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.
Monday, July 17, 2006
hey guys...
listen to how sweet life is:
yesterday we met back up with our friends Melissa and Chiara (pronounced kiarra). They are such fun girls. They invited us to visit their houses. Their families wanted to meet Texans which was fun for everybody! I rode on the back of schuylers bike to meet their families. i felt really dutch. the weather was wonderful as usual and i knew there was a purpose for this trip. We chatted with the girls and promised to see them again soon.
listen to how sweet Caro is:
Caro is a girl who met Jesus about a year or 2 ago. She insanely gorgeous... like i told her to come to america so i could say i knew the girl on the cover of every magazine. she is also so able and ready to be real and talk about her struggles fears and what the Lord is doing in her life. I met Caro through Justin and Joran and their friend Maurits. She is so so much fun. You all need to know about her because she's been a big part of my last couple of days.
listen to some sweet ridiculousness:
Olivia crawls into bed with bailey on accident.
michelle scares me with this ugly stuffed head named jasper.
we screamed the dutch alphabet on the bike ride home yesterday.
i'm SEVEN hours ahead of all of you flowermounders...
i'm happy and loving holland but i miss you guys. K?
mom... sorry i didn't leave you with a clean room :( LOVE YOU
Keila 10:02 AM