Its the beginning of month four, and our team has switched it up a bit.We have a few new faces, and a new name to go along with the change. Here it is:
Team Jubilation
This name referes to the year of Jubiliee that Leviticus talks about in the Bible. This was a year of freedom for all people, and set apart as holy.
Isaiah 61:1-2 says, ‘The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s freedom.’
This is a year where we want all want to walk confidently in our faith, allowing God to have our full attentino, and ready to let Him use us to bring freedom and life every place that we go.
Ready to Meet the team?
Rachel is a passionate girl, especially about the outdoors. She graduated from North Greenville University in South Carolina in Outdoor Leadership. Rachel enjoys playing sports, being outdoors and being physically active. She is our organized team member, and in charge of Logistics on our squad. In the past, she has led Bible studies and Sunday school classes for kids.
Emily is from Ohio and graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a degree in Music Performance. Working with music has made her interested other cultures and their music. Emily is learning how to play guitar on the race. Her favorite ministries and the ones she feels called to usually include children and people with disabilities. Emily loves loving on people and thinks hugs are the best medicine.
Our team leader, Cody attended the University of Lethbridge, Alberta studying Agriculture. Cody traveled around western Canada and America competing in rodeo. He is interested in the outdoors and loves working outside and with kids. He gets along with strangers well and is always starting up conversations with people.
Becca graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire with a degree in marketing, emphasizing in sales and analytics. She loves a good challenge and is always up for anything she’s never done before, Laughter is her drug of choice, and she does her best to distribute it wherever she’s at. While kids are always a blast, Becca enjoys any work that can be done efficiently and show visible results.
Steve is taking a leave of absence after two years at University of Wisconsin Madison. He is studying philosophy and film. Steve’s passions involve physical activity, playing with kids and deep philisophical caon
Erin is from South Dakota and has a degree in Kinesiology. She spent 5 1/2 years doing sports ministry in the Czech Republic before returning to the U.S. two years ago to get a master’s in teaching. She had a blast this past year teaching and coaching basketball in her hometown of Mitchell. Erin loves sports, the outdoors, cooking, reading, and working with kids.
So there you have it! We are now in Nawal Parasi, a small village in southern Nepal where we'll be working for the next month.
