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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 9/5/2008
Can't wait for 9 months of this...
AMEN!
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. ~Psalm 149: 3
:D
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 8/26/2008
Can you believe it?!? I sure can't. This trip has been such a long time in the making, and there is still some preparation that needs to happen, but the fact that it is right around the corner is crazy!
We have been told to bring some things for the kids in Africa if we can. Here is a list of supplies, if you would like to donate any amount of any of these items call me or e-mail me, my info is under the "contact me" link on the left of this page THANK YOU!
1. Household scissors/children scissors
2. Craft glue sticks
3. Craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
4. Construction
paper
(We cannot get construction paper anywhere in J-Bay)
5. Balloons (regular, water and animal )
6. Streamers
7. Small paper bags for making puppets or putting prizes in.
8. Lots of stickers
9. Crayons
10. Duct tape (any color)
11. Balls (bouncy balls or larger balls that can be deflated)
12. Zip Lock bags (all sizes)
13. Baby clothes
14. Socks (any size, these are great for puppets and many street kids need them as well)
Also I would like to let everyone know where i am at financially. God has been so faithful and has provided so much for this trip already I know that He is continueing to provide. I have raised a total of $6,061 and have $1800 to come while I'm gone in pledges. This is an amazing blessing, THANK YOU!! I only have $1139 left to raise! God has blown my mind!
Along with financial support, i know people have been praying for me, THANK YOU! This trip is going to be a test of every part of me, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. I need your prayers, God is good. I will keep y'all updated on how everything goes in these last days of preparation. Once again THANK YOUUUUUU!!!
PS i posted some pictures for the Costa Rica trip!
:)
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 7/18/2008
Hello everyone! I just wanted to let y'all know that I am heading out
on a 10 day adventure to Costa Rica with my youth group on Saturday. If
you guys could just pray for safe travel for the team and that God
would work through us while we are there. We will be doing two days of
VBS so pray that that will go smoothly. Pray that we will take any
opprotunities the Lord gives us and pray that the hearts of the Costa
Ricans will be open to hear about the love of Christ.
I am really excited for this trip!
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 6/12/2008
Paul Rusesabagina: I am glad that you have shot this footage and that the world will see it. It is the only way we have a chance that people might intervene.
Jack: Yeah and if no one intervenes, is it still a good thing to show?
Paul Rusesabagina: How can they not intervene when they witness such atrocities?
Jack: I think if people see this footage they'll say, "oh my God that's horrible," and then go on eating their dinners.
As i was watching Hotel Rwanda i watched this part, and heard the lines of this scene and i was very taken back by it. I don't want to continue to eat my dinner. It all seems pointless, I feel a sense of urgency, people are going on with their lives not knowing God. We are wallowing in our violence, and selfish pride. It is blinding us to seeing what is really happening!
I'm sick and tired of sitting and just "eating my dinner". I can eat later, God wants us now, He needs His people to rise up to the occasion and live out our claims of love for Him. We are his chosen people and He wants us to grow His family. He doesn’t need us to but He has entrusted us with this responsibly and I don't want to just "eat dinner" while God is waiting for me to love, feed, clothe, and just listen to His people.
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? ~Romans 10:14-16
We are sent.
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 4/21/2008
This weekend I went on a retreat with my youth
group, it was really fun! We learned about Moses before he was this great
leader, we read about Moses when God was refining him and breaking him down to
prepare him for the journey ahead of him.
I LOVE the burning bush! It is such an amazing example of what God wants us to
do in times of trouble. So Moses is chillin just walking around and he
sees this bush. This is a normal bush...but it's on fire and it's not
burning. This bush is being attacked, its being engulfed by flames yet it
is not destroyed. Because God is in it. In the same sense we has
followers of Christ may feel attacked by the worlds hardships, our hearts may
feel let down or broken by things that go on in our lives but we will not be
destroyed. Because we have God in us. THAT IS SO COOL!
 Later on in the passage after Moses has
approached the bush and is TALKING to God, he is asked to do a very big and
courageous task for God. He asks him to go up against the ruler of Egypt and tell
him that God want His people to be freed. Moses is a little concerned as you
can imagine and God says the greatest 5 words ever! "I will be with
you." That's it. When I read that it hit me right in the
heart. God is with me, that should be enough to give me the courage to do
anything. I have no excuse because God is with me! What an honor! The
creator of the world is with me and He's with you. He's got our back! HOLLA!
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 4/7/2008
We are loved to the ULTIMATE amount, we are cared for and adored by the greatest and most amazing one and only GOD! Any other love we feel from or for others is only because He is wants us to love and be loved. Thank you God for loving me, thank you God for taking care of me, thank you God for never leaving me, thank you God for reminding me i need you, thank you God for opportunity, thank you God for letting me love.
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 3/2/2008
Okay, so I'm reading through the Bible and I read Number 9 the other
night, this is the part about the cloud! i love the cloud! It's so
inspiring! So here's the basis; the Israelites are walking around the
wilderness because God is leading them out of Egypt into the Promise
Land, and God talks to Moses and it's REALLY amazing! Anyway,
they have built this Tent of Testimony and all of this stuff where God
dwells. So this cloud is just chillin' above the tent, just sitting
there and when it moves the Israelites move, they follow this cloud because they know that it's Gods way of leading them on their journey. This cloud is leading and protecting them, just as God does with us.
"Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped."
Numbers 9:17
The faith of these people inspires me. I want to follow the cloud. Where God wants me, I want to be. However long He wants to be there, I want to be. I have no desire to please anyone but Him, this life a speck on eternity and I know God wants me to use this time for Him. This trip is my way of following The cloud.
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Posted in General Articles
by Brittany Priess
on 2/25/2008
This weekend I went and saw a presentation called Step Into Africa, it takes each person through the life of a child affected by AIDS in Africa, all of the stories are based on true events and were approved by parents or guardians. It was an amazing and powerful exhibit. It asked you to put yourself in the mind set of that certain child, I had a little girl named Mathabo. Going through and hearing her story and seeing just part of what her life consisted of just made me want to go over there and help her and any  of her friends.
After hearing about her life the tour brought me into a clinic were i was tested for HIV/AIDS, really my hand was just stamped with a negative or positive sign. However just sitting there waiting for my name to be called I began to feel nervous, even though I knew it wasn't real. I can only imagine what Mathabo really went through as she waited for her results. I walked up to the window and the lady stamped my hand with a black negative sign. As i left the clinic i saw my friend waiting in an isolation area, her hand had a red plus sign on it.
This wasn't even real but I felt for Mathabo how scary it must have been to wait for such a serious test result and how so many of her friends and family must be affected by the disease. As I left the clinic I read more about Mathabos life and then was led into a prayer room. The walls were filled with pictures of the people of Africa, some of the pictures had the red plus sign on them. As I looked at all of those pictures I couldn't hold it in i just cried. I cried for the mothers and father, the sister and brothers, and for the fact that I couldn't tell each of the people in those pictures that there was hope.
After praying I left the prayer room and went to a place where the walls were filled with prayers written by the people that went on the exhibit, there were thousands of them, prayers to God and promises to the children that they would help. it was amazing.
It was a really great experience and I highly recommend to go see it if it comes your way.
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