Did We Mention We Love Being Youth Leaders?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 6 Comments »So, just when we had such a great fall retreat experience Fri-Sun, the next day we began helping out in the youth dept. at our church. In the 6 hours we spent on our first day helping, we gained so much more respect for the ...
Rock Mountain
Monday, October 30th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 7 Comments »We just returned from an awesome fall retreat with our NJ high school youth group. It was great to connect with them after being gone for two months. It was great to have five of the guys in my small ...
Rock Mountain Bible Camp
Monday, October 30th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 6 Comments »One of the hardest things about being away from NJ for 2 mo. was not being involved in students' lives. God reminded us how much we love being w/ high school students & helping them grow in their love for Jesus. So we've been eager to get ...
Journey Back to NJ
Monday, October 30th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 2 Comments »We finally arrived back to NJ this past Thursday! What a purposeful road trip since 8/26. On our way driving from NC to IL for more training, we drove through the Smoky Mountains and visited the national park. So many fall colors...it was gorgeous. (See our ...
Did We Mention Our Departure Date?!!!
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 10 Comments »JANUARY 10, 2007! Did you catch this in our October E-mail Update? JANUARY 10, 2007! JANUARY 10, 2007! We can't get over the excitement and reality that we are leaving for Lviv! The tickets have been purchased! We're stepping out in faith, as ...
Newest Ukraine Team Member: Brittney B.
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »At Josiah Venture(JV) training this week, we finally got to meet Brittney, our future addition to our JV Ukraine team! She gets a personal blog entry about her because she was awesome, and it was so great for us to finally meet her! She's from Arkansas ...
Josiah Venture Training
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Sorry for not writing much! Last weekend, we drove from NC to Wheaton, IL to attend orientation training for our organization, Josiah Venture (JV). There were 7 of us (3 going to Ukraine; 1 Slovakia; 1 Latvia; 2 Croatia) in this 4 ...
Blogger of the Month: Matt R.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 6 Comments »Â Congratulations Matt! You have won the prestigious blogger of the month award. You have been the most faithful blog reader and poster. Many people have even asked... Who is this Matt guy? Matt is a high school student who has been ...
Stupid Prayer Request
Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | 8 Comments »I am embarrassed to ask for prayer for this, but my #1 fear in life is driving in uncertain conditions (weather) and getting in a car accident like I did on 12/23/02. Today I started to learn how to drive stick shift ...
Language Course Complete
Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We just completed two intense weeks of language training. We didn't specifically focus on the Ukrainian language; rather, we learned a lot about the tools and techniques to be successful once we get there. We did have multiple sessions with Russian ...