Korean Refugee School Team: Meet the Team

Team Leader: Aryn

• Senior at the University of Mississippi, studying to be an audiologist 
• Has a hard time leading us hooligans
• It has taken her a full 168 hours to learn 1-10 in Korean and Chinese

Team Members

Becca

• Will be attending Union University this fall, majoring in Social Work 
• Is having the time of her life playing charades all day! (language barrier) 
• STILL does not know 1-10 in Korean…

Heather

• Senior at University of North Alabama, studying Recreation Management (YAY sports!!) 
• Because of her VAST knowledge of the Chinese language and literature she knows 1-100 in Chinese!!! Sadly, she STILL cannot say hello in Korean (please pray for her)

Rebeca “BEX”

• Junior at the University of Delaware, studying International Relations with a minor in Islamic Studies 
• She spends most of her day making fun of her teammates Southern accents 
• Is honored to have had the title of "Coolest Member of the Team" bestowed upon her!

Northern Thai Challenge Team: Meet the team

Hello family and friends,

Welcome to our blog spot! We are super excited to spend our summer in a brand new culture! We appreciate all of your prayers in advance.

"So the Lord has commanded us, saying, 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'" - Acts 13:47

Alex

• Team leader
• From Ellisville, MS
• Attends Jones County Junior College
• General Studies Major
• Fun Fact: This will be his first out of the country experience!

Brandon

• Team member
• From Moselle, MS
• Attends Jones County Junior College
• Christian Counseling Major
• Fun Fact: He enjoys to making everyone laugh!

Krissy

• Team member
• From Petal, MS
• Graduated from Jones County Junior College
• Will attend University of Southern Mississippi
• Speech Pathology Major
• Fun Fact: She likes BSU, ping pong, tennis, old people, and the nursing home!

Jenna

• Team leader
• From Petal, MS
• Graduated from Jones County Junior College
• Will attend University of Southern Mississippi
• Public Relations Major
• Fun Fact: She loves to dance and sing karaoke and could eat spaghetti for every meal!

Anna

• Team member
• From Philadelphia, MS
• Graduated from East Central Community College
• Will attend Mississippi State University
• Secondary Education Major
• Fun Fact: She has never flown on a plane before!  

Karoline

• Team member
• From Kennedy, AL
• Graduated from East Central Community College
• Will attend Mississippi State University
• Secondary Education Major
• Fun Fact: She tore her ACL just two weeks ago, and she will have surgery upon returning to the states!

We ask that you continually pray for God to strengthen and unify the team by his Holy Spirit as we search for people of peace (P.O.P.) in Northern Thailand.

Love in Christ,

N. Thai Team

Practically Family Already

The 2015 Orphan Care team headed to Zimbabwe is made up of six girls. Allie, our team leader, is from Sanger, Texas and is an Interdisciplinary Major at the University of North Texas. Jessica is from Vicksburg, Mississippi and is a Human Growth and Development (Family Studies) Major at Mississippi State University. Emily is from Knoxville, Tennessee and will be an Elementary Education Major at Johnson University in the fall. Ellen is from Burlington, Iowa and is an English Major at Washington University. Alex (yours truly) is from Ringgold, Georgia and is a Christian Studies Major at Shorter University. We are all very excited to see what this summer will hold. Pray with us as we enter in the journey of bringing the depth of the Gospel to the people of Zimbabwe. 

Our family group "posing" for one last picture before we go our separate ways. 

The names of the girls from left to right: 

Second row: Alex, Emily, and Allie

Bottom row: Jessica, Becca, and Ellen

Up, Up and Away to SEA

Who would have thought that I didn't know my teammates a week ago. We have prayed for each other separately, and now we are together and preparing to go to Southeast Asia. By tomorrow, we will be on our way to the airport! Woohoo!!

 

Meet Our Team, and know the scriptures that are helping us prepare for the summer!

Team Leader C
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 
Matthew 28:18-20

Team Leader L
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
 Acts 20:24

Team Member K
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect
 1 Peter 3:15 

Team Member B
It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
 Romans 15:20

Team Member T
No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
 1 John 2:23

Team Member SY  
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.” 
Psalm 46:10

Team Member SR
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect
1 Peter 3:15

Team Member C
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7

Please lift up our team as we are continually growing together and 

as we are traveling the next couple of days!

Thank you for your support!

Hello and Goodbye ~ (Or Rather See You Later)

Smiles. Encouragement. Genuine Christian Community.

That's all I see around me.

Over the past few days I've had the privilege of spending time with and getting to know the incredible people of the Riverboat and Mountain Trek Teams. I am so proud to be able to say that I have seen nothing but radiant kindness and genuine concern coming from all of them.

It's hard to go somewhere so different with people you don't know, like venturing off on a quest with no map or supplies, but I have every confidence that God has put us together because we can do this and because He can work through us for great things. These people have refreshing hearts of servitude, adventurous spirits, and crazy senses of humor. With God at our backs and leading the way we'll be blazing a trail for His kingdom; and from what I've seen of these people we'll be sure to support one another and pick up our brothers and sisters if they stumble along the way.

This team is strong already and it will only grow stronger. God has brought each and everyone of us into each others lives for a purpose (what's more a divine purpose!) we belong with one another like no one else can.

As we go out for the summer please pray for the Holy Spirit to prepare the hearts of all those that we encounter.