This past week, we got new teams. I'm so excited to share the wonderful people I've been blessed with in this season with you. They're AWESOME!! We're already having so much fun together!!
Jubilation= Jubliee + Generation
In the Old Testament, in Leviticus 25, God commanded the Israelites to have a year of Jubilee every fifty years. This year was set apart as a holy year. During this time, slaves were set free, property returned to its rightful owner, and there was no need to plant crops because the Lord provided so abundantly the year before. It was a time of release from indebtedness and bondage of all sorts and resting in the Lord.
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.’
Our team is a part of a generation who wants to proclaim the Lord’s favor wherever we go. We have set this year apart as one where we are focused on the Lord and find our rest in Him. We will bring freedom, hope, and the good news to people we come in contact with.
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.
Just to give you an update as far as our goings and comings, we arrived in Nepal a couple of days ago (after a 30 hour bus ride!!) We've been staying at a ministry called Asha Nepal, a home for trafficked women and their children. We've had this time to rest, and get prepared for our ministry. Nepal is defiantly different in culture than the US! We leave tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. for our site. It's not to far from here, supposedly a 6 hour bus ride, but with the way the roads are here, winding around all the mountains, it could be longer. I'm so excited to get going on our ministry here!!!
