Today's the day

After months of planning the day is finally here. At 6:10 pm we are flying out from Toronto airport and tomorrow night we arrive at 7:35 Cameroon time in Yaounde.
Please keep me and the rest of the team in your prayers for the next two months.

Tongue Twisters

I mentioned in my last post I have been thinking about what God might be calling my to in the future. So I have been thinking a lot lately about whether or not God has called me to Career missions and well I'm not really sure, I'm hoping that this upcoming trip to Cameroon will really help with find direction. But one thing I know for sure is that whether or not I am called to full time missions overseas I feel strongly called to work with children or youth ministries. So this led me to a decision to switch the children and family ministry program. But there is a still a possibility of  overseas missions and even if I am in Canada there are so many cultures in Canada that the intercultural studies would still be very valuable. So this all led me to where I am now which is a tongue twister of a program. 
Bachelor of Religious Education - Professional - Children and Family Ministry - Intercultural Studies  

T-Minus 14 days till take off

These are the pictures of the book I made for the story of the Prodigal Son. (Luke 15:11-32)

I am really excited to be leaving soon. But I'm also starting to get nervous as well. I keep being afraid that I'm going to forget something so I have a very detailed packing list. I also have a big long to-do list of things I need to do before I go home. But in all of this I need to make sure I am still spending time with God and preparing spiritually for this trip. 
I'm going to post soon about what God has been doing in my life lately in terms of a possible future in children's ministry 

Trip Updates

We are leaving exactly three weeks today for Cameroon! I am so excited.
Our original flights were canceled but God really answered our prayers and we go on new a new flight that leaves at the exact same time. 
We leave Toronto on May 9th at 6:10 pm we arrive in Brussels in the early morning of the 10th. From Brussels we fly to Zurich and from Zurich to Yaounde (the capital of Cameroon). We should be arriving in Yaounde at 7:35 pm on May 10th, which is only 3 hours later than our original flight. 
For our exam we had to make a big book (each page is 2ft by 1.5ft) of Bible stories. The story I did was the Prodigal Son. I was really glad I got to do that story because it has had a really big impact in my life. I took so pictures of it but my SD card reader on my computer isn't working but I will try to upload them soon. 
Prayer Points:
-Group dynamics 
-Health 
-Host Families
-Oku people
-Culture shock
And also, God has really helped me in regaining my health from when I was sick. I am feeling just as well as before I got sick and I regained all the weight I lost.
Praise the Lord 

It's the final countdown

So today being April 9th is exactly one month from when we leave. It is kind of crazy that it is coming up so soon, but I still have so much stuff left to do. Me and some of the other girls have started doing insanity (which is a really intense workout) every night to get ready to climb Mt. Cameroon. It still probably will be the hardest thing that I have ever done so prayer would be very appreciated. 
It has just been really amazing to see God bring all the pieces together. I have just over half the amount of money I need and I know that God will bring in the rest that in need. God has also just been really working in my heart preparing me for this time trip. 
For the next month I will post about how preparations are going and also prayer requests. 
Prayer requests
I was really sick this past week and I a lot of weight but I really need to gain weight so that if I lose weight in Cameroon it won't be unhealthy for me. So if you could just pray for my overall health and that I could gain the weight that I need to in order to be healthy the entire time I am in Cameroon. 

The fruit of the Spirit

"But the fruit of the Spirit is

love, peace, patience,

kindness, goodness, faithfulness

gentleness and self-control"

Galatians 5:22-23

The fruit of the Spirit is very important in a Christian's life. It is a display of the work of the Holy Spirit in a Christian's life. The of the Spirit demonstrates that we have accepted God into our lives and have a relationship with him. Which was only made possible through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The fruit of the Spirit make it clear to others that we are Christians.

We often fail in displaying the fruit of the Spirit but stays with us even when we fall into sin. 

I want to reflect on each of the fruit of the Spirit. 

Love: Love is mentioned so many times in the Bible. We are commanded to love the Lord our God and to love our neighbour as ourselves. It is important that we develop an intimate relationship with God and also show Christ's love to all man kind. 

Peace: We serve a God of peace, a God of Shalom. If we are filled with peace it should flow through all areas of our lives, what we do, our outlook on life, and how we treat others. Peace can also help us in times of suffering and struggling. 

Patience: When we are patient we are able to wait calmly and wait upon God's will for us. A patient person is willing to respond when and how the Lord desires. Sometimes it is after a time of patient prayer and waiting that we are able to discern but is best for ourselves and others. 

Kindness: Kindness really flows out of the love of others. It is when we become involved in meeting each others needs. Kindness is willingly and freely helping those who need a helping hand.

Goodness: Goodness is the desire to do what is right and just. Goodness also helps us with our natural desire to hurt those who hurt us and gives us the ability to forgive. 

Faithfulness: This is what inspires us to trust God even when we feel like he has abandoned us. 

Gentleness: Gentle people are careful not to hurt others, they respect other people opinion and beliefs and promote dialogue  without patronizing the other person.

Self-control: This is very important for the christian life. It helps us to set up boundaries and stay away from temptation. It helps us to fulfill our desires in the appropriate time and place. Self-control is something that can greatly aid us with temptation and not falling into sin. A person with self-control experience immense joy and happiness in fulfilling their desires because they are filling them in line with God's will. 

As a team it will be important for us to remember to display the fruit of the Spirit to each other even when we are tired and we don't want to show any love to each other. We also need to show the fruit to the Spirit to those we are serving. It is important for people to be able to see the Spirit working in us.  

Cameroon on youtube

So I was home for some of the week I decided to check out videos of Cameroon on youtube 

Here are som good ones that I found

This one of a photo montage of a 

group that climbed Mt. Cameroon

in the description of the video they 

also have some info on how the 

climb went for them

This is a video of dancing in

Oku Cameroon which I thought

was pretty cool since that is 

where we are going

The beginning and end of the video

just have shoots from a really bad

road in Cameroon. But in the middle

there is some footage of a JuJu 

ceremony that was really interesting

 Well those are some of the videos I found. I hope you enjoy them.

This makes me so excited to go to Cameroon!

45 days!!