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.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
OK so a tough day today and yesterday.
yesterday i felt like nothing was getting done. i felt lazy. But towards the end of the day i realized that i wasn't allowing myself to look at the day as rest because i spent no time in the Word. Because my mindset was not focused, there were miserable moments.
so that was weird... but listen about today....
OK
so today we had a task. We did a servant project for the Philadelphia team...which other people have told you about... We had to pass out a lot of flyers about their sports camps next week. So there was whining there was moaning... but we got over it. ANYWAYS. as soon as the day started, alex and i decided to be a team. so we're biking along like normal but as soon as we got out of our neighboorhood she hit my bike tire and fell down. I thought something was weird because she didn't even try to move her bike or the papers which fell everywhere. So she sat down and i said "WHOA AL... YOU OK?!"and she looked at her hand which was bleeding and said "i can't hear anything... i can't see anythihng"then she started to fall back so i lifted her chin up and said ALEX WHAT? DON'T FAINT. STAY UP. so then she was still really out of it and i was so alone. i started to cry... just a little bit. Then i was like ok i have to stop a dutch person so i stopped a woman on her bike and she told me to go to a house. So i went to a strangers house and got a cup of water and THANK THE GOOD LORD... michelle and kayla came riding up. i was freaking out by that time and alex was feeling a little bit better. we followed her back home so she could get some food. that... was one of the most eventful moments of my life.
but now we make fun of her.... not that it was her fault. but it was pretty crazy.
This afternoon i had some sweet time in the Word. God is so good. God is SO CONSISTENT. God loves me SO much. i can't forget that the God I serve is so so faithful. ok so i love you fam fam and friends friends!!!!!
Keila 5:16 PM