Dear friends and family,
I've only been in destin for a week and I'm already having the time of my life! They weren't lying when they told us that coming to kaleo would be the summer of my life! This week has been an absolute blast!
On Monday we had our first evangelism training and then we got to go to the beach and share the one verse bridge diagram. We shared the verse Romans 6:23, "for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Me and my Dgroup leader Michelle got the chance to share together, and even though it was scary and nerve wracking to walk up to people on the beach I really enjoyed it. One of my personal goals for the summer was to be able to build my confidence in sharing my faith with others, and even though I've only done it once I can't wait to go out again and share the gospel.
On tuesday we had our first day of work! It was a very long and tiring day I absolutely LOVE my job and all my coworkers!! Then that night we had our first Dgroup night where we cook dinner together and have a bible study with just the four of us which is really awesome for us to get to spend that time together.
On Wednesday night we had inductive training which is where we basically take a section of Colossians, which is the chapter we will being doing this summer, and break it down word for word, verse by verse and really get deep into the word.
Thursdays are my favorite day and not only because I don't have to go to work until noon, but it's also StuMo night! Back in Fayetteville StuMo is possibly one if my favorite parts of my week so the fact that we get to have StuMo here at kaleo is amazing!
Prayers are still needed and appreciated while we are down here. So far this is the best summer of my life and I can't wait to see how much I grow in these nine short weeks.
In Christ,
Mary Kate
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Au Revoir!
Hi Family and Friends,
Today is the day I finally get to leave for Kaleo and to say I am excited is an understatement, I'm ECSTATIC!!!!!! The car is loaded and today I will head down to Destin Florida for nine weeks!
The past month has been a whirlwind. I finished my freshman year of college....hallelujah for that....I said goodbye to all of my new best friends I've made this year, and the best part of this past month was meeting my D-group. My D-group are the other three girls I will be living with this summer! I remember when I got the call from my D-group leader Michelle, I knew before I even officially met her that she was going to be such a blessing in my life. I was so excited to finally get to meet Abby, Michelle, and Natalie, the girls I was going to be spending nine weeks with. The first time we met we spent hours just talking about everything! I instantly knew that these girls are going to become three of my very best friends! I have only known these girls for a short time but I already know that they are going to be such a blessing and a light in my life.
Thank you so much for everyone who has supported me! Please keep me and the other students from every campus in your prayers and we all head to our locations in the next couple of days. I can't believe that Kaleo is finally here, I'm going to miss everyone from home so much, but I know God is going to do some amazing things for me at Kaleo.
In Christ,
Mary Kate
Today is the day I finally get to leave for Kaleo and to say I am excited is an understatement, I'm ECSTATIC!!!!!! The car is loaded and today I will head down to Destin Florida for nine weeks!
The past month has been a whirlwind. I finished my freshman year of college....hallelujah for that....I said goodbye to all of my new best friends I've made this year, and the best part of this past month was meeting my D-group. My D-group are the other three girls I will be living with this summer! I remember when I got the call from my D-group leader Michelle, I knew before I even officially met her that she was going to be such a blessing in my life. I was so excited to finally get to meet Abby, Michelle, and Natalie, the girls I was going to be spending nine weeks with. The first time we met we spent hours just talking about everything! I instantly knew that these girls are going to become three of my very best friends! I have only known these girls for a short time but I already know that they are going to be such a blessing and a light in my life.
Abby, Me, Michelle, and Natalie
As the month went on God continued to answer more and more prayers! I prayed and prayed that God would provide me with the support I needed to be able to go to Kaleo, and with the help of so many amazing family and friends I received more support that I could every ask for! I can not say thank you enough for everyone who has helped to support me in going to Kaleo! Then yesterday as I was packing my suitcase I got even more good news that I got a job at the Polo Outlet!!! The call came at the perfect time, I was getting really stressed about job hunting in Destin. I prayed about it and God answered more prayers for me! I'm really excited to start working next week and to meet all my new co-workers.
Thank you so much for everyone who has supported me! Please keep me and the other students from every campus in your prayers and we all head to our locations in the next couple of days. I can't believe that Kaleo is finally here, I'm going to miss everyone from home so much, but I know God is going to do some amazing things for me at Kaleo.
In Christ,
Mary Kate
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