Wow, guys! I'm in Albania!!

First impressions of Albania--- umm... it sort of looks like Mexico slash Greece here. :) kind of strange, but it really is great :)
We've been eating a lot of souflagge (a meat/cheese thing on flat thick tortilla thing with french fries on top!) and gelatto (Italian ice cream) a lot... The ice cream people know Kari already :) lol... Yeah, um... I guess things have been going really well! :)

Carlisle!!

Now, I've traveled from the Bottom (see picture) to the top of England!!



On December 9th and 10th, our DTS is going up to a place called Carlisle- to a YWAM base on the border of Scotland and England. It's a gathering of British DTSs to finish off the 40 weeks of 24/7 prayer we've been doing- to unify as North and South England (a gap that has been an area of sin and judgmentalism in the past) and to pray over YWAM England as a whole and over this country. I'm really looking forward to it (maybe not to the 8 hour drive there though!! lol). Plus, I get to see my bestest friend in the whole world- KAELI!!!! She’s visiting her family at the King’s Lodge base, and they are all going up to Carlisle, too! [In hind-sight] The gathering was really great. Kaeli and I talked a lot (although not enough lol) and had a great time of connecting thousands of miles away from home! It was awesome! Plus, the drive was actually fun :)

I'm going to..... Albania!?!?!

In hind-sight, some of England and Albania look quite similar! This is Albania, believe it or not!!




I found out my outreach location last week... Albania! I think it's a really cold country, but mostly windy. We are going to research it more before we leave, though. It has a very sad history, and the people group our outreach will mainly focus on, the Roma Gypsies, have an even sadder history= it is a broken people who (on paper, at least) seem very self- absorbed and pity-partyish... I am praying for restoration and that they find their value in Christ!! Please pray for our outreach team that we would be unified in servant hood, honesty, humility, and JOY!!! Right now, I'm a bit bleak about my team... but I'm praying that God not only changes my heart about it, but Changes the TEAM!!

Preacher woman... me?!?

I am at Soul's right now (lol) He got a new fancy-schmancy Italian car, so he was very happy to come down late on Friday night and pick me up from Holmsted. Our local outreach went really well. We do it at an Immigration detention center. It’s basically a service for the people there. This time, it was my turn to preach! God really used my testimony of the past few years and the hardships I’ve been through (esp. w/divorce stuff) to touch many people.... :) For my first time preaching, God really blessed me!! lol... after I finished I realized how alike DeLynn and I are in our public speaking mannerisms.... I jumped around a lot and waved my arms (lol) and.... ready for this???.... I realized I'm a shouter!! Not a yeller, but I definitely raised my voice a lot in my sermon! lol.... I spoke on how God has taught me through my hard experiences- mainly perseverance and his outrageous crazy love... with the gospel mixed in. I really felt God's love coursing through me as I spoke... It wasn't me- it wasn't my written-in-an-hour sermon. It was GOD. It was such a cool fear-banishing experience!!