So this morning I decided I need a fresh start with my blog. It needed some color for starters, and perhaps some consistent updates...
Here's the thing, it was mentioned to me the other day that since I'm at home I should have lots of time to blog, but since I've been home I just haven't felt like anything blog worthy has happened.
Maybe my expectations of what is blog worthy are too high? hmmm things to consider.
So anyway, All that to say that I'm going to try to be more consistent about my blogging.
Wish me luck.
Alright so I'm finally in my own house again! I've been home for almost a month but only managed to move into my house 4 days ago. I have really enjoyed living with Grammy and Grampy for the past few weeks but it's wonderful to be in my own space with my own things again.
Well I'm off to make some muffins.
Peace
Sarah Jane
Monday, April 6, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Aah It's been TOO long!
Oh my goodness, I cant believe how long it's been. I feel like I havent had internet in so long! Right now we're having dinner at a friends house and we are fortunate enough to be able to use their computer!
The past two weeks have been great! My week in Charleston was packed! The days were long but it was definitely amazing. We did alot of dowtown evangelism and alot of work with the college group at the church we were staying in. When we were praying about our week God was really putting the church youth and college groups on our hearts so we really dug into that. We were able to do a couple services with them, share testimonies, do some dramas and get to know the students. It was a very fruitful experience.
Last week we were in greenville south carolina. That was a big week for ministry as well as for our team. We again spent alot of time in the downtown area which was great. We met alot of people that we will be keeping in contact with and hopefully be able to see again. Our team spent alot of team time praying for each other and really working through our struggles together. God really moved and alot of healing took place.
I'm currently in Atlanta, we got here yesterday and were able to spend the day exploring dowtown and getting a feel for the city.
Tomorrow we're going to spending the day working with kids! I'm so stoked!
Well we're on our way out so i gotta be going. Keep praying for us, i would really appreciate that!
Peace!
The past two weeks have been great! My week in Charleston was packed! The days were long but it was definitely amazing. We did alot of dowtown evangelism and alot of work with the college group at the church we were staying in. When we were praying about our week God was really putting the church youth and college groups on our hearts so we really dug into that. We were able to do a couple services with them, share testimonies, do some dramas and get to know the students. It was a very fruitful experience.
Last week we were in greenville south carolina. That was a big week for ministry as well as for our team. We again spent alot of time in the downtown area which was great. We met alot of people that we will be keeping in contact with and hopefully be able to see again. Our team spent alot of team time praying for each other and really working through our struggles together. God really moved and alot of healing took place.
I'm currently in Atlanta, we got here yesterday and were able to spend the day exploring dowtown and getting a feel for the city.
Tomorrow we're going to spending the day working with kids! I'm so stoked!
Well we're on our way out so i gotta be going. Keep praying for us, i would really appreciate that!
Peace!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Good Bye Miami...
We have left Miami and are spending the night in Orlando on our way to South Carolina. I have grown to love Miami over the past weeks and it was definitely sad to leave.
This next week is a big one...I'm leading it!
We're going to Charleston South Carolina where we'll be working with a few different ministries over the week. Please pray for my leadership team (Stacie, Nathaniel and I) for patience as well as wisdom and discernment. We're pretty excited to have this opportunity to lead out.
I'll let you know more as the week goes on.
If you could pray for my health as well that would be much appreciated. Ever since I left home last January my body hasnt been able to make it through a cold front without getting sick. I've been working on this cold for about two weeks now. I really dont want this to be a hindrance to my ministry so prayer would be great!
Thank you!!
Peace
This next week is a big one...I'm leading it!
We're going to Charleston South Carolina where we'll be working with a few different ministries over the week. Please pray for my leadership team (Stacie, Nathaniel and I) for patience as well as wisdom and discernment. We're pretty excited to have this opportunity to lead out.
I'll let you know more as the week goes on.
If you could pray for my health as well that would be much appreciated. Ever since I left home last January my body hasnt been able to make it through a cold front without getting sick. I've been working on this cold for about two weeks now. I really dont want this to be a hindrance to my ministry so prayer would be great!
Thank you!!
Peace
Friday, January 23, 2009
His ways are higher
So it turns out God works in mysterious ways. Go figure eh.
Last Monday a team mate and i went to give blood at one of the college campuses we were evangelizing at. We figured it would be quick and then we could go out and talk with some students.
I'm not sure what made me think i wanted to do this since blood makes me kind of squeamish and i have a strong dislike for needles. But regardless, I found myself in the "blood bus" with a needle in my arm stealing a large quantity of my blood. I'll admit the needle wasn't so bad so long as I didn't look, it was after the needle came out that the problem started. The lovely nurse took the needle out, gave me a band aid and some powerade and sent me on my way. She of course asked how I was feeling and such and I was fine so off I went.
Well I didn't make it more then 5 feet past the bus when i started feeling light headed and blacked out. The nurse came out and with the help of my team mate managed to get me back in the bus. Talk about kinda embarrassing... They kept me on the bus for another 45 minutes pumping me full of fluids. I was really quite annoyed with the whole situation...I don't enjoy being incapable. I kept thinking how i could be out evangelizing to people on campus but instead i was stuck in a blood bus trying to remain conscious. I really was not impressed.
Well while I was in there we started talking this guy giving blood across from me, that came in shortly after they brought me back. He was pretty interested in what we were doing with the campus ministry. He wasn't a christian but he was definitely seeking truth and seemed excited by the idea of a personal God who sent His own son to die for him. We were able to chat with him a few more times after that day and he actually gave his life to the Lord last week. What a blessing. It was such an encouragement to me to see how God used a situation that was really frustrating to me and brought something beautiful out of it. Praise God. He is continually showing me that in my weaknesses He is strong. Love it.
I hope this encourages y'all back home, God can use whatever situation we're in, it's not about what we can do it's all about Him.
Peace
Last Monday a team mate and i went to give blood at one of the college campuses we were evangelizing at. We figured it would be quick and then we could go out and talk with some students.
I'm not sure what made me think i wanted to do this since blood makes me kind of squeamish and i have a strong dislike for needles. But regardless, I found myself in the "blood bus" with a needle in my arm stealing a large quantity of my blood. I'll admit the needle wasn't so bad so long as I didn't look, it was after the needle came out that the problem started. The lovely nurse took the needle out, gave me a band aid and some powerade and sent me on my way. She of course asked how I was feeling and such and I was fine so off I went.
Well I didn't make it more then 5 feet past the bus when i started feeling light headed and blacked out. The nurse came out and with the help of my team mate managed to get me back in the bus. Talk about kinda embarrassing... They kept me on the bus for another 45 minutes pumping me full of fluids. I was really quite annoyed with the whole situation...I don't enjoy being incapable. I kept thinking how i could be out evangelizing to people on campus but instead i was stuck in a blood bus trying to remain conscious. I really was not impressed.
Well while I was in there we started talking this guy giving blood across from me, that came in shortly after they brought me back. He was pretty interested in what we were doing with the campus ministry. He wasn't a christian but he was definitely seeking truth and seemed excited by the idea of a personal God who sent His own son to die for him. We were able to chat with him a few more times after that day and he actually gave his life to the Lord last week. What a blessing. It was such an encouragement to me to see how God used a situation that was really frustrating to me and brought something beautiful out of it. Praise God. He is continually showing me that in my weaknesses He is strong. Love it.
I hope this encourages y'all back home, God can use whatever situation we're in, it's not about what we can do it's all about Him.
Peace
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Week One
Holla from Miami!
We've been here for a week now and I love it.
My team is working with a campus ministry at Miami Dade called WAVES. WAVES is a student run christian club on campus and is fairly well known by the students. Today was the first day of classes and our first day going out on campus and it went really good. The students are pretty open to hearing what we have to say and most of them are really searching for something. Today was a huge encouragement to me, I was able to talk to a lot of people and was able to share the gospel with ten different people - it really made me excited for the next month down here.
It occurred to me today how much God is doing in me and has done in me in the past year. Before coming to YWAM I dont ever remember sharing the gospel with someone on my own, I've never had the boldness to just start talking to people like that, but it's really become a lifestyle. I love it. This is what God has called us as Christians to do - Go into the world and share the gospel.
Please continue praying for my team as well as the students we'll be working with!
I'll keep you posted.
Peace.
We've been here for a week now and I love it.
My team is working with a campus ministry at Miami Dade called WAVES. WAVES is a student run christian club on campus and is fairly well known by the students. Today was the first day of classes and our first day going out on campus and it went really good. The students are pretty open to hearing what we have to say and most of them are really searching for something. Today was a huge encouragement to me, I was able to talk to a lot of people and was able to share the gospel with ten different people - it really made me excited for the next month down here.
It occurred to me today how much God is doing in me and has done in me in the past year. Before coming to YWAM I dont ever remember sharing the gospel with someone on my own, I've never had the boldness to just start talking to people like that, but it's really become a lifestyle. I love it. This is what God has called us as Christians to do - Go into the world and share the gospel.
Please continue praying for my team as well as the students we'll be working with!
I'll keep you posted.
Peace.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Feliz Navidad y Adios
Wow Christmas has come and gone and now it's time to go.
I spent Christmas with my family in Mexico. It was wonderful, it was a good time to relax and be refreshed before i'm off and running again.
I'm leaving for my first part of outreach today, we're driving to Miami later this afternoon where we will spend our first month. I'm pretty excited to see what God is going to do with us and through us over the next two months!
I am not taking my laptop with me so I will try my best to find internet where I can and up date you all on whats happening.
Thank you so much for supporting me this far both in prayer and in finances, it has meant so much to me! Please keep me and my team in your prayers over the next two months.
Well I gotta get going and finish my packing!
Peace.
I spent Christmas with my family in Mexico. It was wonderful, it was a good time to relax and be refreshed before i'm off and running again.
I'm leaving for my first part of outreach today, we're driving to Miami later this afternoon where we will spend our first month. I'm pretty excited to see what God is going to do with us and through us over the next two months!
I am not taking my laptop with me so I will try my best to find internet where I can and up date you all on whats happening.
Thank you so much for supporting me this far both in prayer and in finances, it has meant so much to me! Please keep me and my team in your prayers over the next two months.
Well I gotta get going and finish my packing!
Peace.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Time is running out
Oh goodness, it's been a very busy two weeks!
Last weekend was thanksgiving weekend. My first American thanksgiving! It was really great. Let me give you a brief summary.
Thursday
- I had the biggest thanksgiving dinner of my life! There was food lined all the way down the hallway and around the corner - hah and i know only two of you from home will actually know how long that it since the rest of you haven't been here. But trust me it's a lot of food!
- Dutch blitz. Need I say more. There are a couple of us that really might be hopeless addicts. I kicked butt in both games by the way, just had to throw that out there.
- Football. People born in the north vs people born in the south...and the foreigners divided among both teams. Yeah North!
Friday
- Black Friday! For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the biggest shopping day of the year in America.
- We left at midnight and headed out among the crazies to go find some sales!
- We shopped until 6am. Really....who does that? Is that healthy...probably not.
- Slept until 1pm and then had the laziest day ever, it was beautiful.
Saturday
- Hello Miami!
- Stacie, Kelley, Nathaniel and I left at 6 am and headed down to Miami for the day.
- We went to South Beach!
- It's still shocking to me that at the beginning of December people can be walking around in swimsuits!
- It was a nice little get-away
This past week of teaching was really good. A man named Glenn Sheppard spoke on revival and it's importance. He really spoke into our lives this week and worked through a lot.
This next week is on effective personal ministry and one of my favorite teachers is flying in for it so I'm pretty excited!
I cannot even believe this will be my last week of class! Then we have one week of outreach prep before Christmas! It's going to be a busy two weeks.
Something to keep in your prayers:
The Discipleship Training School right now is planning their outreach, their two locations are Thailand and India. There is a lot of unrest in both countries and the teams are really praying about what to do and how this will affect them. Please pray for incredible discernment and wisdom!
Thanx.
Peace
Last weekend was thanksgiving weekend. My first American thanksgiving! It was really great. Let me give you a brief summary.
Thursday
- I had the biggest thanksgiving dinner of my life! There was food lined all the way down the hallway and around the corner - hah and i know only two of you from home will actually know how long that it since the rest of you haven't been here. But trust me it's a lot of food!
- Dutch blitz. Need I say more. There are a couple of us that really might be hopeless addicts. I kicked butt in both games by the way, just had to throw that out there.
- Football. People born in the north vs people born in the south...and the foreigners divided among both teams. Yeah North!
Friday
- Black Friday! For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the biggest shopping day of the year in America.
- We left at midnight and headed out among the crazies to go find some sales!
- We shopped until 6am. Really....who does that? Is that healthy...probably not.
- Slept until 1pm and then had the laziest day ever, it was beautiful.
Saturday
- Hello Miami!
- Stacie, Kelley, Nathaniel and I left at 6 am and headed down to Miami for the day.
- We went to South Beach!
- It's still shocking to me that at the beginning of December people can be walking around in swimsuits!
- It was a nice little get-away
This past week of teaching was really good. A man named Glenn Sheppard spoke on revival and it's importance. He really spoke into our lives this week and worked through a lot.
This next week is on effective personal ministry and one of my favorite teachers is flying in for it so I'm pretty excited!
I cannot even believe this will be my last week of class! Then we have one week of outreach prep before Christmas! It's going to be a busy two weeks.
Something to keep in your prayers:
The Discipleship Training School right now is planning their outreach, their two locations are Thailand and India. There is a lot of unrest in both countries and the teams are really praying about what to do and how this will affect them. Please pray for incredible discernment and wisdom!
Thanx.
Peace
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