Sunday, June 19, 2011

I love sundays.

It is such a perfect day. A little overcast which screams nap on a sunday followed by Starbucks with some girls. At our weekly prayer night tonight we are praying for different countries and the main religion that is most common in that region. I am learning about Buddhism.
This is Callie and Alaina: (i luhdem).
If you ever wanna learn/pray for buddhist I found a great resource: http://www.bridgesforministry.org/prayer 

God is so powerful. Yesterday was our outreach day. We usually just go out with a partner and evangelize on the beach or boardwalk but yesterday the outreach team decided that we were going to use sports to draw people in. Here is a cool story for you: I met this kid Vlad at work on Thursday. He is a russian boy who is here for the summer working. On Friday he didn't have internet so he went to his neighbors house to use their internet. That neighbor was one of my leaders here. She invited him to the outreach. So Saturday he came and he was able to meet everyone on project and by the end of the day I was able to share my faith with him! He sees God as a very far off angry God and doesn't believe there is a God because of how bad the world is. He said he never heard the gospel after I shared it. Although nothing seemed to change on the outside I was able to plant a little seed. I really think God wanted me at that water park! 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

DAY OFF!

I got a day off from the labors of sitting in a chair all day watching 11 year old boys as they pretend to drown. What a job. So today my friend Valerie (picture above) and I are picking up a few girls we met from Kazakhstan and taking them to the beach with us! We met the three girls at a Eastern European coffee house we went to. The coffee house is every Monday and Wednesday night. The man who created the coffee house works from a branch of Campus Crusade called Momentum Europe. He is housing seven Christian students from Eastern Europe. Their main focus is to evangelize to students who are here for the summer from Eastern Europe. It's been great being able to go to these coffee houses and meet these students.


On other notes, here is a picture of our house! 30 students all squeezed in. Branchaws- this summer project has only been going for 7 years so maybe it was the one in New Jersey that you were at?


Have a great weekend!