Most parents should have received this update via email, but because several email addresses bounced back, we’re including it here as well:   We know many of you are aware of the recent volcano eruption in Iceland and the effect this is having on flights through Europe.  Unfortunately, our Real Life teams in Kenya and India are scheduled to fly through Amsterdam and London this weekend.  We are in regular communication with our travel agent and both airports are currently open.  Since all participants do currently have seats, they should not be bumped from any of...

Three weeks.  Three weeks from today and then I’ll be home.   …I can’t believe that.  It seems like it has been ages since I have been home.  I know it’s only the beginning of April but time seems to be flying by.  And now, before I know it, I will be boarding a plane back to the US. A little over two months ago, I left everyone and everything I knew behind.  Two months ago, I boarded a plane with five other girls I barely knew.  Two months ago, I wondered why the hell I ever decided to go on a mission trip.     ...

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I have been in India for two months and it has finally dawned on me my leadership role for this team. This all happened during our team day doing an ATL (ask the Lord) day. Honestly I did not know what it was going to look like, just because the first time I even did ATL I was scared, but it was exciting too!!! So this is what our ATL day looked like. Heat, ice cream, walking and the Holy Spirit. I am learning daily what a leader looks like and what is expected out of me.  At the same time I am learning that leadership does not look the same for...

Wednesday after we finished our program and before we left the slums, we had one last person to pray for, Sundeep, a little boy about 8-9 y/o, who loves Jesus and loves to lead songs and worship.  He had badly injured his leg while he was playing when a motorbike hit him.  We had prayed over him the week before as well because he had been unable to walk or to attend our meeting that day or the previous Friday.  Sundeep’s mom carried him in the little room after all the kids had left and he was there with just our team who were about to lay hands on him and pray for...

Ever felt weak, tired and nauseous but you still have to get up at 4:00am to leave the house by 5:00am to catch a train? No? That was my situation to start our debrief trip! For some reason my stomach was not feeling great at all and hadn’t been for a few days prior to this trip. I was in the midst of physical spiritual warfare. Needless to say, my travel day was a little on the rough side. Yet, the overall travel day for the team went very smooth. How about walking 4 kilometers in 90 plus degree weather wearing a Punjabi outfit to the Taj Mahal. Have you ever done that? Still no?...