I'm going to Turkey!

Well, a lot has happened since the last post. I'm so excited that we've finally started! On Friday we were given the three choices for our outreach: China, India, and Turkey. When they said Turkey I thought that it was kind of different and out of the ordinary. So, they gave us about 25 minutes to go and pray about it and find out where God wanted us to go. As I prayed I couldn't get Turkey out of my mind. I thought, India would be awesome and anyone who had a choice would pick India. But, the only thing I could think about was Turkey while I prayed. I've always loved the Mediterrarean area and it's always been my dream to go to Greece. So, I made the decision and wrote down Turkey.
After we got together and found out our teams I continued to be encouraged. I'm so excited! We have an awesome team, and it's going to be such a great experience! We still don't know what we're going to be doing there, but we're totally pumped! Turkey is one of the most unreached countries, weird huh? They have freedom of religion but it's mostly Muslim. We also can't tell them that we're missionaries because they'll think we're part of the CIA or something. But, we can openly tell them that we're Chrisitians! It's also going to be cold there. So, I'll get some cold weather for awhile to remind me of home.

Every Wednesday we do a community outreach and I was asked to be part of the North Shore team. We'll be hanging out with kids from the North Shore at this couple's house. The couple (I can't remember their names) were part of YWAM Honolulu for 10 years and felt that they needed to start a ministry on the North Shore. So they built a house and have made it to be a place for these high school kids to hang out in a safe environment where they know they're loved. I'm so excited! We'll hang out, play games, eat dinner with them and maybe tutor them. We start next week, but tonight we'll be going up there to pray, see the place, and get to know the curriculum. I'm totally pumped for this. High school kids are one of my passions, so I'm excited that I'll be able to hang out with them.

Oh, we also have work crews. We work around the campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'm part of the dinner prep. It's so much fun! I love being in the kitchen! The meal we served was meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. I made the meatloaf and I thouroghly enjoyed it!

Anyways, that's some of the things that are going on. So, please pray for all our teams as we prepare to reach people in China, India, and Turkey. Also for all our outreach teams.
I appreciate you all and your words of encouragement and prayers. They mean so much to me! Oh, and another answer to prayer, I found out that my tuition is $5200 instead of $6200! Very exciting! That's $1000 less then I thought!
I will continue to try and keep things updated as much as possible! I love you all, and please remember to keep us in your prayers!
Mahalo, Aloha!