A youth servin Christ

Thank you all so much for your prayers! Rob is now at the castle in Austria serving in the coffee shop and kitchen. He is in such a great environment to grow in his walk with the Lord. He will meet christians from all around Europe and even the world, who are either missionaries or are on church retreats. Please continue to pray for Rob since he is a new christian and I know how much the enemy will try to destroy him. I have told him that our friends and family back home are praying for him and he couldn't even believe it.

Rob, one of the youth who gave his life to Jesus last year, is leaving for Austria next week. He has decided to serve the Lord over at the castle, which is a retreat center for groups who come to grow in the Lord. He will be there for a year growing in the Word and seving. We are so excited for what the Lord is going to do in his life. Rob has talked about wanting to go to Bible college after that year. During our time here he has been such an amazing blessing to us and a great witness for the youth around him. Please be praying for Rob that he will continue to follow the Lord whole heartedly.

Worship Leader

The calvary chapel here in Brid has not had a worship leader for quite some time. For a few years now kids have been coming up during the semester, but when the semester is over there is no more worship. The congregation has been praying for someone to either come here or step up in the church. So we are asking for our family and friends back home to pray for a worship leader, someone who will be a worshiper both with there music and life.

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Please pray for Rachel, who just gave her life to the Lord, her parents strongly believe that calvary chapel is a cult and won't let Rachel come to the church anymore. So Randi hasn't talked to her in quite some time. The pastor wrote a kind letter to her parents explaining who we are. So we ask that you all would pray for her parents' eyes to be open. It is really such a bummer cause she was growing in the Lord. But we know God is good and has control!

Please Pray

Please be in prayer. Randi had to go to the doctor today and she has strep throat. She is on antibiotics and resting. Please pray that the antibiotics will do their job and she will be healed.

First Youth Outreach Day!!!!

Hi guys,

We can't believe that is even the title for this blog. Tomorrow the 21st of March we are going out into the towne for an outreach. This is something that we invited the youth to do with us. As you guys know there are about 5 youth kids who are saved. To our surprise a group of about 10 sincere lads and lasses want to come out with us.

PLEASE pray for this event. The youth are wanting to hand out leaflets and invite other youth to our Reborn (youth group). We also explained to them, (especially those who are saved) that God might be calling them to talk and tell people about Jesus and what He has done on the cross. They've never done this and are nervous. Pray for their sweet hearts. Pray for God's guidance with all of our words and actions. Pray for every aspect that might come up in your heart about this event. (representation, sincerity, gentleness, appropriateness, etc.)

We know and keep trusting the Lord full heartily. He is El Shaddi the Almighty God! We are praying that He will do work thru our group tomorrow that is glorifying to Him. And that the kids have FUN! inviting people to their youth group and sharing about Christ.

Yeah!!!!! This is a blessing and we are stoked for tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers. We've heard from quite a few of you one way or the other and appreciate it so much! (hint hint) :)

Cheers.

A life changed

Last Friday night a girl asked Jesus Christ into her heart! :) Her name is Rachel. Please be praying for her as she begins her journey. She is the first girl that has done so in this youth group.

On Sat. the 14th Randi is going to be having an all girl hang out day. Be praying as Rachel comes and brings some of her friends.

WE ARE IN OUR FLAT!!!!!
We have our flat and we are so excited. The Lord answer our prayers and provided us with a perfect place. We will have pictures to show yall soon. Our new address is:

9 Marine Court
Summerfield Road
Bridlington, East Yorkshire
YO15 3LF
United Kingdom, England

We still are having problems getting our internet and phone up and running so communication is a little tough right now, but soon will be up and running. Continue praying for the youth. They are doing really well, Rob (youth kid) is heading off to Bible College in Germany to check it out next week, yes!!!! God is working in his life and it is so exciting to watch. Please keep him lifted up in prayer whether he decides to attend the college.

Beach Day

We took some kids to the beach today, just to hang out. We had a "well" good time. We played frisbee, badmitin, soccer, telephone pictionary, etc... These kids were Danny, Ryan, Liam, Luke, and Rob. There some of the kids who come to "REBORN" youth group on friday nights. Danny and Ryan do not know the Lord so we are continuing to pray for them. It really has been so great to get to know these guys, we are excited to watch them grow in Him.

Keep them lifted up.

Flat

Please pray that The Lord will provide for us the right flat (apartment). We really want a place low in price and, most importantly, right in the town center where all the kids are.  We want our flat to be a blessing to the Lord and for Him to use it the way that He desires -- so please pray.  Thank you back home for all your love.  We continue to pray for all of you.

Friday night

Wow!!!  The Lord really is working here in Brid.  Thank you so much for your prayers!!!!  There were over twenty kids there on Friday night and we studied what the Word says about putting things in our ears that are not from God, like evil songs.  They had so many questions and thoughts and really are hungry for the truth.  There is a group of six kids who know the Lord and we daily pray that they will become more and more rooted in the truth.  These six kids are so new to the faith, but God is reveiling to them so much and they are able to answer some of there non-believing friends' questions. It is really so exciting to be a part of this and to be investing into these kids' lives.  The need for role models in their lives is so great.  We will soon have pictures of them and we ask for you to keep them in you prayers. We love y'all!

WE MADE IT!

Wow!  We made it to Bridlington!  It is so great to be here and to be staying with the pastor (Lauren) and his family (Jeanna, Audrey, Ashley, and Caedmon).  Tonight will be our first church service since arriving and it will be so nice to be with everyone.  Friday will be our first youth service so please pray that the Lord will continue to work in the kids' hearts this week so they will come to youth group ready to learn.  We need your prayers as we will be looking for a flat (apartment) in these coming weeks.  Thank you, guys, for all your prayers and support. We love you all so much!

Going Away Party

We are having a time set aside to give lots of hugs, share tears, and say our goodbyes!!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Please join us on Thurs. Jan. 29th after service @ Reality (around 8:30pm)

Location:
219 Legion Way SW Suite #202
Olympia, WA 98501

Hope to see you then. We are going to miss all of you very badly.

12 Days Away!

It's been awhile!

We would like to SHOUT out a praise! We have raised the amount of support needed to take off. Although there is more support to raise, we have no doubt that the Lord will provide in His way and in His timing.

We depart @ 8:45am on Monday Feb. 2nd.

Pray that our packing and farewells will go smooth!

Thanks for being involved!

Hearts that want to serve

The Silver Streaks group at Calvary Chapel Olympia have asked us to come and share on Dec. 18th 2008. Some of them have shown interest in supporting us.

We can't wait! Many of them are our close friends.

We thank God for this opportunity and for the love that has been shown our way thru these truly wonderful people.

PLEASE PRAY we will all be a delight to one another while talking about the youth in Bridlingtion.

We will update you after the meeting to let you know how it goes.

Here's a holiday hug!

"Same Page" Care Team :)

We had a care team meeting on Sun. the 30th of November. Brian and Marvy were missed along with Paul, our pastor at Reality, who is now coming to the meetings. Keith and Julie Robinette live in Colorado.

This care team meeting was centered around finding structure to the group and future meetings. IT WENT WELL! :) We all gave some honest input that could help eachother out.


What was accomplished:

• Delegation of jobs
• To do lists
• Brainstorming for upcoming meeting agendas
• Answered questions
  

What YOU can do:

• Building and maintaining a care team can be strenuous on all members. Please pray for unity as we all work together in serving our Lord and the youth in Bridlington.
  

We look forward to our next meeting two weeks from now.

Have a wonderful day. Until next time...

Our hearts for the youth

What an awesome opportunity we got to live among the youth kids of Bridlington this past July!

This coastal town is packed with kids who are facing crucial decisions of their lives, decisions like a belief in God or a relationship with Christ.

These kids are heavy on our hearts and in our thoughts to always be praying for and to be with.

It is so great to preach Christ through simply hangin' out and living life. God has been growing our hearts for these kids more and more and through this we have been getting absolutely stoked!

We can't wait to get back to the relationships that God has already started to build!

Our care team meetings are going very smoothly!!! Thank you for your prayers. Every other week we as a team have been getting together and preparing for what's ahead. It is so exciting to see the Lord's hand in this!

One more step forward!

Randi officially has her VISA! :) Hip hip hooray!


We are almost there. We appreciate the prayers and support.

Love you guys..

Z&R

Couple of Praise Reports :)

Zach's visa was approved! YESSSSSS! Now we are waiting on Randi's.

Randi's dental work is underway and only 20% of expenses that we had planned for!

The majority of our support letters have been sent out! Thanks to Dottie they look great.

We got our first comment. :0 Thanks Janna.