Zack and I
7 Years And Going Strong!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Back in Georgia
Sunday May 8th,
My dad and I drove all day Saturday to get to Georgia. The drive down here was long but good. I got to spend time with my dad so that was a lot of fun. We got to the YWAM base at 1:30 Sunday morning. For the first couple of days I got to just rest and get used to being back here.
Tuesday May 10th,
I got to be a part of my first staff base day. Base day is when people on staff who are living downtown in Atlanta come to the base out in Loganville! We worship together and someone shares about God. It really brings us together as a not only a base but as a family. After that we have lunch together and just catch up with one another and see how everyone is doing. It's a great time that they set aside to just come together and just give our time to God.
Thursday May 12th,
My dad and I drove all day Saturday to get to Georgia. The drive down here was long but good. I got to spend time with my dad so that was a lot of fun. We got to the YWAM base at 1:30 Sunday morning. For the first couple of days I got to just rest and get used to being back here.
Tuesday May 10th,
I got to be a part of my first staff base day. Base day is when people on staff who are living downtown in Atlanta come to the base out in Loganville! We worship together and someone shares about God. It really brings us together as a not only a base but as a family. After that we have lunch together and just catch up with one another and see how everyone is doing. It's a great time that they set aside to just come together and just give our time to God.
Thursday May 12th,
It was a really good day. Some of us from the base went and did a prayer walk in Atlanta. We met a place down town and had worship and had brief introduction. We prayed and made sure our hearts where right and nothing was going to hold us back from what all God had for us that day. We all spilt up into groups. There were four different groups of about 5 people. My groups task was to go into the hotels that were right down town and just pray for the children and women brought into that place to be used. We prayed that the hearts of those men would be changed and that they would no longer have that desire to harm those women and children. It was really awesome to see how God moved there. They gave us mini Bibles and we were told to rip out scripture and plant it in the soil of the plants in or around the hotels. So we did, God would give us different songs and scriptures for each place that we went in to or walked around.
Monday the 16th of May,
Seven of us who are on Staff with YWAM went to Alabama to help with the disaster relief! We worked with an organization called Samaritan's Purse! It was so surreal to see all the damage that the tornado had done. The first place we went to we cleaned two yards. We cleaned up all the tree branches that fell. We had two guys on our team that actually used a chainsaw to cut off the limbs of trees that had fell over! We moved the brush into the ditch so the city people could come and clean up! The next few places that we went we couldn't do much because it was to dangerous for our team.
So we just invited the families outside and we would gather around to pray with them. After those houses we went to an area that REALLY got hit. The houses in that neighborhood were almost all completely demolished. It was like nothing I have ever seen before. Cars turned over and smashed, houses completely gone, that ones that were still standing were in horrible shape. We didn't work in that area at all because they were still doing major clean up and sorting through things. It took bigger machines to clean that area up. After seeing that neighborhood we went back to the church that we first met up with and ate lunch.
After lunch we went to another house and cleaned up their yard. At this place our team split up and some of us stay at there and the other half went to start cleaning up another place. I stayed at the first house, here we did a lot of racking up sticks and leaves it took awhile but we got the yard all cleaned up. Then when we got done we went and met up with the others at the home they were working at. There we just had to clean up the roofing tiles that blew off the house, because the other half of the team cleaned up most everything else. It was a super long day, but God really moved through us and gave us the energy to get the work done.
One thing that Samaritan's Purse does is every place they help clean up they have all the team members sign a bible and put their favorite verse in it and then we give it to the family that we helped. Each family really enjoyed getting the bible, and they all SO thankful that we were there to help them.
Thursday May 19th,
This was my first day downtown Atlanta. I am not able to move out there until May 31st. But the girl I am going to be rooming with her name is Cris. Cris and I drove down together on Thursday morning. It was my first time driving in to Atlanta; I am NOT used to city driving at all. I have only drove in small towns! But I did ok for the most part, it was a bit of a challenge but God had his hand in it that is for sure.
When we got down town we met the others who were meeting with us at Shaun and Naomi's place. From there we walked to the park. I watched Naomi's little boy Ethan while they rest of the group met and prayed for the community. Watching Ethan was a lot of fun, we played with chalk, played on the swing set, played on the little play set and looked for bugs. I was glad to help out with Ethan so that the others could focus on praying for the community that we are living in. Afterwards we went out to lunch and Cris showed me around Atlanta.
Friday the May 20th,
Cris and I stayed the night Thursday so we were here for the next day! Friday I got up and got ready for a morning of watching to full of energy boys. I watched them so that the others could get some much needed work done. After the Ethan went down for a nap and they other little boy named Flip went home I met with Naomi to start on making a weekly schedule for me. We didn't quite get everything done and figured out because she has to meet with Deb and a couple people still have to get back to her on a few things. After that meeting we had a mini lunch, then into prayer time we went. We just prayed for the community and the opportunities God is giving us here in this area. It was a good prayer time!
Monday the 16th of May,
Seven of us who are on Staff with YWAM went to Alabama to help with the disaster relief! We worked with an organization called Samaritan's Purse! It was so surreal to see all the damage that the tornado had done. The first place we went to we cleaned two yards. We cleaned up all the tree branches that fell. We had two guys on our team that actually used a chainsaw to cut off the limbs of trees that had fell over! We moved the brush into the ditch so the city people could come and clean up! The next few places that we went we couldn't do much because it was to dangerous for our team.
So we just invited the families outside and we would gather around to pray with them. After those houses we went to an area that REALLY got hit. The houses in that neighborhood were almost all completely demolished. It was like nothing I have ever seen before. Cars turned over and smashed, houses completely gone, that ones that were still standing were in horrible shape. We didn't work in that area at all because they were still doing major clean up and sorting through things. It took bigger machines to clean that area up. After seeing that neighborhood we went back to the church that we first met up with and ate lunch.
After lunch we went to another house and cleaned up their yard. At this place our team split up and some of us stay at there and the other half went to start cleaning up another place. I stayed at the first house, here we did a lot of racking up sticks and leaves it took awhile but we got the yard all cleaned up. Then when we got done we went and met up with the others at the home they were working at. There we just had to clean up the roofing tiles that blew off the house, because the other half of the team cleaned up most everything else. It was a super long day, but God really moved through us and gave us the energy to get the work done.
One thing that Samaritan's Purse does is every place they help clean up they have all the team members sign a bible and put their favorite verse in it and then we give it to the family that we helped. Each family really enjoyed getting the bible, and they all SO thankful that we were there to help them.
Thursday May 19th,
This was my first day downtown Atlanta. I am not able to move out there until May 31st. But the girl I am going to be rooming with her name is Cris. Cris and I drove down together on Thursday morning. It was my first time driving in to Atlanta; I am NOT used to city driving at all. I have only drove in small towns! But I did ok for the most part, it was a bit of a challenge but God had his hand in it that is for sure.
When we got down town we met the others who were meeting with us at Shaun and Naomi's place. From there we walked to the park. I watched Naomi's little boy Ethan while they rest of the group met and prayed for the community. Watching Ethan was a lot of fun, we played with chalk, played on the swing set, played on the little play set and looked for bugs. I was glad to help out with Ethan so that the others could focus on praying for the community that we are living in. Afterwards we went out to lunch and Cris showed me around Atlanta.
Friday the May 20th,
Cris and I stayed the night Thursday so we were here for the next day! Friday I got up and got ready for a morning of watching to full of energy boys. I watched them so that the others could get some much needed work done. After the Ethan went down for a nap and they other little boy named Flip went home I met with Naomi to start on making a weekly schedule for me. We didn't quite get everything done and figured out because she has to meet with Deb and a couple people still have to get back to her on a few things. After that meeting we had a mini lunch, then into prayer time we went. We just prayed for the community and the opportunities God is giving us here in this area. It was a good prayer time!
Tuesday May 31st,
I moved downtown today. This is where I officially start my ministry. Mondays I will be watching Ethan for Naomi so see can go to her meetings. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays I getting involved with a program called infusion which is a children’s ministry. On Thursdays everyone who lives downtown comes together and we all go and prayer walk around places in the downtown area. Fridays I watched Ethan again for Naomi so she can do her ministry. On Saturdays I am going to working with the DREAM center which they have children’s ministry in the mornings there. Then on Sundays I am doing childcare for both morning services. Then Sunday night attending church myself. So there is a little bit of my schedule and what I am about to be doing.
So those have been a few of my eventful days here. I will keep posting more as my time here develops. Thanks for taking the time to read this. And a special thanks to those who are supporting me!
Love you and God Bless!
So those have been a few of my eventful days here. I will keep posting more as my time here develops. Thanks for taking the time to read this. And a special thanks to those who are supporting me!
Love you and God Bless!
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