I'm sorry it has been so long since my last blog post! Here is an update on the first three weeks of TREK:
Week 1: Orientation Week
This week involved a lot of getting to know each other and getting to know MB Mission. We had sessions on Journaling, Finances, Risk Taking Obedience, Effective Communication, and an MB Mission Orientation, we had work duties, free time, and on Saturday we went into Vancouver together for the day. It was a great week, and we really had the chance to begin to bond and begin to get to know each other. The highlight for me was definitely the session on Risk Taking Obedience. There are 16 Trekkers and 3 Global Servants (the Global Servants to training and debreif with us, but will go on assignment either alone or in a pair to a pre-determined location) - 8 boys and 11 girls. The interns, who are working with Luke Haidle this year to run the TREK program are Sarah, Leah, and Mark.
Week 2: Hearing God's Voice
Week two was themed on hearing God's voice. We has sessions about the different ways we hear God's voice, which cumulated in a 48-hour silent retreat. This was a great time for me of being able to simply be still in the Lord and listen for his voice. I never ceases to amaze me how much God desires to speak with us, and how he meets with us when we slow down enough to listen.
Week 3: Personal Holiness
This last week, we had sessions on Monday and Tuesday with Pastor David Manuel on Personal Holiness. He spoke on a lot of things, but there were a few main points that really stood out to me. There is no holiness without obedience. This struck me, and really reminded me that following God’s call to be holy as he is holy is not a matter of personal effort or piety, but rather of obedience to his Word and to his calling on our life. We Wednesday to Friday we had sessions on Spiritual Gifts and Relinquishing Your Rights, we watched a movie called “The Bema,” and helped set up and attended Pastor David Manuel’s Praise Raiser Banquet.
Oh and of course, there was one other small thing this week: TEAMS WERE ANNOUNCED!!!!! I will be going to Portugal on a team of 6 - 4 girls (Joanna, Rebecca, Roxy, and myself) and 2 guys (Kenny and Justin). We are all so excited, and already bonding and working well together as a team. We will be working with MB Missionaries Otto and Marjorie Ekk, as well as Portuguese leaders Joe and Paula Arrais. We’ve already had the opportunity to meet Joe and Paula (they are here in Canada for about four months receiving training), and are so excited to get to know them further and work alongside them. I’m so excited about my team and location, and I think it’s going to be a great 10 months!
Prayer Requests:
- Please pray for the continued development and bonding of my team. Pray that we would discover our gifts and how they work together, and that as one we would present a powerful example of Christ’s love and grace.
- Pray for openness in the nation of Portugal, and that God would be preparing and working in the hearts of the people we will encounter.
- Pray for Otto and Marjorie Ekk, and Joe and Paula Arrais, who we will be working with. Thank God for the way they have served him faithfully, and pray that he will continue to walk with and direct them.
- Please pray for the development of a strong prayer team. This is such a crucial part of ministry! If you wish to be a part of this team please let me know, I would be thrilled!*
- Please pray for God to provide me with full financial support. I currently have approximately $7700 still to raise.**
- Once again, for God’s continued blessing on MB Mission, and thanks for the work he is already doing through that organization and all their long and short term missionaries.
*If you would like to be a part of my prayer team, please contact me via phone at 604-226-4083 or email at brittany.reddicopp@gmail.com, and I will send you information and a commitment form, as well as regular updates and prayer requests.
**If you would like to support me financially, you can donate online at https://secure.mbmission.org/donate/cdn/C7739 for Canadian donations or at https://secure.mbmission.org/donate/us/C7739 for US donations (select Brittany Reddicopp under "participants", or in person to me or directly to the MB Mission offices. Please contact me via phone at 604-226-4083 or email at brittany.reddicopp@gmail.com if I can help you with any more information.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Today!
Well, it’s finally here. Today is the day that my TREK adventure begins! I have been staring at my computer screen, trying to think of something clever to say, but nothing really comes to mind. I'm excited and scared and utterly overwhelmed. So I’d like to just share a few verses with you that speak to me particularly on this day:
“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” ~Deuteronomy 31:8
“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” ~Deuteronomy 33:27
“I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” ~Psalm 16:8
“Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:23-27
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.” ~John 15:1-17
“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” ~Deuteronomy 31:8
“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” ~Deuteronomy 33:27
“I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” ~Psalm 16:8
“Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:23-27
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.” ~John 15:1-17
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