Tim: Selflessly serve family by making time for them

Alex: Have a Christ-centered attitude and humility– don’t slack on devos

Becky: Be selfless in helping mom

Aaron: absent

Brooke: Be thankful for both the gifts she has been given and those that others have been given

Amy: Write down one thing she’s thankful for daily and tell Alexis

Mic: Be thankful for the people around him

Gideon: Use hard times as an opportunity to grow and become closer to Christ

Hannah: Work on unity with family

Jade: Pray for people

Alexis: Don’t take sides at church

Liana: Be thankful for the gifts that she has been given and for others’ gifts, and write down what she’s thankful for daily

Briana: Be thankful

Mikey: Rejoice in hard times rather than feeling sorry for himself– stop talking about what he’s doing

Hannah: Job: Was very unexpectedly hired for seasonal work at a warehouse! Makes $10 an hour and work 7:00 to 3:30 mon-fri. Still able to make it to church, aim, and lots of friend activities. It is seasonal, and there’s a good chance she’ll be asked to stay on after the season, but  not sure what she’ll do yet.

Had a great talk with lady from church. Discussed faith stuff as well as the internship. Lady mentioned that she’s been wanting to invest more in the younger people in the church, but struggles to relate to them. Hoping to have more conversations with her in the future.

Has had a chance to talk a bit with dad, and caught up on him some. Still needs work though.

Katie: Applying for a job

Amy: Catching up on school and getting ahead for Colombia

Prep for Colombia

Stressful life

Tim: Sick

Jessica (King): Away from home for holidays

Chris: Bible study done!

Will miss Jess over holidays

Devos have been good (!) but pray for application

Shirah: Raising money for Guatemala

Been feeling sick. Pray for strength at work

Clarissa: Job situation

Figuring out church stuff

Brooke: Lots and lots of school

Prep for Colombia (financial, mental, spiritual, ect.)

Summer: Coming home for Thanksgiving and Christmas! Pray for safety in traveling

Alex: Cold/sore throat

Issues with leadership and such in church

Jade: Needs glasses

Becky: Colombia prep

Safe driving/not freaking out

Have a great rest of the week, folks! See ya Sunday!

Hannah: Facing a tough/intimidating decision. Been suggested that she keep doing odd jobs to support herself and do ministry full time. Would love to, but doesn’t know if she’s up to it.

Meeting with a lady from church to talk about internship (here). Pray she will speak well and openly.

Communication with Jered (director and brother) has been really good!

Team has been really teachable and enthusiastic, and new leaders are being trained!

Relationship with her dad. They haven’t talked in depth since she got home.

Tim: Conference he spoke at this past weekend went *much* better than he had expected!

Picking Colombia team

Learning Spanish

Brooke: Crazy amounts of school. Motivation and focus

Shirah: Going to Guatemala! Pray for attitude, finances, ect.

Going back to youth group to be in a mentor-ish position to other girls

Major problem in car is fixed! BUT, has a couple other things that will need fixed, and it’ll take a good bit of money

Church finding a new pastor

Starting to pray on way to work! Pray for dedication to it

Clarissa: Job situation

Jade: Went to eye doctor today

Trenton- continued prayers for his eye and family

Becky: Nicole having fertility surgery in NJ on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving

BBCOB youth group unity

Karen went to Weavers’ for dinner on Monday

Amy: Hangout with youth group on Sunday night went well!

Alex: Handling time wisely and getting school done

Bible memory

Katie: Health issues. Had blood work done on Monday- possibly more to come

Chris: Bible study

Going through growing time in his walk. It’s a  good thing, but it’s hard.

Have a great rest of the week, friends!

Tim: Speaking at a conference this weekend in Delaware

Colombia apps coming in- wisdom in team selection

Clarissa: Got her license!!!

God got her through last week!

Her toe- getting better, but not completely healed yet

New job? Or at least another one

Amy: Stress with schedule

Behind a bit in school

Becky: Stress in family- trying to decide about Colombia and such

Wisdom with what to and not to do with crazy life

Shirah: Still having car trouble

Considering going to Guatemala with church in Feb. Wisdom and a way to raise support

Journey to Bethlehem casting

Beta outreach went well!

Epsilon started back up!

Umm… I apparently misplaced some of the papers somehow. My deepest apologies, guys!

Sorry it’s so late!

Tim: Thinking about switching churches to Inglesia Christiana de York

Planning next year (ministry opportunities, relational impact on schedule). Trust in God’s timing and not stress over it

Shirah: Will be able to find a group to connect with/have Bible studies with outside of DRAMA

Car will keep running and not have to take it to the garage

Jade: Best friend’s brother’s eye problem- missionaries in Papua New Guinea (name is Trenton)

Testing this past Tuesday for school

Becky: knee

Was able to have a great conversation with her mom on Sunday night, and it was a huge encouragement to her, and she was able to open up more!

Looking for another job. No stress and wisdom

Chris: Dad got home from Nebraska safely!

Knowing what to do with old friend who wants to get back in touch

Wisdom

Amy: Been outside a lot- pray she doesn’t get a cold

Got to know a girl, but may not be able to see her often. Pray the friendship will continue

Brooke: Applying the Bible study from Monday

Falling behind in school

Been finding a lot of areas in life that she needs to work on. Excited for the challenge to grow, but pray for open-heartedness and motivation

Clarissa: Church decisions. Deciding whether or not to stay, and if she does to be “all there” and get plugged in

Par-taaay at church on Sunday was great!

Cray-cray weekend ahead of her: driver’s test on Saturday, photographing wedding on Saturday, and what is she going to do about work?!

Alex: Spoke on Wednesday to youth group with a friend

Had a great talk with his youth pastor on Sunday!

Wisdom as he steps back and looks at the big picture of his life

Kinghorn YF (youth fellowship): Had a workshop with the youth from Perth. A second team in Scotland starting up?!

Outreach on Thursday went well!

Heyyo Alphians! Remember to pray for your teammates this week!

Amy: Had a good weekend with her family and the Weavers at the cabin!

Attitude with parents and not feeling like she can talk to them

Got a chance to apply the Bible study last week by talking to a girl she hadn’t gotten to talk to before. Turns out she has stuff in common with her!

Pray she’ll be intentional in talking to and being with her family

Brooke: Keeping up with school and co-op homework

It didn’t rain for the Bias Birthday Bash! Had a really good time and got to catch up with some people!

Devos have been going really well recently!

Needs to find time to process life

Katie: Got blood test results back and they weren’t good. Went for a test this Tuesday (results?) Pray for peace!

Clarissa: Needs to work heart issues (spiritually), seeking out God. And a lot of time spent in prayer

Finding her place at her church and being committed to it, or changing churches?

Tim: Scotland sharing time went well

Relationship with Angelica will continue to grow/wisdom with that

Won’t neglect the little things he has to do

He got another support donor!

Checking out a group of pastors that can invest in his life

Chris: Beta’s outreach/speaking at it

Managing his time well with all the little things in life

Dealing with an emptier house

Gideon: Research paper

Alex: Different church issues going on right now

Has a friend that has a lot going on in his life right now. Pray for wisdom on what to say

Jade: Struggling to remember to brush her teeth. Especially when she get s a retainer.

Wants a puppy, but can’t afford one

Becky: Bible study on Monday

Was reminded this past weekend at the cabin about how faithful God is! Gave her a huge dose of peace and had a more positive outlook on things.

Will be more disciplined with devos

Hannah: Returning home today and needed faith for all of the hard situations there

Kap (Sam Hughes): “So the camp went great. I got to teach 7 classes on how to study the Bible and we got to work through 5 different passages. I felt that God worked through me to teach and in everyone in some way.”

Outreach on Saturday

Have a great rest of the week, ya’ll!

Clarissa: Struggling with vanity

Hannah: Heading home on the 17th

Trip to VA (to visit the Blacksburg team) was really good!

Becky: Recent health problems

Accountability partners with Courtney in youth group!

Jade: Getting her braces off on the 28th!

Brooke: Got bottom braces off last Wednesday, getting the top ones off sometime before the end of the year

Shirah: Got her license! Pray for tension with her mom because of not being allowed to drive yet

Alex: Been doing well at reaching out to some guys in his youth group, but not as well with others

Jenn: Taking another girl to a daddy/daughter thing for her youth group!

Has found other health problems. Pray that she’ll continue to trust God

Dad has lots of stress at work. Maybe looking for a new job?

Jeremy: Poison ivy

Chris: Needs to get wisdom teeth out

Friend Anthony was home from college and got to spend some time with him!

Amy: Trying to get school done with her busy schedule

Sprouts: there are seven of them!

Epsilon: Getting started

Have an awesome rest of the week!