I'm going back to Africa!

Every year the Elevate Internship takes two trips: one for full time and one for part-time. Last year the full-time went to Brazil to work with our HPC Campuses there while part-time (me included) went to Swaziland, Africa to work with Children's Cup. So this year we were waiting to find out where full time would go. Last week on our camping trip Michelle announced that the full time elevate team would be going to none other than Mozambique Africa! As you can imagine, I am more than pumped! We will be going in late April and will help the pastors, Issac and Carol Williams prepare for the launch of our newest HPC Campus, HPC: Mozambique on April 29th! Please pray for this campus and this trip as it will take a lot of planning and fundraising.

Where has the time gone???

So I just noticed that the last post I have is from over a month ago! I thank all of you who faithfully read the blogs. Anyway, I just wanted to throw out there some rambles and recent happenings.
Elevate is going well and I am learning tons about myself (not always a good thing, but definitely growing through it). I am in the middle of a book called the Barbarian Way and totally want to live like that- radically in love with Jesus. My friend Rachel made a comment to me once that I can never get out of my head: "So many people are willing to die for Christ, but so few want to live for Him." I think about that as I do the mundane day to day to do's. Am I waiting "until..." before I begin doing radical things for God. I want to lay down every night and know that today I gave Christ my everything and let Him live in me this day.
This month has simply flown by with so much going on at HPC.
We had a miracle offering for a new highland road sanctuary (called the "arena") that we are building in the back of the current property and that was really exciting. They had a countdown on the website and the anticipation was the best part of it all. When I was walking on the property I started to think about the future and that my grandchildren may grow up in this building. Generations I won't even meet will have fellowship in the cafe. It is truly incredible to think what God is going to do through that.
We also had fall fest which was such fun! And Joyce Meyer came to speak. Awesome times here in the BR!
This month is bringing the holidays to focus and once again I think about how little I need and how much I have been blessed with. I am hoping that this remains my focus and I don't get sucked into the commercialism of it all. I want this season to be about fires in the fireplace, cider, classic Christmas music,good food and tons of baking! For an alternative gift giving idea, Children's Cup (the organization I went to Swaziland with) is putting on a Christmas for the Kids that you may want to give to. Check out the info here.
Prayer of the week:

Invasion 06

(see more links from there) is a youth rally that Children's Cup is putting on November 18th. Thousands of youth are going to join together for a day of worship and teaching. Please pray for a sunny day and lift up the team.