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Monday, May 19, 2003

What's up with that Paris thing?

I promised I'd give you the scoop on "my trip to Paris on May 24," so here it is: ever since going to Urbana, a student conference in 2000, I’ve been researching the possibilities for going to France; after studying French for three years in high school and the equivalent of six terms in college, it's always seemed like a natural place to go. Europe is spiritually hungry--I witnessed that firsthand two years ago on a mission trip to Scotland—and only 0.6% of the French population believe in Christ. So from May 24 through June 29--in other words, I'm leaving this Saturday!--I’ll be working with Scott and Mentanna Campbell, who have been serving with the International Mission Board for four years. A group of students from Campus Crusade will also be working with us as part of a summer project to reach out to students in the Paris area; our job is essentially to meet and form relationships with students. To that end, we’ll be part of a weekly English discussion group, conversing at sports nights, picnics, outings, and planning our own events as a team. Additionally, we’ll be undergoing training in things like ministering to Muslims, postmodernism, and cross-cultural ministry.

The crazy part is that all of this came together a few weeks ago and the paperwork only went through when I was at camp with InterVarsity. I've had a week to raise the $2598.00 I need for travel, food, housing, etc. and I've got 10% of it so far. So for those of you who are Christians, if you would pray for the trip and the support-raising process that would be awesome... and hey, if you'd be willing to support me yourself let me know and I'll give you my mailing address. In any case, God will provide and I'm really looking forward to going. I should still be able to check my email and post entries on a regular basis while I'm there, so I'm sure you'll hear all about my trip. :-)

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