Last night was the second night of Carnival. This time, we all split into our different groups. My group, the inside group, got our tickets and headed into the party!
We split into smaller groups once we were inside and split up. My group of 5 held a sign that said tells us your story (in Spanish, of course). We weren't sure how well it would work, but the people were decently receptive to it! We first talked to an extremely drunk man who actually knew some English. We got to talk to him about God, and pray for him.
We talked to and prayed for a few others, all of whom spoke English. Which was totally unexpected, because people who have been there before have rarely seen many English speakers.
The only people we talked to last night who spoke only Spanish were 3 guys who came over together. And even then, one of them spoke some English.
They came over joking around and telling us that their names were crazy things and that they were from different places in the States, which they obviously were not. But after talking and joking with them for a bit, one of the people in the group felt like we needed to pray for them to feel the Holy Spirit. They held out their hands and we prayed.
They described the feeling as goosebumps in their hands, and then inside of them. And the one who spoke some English said he felt peace.
When we told them that that was God, His spirit, and that He did that because He loves them, the one guy said he wanted that. His English speaking friend stayed and listened as we explained how to accept Jesus, while the third said he wanted nothing to do with it and walked away. But he kept coming back and listening. A seed was planted there!
So last night, we received a new brother in Christ! And that was just the one salvation that my small group saw- others also saw people come to Christ last night. Praise the Lord!
Please continue to pray for is and for Carnival! Pray for boldness and fearlessness and for God to continue to create divine appointments, to give us a supernatural ability to be able to communicate without needing translators, and for Him to show up in really amazing and miraculous ways (there were also several healings last night)!
Blessings,
Katie
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
Carnival 2015: The Treasure Hunt
We arrived here in Mazatlan on Sunday evening. While we are here at our final outreach location, we are doing evangelism at Carnival, the big event of the year. Carnival is Mazatlan's Mardi Gras, and it is apparently the 3rd largest Mardi Gras party in the world. The past few days, we have been preparing for Carnival with worship, prayer, and planning in our groups.
There are 5 different groups for our Carnival outreach: Intercession, cafe (just a free little coffee shop outside the gates, so people can sit down and talk), and 3 evangelism teams- inside the gates, outside the gates, and women's. A couple days ago, we all prayed and asked God what team He wanted us on. I was personally hoping that I would end up on intercession. I like praying, and I do not enjoy going out and talking to people, you know?
Well, of course God told me to join the inside evangelism team. So thats what I will be doing for the next week.
Last night, Carnival began. We started our evening with worship, and then, since it was the first night and not many people go to Carnival that night, we all went in the gates and prayed and spoke to people. By "we all" I mean all 100-150 of us. Besides my outreach group, there is another Madison team (this one from the GMC, the other Madison location), and several other teams. One from West Virginia, one from Texas, two from Australia.... One from Mexico City, the Mazatlan folks, and there might be a few others.
So last night, I walked around with Michele and 2 other girls, one a translator. We were looking for who God wanted us to talk to, but none of us felt anything about any specific person. So we stopped and prayed for anything He wanted to show us.
I got a pink shirt. Nicky, our translator, got frizzy hair. Indra, the other girl, got the name Michelle. And Michele got a red hat and plastic toy.
So we did what we call treasure hunting- look for the person matching the description God gave.
About 5 minutes later, Indra and Nicky pulled over to chat quickly with a woman sitting on the curb with a sleeping little girl in her arms. Her name was Jasmine. "What is your daughter's name?" We asked.
"Michelle," Jasmine replied. We all grinned and looked excitedly at each other. Little Michelle was wearing a pink shirt. Her mom was wearing a frizzy Mexico flag coloured wig- with red. It was so cool!!
We talked to Jasmine for over an hour. 2 year old Michelle woke up at some point and I mostoly just played and "talked" to her- she was chattering away, it was just in Spanish. During worship that evening, one of the GMC girls had given me a glow stick, and when I suddenly found it in my hands, and not on my wrist anymore, I felt like I should give it to Michelle. We realized later- there was the plastic toy.
We prayed for Jasmine before we left. It was a really good night!
God is good, all the time!
Blessings,
Katie
There are 5 different groups for our Carnival outreach: Intercession, cafe (just a free little coffee shop outside the gates, so people can sit down and talk), and 3 evangelism teams- inside the gates, outside the gates, and women's. A couple days ago, we all prayed and asked God what team He wanted us on. I was personally hoping that I would end up on intercession. I like praying, and I do not enjoy going out and talking to people, you know?
Well, of course God told me to join the inside evangelism team. So thats what I will be doing for the next week.
Last night, Carnival began. We started our evening with worship, and then, since it was the first night and not many people go to Carnival that night, we all went in the gates and prayed and spoke to people. By "we all" I mean all 100-150 of us. Besides my outreach group, there is another Madison team (this one from the GMC, the other Madison location), and several other teams. One from West Virginia, one from Texas, two from Australia.... One from Mexico City, the Mazatlan folks, and there might be a few others.
So last night, I walked around with Michele and 2 other girls, one a translator. We were looking for who God wanted us to talk to, but none of us felt anything about any specific person. So we stopped and prayed for anything He wanted to show us.
I got a pink shirt. Nicky, our translator, got frizzy hair. Indra, the other girl, got the name Michelle. And Michele got a red hat and plastic toy.
So we did what we call treasure hunting- look for the person matching the description God gave.
About 5 minutes later, Indra and Nicky pulled over to chat quickly with a woman sitting on the curb with a sleeping little girl in her arms. Her name was Jasmine. "What is your daughter's name?" We asked.
"Michelle," Jasmine replied. We all grinned and looked excitedly at each other. Little Michelle was wearing a pink shirt. Her mom was wearing a frizzy Mexico flag coloured wig- with red. It was so cool!!
We talked to Jasmine for over an hour. 2 year old Michelle woke up at some point and I mostoly just played and "talked" to her- she was chattering away, it was just in Spanish. During worship that evening, one of the GMC girls had given me a glow stick, and when I suddenly found it in my hands, and not on my wrist anymore, I felt like I should give it to Michelle. We realized later- there was the plastic toy.
We prayed for Jasmine before we left. It was a really good night!
God is good, all the time!
Blessings,
Katie
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Cherished
This past week, while we served at The Mission, we had quite long days. Shifts with the kids began at 7:30 in the morning, and the last shift ended at 6:30. We would be working 7 or 8 hour long days with the kids, and while it wasn't HARD work- mostly just hanging out and colouring, to be honest- it was exhausting.
One thing that I struggled with all week was our early start- we gathered for worship at 6:30 every morning. At first, I really wasn't very happy about that. I am definitely NOT what you would call a morning person ;) But that half hour each morning turned out to be some of the best times of each day! I would sit there, on the couch, listening to the ipod playing and just talk to God. And He talked to me about things that I never expected, and hadn't even been on my radar!
One major thing that God told me during these quiet moments with Him was that He cherishes me. He's talked to me a lot about His love for me during lecture phase of DTS, but this is different. A few years ago, being cherished was a big thing for me. I really wanted to be cherished. Its different from just being loved, you know? (Goodness, I have clearly spent too much time with Keisha. She always ends her sentences with "you know?"). So I honestly haven't thought about the being cherished thing for awhile, and when God said it all of a sudden, it was so cool! I'm cherished by the King of the universe. How awesome is that?! And then God told me how he also cherishes each one of those girls that we were talking care of that week (the boys, too, but I didn't really have any contact with them). So that day, I looked at each girl differently. I searched for the thing that God really cherished in each of them. For the talking ones, it was easy. But for the non-verbal ones, although I loved them, I had to really ask God what He cherished about them. Sela, who basically can't do anything, He cherishes because she is simply so sweet and patient. I can't explain exactly how I know that, but I do. He loves Jena for her joy-inducing laughter. I could go on, but really, the point is how precious each and every one of us is to God. Even those who society rejects, who society has no use for.
The fact that God really loves those with special needs isn't new to me, of course. You all know how much I love Andrew and Bob (btws I totally miss them!)- special needs people have always brought me a lot of joy! It has always been easy for me to see His love for them. But last week, it had been challenging for me to see what He loved about certain girls, like Sela, because they are so disabled. So it was awesome to have the opportunity to see them through His eyes.
As Aaron or Jack said, it really was a privilege to serve these girls and boys. It was a privilege to dress them, to change their diapers, to feed them, and to just hang out with them.
Oh, and I'm not going to hog God's cherishing for myself and the kids at The Mission.... He cherishes you, too! ;)
And look at that! 2 posts in 2 days. Pretty impressive ;)
Blessings,
Katie
One thing that I struggled with all week was our early start- we gathered for worship at 6:30 every morning. At first, I really wasn't very happy about that. I am definitely NOT what you would call a morning person ;) But that half hour each morning turned out to be some of the best times of each day! I would sit there, on the couch, listening to the ipod playing and just talk to God. And He talked to me about things that I never expected, and hadn't even been on my radar!
One major thing that God told me during these quiet moments with Him was that He cherishes me. He's talked to me a lot about His love for me during lecture phase of DTS, but this is different. A few years ago, being cherished was a big thing for me. I really wanted to be cherished. Its different from just being loved, you know? (Goodness, I have clearly spent too much time with Keisha. She always ends her sentences with "you know?"). So I honestly haven't thought about the being cherished thing for awhile, and when God said it all of a sudden, it was so cool! I'm cherished by the King of the universe. How awesome is that?! And then God told me how he also cherishes each one of those girls that we were talking care of that week (the boys, too, but I didn't really have any contact with them). So that day, I looked at each girl differently. I searched for the thing that God really cherished in each of them. For the talking ones, it was easy. But for the non-verbal ones, although I loved them, I had to really ask God what He cherished about them. Sela, who basically can't do anything, He cherishes because she is simply so sweet and patient. I can't explain exactly how I know that, but I do. He loves Jena for her joy-inducing laughter. I could go on, but really, the point is how precious each and every one of us is to God. Even those who society rejects, who society has no use for.
The fact that God really loves those with special needs isn't new to me, of course. You all know how much I love Andrew and Bob (btws I totally miss them!)- special needs people have always brought me a lot of joy! It has always been easy for me to see His love for them. But last week, it had been challenging for me to see what He loved about certain girls, like Sela, because they are so disabled. So it was awesome to have the opportunity to see them through His eyes.
As Aaron or Jack said, it really was a privilege to serve these girls and boys. It was a privilege to dress them, to change their diapers, to feed them, and to just hang out with them.
Oh, and I'm not going to hog God's cherishing for myself and the kids at The Mission.... He cherishes you, too! ;)
And look at that! 2 posts in 2 days. Pretty impressive ;)
Blessings,
Katie
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Everything Not Cancun
Well, hola! Long time no see! Sorry I have been rather absent from here... Lack of time and internet is what is to blame! However, now I am sitting on an extremely comfortable bus with mega leg room as well as free wifi, on my way fromiee Tijuana to Mazatlan. And the bus ride is about 27 hours, so if I don't manage to write a post that will be rather sad.
So. Goodness. I guess I shall just sum up the past 2 weeks, since we left Cancun. I don't think I told y'all much about Cancun, but you can ask me in real life when I get home in March, okey dokey?
Well, we left Cancun bright and early on Saturday, the 24th of January . And by bright and early, I mean we left the house in the dark and rain at 5:30am. We flew to Atlanta, had a layover, and then flew to San Diego. From there we drove over the border to Tijuana. Crossing the border into Mexico was kind of a joke.... We literally just drove through! We didn't speak to anyone or pull out our passports!
Anyway, we spent a week in Tijuana. While we were there, we built a home for a family of 4- this home was a 12 by 12 room. But the family was so grateful and blessed by it! We also went to the dump and hands out hot dogs and water to the people who live and work there. It was so heartbreaking to see the conditions and squalor that they are living in, yet at the same time, I didn't feel despair. I could totally feel God's presence there, which was so cool! While in Tijuana, we also got to attend a class at a school that prepares people to go out as missionaries to unreached people groups. And we painted. And on our day off, we got up at like 5 in the morning to climb a mountain. I nearly died cause it was steep and I'm not exactly what you would call "in shape" ;) But the beautiful sunrise that we watched from the top was worth it. Amazing view :)
Last Saturday, we bused about an hour away to Ticate, where we spent the next week helping at a special needs orphanage called The Mission. It was amazing there! They have 16 "kids", ranging in age from 8 to 46. Most of then are in their 20s. They have 12 girls, although we only met 11 of them since DiDi, the youngest, is in the hospital for surgery. Of those 11, only 5 could speak. I miss those sweet girls! And even the ones who could not talk really find a place in your heart quickly! We left them at 7:15 this morning, and I already miss them to pieces!
Now we are on route to our final destination here in Mexico- Mazatlan. We will be doing evangelism at the Carnival. Prayer for boldness would be appreciated!
Blessings,
Katie
So. Goodness. I guess I shall just sum up the past 2 weeks, since we left Cancun. I don't think I told y'all much about Cancun, but you can ask me in real life when I get home in March, okey dokey?
Well, we left Cancun bright and early on Saturday, the 24th of January . And by bright and early, I mean we left the house in the dark and rain at 5:30am. We flew to Atlanta, had a layover, and then flew to San Diego. From there we drove over the border to Tijuana. Crossing the border into Mexico was kind of a joke.... We literally just drove through! We didn't speak to anyone or pull out our passports!
Anyway, we spent a week in Tijuana. While we were there, we built a home for a family of 4- this home was a 12 by 12 room. But the family was so grateful and blessed by it! We also went to the dump and hands out hot dogs and water to the people who live and work there. It was so heartbreaking to see the conditions and squalor that they are living in, yet at the same time, I didn't feel despair. I could totally feel God's presence there, which was so cool! While in Tijuana, we also got to attend a class at a school that prepares people to go out as missionaries to unreached people groups. And we painted. And on our day off, we got up at like 5 in the morning to climb a mountain. I nearly died cause it was steep and I'm not exactly what you would call "in shape" ;) But the beautiful sunrise that we watched from the top was worth it. Amazing view :)
Last Saturday, we bused about an hour away to Ticate, where we spent the next week helping at a special needs orphanage called The Mission. It was amazing there! They have 16 "kids", ranging in age from 8 to 46. Most of then are in their 20s. They have 12 girls, although we only met 11 of them since DiDi, the youngest, is in the hospital for surgery. Of those 11, only 5 could speak. I miss those sweet girls! And even the ones who could not talk really find a place in your heart quickly! We left them at 7:15 this morning, and I already miss them to pieces!
Now we are on route to our final destination here in Mexico- Mazatlan. We will be doing evangelism at the Carnival. Prayer for boldness would be appreciated!
Blessings,
Katie
Monday, January 12, 2015
Cancun
Cancun, Mexico. It is the tourist destination, with warm weather all year (although the locals think that the water is too chilly to swim in this time of year... Trust me, it's not!) And beautiful white beaches. The ocean is almost unnaturally blue.
But just a forty minute drive from the ocean, you find slum villages that just go on and on. Some houses are made from pallets, others from leftover metal. The homes in these areas are built entirely from the debris left over from the hotel construction.
We arrived in Cancun last Saturday afternoon. Stepping off the plane, we were immediately stifled by the heat and humidity... quite a change from the snow we had awoken to in Wisconsin that morning!
While in Cancun, our one free day a week will be Mondays. Last week, we went to the beach, where Jeremie saw the ocean for the first time, and the guys had a lot of fun getting thrown around by the waves. I don't really see the fun in that, but each to their own, I suppose! Keisha built a sand turtle, and I collected the seashells she used to make the shell. Apparently finding shells is a strength of mine. I found a whole sand dollar pretty early on, as well as a large conch shell. Among many many other shells.
Anyway, our free day was quite lovely, and none of us got burnt, which was a blessing!
Tuesday we really began our outreach. In the morning, we had orientation with Darius, Jamie, Damaris, Zaida (Jamie's wife), and Swindi (Darius's wife), who are the staff and founders of Tree of Life Ministry, the ministry that we are working with and staying at during our time in Cancun.
On Tuesday evening, we had our first ministry time here in Cancun. We traveled along very bumpy roads until we reached a slum village which had even bumper roads, if you want to call them roads- in reality, those were just wide paths. When we arrived, we walked around telling the kids that we were having a program in 15 minutes. Our program began with face painting and balloon animals. Then we had a couple skits and testimonies. At the end, Jamie asked the kids if any of them wanted to pray to give their life to Jesus, and 23 children came forward. Then we had a pinata, and the people from the house we were in front of provided rice milk pudding stuff to everyone (mmmmm, yummy.... not!). It was really challenging trying to communicate with the people, since they knew little to no English, and my Spanish is mucho.... bad.
The rest of the week was a mixture of painting at the Kingdom School, a sort of community center that Tree of Life runs in Cuna Maya, one of these villages, and more ministry times. Our ministry times always consist of two or three skits, and one or two testimonies.
Yesterday, after church (which is conveniently held in the downstairs of our house), our team had the rest of the day for team things- we don't do ministry on Sundays. So we had talked about wanting to prayer walk around Cancun, and previously we had decided on Sunday. So at about 4:30, we headed out. But we were all quiet and tired and honestly weren't very into it. We stopped at a karaoke place, where we have seen prostitutes outside. And there we prayed, and decided to fight off the heaviness that we were all feeling. Keisha felt like we needed to do something joyful on that spot, where there is not much real joy. So 4 of us did a children's song with incredibly ridiculous actions. We were all laughing so much, and then we all talked about one of our most joyous moments. After this, we all felt so much lighter. We had fought a spiritual battle and won. We then continued to just walk around, praying over the city and buildings and streets and parks and people.
It is impossible to really sum up everything that we have done here, but those are a couple things.
Oh, and one last story, this one just funny. The other night, the boys all went to the coffee shop to use the internet; I chose to stay behind. Then Michele and Keisha had planning and things to do, so they also left, leaving me alone in the house. It was SO nice! I grabbed a guitar and some music, and I went to my room to worship God. But I felt Him tell me to go do it outside in our little gated courtyard, so I did. And I had the most wonderful time worshipping God!
So yeah, that is obviously not the funny part. Eventually the guys got back, and we all went to bed. Keisha and Michele were still out. However, I guess Jeff, a pastor in Nashville who stayed with us last week, didn't realize that they were still out, so he locked up the house.
At 11:30, I awoke to banging on my second story window. I looked and saw Keisha staring at me (I took a picture; I'll post it!). Her and Michele were locked out of the house. I had to go get the keys and unlock the door and 2 gates. And I literally was still giggling about it the next morning :P
Anyway, I shall try to post this tonight, because I am assuming that the guys will want to go use the wifi. They go basically every night, so there is a pretty good chance.
Thank you for your prayers!
Blessings,
Katie
Oh, and p.s. (this is latet; I'm actually sitting on the beach now, sun beating down, ocean roaring just in front of me, salty water drying on my skin). We got to the beach and Aaron realized that since actually becoming a Chiristian, he hadn't been baptized. So Jeremie baptized him here in the waves on the beach in Cancun, Mecico.
But just a forty minute drive from the ocean, you find slum villages that just go on and on. Some houses are made from pallets, others from leftover metal. The homes in these areas are built entirely from the debris left over from the hotel construction.
We arrived in Cancun last Saturday afternoon. Stepping off the plane, we were immediately stifled by the heat and humidity... quite a change from the snow we had awoken to in Wisconsin that morning!
While in Cancun, our one free day a week will be Mondays. Last week, we went to the beach, where Jeremie saw the ocean for the first time, and the guys had a lot of fun getting thrown around by the waves. I don't really see the fun in that, but each to their own, I suppose! Keisha built a sand turtle, and I collected the seashells she used to make the shell. Apparently finding shells is a strength of mine. I found a whole sand dollar pretty early on, as well as a large conch shell. Among many many other shells.
Anyway, our free day was quite lovely, and none of us got burnt, which was a blessing!
Tuesday we really began our outreach. In the morning, we had orientation with Darius, Jamie, Damaris, Zaida (Jamie's wife), and Swindi (Darius's wife), who are the staff and founders of Tree of Life Ministry, the ministry that we are working with and staying at during our time in Cancun.
On Tuesday evening, we had our first ministry time here in Cancun. We traveled along very bumpy roads until we reached a slum village which had even bumper roads, if you want to call them roads- in reality, those were just wide paths. When we arrived, we walked around telling the kids that we were having a program in 15 minutes. Our program began with face painting and balloon animals. Then we had a couple skits and testimonies. At the end, Jamie asked the kids if any of them wanted to pray to give their life to Jesus, and 23 children came forward. Then we had a pinata, and the people from the house we were in front of provided rice milk pudding stuff to everyone (mmmmm, yummy.... not!). It was really challenging trying to communicate with the people, since they knew little to no English, and my Spanish is mucho.... bad.
The rest of the week was a mixture of painting at the Kingdom School, a sort of community center that Tree of Life runs in Cuna Maya, one of these villages, and more ministry times. Our ministry times always consist of two or three skits, and one or two testimonies.
Yesterday, after church (which is conveniently held in the downstairs of our house), our team had the rest of the day for team things- we don't do ministry on Sundays. So we had talked about wanting to prayer walk around Cancun, and previously we had decided on Sunday. So at about 4:30, we headed out. But we were all quiet and tired and honestly weren't very into it. We stopped at a karaoke place, where we have seen prostitutes outside. And there we prayed, and decided to fight off the heaviness that we were all feeling. Keisha felt like we needed to do something joyful on that spot, where there is not much real joy. So 4 of us did a children's song with incredibly ridiculous actions. We were all laughing so much, and then we all talked about one of our most joyous moments. After this, we all felt so much lighter. We had fought a spiritual battle and won. We then continued to just walk around, praying over the city and buildings and streets and parks and people.
It is impossible to really sum up everything that we have done here, but those are a couple things.
Oh, and one last story, this one just funny. The other night, the boys all went to the coffee shop to use the internet; I chose to stay behind. Then Michele and Keisha had planning and things to do, so they also left, leaving me alone in the house. It was SO nice! I grabbed a guitar and some music, and I went to my room to worship God. But I felt Him tell me to go do it outside in our little gated courtyard, so I did. And I had the most wonderful time worshipping God!
So yeah, that is obviously not the funny part. Eventually the guys got back, and we all went to bed. Keisha and Michele were still out. However, I guess Jeff, a pastor in Nashville who stayed with us last week, didn't realize that they were still out, so he locked up the house.
At 11:30, I awoke to banging on my second story window. I looked and saw Keisha staring at me (I took a picture; I'll post it!). Her and Michele were locked out of the house. I had to go get the keys and unlock the door and 2 gates. And I literally was still giggling about it the next morning :P
Anyway, I shall try to post this tonight, because I am assuming that the guys will want to go use the wifi. They go basically every night, so there is a pretty good chance.
Thank you for your prayers!
Blessings,
Katie
Oh, and p.s. (this is latet; I'm actually sitting on the beach now, sun beating down, ocean roaring just in front of me, salty water drying on my skin). We got to the beach and Aaron realized that since actually becoming a Chiristian, he hadn't been baptized. So Jeremie baptized him here in the waves on the beach in Cancun, Mecico.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Mexico
We have been here in Mexico for a week now. Already God has done sugh cool things!
Last night, we went to a non-Christian rehab center with people ranging from 13 or so to their 50s. We started our time playing a quick game, then we did some worship songs. At this NON-Christian place. Then we did a couple skits and had a couple testimonies, and then shared the gospel. Of the 25 or so people there, 13 came up when we asked if any wanted prayer or to give their life to Jesus. It was so amazing, and God was so clearly at work! While we stood and prayed with these people, in the hallway, someone was shrieking. I watched as Damaris, one of the Mexican staff here, walked over and just looked down the hall. She didn't go there, just looked in that direction. She put her hand out and I watched her pray a quick prayer. Immediately, the screaming stopped.
This is just one quick story about what has happened here so far. We don't have Internet at our house, so we have to go to a coffee shop, but tomorrow is our free day. I have to write a post for the Madison blog newsletter thing, so I shall try to write more tomorrow. But I also think that we are going to the beach, sooooooo I make no promises!
Hope y'all are having fun in the cold! ;)
And please keep us all in your prayers! Gracias!
Blessings,
Katie
Last night, we went to a non-Christian rehab center with people ranging from 13 or so to their 50s. We started our time playing a quick game, then we did some worship songs. At this NON-Christian place. Then we did a couple skits and had a couple testimonies, and then shared the gospel. Of the 25 or so people there, 13 came up when we asked if any wanted prayer or to give their life to Jesus. It was so amazing, and God was so clearly at work! While we stood and prayed with these people, in the hallway, someone was shrieking. I watched as Damaris, one of the Mexican staff here, walked over and just looked down the hall. She didn't go there, just looked in that direction. She put her hand out and I watched her pray a quick prayer. Immediately, the screaming stopped.
This is just one quick story about what has happened here so far. We don't have Internet at our house, so we have to go to a coffee shop, but tomorrow is our free day. I have to write a post for the Madison blog newsletter thing, so I shall try to write more tomorrow. But I also think that we are going to the beach, sooooooo I make no promises!
Hope y'all are having fun in the cold! ;)
And please keep us all in your prayers! Gracias!
Blessings,
Katie
Thursday, January 1, 2015
One. More. Day.
Wow, I honestly don't remember the last time I wrote on here! My apologies. And this one will be short... it is almost one in the morning and I am tired.
Christmas break, being home, was amazing!!! I loved seeing every one of y'all. And it is also good to be back here in Madison with my YWAM family!
But that won't be lasting long. Since the technically it is now Friday, we leave for outreach TOMORROW!! I leave for 7 weeks in Mexico with my awesome team -Aaron, Jack, Jeremie and I lead by Keisha and Michele- tomorrow!! We are leaving the TC at 5:45 am on Saturday morning.
I am excited!!!
Blessings,
Katie
Christmas break, being home, was amazing!!! I loved seeing every one of y'all. And it is also good to be back here in Madison with my YWAM family!
But that won't be lasting long. Since the technically it is now Friday, we leave for outreach TOMORROW!! I leave for 7 weeks in Mexico with my awesome team -Aaron, Jack, Jeremie and I lead by Keisha and Michele- tomorrow!! We are leaving the TC at 5:45 am on Saturday morning.
I am excited!!!
Blessings,
Katie
Team Mexico! Jack doesn't like doing weird faces. He actually legit has been walking around with a paper bag over his head :P
This is our nice team photo. Replacing our first one since Aaron joined the team later (and we are very glad he did!)
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