One month ago I left for the longest roadtrip of my life to go to New Jersey, a state I knew nothing about and to live closely in a tight community with 45 other college students-38 of those who I had never met. I came in with a lot of excitement, nerves, and anxiety. I had a 28 hour drive to attempt to process what I was doing and how I was feeling. Now, a month later, project feels like the new normal.
Week 3 was “Killing the Giants”-a week in which we set a goal to share the Gospel with 2,000 people within 7 days. We set goals for emotional giants-people who might intimidate us or family members we get scared to share the Gospel with. Staff literally made a giant which sat at student housing and the church throughout the week. The week consisted of a lot of spiritual warfare and mixed emotions. I remember feeling completely overwhelmed and exhausted that Saturday night-not exactly feeling ready to take on the week. The weather was challenging throughout the week-a lot of overcast and rainy days which caused the week to start of slowly. Almost all of my free time was spent going to the boardwalk and sharing. By the end of the week, we surpassed the goal by sharing the Gospel with 2,200 people! We celebrated the week by having a "Beach Bash" as a project!
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| The Giant Photo Credit-Kamaya Singer |
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| The Giant-after we destroyed it! Photo Credit-Kamaya Singer |
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| Our team's sand creation- FIFA 2014! |
Week 4 was “All for One”-a week where the students had to come together. The staff gave us clues throughout the week and made interesting rules. We were not allowed to use social media and had to use face to face interaction in order to communicate the clues to one another. This week was challenging to me because it consisted of a lot of changes within the regular schedule and I did not exactly know what was going on. And if you know me, you know I love my schedules/planners. Seriously. But this week was about building a stronger community and being able to work together well. The staff leave this Saturday and then we take over all the positions. I will be directing “Operations” which consists of the overall project budget and banking, housekeeping with the houses, and holding office hours for support checks. Overall, a lot of organizing and detail oriented things so I am pretty excited! Seeing the staff leave will be sad, but it will be a great experience for us as we grow together in a community.
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| I love these girls!! |
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| The game had a few "rule changes" thanks to the staff |
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| The two shortest girls on project (go us!) |
Prayer Requests:
-Support Raising: I still have a large amount to raise for full support by August 1st. Please pray for God’s provision and that I will continue to trust Him with support raising.
-Safe travels for the staff as they drive home
-For the Lord to truly give us a heart for world vision and nations that have not even had the opportunity to hear the Gospel.
-Transitions as the staff leave and students take over leadership positions
With Blessings,
Heather
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