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 11, 2006
"remember your chains, remember the prison that once held you, before the love of God broke through; remember the place, you were without grace, and when you see where you are now...remember your chains...and remember your chains are gone"
what has occupied my mind lately, and made me the most fearful, has had to do with thinking that maybe when i get to Holland i will be useless. i guess i just don't see where i fit. and then of course i realized the past couple of days that i'm going to miss people a lot more than i thought.
one beautiful thing about God is... He knows exactly where i fit. that's why He's got me on this team, going to Holland. He wants me there. i understand that, and so i will choose to trust and follow Him even though i don't know where He's leading. my fears about being useless arose mainly because i've been thinking of MYSELF--assuming that i need to know everything right now and if i don't then something's wrong. when i remember that God is faithful...that His strength is made perfect when i am weak...it puts HIM back into focus a little bit more, and takes me back out at least a little. praise God for His love and the hope that it brings!
God is going to teach me so much on this trip. He's preparing my heart for it... i think He's been preparing my heart for this for longer than i know. i really couldn't be more thrilled to see what i will learn.
and i still really will miss everyone so much. but as much as i love you all and will miss you terribly, i fully intend on having the time of my life talking about Jesus with complete strangers for three weeks. shake-a-doo.
kaylah 6:14 AM