Tonight is my last night in the states. It is somewhat uneventful, full of packing and more packing. However, earlier today I had the most amazing prayer session with 3 other lovely ladies. Jesus totally rejuvenated me! I am excited for this next chapter in Uganda, but I am also really going to miss the girls and people I have gotten to know here. Orientation has been very challenging and amazing! Good bye America!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Living Quarters and more!
Yesterday was a fun day we went rock climbing at a gym. Today I am very sore, but its worth it!! Today all of the interns shared their testimony. It was really amazing to see how God has taken us from all these different places and brought us all to this internships at eMi. I also have never really shared my testimony in front of people like that before so it was a vulnerable place to be in, but it was an incredible experience and I learned a lot through it. I am getting a little anxious but also very excited to leave for Uganda on Monday!!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Orientation Day 3
Today we met a lot more with our mission teams. We had team building outdoor activities and then we took a spiritual gifts assessment and discussed the results with each other. My top five gifts were serving, helps, administration, craftsmanship and music. I am not so sure that craftsmanship is a spiritual gift but they all seem to compliment what I had already thought my spiritual gifts were.
There are other people staying at "The Hideaway" with us. It is a group of older ladies and today it was one of their birthdays! She turned 93! It was crazy to think she was born in the 1910's, there was so much history in her face, it was really neat. She also made sure to go to each table and say thank you to everyone of us. She was so polite.
Tomorrow we are going rock climbing and I am really excited!!
There are other people staying at "The Hideaway" with us. It is a group of older ladies and today it was one of their birthdays! She turned 93! It was crazy to think she was born in the 1910's, there was so much history in her face, it was really neat. She also made sure to go to each table and say thank you to everyone of us. She was so polite.
Tomorrow we are going rock climbing and I am really excited!!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Orientation Day 2
Today has been really great i have gotten to know the interns a lot better. There are 6 different offices that the 30 interns will be split into: Uganda, Colorado Springs, Costa Rico, India, Canada, and Egypt. It is neat to hear the stories on how people ended upmat EMI and their passion for the country they are going too. The people going to the Uganda office are Aaron, Erland, Jake and Kevin.
We did a lot of engineering training today. The most interesting thing i learned were the two basic structure construction practices in the developing world, confined masonry and concrete frame with infill. The confined masonry method is when you build the concrete blocks up first and pour the beams and columns second. The frame method is when the frame system is built first followed by the block walls. The reason this is important is because a design needs to be altered depending on which method is used. The second part of the day we learned about personality types. We took the Biblical Personality System (DISC). I am a I.D.s. Which is a persuader or reformer.
Yesterday God really challenged me in intercession. Intercession is when you pray or intercede on someones behalf. I knew what intercession was but i do not think that until yesterday I truly believed in the amazing power prayer has in our lives or really what intercession does. So today I tried to pray more like 1 timothy 2:1, which includes intercession. I know that God is going to do great things through these prayers. I also know that as I go into Uganda having a more active prayer life will help me to stay connected to Jesus.
I hope everyone received the link to my blog, obviously if you are reading this you did. Thank you in advance on walking with me through this amazing journey.
We did a lot of engineering training today. The most interesting thing i learned were the two basic structure construction practices in the developing world, confined masonry and concrete frame with infill. The confined masonry method is when you build the concrete blocks up first and pour the beams and columns second. The frame method is when the frame system is built first followed by the block walls. The reason this is important is because a design needs to be altered depending on which method is used. The second part of the day we learned about personality types. We took the Biblical Personality System (DISC). I am a I.D.s. Which is a persuader or reformer.
Yesterday God really challenged me in intercession. Intercession is when you pray or intercede on someones behalf. I knew what intercession was but i do not think that until yesterday I truly believed in the amazing power prayer has in our lives or really what intercession does. So today I tried to pray more like 1 timothy 2:1, which includes intercession. I know that God is going to do great things through these prayers. I also know that as I go into Uganda having a more active prayer life will help me to stay connected to Jesus.
I hope everyone received the link to my blog, obviously if you are reading this you did. Thank you in advance on walking with me through this amazing journey.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Thank you for support
I am currently in Colorado Springs for orientation. After all this preparation I cannot believe that the time is finally here! I am a little anxious and very excited for this adventure. Thank you to all those that supported me financially and who continue to support me through prayers. I will be constantly updating this blog during my time abroad to everyone will be able to see what I have been working on!
Yesterday when I arrived we must have played about 5 name games, a lot of games but i helped to learn names. Then we hung out the rest of the night. Today we had 730 bfast (mountain standard time) followed by a meeting where we talked about Gods heart for the nations through Creation, Covenant and Commission. It was very need to see God heart all throughout the bible. Then we played Ultimate Frisbee, all of the Faith Pres people would be proud of me! My team won all of our games.
Not sure how often i will be blogging but hopefully daily to keep everyone update on what has been going on in my life!
Yesterday when I arrived we must have played about 5 name games, a lot of games but i helped to learn names. Then we hung out the rest of the night. Today we had 730 bfast (mountain standard time) followed by a meeting where we talked about Gods heart for the nations through Creation, Covenant and Commission. It was very need to see God heart all throughout the bible. Then we played Ultimate Frisbee, all of the Faith Pres people would be proud of me! My team won all of our games.
Not sure how often i will be blogging but hopefully daily to keep everyone update on what has been going on in my life!
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