Colombia Para Cristo!!!!

As you already know we (Master's Commission) went to Colombia for a 16 day missions trip. It was my first time to lead a brigade by myself. I learned a lot and was stretched a ton. I LOVED it. Here are some pictures of our trip:

Everyone loaded up on the bus excited to have finally arrived, after many long weeks..and months of raising money for this trip. The students go out and preach on the weekends to raise money. The average offering is around $12. Imagine how long it took to raise $1,100. God is faithful. 35 of us went.

This was my brigade at one of our programs that overlooked Bogota! 

Explaining salvation to a mom and her daughter.

We stayed in another city,  Chia, for a few days to train a church to have a Castle team. Here we are training some of our songs.

This is what it's all about. 

This lady is amazing. She preached at a "Single Girls" event that we had at one of the churches and she brought the word. WOW. I will never forget the words she spoke to me.  I am waiting for them to come to pass.

O man o man.....did this make me miss Memphis or what? The Pastor treated us to a meal of all kinds of meat. It was scrumptious. This is how they cooked it.

Leading a program at one of the schools.

Doing a human video at a church.

I learned several things on this trip....one of them........BALLOON ANIMALS!

I had the opportunity to speak at several churches. 

We were also given the privilege to lead worship.

This is Ariel, his wife Leidy, and their precious daughter Valentina. They are the National Directors of King's Castle in Colombia,

Last Harvest Master's Commission

Colombia 2011

"Going to the Chapel and We're Gunna get Married!"

No.
Not me.
Not yet.
Only God knows when that will happen.
Soon I hope.
Anyways.....I was in my very first wedding. Never expected it to be in El Salvador. My friend Crisi got married to another friend of mine named William. (aka Chele....because he is light skinned.) I was asked to be the Maid of Finances. Weddings here are slightly different. Each brides maid has an object that they present to the couple that is tying the knot......for example....a Bible.....a photo album.......a laso that represents unity.....communion.....and me.....well not me...but my coins that each represent something. I was so nervous but it all worked out well and they are happily married serving as assistant Children's Pastors in our church.

Praying over the Couple.

The Bride and I

Chele and me!

WORD OF THE DAY: boda

LITERAL MEANING: wedding

HOW I SEE IT: my next big event

Where'd that Come From?

I've always loved sports. I think my dad wanted me to be a boy so he raised me on sports......and I'm cool with that. Girls dominate. I remember like it was yesterday playing on my first "co-ed" team. Co-ed meaning my existence as a girl on the court made it "co-ed." I wore that Orange jersey proudly as I towered over those weak 5 year old boys. I was no good but my dad would teach me. I then picked up his old first base mit that he used growing up and fell in love with baseball. Grew up cheering on the Atlanta Braves. I was sure I would marry Chipper Jones. Played basketball and softball every year and even got involved throwing the shot-put and discus. Sports was my life. One sport that I never watched/played/know it existed is soccer. How boring. So not a sport I'm into. Well folks......Living in Latin America has changed me. Here it is like God...then soccer. EVERYONE knows how to play and they are all good. It is amazing. It brings families together, friends, even enemies will join around to watch the World Cup. Well......friends...I started playing soccer. We have tournaments with Master's and I am new to the blue team. We are 2-0! I scored my first goal last Sunday! Although I cannot really move my body right now I am enjoying the new sport. Here are some pics of my first game:

WORD OF THE DAY: futbol

LITERAL MEANING: soccer

How I see it: My newest addiction

Sink or Swim

In July we got a new group of Master's Commission students here in El Salvador. You can enter in the program in January or July. The students were nervous yet eager to start this adventure that we call Last Harvest Master's Commission. We take them through a vigorous process called bootcamp where they will learned to be trained physically and to die to self daily. It is not for the weak. Those who heard the call of Jesus to enter this program will finish strong on top. It is a neat process to watch. These are the students who made it through....our July 2011 promotion.

One of the challenges that these brave warriors had to overcome was the SINK OR SWIM CHALLENGE. We blind folded them and took them all around the campground talking about faith. They had to do a few faith jumps/falls that were really no big deal at all, however with a blindfold you never know. We ended the session on our 20ft (ish) dock where they had to jump off! It was awesome. Some call it cruel and unusual punishment....but I call it awesome. We did take the blindfolds off right before and I had the privilege of being the life guard below to catch them. Here are some photos of our challenge.

Leading them to the dock!

Saving lives!

CONQUERED IT

WORD OF THE DAY: CONQUISTADO

LITERAL MEANING: CONQUERED

HOW I SEE IT: Surviving Sink or Swim