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.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
OH BLOGGER.
well our trip is finally coming to an end.
Sunday is gonna be here before we know it and i haven't decided how i feel about it.
I miss my friends, family, and boyfriend more than anything in the world.
But at the same time I see all these people here that don't know Christ and the amazing things he has to offer and I want to stay for years until they all know.
Our friends Melissa and Chiara finally set up a time to hang out with them two days ago and it went really well. They are obsessed with boys so I knew if we were going to be able to talk to them about God it had to be through that subject. So as Melissa told us about her last breakup and how hard it was, I explained to her the love that God has to offer and how it surpasses any love that any boy will ever offer her. She was like "he loves EVERYONE?" and we're like "yeah of course!" And she smiled and said "that sounds so good."
It was small but definently a seed was planted.
God is so incredible.
We have their emails and I can't wait to see what will unfold as we try to stay in contact after we come home.
Anyway, SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! im so excited/sad/scared/nervous/pumped to the max.
I LOVE YOU AMERICA!
-Bailey
bAiLeY 11:25 AM