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
Steven Charles Davis' Thursday Blog
Yesterday was my beautiful wife’s birthday.
And what better way to spend it than exploring the streets of a European city.
On our day off we visited the city of Haarlem.
When I wasn’t engaged in a conversation I was humming a U2 song.
Angel of Haarlem.
Maybe you’ve heard it.
I learned that in the Dutch culture you say congratulations when it is someone’s birthday.
In fact, not only do you say that to the one whose birthday it is, but you say it to family members and friends as well.
So I would say, “My friend George’s birthday is today.”
And they would say, “Congratulations.”
Pretty cool.
Mish and I were going to go out to eat last night to celebrate but we were too tired from the Haarlem adventure so we just ordered a pizza instead.
You should see the shirt she got with the pizza.
It says “Damn Hot!” on it, which is the pizza place’s slogan.
We thought it would be funny if everyone on the team stepped off the plane wearing those shirts but we decided that I would probably lose my job and Brent would be asked to take some vacation time.
So we won’t do that.
I have to admit I’m not ready to come home.
I’m really going to miss this place.
Especially the people I am just now starting to get to know.
I’ve threatened to stay since we’ll have a little money left over in our budget.
George even said I could stay with him.
George is pretty funny.
Pray for him.
There’s not much here for him in Holland that’s good.
We went to the hiding place in Haarlem which I’m sure most of you have read about in other blogs already.
I just wanted to say that the one thing that impressed me the most was the story about the guy who built the hiding place.
As it turns out he built about 70 similar places without his wife or mother ever knowing.
What sacrifice.
Thanks for all your prayers,
Steve
Brent 11:02 AM