Monday, 10 August 2009

• Counting Down

  I leave for Ecuador in 26 days.

  WAHOO!!!

  To my dear wonderful supporters: I have now raised over $1800 for my team, and my portion of the trip cost was only $1,500.00. Thank you so much for your generosity!! The crazy thing is that I think I sent the least amount of fundraising letters compared to my teammates, so the overwhelming response (more than 50%) of the people I have asked to help me go has been such an encouragement. I'll be sending out prayer cards this week with some more concrete requests and additional info about the team. We have a total of 13 people going now:

  • our fearless leader Krissy (whose parents are the missionaries in Ecuador)
  • Donelle (my fundraising partner and WONDERFUL pilates instructor)
  • Emmanuel (amazing vocalist!)
  • Paul (fantastic guitarist)
  • Sarah (the team nurse)
  • Steven (male co-leader for the team - great guy)
  • Michael (he's working diligently on his spanish)
  • Melody (children's pastor)
  • Allison (super organized)
  • Kerry (talkative)
  • ME!
  • Cristyn (super funny)
  • Kristin (great with kids)

  We had a fundraiser Friday night - Parents Night Out. We babysat about 30 kids for 4 hrs - great time of team bonding and hard work. Chaos would be a fitting descriptor. I miss kids - it made me realize how much I enjoyed being in children's ministry and that I definitely miss it. It was also humorous to see who was good with kids and who wasn't. Most of the guys did a good job - the older the guy, the better he was with the kids. The ladies except for a few, were excellent with the kiddos.

  We discussed spiritual attacks this past Tuesday at our team meeting - the closer we get to the trip, the more we are all noticing how we are being attacked - in our jobs, personal lives, emotions...which is AWESOME because we know we are scaring Satan when he is working so hard to keep us from going. Last week was really rough at work for me personally. As a team we are praying and fasting - each Tuesday and calling one person on our team each week to pray for them. Spiritual prep is just as vital as anything else.

  I'm working diligently on my spanish podcasts and spanish worship. I'll be uploading a video soon of "Cantare De Tu Amor" soon.

  Thanks again for all your prayers and encouragement.

  Love--Brooke

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