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The Road to Freedom

June 4, 2012
Adventures
Training Camp

Training camp. Crazy, challenging, sleeping outside under a tarp, prayerful, Spirit filled, surrender, laughter, celebrations, people on fire for the Lord, having water spit in my face, excitement, freedom…all of these words go into what training camp has been. Our team is beautiful. Six of us college age women and Heidi, our leader. In our team there is so much strength, beauty, emotion, love, obedience, and wisdom. We spent our first night together laughing and have drawn closer ever since. We have worshipped together, learned together, had fun together, and now we are...

I AM A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

This is a declaration. Unknown to me, declarations have been a huge part of my life for a while. Declaring things about myself, about my friends, about my family, about who I want to be and where I want to go, and about God has shaped the way I see and perceive my world. Declaring Jesus as my Lord and Savior has been the most powerful declaration of them all; it’s the one that has led me here, to the 2012 training camp for the Adventures in Mission Summer Passport trips. These declarations, these words that we say, breathe life or death into the world. We either create...

Calm before the storm

June 4, 2012
Adventures
Training Camp

Hello everyone from Toccoa Falls College in the middle of nowhere Georgia! Our team is currently at training camp and have started to pack up to head off to Calcutta tomorrow morning. I just want all of you to know that whoever has been praying for our trip, the holy spirit is already working in each and everyone of us and it is so evident. We have a team of six girls and an amazing leader Heidi, she is ROCK. We are a team of laughter, encouragement, and goodness. It is so special to have a small intimate group where we feel like we can share anything and everything and...

Jai Ho!

Jai Ho! (Slumdog Millionare anyone?) I have probably said this phrase far too much without knowing what it actually means. Thankfully, the meaning didn’t turn out to be insanely offensive or inappropriate. The Hindi phrase Jai Ho basically translates to “Victory”. These past few days at training camp the idea of having victory has been a pervading theme in my own heart. When praying in preparation for India, I specifically desired that our team would be unified like the believers in Acts. Here’s the thing, the Holy Spirit has done some crazy work in bringing us all...

Just the Beginning

Today is the last full day in Barasat, Kolkata. It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but God is preparing me and my heart. I haven’t cried- I mean I’ve teared up a few times, but I haven’t grieved. Grief is necessary, when it comes to leaving this place. God has shone through hard times, hard- hearted people, broken kids, bad circumstances, sickness and even death. There’s been growth. There’s been joy. There has been love. Those things weren’t here before we came. All of it came from the Lord- ALL OF IT. This was not an easy four...

How Do I Say Goodbye?

April 28, 2012
Adventures
Closing Thoughts

It all began the other day when I was sitting in the room at Asha next to Jared. I dont remember any of the other circumstances except that before I knew what was happening Salem was sitting in front of Jared asking him The Question. “You leave 7 May?” And so it began. “Yes. Yes, we leave 7 May. No, we will never forget you. Yes, we want to come back. No, we don’t know when.” I was joking around with Beulah in the kitchen when all of a sudden she was asking me if I would forget her. I asked her if she would forget me. How could I forget? How...

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