Tea and Crumpets?

Hello fellow blog followers
This is Heather and Leah reporting for duty. Where to begin...we are all alive and well. Pretty much recovered from jet lag. We spent the past two days working at Heritage International School. We have all been assigned a wide variety of tasks. Such as, inventory, participating in art classes, sharing testimonies, swimming with the little ones, observing student behavior, tutoring, and working with special needs children. We arrive at the school at 8 am and come home around 3ish. Our afternoons have been filled with planning ahead for our STD seminar, skits, songs, VBS (vacation bible school), and LAUGHTER. haha. Every night we eat at a different WGM houses. We get to sit down and answer the usual questions: where are you from, what's your major, what the heck are you going to do with that intercultural studies major, and what do you want to do for the rest of your life. Oh and my favorite....are any of you dating accountant majors? Our team decided to do a skit for the older kids chapel on friday. The skit we are performing is the Everything skit (look it up on youtube its awesome). We ran into one problem while practicing....we needed a male Jesus. Danielle was a great fill in but we needed a man. At one of the houses we ate at we met a young man in the prime of his life (24-27) ready to be Jesus (we tricked him into doing this ;] ) He learns fast...thank goodness....and we are really excited to perform. We were told that a few of the kids at the school are close to becoming Christians so we hope that this skit and our testimonies have an impact.
Tonight we are eating...................................GRASSHOPPERS!!!!!!!!!!!! nom nom nom

Now...we have something important for all y'all to be praying for. It has been brought to our attentions that British airways is going on strike. In case you didnt know this is the airline that gets us home. They are specifically striking on the days we are leaving (this totally would happen) BUT.....we were told that this sort of thing happens quite a bit and should be resolved :)
PLEASE PRAY!!!!!!!!! thank you my kind people. haha.

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Peace and Blessings
Peace and Blessings





tea and crumpets?

We are here!!!!

We made it!!!!! I am sitting at Kenneth and Delight's dining room table in Uganda! We made it through the airports and onto our flights with no problems at all. It was definitely a blessing that it went so smoothly. We are all quite jet-lagged, but trying to stay awake so we can adjust to the time difference (eight hours ahead of Chicago!). We just got back from seeing Heritage International School where we will be working this week...lots to do and we are all going to be busy busy busy. More to come later....

kirsten.

we're leaving today.

how did we get here?? we will be getting on the plane in about 10 hours. wow. i was talking with Kirsten about how we have gotten this far obviously not on our own...so during travel and while we're there we need to continue to lean on God because He is who brought us here! With raising all of our money and to each member on the team...God knew what He was doing for sure.

i should probably get my last minute stuff together! keep us in your prayers. we take off at 8:10!! yay.

so excited.
-lisa

2dAyS!!!!

Packing is CrAzY!!!! We are leaving in 2 days and are so stoked!!!

Thank you for everyone who has been praying for the team. We can definitely feel the prayers because we have gotten so close! It has been amazing getting to know each and everyone of the girls and growing closer to each other the last 6 months as we have prepared for this adventure. God has been so evident through the process of preparation and it has been AMAZING learning with the girls more about His Spirit as we read The Forgotten God by Francis Chen together. We have learned more about the power of the Holy Spirit and we want Him to guide our missions. I believe if you asked any one of the girls they would agree with me when I say that we have grown so close together because we have allowed God guide our way thus far. We have laughed together, cryed together, prayed together, eaten together, celebrated together, planned together, loved together and grown together. I am absolutely thrilled for the next three weeks, but I know we cannot do it without God on our side. The closeness of our team is wonderful, but that is what the devil is going to attack the most, so PRAY for continued unity for our team please! We are united through Christ and it is my prayer that we continue to stay united through Christ!

PS girls...I want to celebrate with a 2day cake today...it seems like yesterday when we had our 75 day cake :)

13. days.

we had our last meeting as a team on Friday. it's so surreal that we will no longer have meetings preparing to leave for this trip and the next time we are all together is when we are at the airport getting ready to fly to Uganda. this team has been such as blessing in my life and i know in Kirsten's as well. it's been so awesome getting to know each of the girls and learning how we can work together as a team to serve in Uganda.

during one of our meetings, we shared testimonies. i'm so glad that we feel comfortable enough with each other that we can all be vulnerable and open. after sharing our testimonies, it became obvious why God placed each one of us on the team together. the things we have gone through and each of our personalities relate directly to some of the things we will be doing in Uganda. God doesn't waste anything...even hard times. We will get to use those hard times to give hope to the children in Uganda, and I know we all are so excited about that.

please pray for peace for each of us on our team. finals will be going on in the next few days, and I know it's hard to focus on that when there is so much else going on. Also pray for safety and protection for each of us while we are at the different airports.

we will all fly out of Chicago after some members of the team fly from other states to meet us there. We will leave at 8:10 on May 25th, so if you want to pray specifically during that time that would be great. We arrive in London at 9:45 am which I believe is 3:45 am in Central time and 4:45 am Eastern. Then we have a 12 hour layover at the London airport. And finally we will get on the plane at 9:45 pm which is 4:45 pm EST and 3:45 pm Central.

We will then finally arrive in Uganda on May 10th at 7:45 am which is 11:45 pm Central and 12:45 am EST.

SO now that you know all that, please please pray for our team during those time periods. The traveling may be the most stressful part for us. Pray that everything will go as planned and no delay will happen due to the volcano...and lastly pray for safety and protection while we are flying and at the airports.

we are so excited to go. thanks so much for your support.

42 days.

Just wanted to give a quick update---we're leaving in 42 days!!

AND...all money is due on Wednesday! It's been awesome to see how much money has come in within the last month. In February we had over $22,000 left to raise as a team, and right now, we have just over $3,000!!

But still...we need your prayer and support. Please pray that we get all of our money in by the deadline so each one of us is able to go. If you would like to donate any more money, you can still do that this week. If you are interested, let me know.

Thanks so much for your support,

Lisa & Kirsten

aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!

The tickets have been bought!!!! We have reached the point financially where we were able to book the flights and purchase tickets. So it is officially official. :)

The journey so far has been awesome but also challenging. Sometimes I feel like the world is spinning spinning spinning! The feeling of unity on our team is incredible and that is something that was most definitely brought about by God. He handpicked each one of us and we are coming together and getting to know each other so well. It is truly amazing and I love each one of the beautiful women on our team.

We are still working on raising funds...and it is coming in slowly but we are getting there. There have definitely been speed bumps along the way, and not everyone is supportive and so we continue to ask for your prayers. One thing I have learned is that God is faithful. In times of doubting and discouragement, he has truly made his presence known. This is for Him and His glory. God is bigger than any power that works against us and He has strength that none of us can fathom. A verse that has been resonating in my head as we get closer to leaving, and just as I am working through other things in life right now comes from Isaiah. God states, "I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you" (46:4). When we feel tired and beaten down, and discouraged, God reminds us that he is here. He PROMISES to carry. He PROMISES to sustain. He knows we cannot go the distance alone, and He does not expect us to. Instead, God asks that we remember his abiding presence, and lean on Him and his unfailing love....He yearns for our dependence.

Well...dependence is not always easy. But God is in control and he will carry us when we finally decide to let him. And when we do...crazy things happen. :)

As we move forward, I am praying that we reach our financial goal of course. But I also pray that all ten of us find courage and strength like we have never know before. Courage to fall at the feet of God in complete dependence, and strength to do exactly what he asks of us. But all with the knowledge that God is carrying us the whole way through...

The countdown is now at 64 days!!!!!
So. so. so. stoked.

kirsten.