This is my last update before I am headed to Chiang Rai, Thailand. We will be leaving in 4 hours from the base to begin this adventure.
Words can't express how weird it is that my room is completely clean and packed up. It feels like I just got here yesterday, but here I am leaving for outreach with people I feel like I've known my whole life.
It is so surreal to me that in 24 hours I will be on the other side of the world preparing to put into practice all of the things God has been working in me over the last 3 months.
Thank you so much to all of you, my friends and family, the people reading this... who have supported me over the last little while. It means so much to me that you are so supportive of what I am doing and the things that God is doing in me. Your encouragement has truly been a huge blessing.
If anyone is reading this blog and doesn't know how to contact me, my email address is disco_kris@hotmail.com. If you have any questions or comments about my life, I would love to talk to you. I will do my best to reply to any emails :)
SPEAKING of disco kris...
Our outreach team has a group of very talented musicians on it. We have formed a band and will be doing a TON of music during this outreach. I am ecstatic. The name of our band is "Disco Kris and The Foxtrappers"
...this was not my idea. But a special thanks goes out to my big sister for the creation of that beautiful email address that will soon be SO inspiring to many.
Some other aspects of our outreach ministries include:
prison ministry
orphanages/children
university (we will be talking to people at the university and also working in a smoothie shop)
teaching english
I know a lot of you have been curious about my outreach and what I will be up to so I thought I would let you know a little bit more about it.
If you feel so inclined, your prayers would be very appreciated for me and my team. We are so excited but nonetheless there will be challenges as there are with any outreach and any team.
Also, I am seriously contemplating coming back on staff here at the school. This means I will need to have x-amount of money per month in order to remain here on staff to cover my living expenses, future outreaches, and things of that nature. If you have ever had the desire to support a missionary, may I put myself out there as a prime candidate?
Something I've really been thinking about lately is how people often say "YWAM/missions trips are such a spiritual high! When people come back home more often than not, all they do is crash and burn"
This is not how it should be, or how I want my life to be. Not that I don't believe people can be effective outside of YWAM, but as for myself, I so desire for this to be a lifestyle. I love that my dreams are so within reach, to go out into the world and spread the love of Jesus to it! I love that people treat your dreams like a reality and anything is a possibility, because God can do ANYTHING!
I am so excited for all of the things that God is doing within me, and for the direction he is finally pointing me in.
Thank you so much for your love, thoughts, prayers, support. Thank you for everything.
All my love.
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