Hey everyone I am so sorry it has been so long since my last post. This one is actually from my phone so I will have to keep it brief. This week marks the start of my fifth week in Charleston and fourth week at work and I can hardly believe it. I have met so many wonderful people and time is going by way too fast! God is really using my time here to teach me the importance of being prayerful in all things and finding my joy in Him. He is also showing me how great His grace is despite my imperfections. I know that I don't always trust Him as much as I should and even when I don't, He still cares for me and has a great plan for my life!
Please pray that I would grow on my love for the Lord and the realozation of how much I need him. Please also pray that we would not pass up opportunities to share Christ with people we come in contact with. Miss and love you all!
6.25.2012
6.10.2012
Week 2!
Hey everyone!
So sorry I haven't kept y'all updated over the past week...needless to say things have gotten much busier since work has started!
Orientation for McDonald's was on Monday and on Tuesday we started in the full swing of things. I have mostly been working at the front register and I really like it because I get to interact with both customers and employees. We are beginning to get to know our employees and that is very exciting! One of our employees was even so sweet to invite us to her little son's birthday party yesterday!
I have to admit work has been much harder than I had thought it would be. I have a deeper respect than ever before for people who work "behind the counter" because it is hard work for sure!
Please be praying that the Lord would give everyone on project the opportunities this week to get to know our employees more and have conversations with them in which we are able to share with them the truth of the Gospel, that Jesus love them and died for them.
As for this past weekend, Friday night I went with a group to eat at a mexican restaurant downtown and then we just came back to the hotel and talked...one of my favorite things about the trip so far! Saturday we did outreach with an awesome ministry called "Without Walls." This organization brings church into neighborhoods and it was an awesome opportunity to partner with them. I was so blessed to talk to one of the older ladies in the neighborhood, Mrs. Martha. She was one of those people who loves the Lord so much and and is completely satisfied in Him that she can't help but to talk about Him in all of her conversations. She really encouraged me and reminded me of how we need Jesus in every aspect of our life. (I hope to share more about Mrs. Martha as we will be going back every other week!) Once we came back, I went with Mitch and Abby to the birthday party which was a lot of fun!
Every Saturday night we have a project social and last night was a tacky-skate party. It was so much fun to get to know people better as we goofed off and had a great time skating...I had forgotten how much fun it was despite a classic fall that has left me so sore today! After we got back, some of us changed and went downtown to the Mellow Mushroom for pizza...I hadn't ate there in a while and almost forgot how good it was! The best part of the night was when Lauren, Ashton, and I hopped on a bike taxi to take us just a few blocks to where we had parked. Charlie, Kevin, and Patrick had no clue where we had gone, so the look on their faces were priceless were places when we passed by them on the side walk waving and laughing as hard as we could!
This morning we went to a wonderful church service on the book of Psalms at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Please be in prayer for them as the church is most likely to be torn down to build an apartment complex in its place. I was so amazed by this church body's trust in God that if they aren't able to keep the church, the Lord will provide them somewhere else to worship since a church is not defined by its building.
Sunday afternoon is one of my favorite times of the week and I was so excited to spend it relaxing at Meme and Dede's and then cooking with some friends after. Once we got back we had prayer and praise....a great way to kick off the week ahead!
I would like to ask you to specifically pray for the girl I met on the beach last week, Beka. She was not able to come to our Thursday night Cru Worship service this week, but I am praying that she will be able to make it this Thursday. Even if she can't come, please be praying the Lord would tug at her heart because I know she is going through a lot of hurt and really needs the Lord to fill that hole in her heart. Also please continue to pray for our co-workers and that we would be so eager to tell them about Jesus and what he has done for us!
Y'all have a wonderful week...miss and love you!
So sorry I haven't kept y'all updated over the past week...needless to say things have gotten much busier since work has started!
Orientation for McDonald's was on Monday and on Tuesday we started in the full swing of things. I have mostly been working at the front register and I really like it because I get to interact with both customers and employees. We are beginning to get to know our employees and that is very exciting! One of our employees was even so sweet to invite us to her little son's birthday party yesterday!
I have to admit work has been much harder than I had thought it would be. I have a deeper respect than ever before for people who work "behind the counter" because it is hard work for sure!
Please be praying that the Lord would give everyone on project the opportunities this week to get to know our employees more and have conversations with them in which we are able to share with them the truth of the Gospel, that Jesus love them and died for them.
As for this past weekend, Friday night I went with a group to eat at a mexican restaurant downtown and then we just came back to the hotel and talked...one of my favorite things about the trip so far! Saturday we did outreach with an awesome ministry called "Without Walls." This organization brings church into neighborhoods and it was an awesome opportunity to partner with them. I was so blessed to talk to one of the older ladies in the neighborhood, Mrs. Martha. She was one of those people who loves the Lord so much and and is completely satisfied in Him that she can't help but to talk about Him in all of her conversations. She really encouraged me and reminded me of how we need Jesus in every aspect of our life. (I hope to share more about Mrs. Martha as we will be going back every other week!) Once we came back, I went with Mitch and Abby to the birthday party which was a lot of fun!
Every Saturday night we have a project social and last night was a tacky-skate party. It was so much fun to get to know people better as we goofed off and had a great time skating...I had forgotten how much fun it was despite a classic fall that has left me so sore today! After we got back, some of us changed and went downtown to the Mellow Mushroom for pizza...I hadn't ate there in a while and almost forgot how good it was! The best part of the night was when Lauren, Ashton, and I hopped on a bike taxi to take us just a few blocks to where we had parked. Charlie, Kevin, and Patrick had no clue where we had gone, so the look on their faces were priceless were places when we passed by them on the side walk waving and laughing as hard as we could!
This morning we went to a wonderful church service on the book of Psalms at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Please be in prayer for them as the church is most likely to be torn down to build an apartment complex in its place. I was so amazed by this church body's trust in God that if they aren't able to keep the church, the Lord will provide them somewhere else to worship since a church is not defined by its building.
Sunday afternoon is one of my favorite times of the week and I was so excited to spend it relaxing at Meme and Dede's and then cooking with some friends after. Once we got back we had prayer and praise....a great way to kick off the week ahead!
I would like to ask you to specifically pray for the girl I met on the beach last week, Beka. She was not able to come to our Thursday night Cru Worship service this week, but I am praying that she will be able to make it this Thursday. Even if she can't come, please be praying the Lord would tug at her heart because I know she is going through a lot of hurt and really needs the Lord to fill that hole in her heart. Also please continue to pray for our co-workers and that we would be so eager to tell them about Jesus and what he has done for us!
Y'all have a wonderful week...miss and love you!
6.03.2012
Update!
Hey y'all! Hope your Sunday has been great and everyone is ready for a wonderful week ahead!
The past two days have been wonderful here in Charleston. Yesterday our group went to Folly Beach which is only about a 15 minute drive from downtown. That morning, the staff provided us with some great tools for starting spiritual conversations with others. When we went out onto the beach, my Bible Study, Caroline, Laura, Elaine, Kelly, Ashley, and I, divided up into groups of two or three, in hopes to meet new people and strike some conversations up. Caroline, Ashley, and myself ended up talking with some girls who were a few years older than us for over an hour. It was awesome because we were able to hear what they believe and then share with them a little bit about what they believe. One of the girls began to talk about a lot of difficult things she is facing right now and asked where we went to church down here. We even exchanged numbers and she wants to come to our Campus Crusade worship night this Thursday! Please be in prayer for her that we would be able to build a relationship with her this summer and that she would realize just how much Jesus loves her and want a relationship with Him! We will have the opportunity to go out and talk with people every Saturday for the next ten weeks so please pray that the Lord would prepare people's hearts to hear and experience the Gospel.
After we came back from the beach, we headed over to a park across from our hotel where we had our very own field day. Yes, we played some of the exact games I remember playing in elementary school at field day. :) For example, we played "dizzy bat," in which we had to go around ten times and then hit a baseball. This was quite the problem for me considering I can't hit with a bat on a normal day when I'm not dizzy. After "Field Day" was over, we headed to a beautiful pier and gazebo where the amazing staff were making us fresh smoothies! I think this may be my new favorite spot down here considering the sun was just getting when we got out there...it was so beautiful!
Afterwards, a group of us went to play putt-putt. We were split up into three groups and my group made a rule that whoever won got to play their fight song in the car on the way back. I was at a slight disadvantage being the only UNC student against two Michigan State Spartans and two Tennessee Volunteers. Needless to say we weren't singing "I'm a Tar Heel born, I'm a Tar Heel dead" on the ride back!
Afterwards, Lauren, Charlie, Patrick, Alex, Colleen, Kelsea, and I, went downtown to the pier at Waterfront Park for the second night in a row. I take back what I said about the gazebo, I believe this is my favorite spot in all of Charleston so far. It was so beautiful!
This morning we attended the churches we will be at this summer for the first time. I will be going to Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which is located right downtown or "don-ton" as the Michiganders would say it. :) The people there were so welcoming and loving. We will be studying the book of Psalm this summer and I am really looking forward to it! After church, they were so sweet to have us for lunch. Different families in the church "adopted" us for the summer and I was "adopted" by a sweet couple, Mr. and Mrs. Joyner. I am really looking forward to getting to know them! I also signed up for which area I would like to serve at Redeemer and it looks like I will be helping plan events for some middle school girls in their youth group a couple times throughout the summer and I am really excited!
This afternoon I went to the pool, did some laundry, read, got some mail and then tonight, Lauren and I made tacos for dinner! Later, we had Sunday night "Prayer and Praise" which I think is going to be one of my favorite things about project. This time consisted of just singing and going to the Lord in prayer with one another about the upcoming week and summer. I really want to grow in my prayer life this summer, so this was very encouraging and refreshing!
Well I better head to bed I have McDonald's orientation in the morning! Sorry for such a long post I was just so excited to share the past couple of days with y'all! Most jobs will be in full swing starting this week so please be praying that we would make good first impressions with our employees this and that they would notice something different in us, that difference being Jesus! Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
-Kerry :)
The past two days have been wonderful here in Charleston. Yesterday our group went to Folly Beach which is only about a 15 minute drive from downtown. That morning, the staff provided us with some great tools for starting spiritual conversations with others. When we went out onto the beach, my Bible Study, Caroline, Laura, Elaine, Kelly, Ashley, and I, divided up into groups of two or three, in hopes to meet new people and strike some conversations up. Caroline, Ashley, and myself ended up talking with some girls who were a few years older than us for over an hour. It was awesome because we were able to hear what they believe and then share with them a little bit about what they believe. One of the girls began to talk about a lot of difficult things she is facing right now and asked where we went to church down here. We even exchanged numbers and she wants to come to our Campus Crusade worship night this Thursday! Please be in prayer for her that we would be able to build a relationship with her this summer and that she would realize just how much Jesus loves her and want a relationship with Him! We will have the opportunity to go out and talk with people every Saturday for the next ten weeks so please pray that the Lord would prepare people's hearts to hear and experience the Gospel.
After we came back from the beach, we headed over to a park across from our hotel where we had our very own field day. Yes, we played some of the exact games I remember playing in elementary school at field day. :) For example, we played "dizzy bat," in which we had to go around ten times and then hit a baseball. This was quite the problem for me considering I can't hit with a bat on a normal day when I'm not dizzy. After "Field Day" was over, we headed to a beautiful pier and gazebo where the amazing staff were making us fresh smoothies! I think this may be my new favorite spot down here considering the sun was just getting when we got out there...it was so beautiful!
Afterwards, a group of us went to play putt-putt. We were split up into three groups and my group made a rule that whoever won got to play their fight song in the car on the way back. I was at a slight disadvantage being the only UNC student against two Michigan State Spartans and two Tennessee Volunteers. Needless to say we weren't singing "I'm a Tar Heel born, I'm a Tar Heel dead" on the ride back!
Afterwards, Lauren, Charlie, Patrick, Alex, Colleen, Kelsea, and I, went downtown to the pier at Waterfront Park for the second night in a row. I take back what I said about the gazebo, I believe this is my favorite spot in all of Charleston so far. It was so beautiful!
This morning we attended the churches we will be at this summer for the first time. I will be going to Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which is located right downtown or "don-ton" as the Michiganders would say it. :) The people there were so welcoming and loving. We will be studying the book of Psalm this summer and I am really looking forward to it! After church, they were so sweet to have us for lunch. Different families in the church "adopted" us for the summer and I was "adopted" by a sweet couple, Mr. and Mrs. Joyner. I am really looking forward to getting to know them! I also signed up for which area I would like to serve at Redeemer and it looks like I will be helping plan events for some middle school girls in their youth group a couple times throughout the summer and I am really excited!
This afternoon I went to the pool, did some laundry, read, got some mail and then tonight, Lauren and I made tacos for dinner! Later, we had Sunday night "Prayer and Praise" which I think is going to be one of my favorite things about project. This time consisted of just singing and going to the Lord in prayer with one another about the upcoming week and summer. I really want to grow in my prayer life this summer, so this was very encouraging and refreshing!
Well I better head to bed I have McDonald's orientation in the morning! Sorry for such a long post I was just so excited to share the past couple of days with y'all! Most jobs will be in full swing starting this week so please be praying that we would make good first impressions with our employees this and that they would notice something different in us, that difference being Jesus! Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
-Kerry :)
6.02.2012
Saturday Update
Hey y'all...Quick rundown of what's been going on in Charleston!
Yesterday afternoon, a couple of us biked downtown and had lunch at Moe's. It was my first experience riding my bike down here and was a lot of fun! Then I came back and went with a friend to run errands in preparation for the teaching job she will have this summer. After a Wal-Mart trip, we came back and left for my first ever "Low Country Boil." Apparently this is a Charleston tradition and it was so delicious! The project coordinators wife's parents had us over at their beautiful home where shrimp, corn on the cob, and potatoes were all boiled together to make a yummy, southern, dinner. We all hung out there and talked with one another and then a few of us went down for frozen yogurt and walked along waterfront park. It was such a beautiful and fun night!
This morning we have been in evangelizing equipping and are headed out to the beach in the next hour to begin some outreach to share Jesus with others. Please be prayerful that the Holy Spirit would direct us and that we would not rely on our own strength!
This summer, we are doing a study on Galatians and I wanted to share the verses with you that we are studying this week. Click Here! We have been using a study by Tim Keller, in which he reminds us that unlike any other type of righteousness, righteousness through Christ is "passive" in which the work has already been done. It is a gift. What a beautiful reminder that the Gospel is nothing that we can do but everything that Jesus did for us!
Happy Saturday!
6.01.2012
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday friends!
Like I mentioned the other night, my orientation that was supposed to be yesterday but was switched to Monday so some of us had a free day yesterday and headed to Folly Beach to spend time with and get to know one another better. I was so excited to go here because it brought back so many childhood memories...my favorite being when my uncle John bought me a pink hermit crab there when I was five that I named Folly. :)
I am so thankful for the way the scheduling worked out because I think having time to hang out with a lot of the students yesterday gave me the chance to get to know them so much better in a short period of time! I was talking to one of the girls about how it was hard to believe that we had only known each other for less than 48 hours at the time. It was so encouraging to hang out and just hear how God is working in all of our lives, while getting to know everyone's sweet different personalities!
After the beach, we came back and showered to go to one of our weekly project dinners. It was held in the fellowship of the church I will be attending downtown, Redeemer Presbyterian Church. A very sweet lady named Mrs. Yvette prepared us a home cooked meal which included two of my favorite things, mac-n-chesse and Funfetti cupcakes! :)
Once dinner was over we returned back to the hotel where we were split into our ministry groups for the summer. I will be a part of the Community team, in which we will planning weekly socials held on Saturday nights. We really want to build an environment on project in which we are not only sharing the love of Christ with the people we meet while we are at work and such, but we also want to just love and build each other up within the group of students and staff here on project! I am looking forward to learning from this role as I will be apart of the Community team when I returned to school in August.
As for today, I woke up and had a devotion at a beautiful spot outside the hotel and then worked out with some friends. Later I am hoping to maybe head downtown for lunch and then I am going to run some errands with a friend named Lauren. I am so excited to have met her for so many reasons. Yesterday she shared her story with me of how she came to know Christ and it was such a great reminder of how much God has sought us out and loves us! She is also from Michigan which makes for funny conversations as I "make fun" of her northern accent and she makes fun of my southern one. I feel like I could write an entire blog contrasting all of the different southern and northern lingo...fun stuff! :)
Hope everyone is doing well and has a great weekend! I can't wait to get into the full swing of things next week and share with you about my job!
Like I mentioned the other night, my orientation that was supposed to be yesterday but was switched to Monday so some of us had a free day yesterday and headed to Folly Beach to spend time with and get to know one another better. I was so excited to go here because it brought back so many childhood memories...my favorite being when my uncle John bought me a pink hermit crab there when I was five that I named Folly. :)
I am so thankful for the way the scheduling worked out because I think having time to hang out with a lot of the students yesterday gave me the chance to get to know them so much better in a short period of time! I was talking to one of the girls about how it was hard to believe that we had only known each other for less than 48 hours at the time. It was so encouraging to hang out and just hear how God is working in all of our lives, while getting to know everyone's sweet different personalities!
After the beach, we came back and showered to go to one of our weekly project dinners. It was held in the fellowship of the church I will be attending downtown, Redeemer Presbyterian Church. A very sweet lady named Mrs. Yvette prepared us a home cooked meal which included two of my favorite things, mac-n-chesse and Funfetti cupcakes! :)
Once dinner was over we returned back to the hotel where we were split into our ministry groups for the summer. I will be a part of the Community team, in which we will planning weekly socials held on Saturday nights. We really want to build an environment on project in which we are not only sharing the love of Christ with the people we meet while we are at work and such, but we also want to just love and build each other up within the group of students and staff here on project! I am looking forward to learning from this role as I will be apart of the Community team when I returned to school in August.
As for today, I woke up and had a devotion at a beautiful spot outside the hotel and then worked out with some friends. Later I am hoping to maybe head downtown for lunch and then I am going to run some errands with a friend named Lauren. I am so excited to have met her for so many reasons. Yesterday she shared her story with me of how she came to know Christ and it was such a great reminder of how much God has sought us out and loves us! She is also from Michigan which makes for funny conversations as I "make fun" of her northern accent and she makes fun of my southern one. I feel like I could write an entire blog contrasting all of the different southern and northern lingo...fun stuff! :)
Hope everyone is doing well and has a great weekend! I can't wait to get into the full swing of things next week and share with you about my job!
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