Glorifying God by being Jesus-centred!
Being prayerful!
Encouragement!
Humble Unity!
“Be Ready”!
And one I am adding myself - 'Don't forget to Enjoy ourselves and laugh'
Monday, 23 June 2008
Team Principles
On the weekend away, we decided to come up with some principles for which are team should go by when we are in Hungary, the following 5 are what we came up with:
Friday, 13 June 2008
Silence is Golden
Well, in order to help me raise money for Hungary trip, I decided to do a sponsored silence. This was the third time in 4 years that I have done it, and it doesn't get any easier.
The sponsored silence took place from 10am 6/6/08 - 10am 7/6/08. But in actual fact I had not spoken from midnight on the 5/6/08, so instead of doing 24 hours, I really did 36 hours. But am not really counting the first 12 hours as was asleep for them.
What did I do on my day of silence? Did I lie in bed all day and hide from the world? No
I started off the day watching three episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Season 3 (bit addicted to this), then left my house and went down to my sister's house - she was not there, so watched 5 episodes of Heros Season 2 and the best episodes of House (Three Stories) and West Wing (Two Cathedrals) and lay on her sofa... so did hide for part of it!
Then when Chris came home at 5pm, the note writing, the shrugging and trying to get across what I was saying via hand gestures started! It was quite funny and apparently my hand writing is atrocious. We went to Wagamama's for dinner, think the waitress thought I was ungrateful as I never said thank you and just grabbed the fork from her! and then we went to Shakespeare's Globe to see 'Midsummer Night's Dream'.
The Globe was the most difficult part as I wanted to talk about the play, ask questions about what was happening etc - but managed to not talk. Apart from frustrating moments here and a peaceful night for my sister, Saturday was relatively ok in the not talking stakes.
Sunday morning, saw me heading out to church for the 9.30 service. It was hard when I got to church as had no one to translate for me, as my interpreter was late arriving!, but found a friend and stood beside her, she teased me and tried to get me to talk my standing on my foot.... ouch!At that time only had 20 minutes left, was counting down the minutes.
Eventually my friend/interpreter arrived and we went in and sat in church, how annoying to be in church with great songs being sang and not allowed to sing as you are on a vow of silence! That was frustrating, but then as soon as 10am came, I uttered the words, "I can talk now" what a relief to me, but maybe not to others!
My friend said it is only 9.58, but with my watch it was 10am so I was talking no matter what! Well actually could not talk as was in church, but at least I could sing... la la la
I am very grateful to everyone who has given so generously to my sponsored silence fundraising, all the monies received as made it possible for me to reach my target amount. Am so pleased and thankful for everyone's support.
The sponsored silence took place from 10am 6/6/08 - 10am 7/6/08. But in actual fact I had not spoken from midnight on the 5/6/08, so instead of doing 24 hours, I really did 36 hours. But am not really counting the first 12 hours as was asleep for them.
What did I do on my day of silence? Did I lie in bed all day and hide from the world? No
I started off the day watching three episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Season 3 (bit addicted to this), then left my house and went down to my sister's house - she was not there, so watched 5 episodes of Heros Season 2 and the best episodes of House (Three Stories) and West Wing (Two Cathedrals) and lay on her sofa... so did hide for part of it!
Then when Chris came home at 5pm, the note writing, the shrugging and trying to get across what I was saying via hand gestures started! It was quite funny and apparently my hand writing is atrocious. We went to Wagamama's for dinner, think the waitress thought I was ungrateful as I never said thank you and just grabbed the fork from her! and then we went to Shakespeare's Globe to see 'Midsummer Night's Dream'.
The Globe was the most difficult part as I wanted to talk about the play, ask questions about what was happening etc - but managed to not talk. Apart from frustrating moments here and a peaceful night for my sister, Saturday was relatively ok in the not talking stakes.
Sunday morning, saw me heading out to church for the 9.30 service. It was hard when I got to church as had no one to translate for me, as my interpreter was late arriving!, but found a friend and stood beside her, she teased me and tried to get me to talk my standing on my foot.... ouch!At that time only had 20 minutes left, was counting down the minutes.
Eventually my friend/interpreter arrived and we went in and sat in church, how annoying to be in church with great songs being sang and not allowed to sing as you are on a vow of silence! That was frustrating, but then as soon as 10am came, I uttered the words, "I can talk now" what a relief to me, but maybe not to others!
My friend said it is only 9.58, but with my watch it was 10am so I was talking no matter what! Well actually could not talk as was in church, but at least I could sing... la la la
I am very grateful to everyone who has given so generously to my sponsored silence fundraising, all the monies received as made it possible for me to reach my target amount. Am so pleased and thankful for everyone's support.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Prayer Diary
June
that God would prepare us to find the people who would pray for us
to be able to raise the necessary finances
being able to finish admin preparation (insurance ...etc)
to finish planning the programme with the church
for the Hungarians as they invite children in schools
July
for the preparation of the different programmes (testimonies, English teaching, Bible teaching, cultural evening)
the team to bond
to be able to work in unity
to respond in a godly way when conflicts arise
for energy and motivation
for the Hungarian church as they prepare and invite
1-9 August
for last minute preparations, shopping etc
to be able to rely on God and trust Him with all details
Training Weekend - May Bank Holiday
On the first May Bank Holiday, both the Hungary and Hong Kong/China team went to Windsor for a training weekend.
This was the second time the Hungary team at met, so it was really a chance for us to get to know each other, learn about our strengths and weaknesses, see how we would fit in the team, learn about Hungary and what we would be doing there as well as general admin things like money, vaccinations, first aid, who will do what and when etc etc.
It was a good weekend and I came away with new friends, knowledge of what Hungary is like, what we will be doing well, bruises from playing football, and jobs such as being part of the core fundraising team for the quiz, first aider for the team (Lord, please help me and the fellow team members to not get sick), cooking duties and one of the official photographers for the trip (that means combining the my mum's passion of cooking with my dad's passion of photography, so definately their kid!)
I also came away with a new thirst for mission and an itch to get away to Hungary and be surrounded by the Hungarian people and their culture, playing games with them, sharing our different cultures with them and teaching them about Christ and His unconditional love for us, basically just sharing the Good News and the team's individual's stories of how we came to have a relationship with our heavenly Father.
But at this time there was still 3 months before we left, still so much to do.....
This was the second time the Hungary team at met, so it was really a chance for us to get to know each other, learn about our strengths and weaknesses, see how we would fit in the team, learn about Hungary and what we would be doing there as well as general admin things like money, vaccinations, first aid, who will do what and when etc etc.
It was a good weekend and I came away with new friends, knowledge of what Hungary is like, what we will be doing well, bruises from playing football, and jobs such as being part of the core fundraising team for the quiz, first aider for the team (Lord, please help me and the fellow team members to not get sick), cooking duties and one of the official photographers for the trip (that means combining the my mum's passion of cooking with my dad's passion of photography, so definately their kid!)
I also came away with a new thirst for mission and an itch to get away to Hungary and be surrounded by the Hungarian people and their culture, playing games with them, sharing our different cultures with them and teaching them about Christ and His unconditional love for us, basically just sharing the Good News and the team's individual's stories of how we came to have a relationship with our heavenly Father.
But at this time there was still 3 months before we left, still so much to do.....
More Quiz Night Photos
Steve the MD
Washing Up
Ann-Sofie Slaving over a hot stove...
The Jolly Crowd
The Gorgeous Cakes
Chopping, Chopping and More Chopping
Washing Up
Ann-Sofie Slaving over a hot stove...
The Jolly Crowd
The Gorgeous Cakes
Chopping, Chopping and More Chopping
Quiz & Cake Auction - 30th May
As well as the team going to Hungary, which I am part of, All Souls is also sending a team to Hong Kong/China and on 30th May we held a quiz which included a Cake Auction and an Auction of things that money cannot buy. This was was in order to raise money for both trips.
It took a team of four, two from Hungary team and 2 from Hong Kong China team, 4 weeks to organise this, it was a bit stressful but good... and included many emails, meetings over food and coffee and prayer both individual and collectively. But even if we got stressed at times, everything worked out, because in the end it really was 5 of us in the team as God was working with us.
On the 30th May, the day started at 2pm with some of us gathering in St Paul's Robert Adam Street (an All Souls building) to start cooking the dinner, which involved cutting onions (and crying!), grating cheese, washing lettuce (which apparently was like washing hair!) etc etc. Being part of the kitchen team was fun, loads of banter. The food, cooked mainly by Ann-Sofie and Maria (Swedish girls on the China team) was fantastic, everyone loved it and people even went back for seconds.
Then there was setting up tables, decorating them with flowers and candles, planning the music, setting up the quiz powerpoint, taking the food from kitchen up to the serving room (thankfully there was a food lift), making sure everyone felt welcome, got a table to sit at, serve the food, do the auction, collect the empty plates, do the quiz, wash dishes, do the cake auction (one cake went for £140, how great was that), finish the quiz, announce the winner, count the money, clear home, go home and SLEEP!!.
A busy night but great fun, even though I did get stressed in middle of it, I enjoyed it and so did the punters and we raised a lot of money.
What is Wet Foot?
Each summer, All Souls Church, Langham Place sends a Wet Foot Team to serve alongside Christians in another cultural. This is an opportunity for people of all ages to serve together for 2 to 3 weeks and the group usually consists of 12 to 20 people.
This year, I am going to on the Wet Foot team to Hungary on 9th August to 24th August with 12 other people. The team consists of 5 men and 8 women and collectively we come from 9 different countries.
I feel this will be a great experience and an opportunity to grow with others in Christ, take the Gospel to another part of the world, and experience other cultures, within Hungary itself and also within the team as well.
The plan for the 2 weeks is:
Week 1 – To work with 8-12 year olds in a camp for Hungarian children - where we will play games with them, teach them English, do drama and crafts amongst many other things. There will also be different things going on for adult’s e.g. cultural evenings and evangelistic events.
Week 2 – To work with the local church helping run a children’s camp for Gypsy children – again we will play games with them, do arts and craft etc but we will also help out with taking them on trips to the zoo and a Hungarian open air museum – this will given them an opportunity to experience the same things that normal Hungarian children would experience.
This year, I am going to on the Wet Foot team to Hungary on 9th August to 24th August with 12 other people. The team consists of 5 men and 8 women and collectively we come from 9 different countries.
I feel this will be a great experience and an opportunity to grow with others in Christ, take the Gospel to another part of the world, and experience other cultures, within Hungary itself and also within the team as well.
The plan for the 2 weeks is:
Week 1 – To work with 8-12 year olds in a camp for Hungarian children - where we will play games with them, teach them English, do drama and crafts amongst many other things. There will also be different things going on for adult’s e.g. cultural evenings and evangelistic events.
Week 2 – To work with the local church helping run a children’s camp for Gypsy children – again we will play games with them, do arts and craft etc but we will also help out with taking them on trips to the zoo and a Hungarian open air museum – this will given them an opportunity to experience the same things that normal Hungarian children would experience.
Hungary Team
The team:Back row: Steve, Dave
Middle row: Jo, Ying Hwie, Ava, Agi, Tim, Nem, Jaimey, Ruth
Front row: Nick, Simon, Pinoki
13 people from 9 different countries:
New Zealand, England, Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Phillipines, South Korea and India
Where are we going?
We are going to a village called Nyirtelek in the eastern part of Hungary and will be working together with the Lutheran church there.
The church is a church plant engaged in various programmes of outreach to the local community, such as to drug and alcohol addicts, children, youth, families and also to the neighbouring gypsy community.
(www.nyirszolos.lutheran.hu)
Welcome
Welcome to Wet Foot - Hungary 2008 blog.
This has been set up so as
This has been set up so as
- outline the purpose of the trip
- keep you updated on fundraising
- list prayer points
- show photos
- show trip diary....
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