Calling all teams!
Join us this Sunday in the West Worship Center from 4-6 for a time of sharing. Let's celebrate together God's love spread from DuPage county to the ends of the earth. Each team played a significant and unique role in composing our student GO teams for 2011. This Sunday we will unite and share in the riches of each team's ministry experience. We will hear from trip leaders, students and enjoy a time of worship. This would be a great opportunity for you to invite your family, friends, and local supporters of your trip to hear about how God used Warehouse Student Ministry to bring glory to His name!
Please wear your LESS OF ME shirt! See ya Sunday!
-Warehouse STAFF
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
DEARBORN - We're ba-ack!
Our final full day in Dearborn was spent visiting another mosque and having a barbeque at a park for anyone that would come.
Our mosque visit was interesting, to say the least. First of all Iraqi TV was filming the mosque and the Eman. If you happen to get Iraqi TV, be sure to dvr our interviews. I don't know how interesting our interviews were because all we talked about was Jesus. This mosque had a darker feel and the Eman seemed like a used car salesman rather than a giver of knowledge.
Our cookout at the park was fantastic! We gave a lot of people food and had some great spiritual conversations. We gave away many Injeels (New Testaments) and talked to many people about Jesus. I think that the people there loved how we were trying to get to know them and played with their kids (even though it was with water). One girl said "this park usually has a lot of fights, but you changed our park." It was great that we could have such an impact in a couple short days. We were happy that we could share our love for them and the love of Jesus.
Brad
Our mosque visit was interesting, to say the least. First of all Iraqi TV was filming the mosque and the Eman. If you happen to get Iraqi TV, be sure to dvr our interviews. I don't know how interesting our interviews were because all we talked about was Jesus. This mosque had a darker feel and the Eman seemed like a used car salesman rather than a giver of knowledge.
Our cookout at the park was fantastic! We gave a lot of people food and had some great spiritual conversations. We gave away many Injeels (New Testaments) and talked to many people about Jesus. I think that the people there loved how we were trying to get to know them and played with their kids (even though it was with water). One girl said "this park usually has a lot of fights, but you changed our park." It was great that we could have such an impact in a couple short days. We were happy that we could share our love for them and the love of Jesus.
Brad
Friday, July 1, 2011
Chicago 7/1
Yesterday was an epic day for everybody on the Chicago site!! After another early morning wake up call, and a scrumptious breakfast we hauled off in the vans to Daley Plaza. It was in this bustling city center that we prayed with over 375 individuals who were hungry for God and had dramatic requests. This was an experience that stretched every one of us out of our comfort zones. We prayed for sickness to heal, relationships to be repaired,prosperity for desperate people, and for the lost to be found. We pray that these individuals saw the love of Christ through our actions towards them. After a break to McDonald's, we boarded a bus and looped around the Rogers Park and Little India region. Our goal was to simply have a conversation with the person sitting next to us. It was a humbling experience for every team member. Perhaps the most powerful moment of the trip so far was our large group session focus on the subject of confession. Every person shared some of their deepest secrets and we prayed and worshiped as we celebrated our new creation. As the girls painted their toe nails and shared testimonies we heard a guitar in the kitchen of our apartment. We ran into the kitchen to see what was going on and were pleasantly surprised to find the boys serenading us. The interesting version of Justin Bieber's "Baby" had us all laughing and we laughed even more as Kurt read us Song of Songs and we were each handed a rose, we will never forget it! :) During the last day and a half of this trip please pray that we would remain dependent on Christ and continue to be changed by the humbling experience here in Chicago.
By: Eric and Maddie :)
By: Eric and Maddie :)
Chicago Team Stretched Outside their Comfort Zones...Awesomeness!
Parents I can't tell you how proud of your sons and daughters I am. Yesterday Chris and I dropped in on the team and joined them in a prayer movement that was completely outside many of their comfort zones. We went downtown to Daley Plaza, broke up into pairs and simply approached strangers and asked if they could use some prayer. God moved in many ways. Over 300 people were prayed for in a short hour and half. We were reminded by YWAM that if this many people came forward at a service of ours we would think revial had broken out! God is moving in huge ways on this team stretching each an every person way outside their comfort zone and let me be the first to say it is so awesome to witness. Continue to pray for this teams health and powerful ministry as they wrap things up tomorrow.
Jeremy out
Jeremy out
DEARBORN - building relationships
Hello family and friends! It's thursday and God is doing amazing things!
Work Project
Today our site went to go help out the Assembly of God church in Dearborn. They are currently constructing a church to draw muslims in the community to God. The building itself is composed of 4 classrooms where they will host Bible classes and ESL (english as a second language) classes. The church has also been turning a greenhouse(attached to the building)into a coffee shop. Coffee is very popular in the muslim culture so the church hopes to draw people to the church in that way. They will also be providing dinners occasionally as well to people in the community.
Park Experiences
Our site went back to the Hemlock park with the mission of sharing the gospel and building relationships. We are hosting a BBQ this friday(today) and providing Hallah meat(the only meat that muslims can eat) with the hope of attracting people to our group so that they may ask questions and we can make Jesus' name known. Kristen W and I got the chance to talk with a woman named Hyatt. We began to buld a relationship with her talking about fun things to do in Dearborn, fun things to do in Chicago, and about our family lives. She is 24 and happily married to her husband Mo (Muhammad) and is 6 months pregnant. She's naming her child Alli and is currently decorating his room :) It was fun to really connect with her and and to see the loving relationship that she and her husband have. Other people from our site have shared different experiences in which the woman is abused but fortunately this was not the case for Hyatt. It was really funny to see little prayers anwsered. Before we talked to Hyatt Kristen W and I saw her walking her dog and thought "what a great way to start a conversation" ("Hi can i pet your dog? I really miss mine in Chicago"... oh your from Chicago?..." etc.). Kristen W and I prayed that the dog would pee so we could catch up with her and it did 3 times:) haha! God answers prayers! Elle spent the time reaching out to children who came to her wanting to hear her play guitar and many of our site spent time connecting with people in sports games. It was really encouraging and many people said that they would come back for the BBQ.
ESL (english as a second language)
Half way through our time at the park some of the students headed back to the church we were staying at to help with the ESL class. Karin, Reilly, and I had worked with the same class on tuesday and had really gotten to know the people. I spent the majority of my time in the class helping two lebanese women, Mae and Fadia. Karin spent most of her time helping Mr. and Mrs.Wang (the family that invited Karin, Reilly, Mrs. Worrell, and I over to their house on wednesday- that's another story :] ) and Reilly took Jun Kai (Mr. and Mrs. Wang's son) out to the hallway because apparently he was a distraction. I gained a new respect for teachers and realized how hard it was to explain english. We said our goodbyes and exchanged emails. It was bitter sweet. "I will see you again insh'allah (Lord willing)". I really hope I can continue a relationship with them when I come home.
Encouragement web
Our group ended the day with a time of worship and encouragement. The encouragement web is a project serve tradition in which the groups gets around to every person passing around a ball of yarn making a web to lift someone up at the end. We attempted to lift Karin- we failed. It really brought our group even closer and yes many of us cried (especially meghan- go figure :] ).
We're so excited for the BBQ please keep our site in your prayers!!!!!
<3 Kristen MacDonald (sowwy four eny speeling mestakes eye dident hav tyme two prof reed)
Work Project
Today our site went to go help out the Assembly of God church in Dearborn. They are currently constructing a church to draw muslims in the community to God. The building itself is composed of 4 classrooms where they will host Bible classes and ESL (english as a second language) classes. The church has also been turning a greenhouse(attached to the building)into a coffee shop. Coffee is very popular in the muslim culture so the church hopes to draw people to the church in that way. They will also be providing dinners occasionally as well to people in the community.
Park Experiences
Our site went back to the Hemlock park with the mission of sharing the gospel and building relationships. We are hosting a BBQ this friday(today) and providing Hallah meat(the only meat that muslims can eat) with the hope of attracting people to our group so that they may ask questions and we can make Jesus' name known. Kristen W and I got the chance to talk with a woman named Hyatt. We began to buld a relationship with her talking about fun things to do in Dearborn, fun things to do in Chicago, and about our family lives. She is 24 and happily married to her husband Mo (Muhammad) and is 6 months pregnant. She's naming her child Alli and is currently decorating his room :) It was fun to really connect with her and and to see the loving relationship that she and her husband have. Other people from our site have shared different experiences in which the woman is abused but fortunately this was not the case for Hyatt. It was really funny to see little prayers anwsered. Before we talked to Hyatt Kristen W and I saw her walking her dog and thought "what a great way to start a conversation" ("Hi can i pet your dog? I really miss mine in Chicago"... oh your from Chicago?..." etc.). Kristen W and I prayed that the dog would pee so we could catch up with her and it did 3 times:) haha! God answers prayers! Elle spent the time reaching out to children who came to her wanting to hear her play guitar and many of our site spent time connecting with people in sports games. It was really encouraging and many people said that they would come back for the BBQ.
ESL (english as a second language)
Half way through our time at the park some of the students headed back to the church we were staying at to help with the ESL class. Karin, Reilly, and I had worked with the same class on tuesday and had really gotten to know the people. I spent the majority of my time in the class helping two lebanese women, Mae and Fadia. Karin spent most of her time helping Mr. and Mrs.Wang (the family that invited Karin, Reilly, Mrs. Worrell, and I over to their house on wednesday- that's another story :] ) and Reilly took Jun Kai (Mr. and Mrs. Wang's son) out to the hallway because apparently he was a distraction. I gained a new respect for teachers and realized how hard it was to explain english. We said our goodbyes and exchanged emails. It was bitter sweet. "I will see you again insh'allah (Lord willing)". I really hope I can continue a relationship with them when I come home.
Encouragement web
Our group ended the day with a time of worship and encouragement. The encouragement web is a project serve tradition in which the groups gets around to every person passing around a ball of yarn making a web to lift someone up at the end. We attempted to lift Karin- we failed. It really brought our group even closer and yes many of us cried (especially meghan- go figure :] ).
We're so excited for the BBQ please keep our site in your prayers!!!!!
<3 Kristen MacDonald (sowwy four eny speeling mestakes eye dident hav tyme two prof reed)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
DEARBORN :-) aka park vist
Yesterday our group went to a local park and interacted with Muslim and non muslims .The guys played b-ball with the guys and the girls played volleyball with the girls. During the guys time playing b-ball we soon found out that some of us were to out of shape to play with the big guys for the motorcity! John traxinger decided to carry the water cooler so that/everyone could have water but he grab the lid and not the sides so it spilled allover the black top. Well good thing we brought koolaid.During our time at the park we were able to share God's love with the Muslim people we played sports with. It was so cool to witness God's amazing work here in Dearborn. God is on the move, and please continue to pray that God would give us a servants heart and also give us the courage to step out of our comfort zones.
Levi & John
Levi & John
Chicago Day Three 6/29
Greetings Wheaties,
Today we went to India, or at least it really seemed like it! We spent the entire day in Little India doing prayer walks, handing out free water bottles, praying with people, playing with little chilluns at the park and visiting the old farts at the nursing home. Needless to say it was a packed day that stretched everyone on our team.
Satan has been at full attack on our site, especially physically. We've had a lot of sickness, but we are stronger than him and have been able to overcome what seemed like dire situations. Emotionally he has been at work too, but God has been in us so we have been able to fight off any attacks the devil has thrown our way. In a way it makes us feel stronger because Satan would not be attacking if we were not making an impact in this area.
Tonight was the encouragement web! A favorite project serve tradition for us veterans. It was very inspiring and uplifting to hear what everyone had to say to each other. An even deeper sense of group unity was felt after the activity. The girls floor was filled with chatter of encouragement and inspiration all night! And the guys were too... I guess.
Piece of advice from the Nursing home: GET A CAT!
LOVE,
Mag-tastic, Jan-belle, Scott-ch Tape
Today we went to India, or at least it really seemed like it! We spent the entire day in Little India doing prayer walks, handing out free water bottles, praying with people, playing with little chilluns at the park and visiting the old farts at the nursing home. Needless to say it was a packed day that stretched everyone on our team.
Satan has been at full attack on our site, especially physically. We've had a lot of sickness, but we are stronger than him and have been able to overcome what seemed like dire situations. Emotionally he has been at work too, but God has been in us so we have been able to fight off any attacks the devil has thrown our way. In a way it makes us feel stronger because Satan would not be attacking if we were not making an impact in this area.
Tonight was the encouragement web! A favorite project serve tradition for us veterans. It was very inspiring and uplifting to hear what everyone had to say to each other. An even deeper sense of group unity was felt after the activity. The girls floor was filled with chatter of encouragement and inspiration all night! And the guys were too... I guess.
Piece of advice from the Nursing home: GET A CAT!
LOVE,
Mag-tastic, Jan-belle, Scott-ch Tape
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