fun activities included dance-offs as well as painting. We have been learning how to be unified through Christ as a team as brothers and sisters. It has been wonderful to get a chance to make new friendships that could last like a lifetime. Everyone is genuinly kind and caring. I couldn't ask for a better team. The gifts God has given everyone here is amazing and the staff is incredible. So many God-loving people...

Uncomfortable Surrender

September 5, 2011
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September 2nd was uncomfortable. Although I knew it was going to be uncomfortable I did not think that I would become so overwhelmingly uncomfortable, that I would start to question why I was here. All I could think was that this was not what I expected and this was not what I signed up for….Then I realized, oh wait yes you did. As hard as the past few days have been, I feel that the trial I have been going through got me to the point where I was ready to surrender. There are a few things that occured to bring me to this point of surrender but yesterday was the...

Transformation

September 5, 2011
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And so it begins! My being is a blend of emotion-gratitude most prominent. I signed up for this journey knowing a change would be made. A change not only in the lives of the girls we will be reaching, but a change in myself. That change has began to take place! Training camp is nothing as I expected; I had no idea we would be walking the streets of Atlanta, looking for stories to be shared, no idea we'd have a dance off between teams (so fun), and no idea there would be a surrender hike, giving us opportunity to release that which was holding us back. I honestly had no idea what to...

Training to Restore

September 5, 2011
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Training camp is coming to a close. It’s mid-afternoon on the day before we fly out! Woohooooooo! While at training camp, we’ve received cultural briefings about the “do’s and don’t do’s” of Cambodia, had some wonderful worship sessions and speakers who have reminded me of my passion for justice and the power of God, spent time growing closer as a team, discussed expectations, and many other things. We’ve also been roughing it: sleeping in a cabin with one little light that runs on a generator, porta-potties, taking cold...

Training Camp!!

September 5, 2011
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Well training camp has definitely been a growing experience. I have honestly wondered what God has got me into. haha I know this trip is going to grow me leaps and bounds beyond any expectations I might have. I am really learning how to trust God more and more each day and rely on him to keep me strong. I am excited for God to change not only my life but the lives of many trafficked women. God has blessed me with such an amazing team of thirteen women. Its like he hand picked each one of us to perfectly mold together. I know with God and our 14 hearts combining...

Sues’day!!

September 5, 2011
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September 3rd, 2011 Well, my journey to Cambodia has begun! I flew out last Friday (VERY early in the morning) to Atlanta where I met my awesome team that I get to work with for the remainder of the trip. The Cambodia team is made up of all women who are 18-22 years old, from all over the U.S. and Canada. Pretty sweet how God has chosen to bring people with all sorts of different stories together, in one place, with a purpose. Once all of our team members arrived to the airport, our leaders sent us out on our first adventure—navigating our way through Atlanta to a...

& so it is.

September 5, 2011
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My feet have reached a new surface. Slowly but surely I have become well aquainted with the deep orange of Georgia's saturated soil. There is a consistant pressing on every part of my body from the thick air & heat surrounding us. Our first night we slept on the floor of a shelter welcoming in the change that we can no longer delay. Our lives will be changed. When we return home we will be different people. It is a constant thought on my mind to remember what one of our leaders has said to us…. We will come home with different eyes. Behind them will be responsibility...

“RESTORED as if NOTHING was taken.”

September 5, 2011
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Hello!!! WE LEAVE TOMORROW!!! Yea! And it’s going to be the longest flight of my life, a whopping sixteen hours! Haha. Needless to say, my team and I have lots of bonding time coming up. Each of the 14 women on my team are incredible women of God, hilarious and all have hearts on fire for all of the men, women and children held bondage in sex-trafficking. We are SO EXCITED to finally get to Cambodia and start our ministry. When we get to Cambodia we will spend two days in the capital, Phnom Pehn, and learn about Cambodia’s heartbreaking history and get a feel for what these...

Life Without Expectation

September 5, 2011
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So here I am in Georgia, nearing the end of training camp, preparing to leave for Cambodia tomorrow, and reflecting on what God has already done in me. These past four days have been emotional but vital for preparing for this journey. After arriving in Atlanta on Friday, we spent the night in a homeless shelter, but before we could sleep on the hard, concrete floors there, we were challenged by our leaders to go out onto the streets of Atlanta for several hours and share our stories with random strangers. This may or may not sound like an easy thing to do, but it was made even more...

Georgia Clay

September 5, 2011
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People are crazy. During our first night in Georgia, my team walked the streets of Atlanta, hoping to strike up conversations and exchange stories with strangers. I know it doesn't sound too spectacular, but wait. Dragon Con, a convention for science fiction and fantasy fans nationwide, invaded Atlanta the night of September 2nd. I saw Ironman, Captain Jacksparrow, Keith Stone (he's so smooth), and countless witches and goblins… which is why I say that people are crazy. However, it is a good kind of crazy. One of my teammates and I...

“It was safe”

September 5, 2011
Adventures
Guatemala

On Friday we arrived at the Atlanta airport to meet up with the real life teams. When i got there there were already a few people from my team there. I intoduced myself and waited until the rest of the 20 others arrived. Upon arrival of the entire team we departed the airport. After riding the marta from the airport to downtown Atlanta we then treked about half a mile with all of our luggage to the Safe House. It was safe. We put are things down and ate a pb&j with some chips for dinner. After dinner we went out on the streets to talk to...

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