Fiji Prophie!

So, as most of you know, I’m going to Fiji with the MOST AWESOME TEAM EVA.

Here’s some info:

(ps – I copied most of my info from Steph’s blog – you should check it out - http://adventuresofstephreynolds.blogspot.co.nz/)

 

Leaders:
Dave Remus

From Ontario, Canada, this guy is pretty cool. He’s 19. One of my first impressions of him was finding out that he was doing a weeklong fast. I feel like that pretty much sums it up: He’s strong and well-disciplined, a perfect fit for team leader.

 

Sarah Lowe

She my American girl – or can I say California girl? My first impression of her was that I thought she looked a lot like Emily Osment – you know, the girl that was on Disney Channel? She’s got an absolutely gorgeous voice – we enjoy Civil Wars duets together and she’s the momma of the group – not only because of her age (26), but she’s got quite the momma’s heart.

 

Aleisha Mclennan

Is a crazy Kiwi. My first impression of her crazy dancing during worship. She, like Dave, is also 19 and full of so much life and joy and passion! She’s definitely a driving force in our team, her enthusiasm will be much appreciated! She also has a gift for identifying and connecting with kids – she’s brought 5 or 6 kids to salvation in the past month alone!

 

Students:

Me- Hannah Douglass

Well, if you didn’t know about me, I’m from Franktown, TN, in the U.S. of A. i enjoy singing way too much and I love food. I also love people in general, but I can get cranky if I’m cold, hungry, sick, or surrounded by Debbie Downers. So it’s a good thing I’m going to Fiji, where it’s like 200 degrees everyday, Fijians force you to eat literally tons of food (they’re well known for their hospitality), and no one on my team is a Debbie Downer. It’s gonna be great.

 

Stephanie Reynolds

Affectionately known as “Steph” by all or “Stephy Steph” by myself, this chickadee is the bees knees. She’s from Alberta, Canada and she lives off of rice and carrots because she’s allergic to almost every staple food product. We love to talk about poop together. On a more serious note, she is an incredible songwriter and she’s also like a big sis to me! She is bold and honest, something that will come in super honest on outreach. My first impression of her was her super hip self playing the guitar at King’s Kids.

 

 Bethany Roughton

Better watch out! She’s our other crazy Kiwi. She’s our baby, 17 years old and she’s got a passion and a boldness like no other. Quite the prayer warrior, she loves being in that place with God. She’s quite the comic, always saying the funniest Kiwi things that just make me laugh. She’s a closet musician and has a wonderful new haircut. My first impression of her was her being engulfed in all her lime green bedding. She loves green.

 

Jacob McCormack

From Portland, Oregon, he’s 20 years old and one of the the most fantastic, passionate, and talented musicians I have EVER met. He rocks at piano, he’s a beast at guitar, and he’s got a true heart of worship. He is an angel and always provides great music for my songs – I’d like to think he’s the John Paul White to my Joy Williams. He’s really super obsessed with kitty cats and purrs during worship. Jk – but he is an excellent purrer. My first impression of him was “Poor guy.” Because his airline lost his luggage and he had like a million hour layover in Australia and he missed his birthday because of the international dateline thingy!

 

Jacob Van Zanten

He’s 18, and all the freckles stand for the souls he’s eaten. JK! They stand for all the souls he’s gonna save! This awesome kiddo always makes my day better with his lovely smile and sincere affirmations. He’s got a gift for passionate prayer and speaking that really now starting to reveal itself in his life. From British Colombia, Canada, he has some strange vocabulary like “toque” (beanie) and “ill” (that’s sick bro!), but I’m introducing him to new words like “ya’ll” and “fried chicken”, so it’s okay. He's also the missing member of the boyband, One Direction.

 

What?

Outreach!

The scripture for our team is:

"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion - to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor." (Isaiah 61:1-3)

We will be doing all sorts of things - from street evangelism to door knocking to children's ministry to helping out at churches... the list goes on.

 

Where?

Lautoka. Pastor Jare

Paihia/NZ. Operation Jerusalem.

Kaitaia/NZ. Pastor Graeam

Auckland/NZ. Pastor Trent. C3 South Aukland

 

When?

We will be leaving New Zealand on November 24 and flying to Fiji. We will be in Lautoka working with Pastor Jare. Pastor Jare is Dan's dad. Dan is one of the students on my DTS and he is from Fiji!!!! Our base has been doing outreach with Dan's dad for a long time, and finally Dan was able to come to New Zealand and take part in his own DTS!!! How awesome is that! I am so excited to stay with his parentals for a while! We will be staying in Fiji for about a month. We will arrive back in New Zealand on December 26. So we will get to have a Fijian Christmas! I am so pumped for that!

When we get back we will be volunteering in Paihia with Operation Jerusalem. Paihia on New Years is the place for young people to go and get drunk and party. So we will have a booth, giving out free sausages and water. It will be a super opportunity for us to minister to the youth of New Zealand! Beth is pretty nervous to hang around drunken youth, so pray for her! (And the rest of us too!)

Then we are going to Kaitaia. While there we will be planning and running a children's program. It will be kind of like Vacation Bible School (VBS)

And our last stop will be in south Aukland. This is a rough part of Aukland and we will be doing something at a big church down there called C3. There are lots of street people and prostitutes and stuff like that in that area. During our DTS, we have had 'Hope Cafe' every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during our break in the middle of the morning lecture. There is coffee and cookies and icecream available by donation. All of the money raised goes to the prostitutes in South Aukland. So we will actually get to meet these girls and minister to them! Pray for them

 

Why?

Why not?

Peace out girl scout