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 24, 2006
I woke up this morning later than normal since not much is open around Holland monday mornings. I head some of the gurls talking about wanting to be back 'home' so badly it just kinda made me hurt. I understand the difficulties but for me this last week just seems too short. My scheduale is almost completely filled with appointments and i am sad to have to leave again. This is one of my homes.
Leading youth contact was amazing. It was a perfect end to an amazing day. Ilse was baptised..church worship was awesome as Ariel led and i talked to the other churchmembers again. Then a few of us went out to lunch and just talked.
But youth contact. I talked about Mark 5:36 where Jesus says "wees niet bang, blift geloven" or in english..."don't be afraid, just believe." I walked around afterwards and heard a few Dutch asking questions to other believers. How cool is our God. Then a woman from the other church in the area, Diane, tlaked with me for about half an hour asking advice on how to evangelize. I showed her the bridge and told her about the Agape concert last year. We prayed and then she talked to Steve and Malachi, the Philly team leader. I've made plans to go to a girl's night tonight with a lot of the youth contact ladies. Even right now i hear Roy and Ariel talking about the lesson last night. God is so amazing. I know the experiences i went through were not easy or fun at the time but God uses all for his glory. The Philly sports camps start today so i am going to go help out before i meet guido for shoarma. Take care and remember your first love.
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