Archive for August, 2003

hej everyone!

August 22nd, 2003

well.. we are back at the mall of america… in the same apple store. i haven’t had the chance to hook up to the internet to give you guys an update. and i will be up at a camp for the next couple of weeks. so no updates anytime soon after this. however… i do want to tell you that i am having the most awesome time here at training. we are out at our first group outting right now, which is why i am at the mall of america again. keep all of us ‘teamers’ in your prayers, since the training is long and hard… but the people are AWESOME! i love my team. we have had some great devotions… prayer…. talk time… and just some great (and loud) laughs!! i will post pictures soon hopefully. but it might not be till we are on the road. i’ve already taken one full video tape of crazy footage… and much more to come! i love you and miss you all! please send me mail! you can send me mail by sending something to the office:

Youth Encounter
C/O tracy apps
3490 Lexington Ave N
Suite 300
Saint Paul, MN 55126

i would be SOOOo geeked if you would send me mail! you can use that address all year long! -D i can’t wait to put up some pictures and talk to you guys.

(oh.. btw… i will be getting a new cell phone and new number starting september… so i will post that when i get it!)
*HUGE HUGZ!!!!!*

my Great and Mighy father… thank you for this opportunity. thank you for this new community and family. thank you for the laughs.. and for calling us all onto team. Lord, be with us all on the road and throughout training. let us become the vessels you created us to be. knit our team together with you Lord. thank you for the peace and joy that you have given me here. this is where i am supposed to be. i love you Lord!

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and hello from minnesota

August 16th, 2003

and more persicely, from the apple store in the mall of america. *grin*

today me and my parents made the trek over the mississippi river to minnesota. we are staying in a hotel just four miles from the mall of america… so supprise supprise, we did stop here to do a little shopping. my parents are buying me some car accessories for my ipod, so i can listen to my mp3s while we are on the road. fun eh?

anyways… i’m gonna go drool over more macs now. *waves* talk to ya soon

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goodbye milwaukee

August 15th, 2003

i’ll miss you all in milwaukee. but come visit me on the road. here i am in madison eating supper with my aunt pi, uncle donald and cousin allison. it’s funny, cuz they don’t have internet here, but someone in the neighborhood must have a wireless internet connection, cuz sitting at the dinner table, i have a weak internet signal. funny eh? sorry for whosever’s internet i’m borrowing right now. but i figured i’d give ya an update. tonight me and my parents will be spending the night in coloma at our cottage. then tomorrow morning we are leaving and hitting the mall of america…. and sunday… i start training. i’m geeked. i can’t wait. i’m a bit nervous too. but still uber geeked. emails are welcomed, even though i may not be able to respond right away. *hugs* i love you all!

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just so you know…

August 14th, 2003

i won’t be posting to ta.org much anymore. i will concentrate more on keeping my travel journal, thisroad.org, up to date. so feel free to bookmark/link/tattoo it on your arm… whatever. -)

also, just a fyi, i added over 400 pictures today. so go ahead and check those out… there’s two bonfires, a week in colorado, some pics from bemidji, cornerstone, a krispy kreme run, and a random time at jubliee school. -) enjoy -D

oh yea. go name my djembe -)

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seven team members?!

August 13th, 2003

i’m so excited. lisa from youth encounter called yesterday and today, telling me that watermark to denmark (my team) has seven members! this is really cool. i can’t wait to meet these people. i pray that our team comes together as one body… all of our gifts, talents, personalities, and lives work together, compliment each other, and help each other out, just as a body has many parts, yet all works together. may our “body” be one in Christ. may our “body” not face conflict within, in order that we may completely, wholly, unselfishly serve the one, true, LIVING God!

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it’s up and working…

August 12th, 2003

*ahem* my travel journal webpage is up and running. i think you should go visit it.

:-D

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less than a week

August 11th, 2003

and i finally got thisroad.org up and running. i’ve never installed movable type before… but surprise surprise… i got it working. i’m still figuring things out… but this will be the place for me to journal while on the road. hopefully i’ll add a schedule of where i will be playing so that everyone reading this can become a “watermark groupie” and see us play all over. i start training in less than a week. i’m excited… nervous… anxious… sad… happy…. geeked… stressed…. overjoyed…. etc. God is awesome. i can’t wait to see what He is gonna show me this year.

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no… i’m not married….

August 9th, 2003

cept to Christ. -)

yea. so it has been a long time since my last post. i apologize. but no. i have not eloped or moved to another country. (although i did visit bemidji minnesota this past week, and that’s pretty close to a different country. *grin* yay for northern minnesota. heh)

so i really won’t make this post long, but i’ll give you a little update on my life. and i do want to warn all you people reading this, that my posts here may become very sparse. i start training for my year with youth encounter on august 17th. so this is my last week here in milwaukee, and i have a TON still to get done.

last night was my benefit concert/coffee house/art sale at the UCM house. and it was awesome. God totally answers prayers… above and beyond my expectations. it was an amazing time of worship instead of just a performance. which is totally what i prayed for. much of my artwork walked out the door, and i’m around $475 closer to my goal for fundraising. -D

in other news, God has totally been revealing more and more of my calling, and His plan for my future. i’m really excited. a bit nervous, but very at peace. following Christ is definitely an adventure. but what a fun ride it is!

i have a lot of pictures to post, and a dvd to make, so i better get to work on stuff. i’ll post at least one more time this week, and will hopefully have my travel journal up and running, so i can announce that. oh. go name my djembe i want that to have a name before it comes on the road with me! -)

have a most awesome day, and may God lead you to wonderful adventures in your world.

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