Hey y'all!
Just wanted to give everyone a list of what office supplies we are going to need for the trip. Basically all we need is below:
Pens/Pencils/Sharpies
Clipboards
Name tags (preferably the re-usable plastic ones)
Luggage (preferably rolling)
Glasses (preferably reading)
Shoes (preferably flip flops/flats)
Drugs/meds (can be expired)
Sutures
SPF samples
Lotion samples
Keep your eyes and ears open for these items and hopefully we can get what we need pretty quick. Thanks for all the help and hope that everyone has a great week! If you can help, please e-mail Travis Jeffcoat at Travis.Jeffcoat@gmail.com. Thank-you so much for considering!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Meeting Update
Hey everybody! We all got to meet yesterday as a team. It's always so wonderful to be together face-to-face as a group. We had a great time of worship and a lesson on team unity and conflict resolution. We assessed our personalities and worked through some scenarios as we prepare for anything that could happen on our trip.
Great news-Meredith has set up the pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee's in Mt. Pleasant for April 9th from 8-10 am. The way it works is we will sell tickets for $5 and for every ticket, we only give Applebee's $1! Ticketholders will come to the Mt. Pleasant Applebees that day anytime between 8 and 10 to get 3 pancakes, butter, syrup, and a drink. We will not start selling tickets until March. What a great fundraiser!! Get excited, mark your calendars, and start spreading the word! We hope to see y'all there.
We're also working on some Chick-fil-A fundraiser nights and a Zumba party at MUSC ;) Keep checking the blog for more information. You don't want to miss this!
We're also trying to a shoe drop from TOMS. A group of us took a picture in our TOMS. Please pray that they'll do a shoe drop for us!
In other news...here's how you can pray for us this week, especially as we talked about conflict resolution as a team. This is an important issue, so I'd like us all to continue to pray about unity this week.
Ephesians 4:1-7:
1) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2) with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, 3) being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4) There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6) one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. 7) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.
We have each been called by God on this journey because of the gifts He has given us, and what we can bring to His team. But we can't be the most effective team possible if we don't work together. Pray for each other. Show grace to each other. Forgive each other. Learn from each other. Practice humility. Practice patience. These are active processes, and they need to begin before we set foot in South Africa.
For the people of South Africa:Pray this week for Beth Marques, our host missionary. Pray for her physical, emotional, and spiritual strength. Pray for her health. Pray that God would bless her before we come, and that we will be a blessing to her while we are there.
Thank-you SO much for your prayers. We cherish them. Only 74 more days to go until we leave!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
In the Spirit of Love...
From our fantastic prayer team for guidance on how to pray this week...
Luke 6:27- 36
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
In the spirit of love and Valentine’s Day, I thought that a good topic to pray about this week would be for those whom we find it hardest to love. I’m sure most of us strive to be friendly and nice to most people we come in contact with each week. But for most of us, there are those few particular people that may make “loving” them more difficult. Let’s take this week to reflect on our friends, families, and all of those that we come in contact with. Let’s try to show God’s love to everyone and see what blessing come from this experience.
This past week at Seacoast, Pastor Greg preached on “Becoming a Star”. He spoke about how to stand out in a crowd. The focus of his message was to stay positive, learn to say thanks, and to own up to our own sin. Doing all of these things will help us stand apart from the secular world we live in. By looking into our own hearts and avoiding the temptation to complain or gripe, we will help others around us see the joy of God.
With that said, I think that if we can love more and shine brighter for God this week, we will all be blessed. We can show people around us that we are different and we have a reason to shine!
Luke 6:27- 36
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
In the spirit of love and Valentine’s Day, I thought that a good topic to pray about this week would be for those whom we find it hardest to love. I’m sure most of us strive to be friendly and nice to most people we come in contact with each week. But for most of us, there are those few particular people that may make “loving” them more difficult. Let’s take this week to reflect on our friends, families, and all of those that we come in contact with. Let’s try to show God’s love to everyone and see what blessing come from this experience.
This past week at Seacoast, Pastor Greg preached on “Becoming a Star”. He spoke about how to stand out in a crowd. The focus of his message was to stay positive, learn to say thanks, and to own up to our own sin. Doing all of these things will help us stand apart from the secular world we live in. By looking into our own hearts and avoiding the temptation to complain or gripe, we will help others around us see the joy of God.
With that said, I think that if we can love more and shine brighter for God this week, we will all be blessed. We can show people around us that we are different and we have a reason to shine!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
TOMS Shoe Drop
Hey y'all!
I hope that you've had a wonderful weekend and are ready to go for the upcoming week. Our team is trying to get a TOMS shoe drop in South Africa while we're there. I'll submit the photo once we take it unless anyone has a better idea. Does anyone have any TOMS connections by chance? ;) Thanks so much!
I hope that you've had a wonderful weekend and are ready to go for the upcoming week. Our team is trying to get a TOMS shoe drop in South Africa while we're there. I'll submit the photo once we take it unless anyone has a better idea. Does anyone have any TOMS connections by chance? ;) Thanks so much!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Encouragement for Today
My quiet time today consisted of this verse, and I immediately thought of our team and wanted to share some daily encouragement...
23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
His,
ashley nicole
His,
ashley nicole
Monday, February 7, 2011
Weekly Prayer Topics
Prayer Topics for the week: Let go and let God take control!
Let God lead our lives and let’s rely on him to provide for us!!! Let’s focus on casting our needs and concerns on God and being faithful that he will show us the way and provide for us.
This was part of a daily devotion that I read this week. It truly spoke to me and I think we can all relate with having crazy schedules and feeling like we have 1,000,000 things we want to accomplish. Often times we feel like we are being pulled in numerous directions and we often become overwhelmed. This passage helps to depict our hectic lives and the need for us to relay on God.
Every so often, my computer becomes sluggish. Frequent use of certain programs and documents causes pieces of information to become scattered, requiring my computer to search for the pieces before I can use them. To fix it, I need to run a program that retrieves the pieces and groups them together where they are easily accessible. This process is called “defragmentation.”
Like my computer, my life gets fragmented. One situation tugs on my emotions while I’m trying to concentrate on something else. Demands from every direction bombard me. I want to accomplish everything that needs to be done, but my mind won’t stop and my body won’t start. Soon I begin to feel weary and useless.
Recently I attended a retreat where one of the handouts included a prayer with words that expressed how I felt: “Lord, I am scattered, restless, and only half here.”King David also went through such times (Ps. 55:2). In prayer, David presented his needs to God morning, noon, and evening, confident that he would be heard (v.17). Prayer can help to defragment our lives. When we cast our cares on the Lord, He will show us what we need to do and what only He can do.
We need prayer the most when we have the least time to pray.
This scripture from Pastor Greg, also helps to depict how we need to worry less and rely on God more. We truly have no need to worry, because no matter how hard we fall or how large the obstacle God will be there for us. He has already mapped out our lives, we just need to surrender and follow!!
The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)
So this week, let’s focus on relying on God for our concerns, needs, and struggles. Let’s cast our burdens on him and be faithful that he will provide!
Let’s also continue to pray for our trip as it approaches and be in contact with our prayer partners!
Lizzy
Let God lead our lives and let’s rely on him to provide for us!!! Let’s focus on casting our needs and concerns on God and being faithful that he will show us the way and provide for us.
This was part of a daily devotion that I read this week. It truly spoke to me and I think we can all relate with having crazy schedules and feeling like we have 1,000,000 things we want to accomplish. Often times we feel like we are being pulled in numerous directions and we often become overwhelmed. This passage helps to depict our hectic lives and the need for us to relay on God.
Every so often, my computer becomes sluggish. Frequent use of certain programs and documents causes pieces of information to become scattered, requiring my computer to search for the pieces before I can use them. To fix it, I need to run a program that retrieves the pieces and groups them together where they are easily accessible. This process is called “defragmentation.”
Like my computer, my life gets fragmented. One situation tugs on my emotions while I’m trying to concentrate on something else. Demands from every direction bombard me. I want to accomplish everything that needs to be done, but my mind won’t stop and my body won’t start. Soon I begin to feel weary and useless.
Recently I attended a retreat where one of the handouts included a prayer with words that expressed how I felt: “Lord, I am scattered, restless, and only half here.”King David also went through such times (Ps. 55:2). In prayer, David presented his needs to God morning, noon, and evening, confident that he would be heard (v.17). Prayer can help to defragment our lives. When we cast our cares on the Lord, He will show us what we need to do and what only He can do.
We need prayer the most when we have the least time to pray.
This scripture from Pastor Greg, also helps to depict how we need to worry less and rely on God more. We truly have no need to worry, because no matter how hard we fall or how large the obstacle God will be there for us. He has already mapped out our lives, we just need to surrender and follow!!
The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)
So this week, let’s focus on relying on God for our concerns, needs, and struggles. Let’s cast our burdens on him and be faithful that he will provide!
Let’s also continue to pray for our trip as it approaches and be in contact with our prayer partners!
Lizzy
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Testimony Meeting
Hello all! Our team will be meeting today to discuss any updates in the past two weeks as well as to go over testimonies. Before we return to the US in May, we'll all have shared our testimonies with each other. It's so important to really get to know each other on a deep level as we are a team and have been called to go on this trip together. We are a body of Christ with Him as our head and here to serve each other as God has equipped each of us accordingly.
Continue to pray with us that God would strengthen our team.
Does anyone have any stories from Awake 21 that they would like to share? If so, post a comment on this post.
Continue to pray with us that God would strengthen our team.
Does anyone have any stories from Awake 21 that they would like to share? If so, post a comment on this post.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Praying with Us This Week and End of Awake 21
Thank-you so much for praying with us this week. I wanted to share how you can continue to join our journey by praying with us...
Prayer for the team:
1 John 5:14--This is the confidence we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Mark 11:24--Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
Psalm 37:4--Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.
God knows what we need before we even think to ask for it. He has unbelievable blessings just waiting to be poured out on us. Notice the verses don't say that God will give us whatever we want. But when we are delighting ourselves in Him, and seeking to want for ourselves what He wants for us, our desires will be His desires. And then He will bless us, more than we can ask for or even imagine. Ask God to show us what He has planned for us. Ask Him to fund our trip, and work out all the details. Ask Him for patience, and focus, and restful sleep. And then share with us how He has answered those prayers! Leave a comment on this post.
Prayer for South Africa:
Matthew 25:35-40
35) 'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36) I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' 37) “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38) When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39) When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40) “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'
We are still humbled by this amazing opportunity to be a blessing in South Africa. Please also pray this week that all of the supplies we need are provided. Pray that the people who need to visit the clinic are made aware that we are coming, and that they are able to make it to the clinic. Continue to pray against spiritual warfare as we're all targets as we go to share the love of Christ and have our lives transformed in the meantime.
Praise the Lord that our PA students made it through their first block exams. We're SO proud of y'all and the courage and diligence that you approached studying with. You will all be wonderful PAs with a knowledge and a heart to take into the profession that many lack. Your hard work will be rewarded.
Also, Awake 21 is officially over as of today; however, a lot of us are going to continue fasting something as it's been such an incredible learning process and a time to get to know God in a different and new way. Team, please feel free to leave a comment here on your fasting experinece.
Love and grace,
ashley nicole
Prayer for the team:
1 John 5:14--This is the confidence we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Mark 11:24--Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
Psalm 37:4--Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.
God knows what we need before we even think to ask for it. He has unbelievable blessings just waiting to be poured out on us. Notice the verses don't say that God will give us whatever we want. But when we are delighting ourselves in Him, and seeking to want for ourselves what He wants for us, our desires will be His desires. And then He will bless us, more than we can ask for or even imagine. Ask God to show us what He has planned for us. Ask Him to fund our trip, and work out all the details. Ask Him for patience, and focus, and restful sleep. And then share with us how He has answered those prayers! Leave a comment on this post.
Prayer for South Africa:
Matthew 25:35-40
35) 'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36) I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' 37) “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38) When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39) When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40) “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'
We are still humbled by this amazing opportunity to be a blessing in South Africa. Please also pray this week that all of the supplies we need are provided. Pray that the people who need to visit the clinic are made aware that we are coming, and that they are able to make it to the clinic. Continue to pray against spiritual warfare as we're all targets as we go to share the love of Christ and have our lives transformed in the meantime.
Praise the Lord that our PA students made it through their first block exams. We're SO proud of y'all and the courage and diligence that you approached studying with. You will all be wonderful PAs with a knowledge and a heart to take into the profession that many lack. Your hard work will be rewarded.
Also, Awake 21 is officially over as of today; however, a lot of us are going to continue fasting something as it's been such an incredible learning process and a time to get to know God in a different and new way. Team, please feel free to leave a comment here on your fasting experinece.
Love and grace,
ashley nicole
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