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.
Friday, July 21, 2006
"sometimes the night was beautiful, sometimes the sky was so far away, sometimes it seemed to stoop so close you could touch it but your heart would break"
sorry it's been a while...moving and then amsterdam...ack! lots going on over here in HOLLAND! woot. amdsterdam was wonderful of course...i loved it. i mean, it's amsterdam. and then this morning we went to the CHEEEEEESE market, and that was pretty swift, i'm not gonna lie. but the coolest thing that's happened since i last blogged was what happened once we got back from amsterdam. Liv and i were supposed to hook up with our friend Jlene...so i called her as soon as we got in from amsterdam and the three of us went to "grab a terrace," as they say. we talked for a good hour and a half about everything, about our lives and whatnot. what kind of surprised us was that she said she thought it was cool that she was hanging out with americans! lol. but no, what was awesome, was that she straight up asked us, "so you really believe God is up there?" of course we told her definitely. and, praise God, then she asked, "well, why do you believe it?" dang. God is so cool in how He works. so, dude, Liv just went for it. she took off talking about how God changed her life and the lives of those around her, and how He just made sense...it was a good convo. and the great thing is, it wasn't one of those conversations like we were trying to convert her or anything. we just talked, and built a relationship, and nothing was forced. i'm so glad of that. because we're here to LOVE people, not to convert them. and now, Jlene is going clubbing with us tonight! yay! i'm so glad...praise God that He works on His own time and in His own way! doesn't it just give you so much hope? it does for me. God is good. SO LET'S ALL GET UP AND PRAISE HIM! i feel like dancing or something. yeah.
ooooh...bike ride? i think yes.
"sometimes i think of Abraham, how one star he saw had been lit for me; he was a stranger in this land, and i am that no less than he!"
kaylah 11:53 AM