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The SLO life.

San Luis Obispo, California
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I have been back home from Hungary for about 2 weeks now and it has been great to catch up with family and friends. It has been especially sweet to visit my church family at Metro Calvary. It is so encouraging to see the work that God is doing in and through that fellowship. Truly a group of sweet, sweet people that love Jesus and treasure the word of God.

And the answer to the big question that has been going around.... NOW WHAT??

Well, in a week I will be packing up my suitcase and my car one last time and parking down in San Luis Obispo, California. San Luis Obispo (aka: SLO) is the college town that I lived in for 4 years prior to moving out to Hungary. I have been blessed with the opportunity to serve with Calvary Chapel SLO as the office manager and women's ministry assistant. Pray for my transition in this new season that God has for me. It has been 2 years since I have lived there and I am both thankful and excited to go back. Cal Poly is the college in town that I graduated from. It was in the dorms my freshman year of college that God really got ahold of my heart. That is where I first learned to walk with the Lord, to seek Him, and to study His word. Calvary Chapel San Luis Obispo was the first church that I was truly grounded in. I am thrilled that God is bringing me back to this place that is so dear to my heart and I am really looking forward to all that He has for me there. I have so many sweet memories of Calvary SLO and I look forward to making many more. I am especially looking forward to being apart of the lives of the young college girls! Pray for the students of Cal Poly that don't know the Lord and for the ministry of Calvary Chapel SLO. Calvary Chapel SLO is a fellowship of primarily young people that are hungry for Jesus. Pray for that these young people would come to know Jesus, that their hearts would be revived, and their lives changed.

San Luis Obispo is on the Central Coast of California, about 5 hours away from Loomis, my hometown. SLO is a college town that has over 18,000 students.

View overlooking San Luis Obispo

Sunset at one of my favorite spots, Shell Beach.

Visit the website at: http://www.calvaryslo.com/

HOME AGAIN

I made it home! I just got back from my adventures in the UK with Melanie. We had such a fabulous time. We were able to catch up with lots of the missionaries serving in the UK and attend a few different fellowships. Keep Melanie in your prayers as she considers where in the UK she is going to serve the Lord. Here are just a few pictures:

I made it! I was so ready to get rid of the stuff I had been carting around. I was greeted in the airport by my nephew Leish.

Edinburgh, Scotland. Melanie and I stayed with the missionaries Dan and Pat Starling. Pray for God to give them strength and vision for the ministry there.

Melanie, Hannah, and I in Bradford, England. The fellowship in Bradford is so sweet. A real precious group of believers. This picture is in the backyard of my friend Sam who was an Intern with me this last year. He is going to be the youth pastor at Church on the Way. Pray for him and the ministry in Bradford.

Melanie, Hannah, and I at Betty's Tea House in Harrogate. Hannah was a previous intern in Hungary and now serves as a missionary in Harrogate. Pray for the fellowship in Harrogate. Pray for the that God would send laborers.

Just a spot of tea... a few times a day:)

The girls and I with Jonathon and Josh. Jonathon is a missionary in Kyrgastan with his bride to be Katie. Josh is an intern at the bible college in York, England.

The streets of York. The was great to visit the bible college in York. God is really doing a work through the ministry there to send out laborers into the UK.

Greenwich. We stayed with the Alnut family (Debbie, Marshall, and Jazmine). They are pastoring a church called Calvary Chapel Docklands.

Melanie and I in front of the Tower Bridge.

Melanie, Dan, and I in front of Buckingham Palace. Dan is a missionary coming alongside the ministry with Calvary Chapel Docklands. Pray for the bible study than Dan has started in the west side of town.

Dan took us on the church history tour through London. This site was in honor of the conversion of the Wesley Brothers who were leaders in the revival England in the 18th century.

Melanie and I with Maxine at the Queen's House. Maxine was one of the students that came to the bible college for the Vision for Life program. She is praying about attending bible college in the spring!

On the road again! Cappucino's in the train station.

::Plans from here::

We have had a busy but blessed summer and now I have reached that time... the end of the internship. I am going to be leaving here on Monday the 10th and then onto whatever God has for me next. I will be spending the next two weeks in England with my friend Melanie. We are going to travel around to a few of the different ministries and see what the Lord is doing in that part of the world. I am praying that it would really be a time of seeking the Lord and reflecting on this past year. I am thankful to have some time set aside to just consider all that He is and all that He has done. From there I will be flying home:) I am so looking forward to seeing all of you and getting a chance to connect. Thanks for all of your love and prayers.

:::A VISION FOR LIFE:::

They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here is a peek into the summer spent with the Vision for Life group. It was amazing to see the group grow in the Lord, in the word, and to be used by God to serve and share the love of God to many people.

The quiet life of Hungary....

The Vision For Life girls at the Bible College

All the A Vision for Life girls in Vienna, Austria.

My summer Roomates!

My Sister Courtney and I overlooking the Danube in Budapest.

Jake is a young English boy who became

my adopted little brother all summer. He is now here

starting his first semester of Bible College.

Tommy, broke his ankle while we were in Budapest and was treated like a princess.

Praying with a young boy from Slovakia.

Street Evangelism/Outreach in Slovakia.

Sports Outreach in Ezstergom, Hungary.

Sam, Jason, and Me. Jason is the Pastor over the Vision for Life program.

Sam and I had a blast coming alongside to help lead the group.

The whole A Vision For Life team in Budapest.

Thank you for all of your prayers!!

Class Trip to Budapest, Hungary

Here are a few pictures from our class trip to Budapest. Let me tell you what an adventure it was... Really, what could be more fun that leading a trip of over 100 loud American students through an eastern European city? We didn't exactly "blend in" if you know what I mean. Just keeping tract of everyone was a job in itself. We only lost one girl all day and one out of a hundred isn't so bad huh? And the best part was when 20 people who were previously in Romania got food poisoning all at once. Those who made it in time were flooding the bathrooms, some in the streets, some being carted off in an ambulance. And then there was the couple of us who had the job of babysitting the students. We herded in the 100 tired, whinny students and had to keep them on the corner of a sidewalk, out of the way, and out of trouble for over an hour. Like I said, what could be more fun than mass travel? All in all it was a good day though. We went to all the historical sites, visited a holocaust museum, ate great food, and drank cappucinos every chance we got. It was a fun adventure. Before I sign out, some advice from my good friend Joey that came in handy for me that day, "blessed are the flexible for they will not be broken." :)

Please Pray for Kosovo

From the 20th of October to the 29th a boy named Shaun and I will be leading an outreach team of18 to Malisheve, Kosovo. We will be traveling by train and by bus and doing all different sorts of ministry including: Practical ministry, English classes, Sports Outreach, and encouragement of the believers. There are a few things that I ask you to cover in prayer…

- Kosovo is a Muslim country that is not open to Christianity. Pray for safety for the team as we travel through Serbia and into Kosovo and that the Lord would protect us throughout our time there. Pray that we would have no trouble passing through the border.

- the week that we will be there is the last week of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Muslims fast from sun-up to sun-down for 30 days, then they have a 3-day feast. There will be a lot of spiritual warfare. Pray that the Lord would breakdown the spiritual stongholds and that the people of Kosovo would be open to the love and truth of Christ.

- Please pray for Shaun and I as we lead the team. For God’s grace and wisdom. I have never ministered to a Muslim community or led such a big outreach team for that matter.

- Pray that the Christians there would be encouraged. They have suffered through a lot of persecution as well as rejection and abuse from family.