Wednesday, July 21, 2010
back to campus.
It is crazy to think that in 2 days, i will be headed home. I am definitely excited, but I am also sad to say goodbye. This week is called "Back to Campus" week. This is a week that basically teaches us how to apply the ministry that we have learned here, back at home. It has a huge emphasis on strategic ministry. It has been so helpful to have direction and ways to actually be able to bring this experience back home with me. Tomorrow is the last full day of Back to campus, and then we have our final worship service. Then on Friday we make the trek home! I cannot wait to see you guys and share. The Lord has definitely changed my life from this summer. I am confident of that. I know this is not a summer high, it is a life change for me. I am so thankful that I have had this opportunity, and I am truly grateful to those who have helped me have this chance! Can't wait to see you guys very soon! Thank you so much. Love you guys.
Monday, July 12, 2010
missions conference and baptism!
This weekend was such a great weekend! We drove down to Destin for the Missions conference. I can't really sum up through this blog all that I learned during this conference. All I can say is that the Lord is really working in my heart, and teaching me a lot about Him, and our calling as Christians. We talked about some of our roles as Christians, and two of them were to be a Prayer person, and a Sender for other missionaries. As I was learning about these roles, my supporters were brought to my mind. Although many of my supporters are not able to go over seas, or come to Kaleo to learn and grow more, they have truly supported me and prayed for me during the past two summers. Whether I was in Mozambique, or in Panama City, my support has been so consistent and so faithful. So I just wanted to say first of all thanks, and second I know that you all are being faithful to the Lord, by your support for me. It means so much to me. I am blessed to be here, and learning all that I am. I know this is not a camp high, but these things that I am learning our changing me, and my relationship with Christ. I am growing with God more than I ever have. I am just so thankful that I am here.
Sunday we had a project baptism. Before the baptism, I just kept going back and forth on if I wanted to get rebaptized or not. I finally came to the decision that as an act of obedience to God, I want to be rebaptized. When I was baptized, I didn't fully grasp what a Christian was so I want to be rebaptized when I get home. I thought about doing it with the project, since I believe this is where I have truly started growing in my faith, but I want to wait until I get home! I want to do it at my home church, in front of the people who have supported me and loved me through the thick and thin of my life. I am really looking forward to using this act of obedience as a testimony for others.
At the baptism I got to see Seth, and some of my closest friends get rebaptized, and some get baptized for the first time! It was such an awesome experience. It was a big celebration in the ocean, and it was really amazing to see how God has moved in so many ways here. Thank you all for your prayers and encouraging words. You are dear to me!
Love, Kaylee
Sunday we had a project baptism. Before the baptism, I just kept going back and forth on if I wanted to get rebaptized or not. I finally came to the decision that as an act of obedience to God, I want to be rebaptized. When I was baptized, I didn't fully grasp what a Christian was so I want to be rebaptized when I get home. I thought about doing it with the project, since I believe this is where I have truly started growing in my faith, but I want to wait until I get home! I want to do it at my home church, in front of the people who have supported me and loved me through the thick and thin of my life. I am really looking forward to using this act of obedience as a testimony for others.
At the baptism I got to see Seth, and some of my closest friends get rebaptized, and some get baptized for the first time! It was such an awesome experience. It was a big celebration in the ocean, and it was really amazing to see how God has moved in so many ways here. Thank you all for your prayers and encouraging words. You are dear to me!Love, Kaylee
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
thankful for freedom.
The picture on the top left is the outdoor crew I work with, the picture below is Deb and Kenzie, the two ladies I am with is Alecia and Diane, the next picture is of my dgroup, and we all know who the last picture is of!!
This week has been a really good week. I got to share the gospel with 2 Jamaican ladies that I work with. Their names are Diane and Alecia. It was really good to be able to share it with friends that I have gotten to know, and not just strangers on the beach. They both had received Christ already, but it was good to open the doors for more conversation. Christianity looks so different in Jamaica than here, so it is good to share about the differences. On Thursday my coworkers and I were able to visit the Bigstuff service. This is the camp that we serve food for. We invited a lady that we work with named Deborah. She was working that night but she said she would try to stop by. We she ended up coming for a little bit, and I could just see her interest in her eyes. The service was fun, and people were freely praising God. The next day, Kenzie and Courtney (girls that I work with) got to share the bridge with her. As they were showing it to her, I was just watching her face, and
praying that the Lord would soften her heart. When they
asked her if she would like to put her trust in Jesus Christ, she looked at them with tears in her eyes, and said, "Yes, this is what I need." We all got to celebrate with her, and it was just awesome. Now Kenzie gets to walk her through steps of what to do next in your walk with Christ, which is so exciting!
Friday night we had a social which was at the park. It started pouring rain, but that didn't stop all of us from playing in it. It was a lot of fun! Saturday a group of us went to Royal American (where I work) and watched the fireworks. It was fun to see my coworkers in action too. Then Sunday we went to church and then we went to evangelism training early because we were going to Seaside that night. So after church we headed to training. At training they taught us some answers to some hard statements we get like, "There are many ways to get to heaven, besides Jesus, and "We can work our way to heaven." We learned some scripture that goes to prove that these statements are not true, if they came up in conversation. After training we got paired up with a partner. This week they did mixed partners. I was a little nervous about this. I got paired up with the guy that leads training. This was a little intimidating at first, but I just prayed that I would be able to articulate myself and that the Lord would speak through me. It turned out being really great, and we had some really good conversations. We got to lead a guy named Walter to Christ, which was really awesome. Later, we talked to this Christian family. They told us that we needed to talk to their daughter who was not there at the moment, but they told us she would try to test us. So sure enough, she comes walking up. I asked her if she wanted to see it, and she said yes. She began making up all these theories that she believes. I was so thankful that my partner was here, because he is a religious studies major, so he definitely knows his stuff, and also he was not going to let her questioning and theories trip him up. He did a great job talking to her, and she definitely understood what he was saying, and stopped trying to test him. Even though it was a tough conversation, I definitely could see that the Lord is going to use it to help the girl better understand who he is. Sunday night we went to Seaside. It was a lot of fun! I got to see my great friend Terry, because the Destin Kaleo was there also. It was a great weekend!!
This week I have off work because a camp canceled. It's kind of a bummer, but I am going to try to milk it, because it is not long before we leave! This weekend is missions conference. I am really excited for all that I am going to learn. Thank you all for reading, and I hope you are doing well!!
This week has been a really good week. I got to share the gospel with 2 Jamaican ladies that I work with. Their names are Diane and Alecia. It was really good to be able to share it with friends that I have gotten to know, and not just strangers on the beach. They both had received Christ already, but it was good to open the doors for more conversation. Christianity looks so different in Jamaica than here, so it is good to share about the differences. On Thursday my coworkers and I were able to visit the Bigstuff service. This is the camp that we serve food for. We invited a lady that we work with named Deborah. She was working that night but she said she would try to stop by. We she ended up coming for a little bit, and I could just see her interest in her eyes. The service was fun, and people were freely praising God. The next day, Kenzie and Courtney (girls that I work with) got to share the bridge with her. As they were showing it to her, I was just watching her face, and
praying that the Lord would soften her heart. When they
asked her if she would like to put her trust in Jesus Christ, she looked at them with tears in her eyes, and said, "Yes, this is what I need." We all got to celebrate with her, and it was just awesome. Now Kenzie gets to walk her through steps of what to do next in your walk with Christ, which is so exciting!
Friday night we had a social which was at the park. It started pouring rain, but that didn't stop all of us from playing in it. It was a lot of fun! Saturday a group of us went to Royal American (where I work) and watched the fireworks. It was fun to see my coworkers in action too. Then Sunday we went to church and then we went to evangelism training early because we were going to Seaside that night. So after church we headed to training. At training they taught us some answers to some hard statements we get like, "There are many ways to get to heaven, besides Jesus, and "We can work our way to heaven." We learned some scripture that goes to prove that these statements are not true, if they came up in conversation. After training we got paired up with a partner. This week they did mixed partners. I was a little nervous about this. I got paired up with the guy that leads training. This was a little intimidating at first, but I just prayed that I would be able to articulate myself and that the Lord would speak through me. It turned out being really great, and we had some really good conversations. We got to lead a guy named Walter to Christ, which was really awesome. Later, we talked to this Christian family. They told us that we needed to talk to their daughter who was not there at the moment, but they told us she would try to test us. So sure enough, she comes walking up. I asked her if she wanted to see it, and she said yes. She began making up all these theories that she believes. I was so thankful that my partner was here, because he is a religious studies major, so he definitely knows his stuff, and also he was not going to let her questioning and theories trip him up. He did a great job talking to her, and she definitely understood what he was saying, and stopped trying to test him. Even though it was a tough conversation, I definitely could see that the Lord is going to use it to help the girl better understand who he is. Sunday night we went to Seaside. It was a lot of fun! I got to see my great friend Terry, because the Destin Kaleo was there also. It was a great weekend!!
This week I have off work because a camp canceled. It's kind of a bummer, but I am going to try to milk it, because it is not long before we leave! This weekend is missions conference. I am really excited for all that I am going to learn. Thank you all for reading, and I hope you are doing well!!
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