TREK

Now more then ever I believe God is calling me to this. To TREK.


This is TREK:




"Disciples who make disciples

TREK is our most intense short term mission opportunity, designed to help you learn, grow and serve.  Our vision is for "Disciples who make disciples."  You will partner with our international missionary teams as they engage in holistic church planting that transforms communities among the least reached.

Program Structure: TREK is a six (or ten) month intense journey of cross-cultural mission. Paired with international church planters, TREK teams learn by example what it means to be servant missionaries.

Orientation (8 weeks): Our training centre is located in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. These weeks will be filled with sessions taught by various speakers who share on their area of specialty. Topics include Hearing the Voice of God, the Church, Spiritual Authority, and the book of Mark, for example.

Assignment (7.5 or 3 months): This is your chance to digest what you've learned at orientation with more of a hands-on experience. Hosted by an established church or missionary, you will serve in children’s ministry, service projects, sports, creative witness, teaching English, and the list goes on...

Debrief (2 weeks): A time to rest, recover, and process your experience, as well as learn how to “re-enter” North American culture."

http://www.mbmission.org/trek/overview/

So this is TREK. I got this straight off the website. At the bottom of this blog  I posted two video links. I strongly encourage you all to watch them, they were what gave me the most rounded view of TREK... yeah... I don't really know what to say. God is good and I believe that this is where he is bringing me this coming semester. Its scary, but its exciting. This pushes me to trust more than I ever have... especially with finances. TREK costs about 8600 and thats not including personal costs. I would have to fundraise all of this. This is the most scary part for me but to tell you the truth its also the part I am most excited for. I know God is going to provide. In fact there is not a doubt in my mind. I am so excited to see how he is going to come through for me. He is so beautiful and faithful and I revel in his glory!! At this point in my journey I would ask for the most important thing, prayer. Nothing can happen unless God is orchestrating it so I would be beyond blessed to have people praying and helping me discern and rely on God in this time. I will obviously continue to update you guys through this blog as always and I cant wait to tell you even more about what God is doing!!!!

Some of you might be wondering how this ties into my nursing career. It actually works perfectly. Next semester my slate for classes was pretty much empty. I am doing all my upgrading this semester and that leaves me with no mandatory courses next semester. I would be back from TREK in June, work for the summer and then move right into my Nursing in the fall. Something that has been a little scary for me is not knowing if I will make it into the UFV nursing program. I would also ask for your prayers in this. I am applying at another university in Langley as well for back up but if both of these fall through I wouldn't quite know what to do. So ya :) thats where I am at right now! 

Yesterday I turned 21 and I just wanted to take a quick sec to tell all of you about how amazing my God is!! I AM SO BLESSED!!! Yesterday , just like every day, but even more, I was overwhelmed with blessings!! I seriously cant believe how many amazing people God has put in my life! Like I can honestly say from the bottom of my heart I have more friends than I could ever have asked for. A lot of people only have like one or two close friends and honestly, God has blessed me with a plethora of GREAT friends!! He has been so faithful at bringing friends into my life for certain seasons and when the seasons have changed the friendships have remained! I have a beautiful group of friends who love and fear the Lord and there is truly nothing that is more wonderful than that! seriously. So blessed! God is so good!!! 

I love you all! peace and blessings! 


http://www.mbmission.org/video/trek/2008/why-trek


http://www.mbmission.org/video/trek/2008/team-thailand