"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Pre Field Training


Hey everyone! I'm currently in the Atlanta airport with three hours until our flight to Perú takes off! The past four days we had Pre-Field-Training in Ridge Haven in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.

It was absolutely refreshing to be immersed completely into a community of fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. All of the 40 interns for MTW this summer share a similar spark and desire for missions as myself and being surrounded with people who actually honestly fully understand my passion was so wonderful.

As we went through training we did many team building activities (including swimming, rope swings, lilly pad hopping, slide surfing, rock walls, obstacle courses and more) as well as training to prepare us spiritually with lessons on Spiritual Warfare, Humility and Pride, and more.

We were also trained about the culture (for me Latin America, specifically Peru) and how to counter such feats as culture shock, offending the native, etc. I can not stress yo you enough how well MTW handled this training, I feel 100% prepared.
The community with the other 40 interns was a small taste of what heaven will be, others are going to Kenya, Greece, Mexico, Japan, England, New York, Scotland, and Ethiopia and the four days we were together in training unified us in our similar mission to, well, the world for the purpose of spreading God's glory and his name. I won't lie, it's strange but even though I've only know these people for four days I feel as if we have been friends for 20 years.


Never have I EVER connected with a group of people so quickly, I believe it to be because of our similar passion (many times misunderstood by other friends, relative, etc) that unifies us so strongly. Prayer Requests:
  1. Unity for each of the teams in their fields and a unification of prayer for all 40 interns.
  2. I am living with a host family (which is COMPLETELY new news to me) and will be completely relying on Spanish, I need prayers for their patience and my understanding.
  3. Safe travel today and the safe arrival of all of our bags.
I will be arriving into Peru tonight around 11:15 to meet the Peruvian family and missionaries I will be serving with, anticipation is at its absolute highest point for me thus far and I am so excited! I will try to post as soon as I can to let you all know I am safe and how it all is! Thanks for your prayers and love.
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