So it rains a lot here...but the most wonderful thing is what you see after the rain!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Prayer Requests
Updates:
***Praise: I have had a social life!!!! I have had several opportunities to spend time with people my age. I pray it continues!
***I have come out of the “reality setting in” mode. I am really happy to be here! I am enjoying my work and the people I am working with!
***Josh (YFC director) is still in the States doing recruiting. Please pray for 10 interns to sign up for the 2007-2008 year.
***Praise: I know many of you remarked about praying for my nose ring…for those of you that didn’t make fun of me…thank you for your prayers…after four months of infection it healed completely in two days! My stomach also is feeling better for the most part.
Requests:
***Trip to London. Safety in Travel. A good relationship to form between Laura and I. Praise for a refreshing vacation!!!
***I have my ups and downs with how I feel I am connecting with the students. Pray that I would be confident in my work and confident in Christ working in me.
***Pray that God would guide me in my future. I will have to decide here in a couple of months of what I want the next stage of my life to look like. Pray that I would be quiet to hear what God wants to take place.
***Pray for the salvation of the lost. There are many kids that come to our youth group that are not believers of Christ and his resurrection. They are having a hard time getting their head wrapped around the idea. Pray for their salvation. Pray for something to click.
***Pray for the Westlake Youth Program. Pray for Jesse as he leads the group. Pray that God would give him clear vision for our group. Pray that the kids would allow themselves to be engaged by the scripture we present to them.
***Pray for YFC Geneva. There are many different ministries that are alive and well. Pray for Interyouth, Link, Fabric, Altitude. Each one has a specific role with people in the community of Geneva…interns, au pairs, international students, youth groups…
***Pray for Jesse and Joy Larvick. Jesse is the youth pastor I am working with. Him and his wife Joy are having their second baby in November. Pray for a safe and healthy pregnancy! If any of you know about the life of a youth pastor it is STRESFULL an full of other people’s lives. So pray that I can be a support to the family however needed.
***I would like to speak French. Pray for somewhere or someone to tutor me for an inexpensive price!
***I am also looking for a lady to mentor me. Please pray that God would bring us together.
Specific Kids:
***Many of the kids come from families where one parent is a Christian and one is not. The other parent may be another religion, agnostic or an atheist. It gets very confusing for them.
The “religious culture” for these kids is so different from what most of you and I have grown up in. They really think things through before they decide to believe something. Many of them are deciding to switch from other religions to Christianity. Many are trying to decide if what they are hearing is true.
***For the kids that have decided to follow Christ. Pray that they would take opportunities to deepen their faith.
Please pray for the following kids:
***a boy in the youth: That things would make sense for him when it comes to Christianity. He is trying to decide if this life is worth following. He comes to every activity we have. He is such a fun kid.
***two young girls in the youth: That they would be interested in pursuing their faith. They both admit to choosing Christ, but they both actively choose not to live a life to honor God.
***a girl in the youth: She is a student leader. Pray for her as I can see how she loves to work inside of vocational ministry. She will be going to University next year…so a lot of decisions will have to be made.
***Praise: I have had a social life!!!! I have had several opportunities to spend time with people my age. I pray it continues!
***I have come out of the “reality setting in” mode. I am really happy to be here! I am enjoying my work and the people I am working with!
***Josh (YFC director) is still in the States doing recruiting. Please pray for 10 interns to sign up for the 2007-2008 year.
***Praise: I know many of you remarked about praying for my nose ring…for those of you that didn’t make fun of me…thank you for your prayers…after four months of infection it healed completely in two days! My stomach also is feeling better for the most part.
Requests:
***Trip to London. Safety in Travel. A good relationship to form between Laura and I. Praise for a refreshing vacation!!!
***I have my ups and downs with how I feel I am connecting with the students. Pray that I would be confident in my work and confident in Christ working in me.
***Pray that God would guide me in my future. I will have to decide here in a couple of months of what I want the next stage of my life to look like. Pray that I would be quiet to hear what God wants to take place.
***Pray for the salvation of the lost. There are many kids that come to our youth group that are not believers of Christ and his resurrection. They are having a hard time getting their head wrapped around the idea. Pray for their salvation. Pray for something to click.
***Pray for the Westlake Youth Program. Pray for Jesse as he leads the group. Pray that God would give him clear vision for our group. Pray that the kids would allow themselves to be engaged by the scripture we present to them.
***Pray for YFC Geneva. There are many different ministries that are alive and well. Pray for Interyouth, Link, Fabric, Altitude. Each one has a specific role with people in the community of Geneva…interns, au pairs, international students, youth groups…
***Pray for Jesse and Joy Larvick. Jesse is the youth pastor I am working with. Him and his wife Joy are having their second baby in November. Pray for a safe and healthy pregnancy! If any of you know about the life of a youth pastor it is STRESFULL an full of other people’s lives. So pray that I can be a support to the family however needed.
***I would like to speak French. Pray for somewhere or someone to tutor me for an inexpensive price!
***I am also looking for a lady to mentor me. Please pray that God would bring us together.
Specific Kids:
***Many of the kids come from families where one parent is a Christian and one is not. The other parent may be another religion, agnostic or an atheist. It gets very confusing for them.
The “religious culture” for these kids is so different from what most of you and I have grown up in. They really think things through before they decide to believe something. Many of them are deciding to switch from other religions to Christianity. Many are trying to decide if what they are hearing is true.
***For the kids that have decided to follow Christ. Pray that they would take opportunities to deepen their faith.
Please pray for the following kids:
***a boy in the youth: That things would make sense for him when it comes to Christianity. He is trying to decide if this life is worth following. He comes to every activity we have. He is such a fun kid.
***two young girls in the youth: That they would be interested in pursuing their faith. They both admit to choosing Christ, but they both actively choose not to live a life to honor God.
***a girl in the youth: She is a student leader. Pray for her as I can see how she loves to work inside of vocational ministry. She will be going to University next year…so a lot of decisions will have to be made.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Just another update!
Well...I haven't posted in a couple days, and it is kind of addicting!
This week has been a really great week! SO BUSY! I am glad though. I have been able to get involved in a couple of bible studies to meet new people. I also was able to go to a Murder Mystery Dinner (I was the murderer. muahahahaha) and a girls night. Both were really great. One, it was just good to be social with people my age, but two it was great to just laugh. It has been such a busy serious time of life the last several months; graduating from college, leaving my best friends, finishing up an internship in Dallas...leaving them, raising funds, leaving family, getting to Geneva, adjusting to the culture, absorbing in everything I can...needless to say it was so good to just laugh both nights until it hurt!
This week has been a really great week! SO BUSY! I am glad though. I have been able to get involved in a couple of bible studies to meet new people. I also was able to go to a Murder Mystery Dinner (I was the murderer. muahahahaha) and a girls night. Both were really great. One, it was just good to be social with people my age, but two it was great to just laugh. It has been such a busy serious time of life the last several months; graduating from college, leaving my best friends, finishing up an internship in Dallas...leaving them, raising funds, leaving family, getting to Geneva, adjusting to the culture, absorbing in everything I can...needless to say it was so good to just laugh both nights until it hurt!
I haven't had much work in the YFC office this week. It is an exciting two weeks though. Josh, the director just left for the sates. He is doing a recruiting trip for interns for next year. Keep that in your prayers. I have been working on some administration things! You know I love organization!!!!
Things at Westlake are going really well! I love it. I really love working with youth inside the church setting. I had a good week. I was able to personally meet with two students. Our Friday night program has been going really well too! On Saturday night we had a movie night. We watched over the hedge. It was so cute! We enjoyed it a lot! Below there are three video clips you can watch. You can also click here to see pictures! Some of these pictures you may have seen already, but keep clicking through the album to see the new ones of movie night. Also, you can still look at these pictures if you do not have facebook. So just click on them to go through the entire album. If you are having troubles I would close the window and start the album over.
Also this week I had lunch with the youth pastor I work for (Jesse) and his family. His wife's name is Joy and his daughter's name is Olivia! She is absolutely so adorable. She is also really smart. I think she turns two in December. They also are due with one more baby...November! This week I also am staying at the Leudtke's house. They have been missionaries in Switzerland for over 20 years. Paul actually works at Youth for Christ. So I stayed with their daughter Lexie! We had a lot of fun. If you want to see picts of Olivia as well as pics of me and Lexie click here. Again, some of the pictures you have already seen...continue to click through the album for the new ones.
This morning was really great! I went on a jog and took my camera! If you want to see some wonderful pictures of an Autumn day in the Nyon area CLICK HERE!!!!
I leave for London on Tuesday morning. A youth pastor in the area gave Laura and I inside tips. It will be a really great trip! I will put pictures up when I get back.
Thank you all for contacting me. Also, thank you for your prayers!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Oops!
I am so very glad I was in a good mood today! I made a mistake! I met up with a girl in the youth at Westlake today. It was a very nice time to set in the brisk autumn air and drink hot chocolate! There was also tons of stuff set up on the main street. They call it the market. So we passed by an olive stand. First of all, I have never really loved olives, but for some reason since I have been here and seen all the variety of them, I have been craving them!
We decided to stop and buy some! The man was wonderful and let us try many different varieties! So we chose a kind and he held up the bag asking if this was enough. It wasn't a lot, but it looked like plenty to snack on...and they were big olives. I would say, maybe a handful.
We looked at the price before and it was like 4.50 CHF for 100g. Well...I have no idea what 100g is! And I def. didn't think he gave us more than 100g. Well he did! We ended up buying a small small quantity of really good olives for 8.50 CHF!!! OOPS! Don't worry...we SAVORED every bite of EACH olive!
We decided to stop and buy some! The man was wonderful and let us try many different varieties! So we chose a kind and he held up the bag asking if this was enough. It wasn't a lot, but it looked like plenty to snack on...and they were big olives. I would say, maybe a handful.
We looked at the price before and it was like 4.50 CHF for 100g. Well...I have no idea what 100g is! And I def. didn't think he gave us more than 100g. Well he did! We ended up buying a small small quantity of really good olives for 8.50 CHF!!! OOPS! Don't worry...we SAVORED every bite of EACH olive!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Visiting London Soon!
I am visiting London a week from Today!
(The picture above is of Westminster Abbey) I am going with a lady named Laura Case. Her husband is the director of YFC here in Geneva. She works in the office as well. We will be gone Tuesday through Friday. I haven't been anywere in Europe yet so this will be fun! We are staying in a hostel. It looks very cute! Click here to go to this website and look at it!
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