The last 3+ months I’ve had the privilege of diving into community with 4 strangers who’ve become sisters. At the end of this month we are having team changes, but we don’t know what that looks like just yet. Before we are placed into new teams, I want to introduce you to the girls that have made up GW’s (Gentle Warriors) and share some of their favorite things. Feel free to get to know them a little better by clicking on their names. 🙂 A sincere and heartfelt “I love you and thank you” to each one of these girls as they have impacted my life in countless ways and pointed me to Christ in everything.
Rosa – from Angola, lives in Florida
Color: Pink
Movie: The Notebook
Restaurant: Fogo de Chao
Holiday: Christmas
Love Language: Words of Affirmation
Current Bible Verse: I John 4:8
World Race Food: Rolex (Uganda)
World Race Memory: Finding a whisker on my neck and learning my teammate (Cary!) had noticed it weeks earlier and said nothing!
Kylee – Texas
Color: Yellow
Current Movie: The new Beauty and the Beast
Favorite Things: Sunshine, coffee shops
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Love Language: Quality Time
Current Bible Passage: John 3:22-30
WR Food: Chapatti crisps and guacamole (Uganda)
WR Memory: The Lord is softening my heart to commitment, and I don’t have an answer. 🙂
Cary – Colorado
Color: Green
Movie: Yours, Mine, and Ours with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda
Book: Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthral
Food: Pickles, Kumquat (really any vegetable or fruit)
Holiday: The Independence of America
Verses: Psalm 27, Habakkuk 1:5
WR Food: Bubble tea at Each a Cup with Tintin and Anni (Malaysia)
WR Memory: Dinner at Mary’s house with her 3 sisters
Jess – Indiana
Color: Red
Movie: Whatever I’m watching with my Dad
Food: Italian with good wine (no cheese)
Person: My family
Holiday: 4th of July
Verse: Romans 5:3-13
WR Food: Injera (Ethiopia)
WR Memory: Learning how to make coffee with Melat
Rachel – Indiana
Color: Red
Movie: Penelope
Book: Power in Praise by Merlin Carothers
Food: Macaroni and cheese
Holiday: My birthday (or anyone’s birthday really :)…)
Current Bible Verses: Proverbs 25:4, Ecclesiastes 11:7
WR Food: Indonesian casserole
WR Memory: Meeting Tsion and Kylee’s “It’s me, it’s me!” charade with Cary
This month we’ve been privileged with an honorary teammate. Vicky joined our squad last month in the role of encouraging us to share our stories by blogging and updating our loved ones back home. It has been a joy having her as part of our team this month as we moved from Malaysia to Indonesia. She heads home at the end of next month and I’m already missing her!
Vicky – Georgia
Color: Earth tones
Movie: Sarafina and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Books: The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Holiday: New Year’s Eve
Love Language: Words of Affirmation
Verse: Romans 8:15-16
WR Food: Indian
WR Memory: Cutting Rosa’s hair with a headlight
The Lord blessed me with being fully funded before departing on the World Race in January. For many on our squad including a few on my team, they are still in the process of raising funds. The final deadline is fast approaching on April 28. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with Rosa, Kylee, Cary or any other member on my squad who is still in need of funds to help keep them on the field? Visit any of their blogs and choose the “donate” button to support the work the Lord is doing through them around the world.
