Crossroads Bible Church, Team Holland 2006 Official Blog Site
Dates of our trip: July 12--July 30, 2006.
The team has been assembled and preparing since January, 2006.
Departing Flight Information July 12: British Air Flight #2192, Departing DFW 4:20PM. Arriving London Gatwick 7:20AM. Connecting flight from London Heathrow, British Airways flight #434 to Amsterdam Schipol arriving 1:45PM.
Return Flight Information July 30: British Air Flight #8110, Departing Amsterdam Schipol 7:00AM, arriving London Gatwick 7:10AM. Conntecting flight from London Gatwick, British Airways flight #2193 to Dallas/Fort Worth arriving 2:30PM.
You can also use the links on each of these sights to find out even more information!
In order to prepare for the nature of direct outreach in a postmodern culture, our team read the book "How Should We Live Then" by Colson & Pearcy. It's an excellent read for an introduction to worldviews, their effects and their results.
Some of the most influential books on the subject of postmodernism would be by Francis A. Schaeffer, including "The God Who Is There," "Escape From Reason," & "How Should We Then Live" (which obviously influenced Colson). If you're interested in some basic quotes on postmodernism, you can get them here:
2003: Brent McKinney, Rob Edwards, Deb Stevenson, Jess Semmelbeck, Liz Stevenson, Alicia Garcia, Jude Miniat, Christy Thrasher, Abby Lorenc, Cristina MacGilvra, Matt Eaton, Justin Bascue, Faith Oldenburg, Kayti Edwards, Kim Church.
2006: Brent McKinney, Steve Davis, Debbie Schmidt, Michelle Davis, Thomas Egbert, Schuyler Crabtree, Kayla Russell, Alex Ehrich, Keila Lorenc, Bailey Price, Olivia Schmidt, Maria MacGilvra, Alicia Garcia
First and foremost, this trip is 17 days long and for many team members it's the longest they've been away from home. We'd love to hear from you, so feel free to check back often and comment by clicking on the spaces beneath each entry!
Secondly, pray for the team members and those they'll come in contact with. This ministry is entirely relational...and each day we'll simply be waking up and trying to find someone to share the Gospel with. We'd truly appreciate your thoughts and prayers!
Finally, when this team left, we were short of our financial goals. If you're so inclined to donate, simply go to the church website and click on "contact us," send an e-mail saying you'd like to contribute, and you'll be given the necessary instructions.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Alex and Bailey's BLOG OF ALL BLOGS!!!!
Since me and Alex are the laziest Americans in Holland, we decided to do a joint blog today. Sound good?
WELLL…today we went to church for the second time, watched Brent teach and tom and Maria give their testimonies, and later went to a baptism service at the lake. Brent, Tom, and Maria each spoke really well and the service at the lake was a really cool thing to be a part of.
After all of that we came back to the scouting building and sat in the kitchen for three hours talking and eating with Brent and Schuyler. Nothing is really open on Sundays so we didn’t really have much of an opportunity to minister to anyone, although we really didn’t make much of an effort. We did however gain about ten pounds and had some pretty good conversations. Oh, bonding.
Now we are going to list everything we miss about America:
1. Air-conditioning
2. Fast food
3. Driving our cars
4. Friends and Family
5. DOLLARS
6. Cell phones
7. Our beds
8. Closets
9. English being the primary language
10. Free refills
And HERE is everything we are going to miss when we leave Holland:
1. Our Dutch friends
2. Seeing windmills everywhere
3. Biking at night and in the rain
4. CLUBBING
5. Living with 11 other amazing people who love and serve Christ in most everything they do
6. The Snack Shop
7. Magnums and Pims (CHOCOLATE)
8. The weather
9. Meeting new people everyday
10. European shopping
The other day we met two girls in downtown Alkmaar at a bookstore and we had lunch and coffee with them. One girl, Elise, was a devout Christian who shared the same beliefs as we did. The other, Annette, said she didn’t really believe anything and seemed kind of uncomfortable with the conversation. We really hit it off with the girls and we have plans to go to the movies with them on Tuesday. We’re pretty excited to have the opportunity to maybe share with Annette what we believe and encourage Elise in her walk with Christ.
Well we love everyone and we’re giving you all hugs RIGHT NOW so leave us lots of comments and keep praying for us and the whole team!
Brent 3:36 PM