Missionaries and Huts...

all missionaries go to huts in the jungle, right?

Prayer Mountain, Korea

When we got to Prayer Mountain many women were pushed into this room. It was completely empty at the time and is basement 2. Yes, those are hard floors and very thin blankets. My sweatshirt made for an excellent pillow for the 4 nights. It is remarkable how a wooden floor can become comfortable after a while when it's all you have! We counted the blankets and found out there were 285 people in this room.

4000 people at the conference
Breakfast after fast at prayer mountain. Also, this has been one of my last meals since then, too because I have been sick since Korea!

Camp TWO...Changwa, Taiwan

The second week half of the team went to a completely different city in Taiwan and lead about 80 children at a camp. Our half went to Changwa. We were split in half there, too. Six team members were with young children and four of us were at a high school each day.

There were these three high school girls who made me laugh each day and were great students. When I had the students introduce themselves the first day the three of them stood up and said, "I'm Pretty Angel; I'm Beautiful Nancy; and I'm Cutie Ruby" and struck a pose! That was my first encounter with them...they were quite the dramatic trio. Below are two of them on our last day. They made me do this pose because they said it meant we were sad...

I had a chance to tell my testimony to the choir at the high school. When I was finished I noticed a girl, Vania, crying in the corner. I went over to her and after we spoke for about an hour, she said the sinner's prayer and said she finally understands the words to "O Happy Day" (the song we were teaching them). She was so sweet and sang so loud!! She is precious and she accepted Christ on our last day at the school!! Vania is below:
This is the auditorium I taught in with all 40 students. I lost my voice this week so Carol taught a lot of the lessons. She did great and it was a great chance for me to assist rather than always be in the front. It was humbling as well. I realized I didn't always have to be the teacher! Sorry the picture is blurry...

Second Week: Jr. High Class

I taught the Jr. High class every morning for two hours. They are all 'run away' kids as the church explained it. Some have been in prison, gangs, etc. It is hard to believe because they were so sweet and so young. They knew nothing more than, "Hello" when I walked in the first day. I taught them beginning conversation, colors, numbers, body parts, and clothing.

Below is Lily. I had them all draw a person and label the body parts.

The whole class! We're a crazy bunch. But, sometimes you just have to be silly...

Typhoon Flooding..

This isn't a great picture.. but this was some of the flooding from the typhoon that hit. The first church we were at in Taiwan contacted us and told us that their sanctuary was flooded up to their knees and were scooping it out slowly... Keep them in your prayers as they deal with damage. Also, another typhoon hit Taiwan the day we left for Los Angeles again! We haven't heard about the conditions of those we know.

Team Dynamics

Our team was mostly Asian, but we like to say that we were a diverse team!

(from left to right) Grover moved to the US when he was 12 from Jamaica, Berenice is Mexican and goes to the Spanish service at our church, me..., and Ben a member at the church.

I personally have become very close to Berenice and can't wait to continue our friendship!

First Camp Pictures (including Emma and Peter!)

The first camp was unbelievable! We were hosting a true summer camp wher the students camp and slept in the same place as us, ate with us, hung out with us, and saw us at all moments of the day. I even had to go around at night with Rodney to do Cabin checks!

Below is my English class!! They were the intermediate bunch of the students. I miss them :(

My Huddle Group! GROUP ONE! Every morning after Marcus lead a devotional, we would split into huddle groups (small groups) for an hour and discuss the devotional and pretty much just hang out and practice English outside of the class room. I loved my group!
EMMA!
Emma was the young lady who accepted Christ. She was in my class at the camp. Even though she was my student, we got a long very well and are similar in age. She was more my friend than student. I miss her :( We have already emailed back and forth!

PETER!
Peter would always make this face because he said I did it in front of class, but I never realized! He also accepted Christ over the week. He is so excited and sent me an email already.

Late mornings we would do random activities and one morning Marcus told me to take the students and teach them a song... I lead them outside and was trying to think of a song on the spot! So I taught them "The B.I.B.L.E" and "I'm a Little Tea Pot", "Twinkle Twinkle", and made them do the "ABC's" backwards and all messed up... I almost feel bad for them because of the things I make them do! Below is one of my favorite pictures: the students tiping over because they are all tea pots!!

The whole camp! This picture includes our whole team as well as all the students at the camp. I really do miss them!