Care Bear Love

So, I am currently sitting in LAX and have about 10 minutes to throw something up here before we actually take off for New Zealand. I am really glad I got the internet hookup here from a girl on project that brought her computer. I will not have internet access for a week, so I didn't want to leave everyone hanging.

Briefing and meeting the team here in L.A. was pretty good. I have a fun team and we have connected and are all ready to head out. Some of the girls on the team are entirely too excited...I have to settle them down at times or just sick Greg on them, a guy on project that could bench press a car (his entire checked bag is full of protein powder and the like...crazyzors). As for the title, when we land we first go to a Winter Conference, similar to Cru's Christmas conferences in the states. We won't be attending, but helping lead it in MataMata, a country sheep town--I'm told it has the terrain of what everyone expects New Zealand to look like. From there we eventually go to the capital, Wellington, that is more of a big town atmosphere. At the conference the theme this year is "cartoons," and the girls brilliantly came up with the idea of making CareBear shirts. Naturally, I am going to be Bashful Heart Bear...a solid choice if you ask me.

Here at briefing, we got to know each other, found out why New Zealand is strategic in reaching every student on the globe. It has international students that can strategically take Jesus' salvation back to closed countries that Americans can't reach currently. We also went through culture, norms, and expectations, and even had a bonfire on the beach last night.

Other than that, keep it realzors, and I will update you all in a week when I am back to civilization with internet access.

-ae

Hey peeps.

So, I take off Tuesday morning, bright and early at 6am, so I set up a lil' blog(spot) for family, friends and supporters to keep up with me if they want to. I don't know how much internet time I will have, but I will def throw a couple updates up here and there during my six weeks in New Zealand, and then during my semester abroad in Granada, Spain in the spring semester (assuming I get accepted to the program).

The summer project also has a blog, http://www.newzealandsp.blogspot.com/, if you want to take a look at that also.

I leave you with a lyric from Lecrae (my apologies to those in Cru tired of him, if that is possible) that I thought was....clever

"No one's signing up to go on missions this summa,
Rather sit at home and watch Xzibit pimp in a humma."

-ae