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Hey Guys!
Ok I'll give you the update on my cousin and everything....ok this
American Thanksgiving was not what I was expecting at all but I'll tell you
the story you'll see the connection afterwards:
Well I was supposed to go to Tulsa Oklahoma with Sheena for the
AMERICAN thanksigiving so on her way down to pick me up about two hours into
the drive her car broke down so her dad had to come get her. She called me
and told me that she was still planning to come to get me. She was going to
borrow her friends truck. I told her don't worry about it Sheena by the time
we get back to Tulsa Oklahoma it will be like 5am in the morning it's not
worth it but she didn't listen to me she borrowed her friends truck
anyways...
Well when she arrived into Texas she called me again there was a train
on the tracks that got stuck so she couldn't move there were cars behind her
so all she could do was wait till the train moved...well while she was
waiting she called me...I heard this beeping in the background and I asked
her what is that noise?? she's like I dunno...oh it's my seat belt....so I
was like is you're seatbelt is not on?? she's like no I'm just waiting here!
so I told her Sheena put your seatbelt on......anyways she was delayed about
another hour from the train...an hour after our phone conversation she got
lost in texas lost control of the truck and hit a tree! She called me and
was crying she was in pain (it was the worst phone call I've ever recieved!)
The police came, she was sent to the nearest hospital thank God she was ok.
I went to visit her and she just has bumps and bruises. If she had been
driving her car she would have been killed so the truck saved her life! Plus
her seatbelt!
So anyways I ended up going to thanksgiving with Ingrid (my supervisor
who drove me to the hospital) her roomate J-Lynn it was really fun and I had
a good time with the family we went over too...but anyways after that I went
back to campus and there was NOONE and I mean NOONE on campus so it was
really boring....there is no t.v, nothing close by, I litterally am in the
BOONIES! lol...but I knew God was up to something....so anyways it was
during this time of SOLITUDE my mom told me the news about my
cousin...obviously god wanted me here and alone...
I found out on Saturday that she has a broken nose, a broken cheek bone and
there is something in her lung. So the past two days that I was on campus by
myself I just prayed like you would not believe...I know there is a lot of
tension between my mom's brother and 4 sisters so I was like God is anything
good comes out of this whole situation let there be RECONCILIATION....so
anyways my burden for my cousin and my mom's family was so heavy and I just
couldn't stop crying I didn't know what was wrong with me but I knew God was
interceeding so anyways I talked to my mom tonight and this was the UPDATED
NEWS...
MY COUSIN IS STABLE...she's still in a coma but she is STABLE and they got
rid of whatever was in her lung which is good....she is going into surgery
tonight and they are going to try to get the swelling down in her brain and
if all goes well she should wake up out of her coma after the
surgery....PLUS God heard our prayer about the reconciliation because my
uncle and his other daughter they haven't talked for MONTHS but since they
are both at the hospital God did something and now they are talking and they
settled thier differences...so see guys PRAYER DOES WORK and I'm going to
keep praying!
I just wanted to thank you guys for praying for her. Please continue to do
so just with surgery tonight that all goes well and that she would wake from
her coma. but anyways I just wanted to let you guys know!!
love you guys lots!
be home in 20 days!
~Lindy xoxo
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Hey Guys,
I hope all of you are doing well. I'm actually emailing for a prayer
request. My cousin Audre (on my mom's side) in Montreal, Quebec was in a car
accident. She was in a car with four other people and they got hit by an 18
wheeler. No one in the car was badly injured (thank god) but unfortunately
that doesn't ring true for my cousin. She is currently in the hospital and
is in a coma. She is also suffering some brain damage...she's only 14 years
old.
I know the God was serve can heal her. I know that I don't get to see
my cousin in Quebec that much but I know when I did see her there is
something special about her. She is not like her sisters at all. Both her
sisters are very worldly but there is something different about Audre she
has such a sweet and genuine spirit and I see so much potential in her. I
just know that God can heal her and restore her. What an amazing testimony
she is going to have! So please guys if you could keep her in your prayers
that would be greatly appreciated. If I hear any news I'll keep you posted.
Love you guys miss you!
Lindy xoxo
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Hey Guys!!
I know I haven’t sent out an update in a while so I’m taking the time
now to do it! Well as most of you know about 3 weeks ago I went on a
Hurricane Relief Trip to Jasper Texas (on the east coast). It was such an
amazing experience. We got to help so many elderly people and many people
that just didn’t have the funds to hire professionals to get rid of the
debris that was done to their homes. We dealt with a lot of wind damage.
Many trees were knocked over into people’s front yards, backyards, and even
onto their homes as well. At times it was hard to see the amount of damage
that was done. It was just so awesome to be able to go to random people’s
homes and help out in any way we could. Many people were overwhelmed with
our kindness and that reaction spoke more then any amount of words could.
Overall it was an amazing experience. I feel very blessed to be able to be
apart of something like that.
I also wanted to say that coming home was also a very amazing
experience for me as well. I know I didn’t stay for very long and that my
visit was short, but it was so worth the time that I did get, and I would do
it again in a heart beat. Many interns here do not have good friends to go
home to, but I can proudly say that I have amazing friends to come home to.
Same as well with my family; I feel that our time wasn’t as long as I would
have loved it to be but I’ll get to make up for that at Christmas time which
I also look forward too.
I just wanted to thank you guys again so much. My life here at the
internship is changing so much. I am learning so many things here and
growing so much. Even more importantly many people’s lives are being
touched.
YOU ALL have played a part in that. You might not see the fruits of your
labour but it’s the truth. Every single day during the week that I’m here I
get to pour so much into these missionaries lives (that I call) and in turn
they are going out and changing the world and you played a part in that.
Sometimes with me it’s hard to understand how I’m making a difference when I
can’t see it but I know that there is a reason for this. If I saw each and
every single time I made an impact on someone’s life, more then likely I
would probably start to become arrogant and dwell on all the things “I’ve
accomplished so it’s better sometimes to not know. It’s humbling and it
keeps you on level ground. I just wanted you guys to know the impact that
you have all had on my life and on the many others as well.
As far as what’s next I am planning on going to Tulsa, Oklahoma for the
American Thanksgiving from the 23rd of November till the 27th to go visit my
good friend Sheena. I am really looking forward to that.
I will also be home for Christmas from the 18th of December till the 26th as
well so I am SUPERLY EXCITED about that. I can’t wait!
Well that’s the update for now. I’m sorry I didn’t write this out
sooner. I’m thinking about you guys A LOT and am continuing to keep all of
you guys in my prayers as well. Have a great rest of you week and I hope to
hear back from you guys soon! ;)
Lindy ;) xoxo
P.S I also just wanted to send out a Congratulations to the engagement of
Jon and Becky!! I’m so excited for you guys! So hey good news I’ll more then
likely also be home in the spring as well! YAY!
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Hey Guys!
Ok I'm sorry it's been so long since I last emailed you. I am going to tell you a little bit about the INTENSE weekend that I had last week during ESOAL. Honestly it was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through in my life physically, mentally and spiritually but I learned so much and God's Grace pulled me through. The whole weekend was 50 hours and I rang out at 48 hours at 6pm on Sunday night. Without God's help I wouldn't have made it for as long as I did so here are some highlights:
Just some brief background information, when I first signed up for ESOAL (it was optional) you could click on how much "attention" you wanted from the facilitators. Like for example "BRING IT ON", which what I thought was
SUICIDE, and I did a double check on my signup that I DID NOT accidently put
BRING IT ON.....but that being said, on Friday night when we were all standing in line at attention Dave Hasz (the director of the Honor Academy) started calling out these random numbers (numbers that were assigned to us instead of our names) and for some reason standing there I had this strong sense that he was going to call my number which was 13-291 and anyways sure enough he calls my number so I bolt up to the front and they give me a RED T SHIRT. So when I got back in line I put on the tshirt and then Dave yells out "ok you see the people with the red tshirts?? these are the BRING IT ON people." I started to panic I ran back up to the front and was like I DID NOT CLICK BRING IT ON! but the Leutenant told me to put the t shirt back on and get back in line...I was a bit flustered at this point.The red t shirt meant that I was prideful for clicking bring it on and wanted to be pushed to my limit which I thought was suicide....(I'll get back to the red t shirt in a bit)
I'll tell you some of the things they made us do during this weekend:
We had to march in lines a lot (while saying chants eg. "Left, Left, Left, Right Left...." and different chants that had to do with our teams.
We had an Obsticle course (the O.C) that we had to do NUMEROUS times which
was really hard and tiring.
They had us do these rediculous moves (arm gestures) that were humiliating yet very humbling. You'd have to see the video to understand what I'm talking about lol...
We had to roll down this one hill over and over again (which was fun the first time) but then we kept rolling down the hill numerous times until we threw up. On friday night they gave us cold pizza for dinner and got us to drink water then roll down the hill. Well after the third time lets just say the pizza didn't stay in my stomach for very long...it was pretty nasty.
They made us do push ups, squats, jumping jacks, arm lifts you name it we did it. Anything to push us physically you better believe it they made us do it.
They got us to eat things like baby food, just enough to give us enough energy. There was also this one "game" they made us do where we had to go up to the picnic table and pick something out (FEAR FACTOR type food) while the rest of your team was doing something like squats and the longer it took for the person to eat the more your team had to suffer and I found out afterwards that the food I had was pig's feet it was pretty disgusting!!
Ok well during all of this whlie wearing the Red T Shirt they were really hard on me. I had to do twice as much exercise and physical labour then my teammates who didn't have the red t shirt. Like running the Obsticle course a few more times. Sometimes with a shovel in hand stuff like that. I had to run laps, roll down the hill a few extra times. I had to overcome the condemnation of the facilitators that were constantly condeming me and telling me that my team was suffering on account of me, because I choose to bring it on even though I didn't so I had to take my thoughts captive and not give into the false guilt which was being put upon me. Things like that. I was just stretched so much more then I was anticipating.
The ENTIRE weekend I was really bitter about having to wear that red t-shirt I was asking God the entire weekend God why did I get this t shirt? What was your purpose behind it? and then finally on Sunday I really felt him just speak to my heart "Lindy I have major plans with your life and if you weren't wearing this red t shirt you wouldn't be ready. I am preparing the way for you..." After that my heart totally broke and I was crying and I finally understood why I had to wear that t-shirt.
Ok some of you may be wondering why they got us to do all these crazy rediculous things this weekend and I'll tell you. It does sound crazy but there really was a more important motive behind it all. Basically the entire weekend was about dying to your flesh and taking your thoughts captive. It was about discipline. Discipline to apply in all aspects of your life. It still amazes me how even after this week I am still learning things about ESOAL that I can apply to my life. It is amazing to me how one weekend and one event was able to cover all areas of my life and heart and I can take something away from everything that happend and apply it to all areas of my life:
In relationships
In friendships
Respecting Authority
Taking my thoughts captive
Being disciplined
Constantly thinking and dwelling on God
Reminder of what Christ did for me on the cross
Being in Prayer constantly
Love and praying for your enemies
Letting others help you when you just can't bear the burden by yourself
Dying to flesh in order to do what's right
The list goes on and on but it's true. Thoes are things I learned during this weekend. God really showed me his Grace this weekend. He showed me his favour. When we were hot, we got to be in the mud. We got to do push ups in the cold refreshing water. My lower back was in so much pain from standing in attention but then we got to sleep on the hard floor and my back was better. things like that. Just God's GRACE...
Oh another thing that was really hard but God gave me the strength was on friday night about an hour into the whole weekend we were told to do the low crawl on the grass and since I was wearing shorts I got grass burns all over my knees. So every time I marched, bent my knees, crawls you name it my wound would re-rip open. They just had no time or oppurtunity to heal and they got so infected. The mud and dirt got into the wounds and it was so very painful. When we were going through the obstical course while crawling the rocks the grass blades branches you name it re cut open the wounds so it was really hard!! I had never seen my legs so fat from swelling in my entire life! After I rang out at about 48hours I had to scrub my knees to get all the dirt out and it was very painful but that being said the swelling has finally gone down and they are starting to heal but seriously when I said I was stretched... man oh man was I stretched more then I was expecting but God got me through!! I couldn't have done it on my own!
So that's basically a bit about ESOAL...lol..I learned a lot
About what's next, well if all plans fall through I am planning on going on a missions trip to NEW ORLEANS from October 15th to the 23rd to help hand out food, clothes and help clean up debree from hurricane katrina so that's coming up pretty soon. Classes are going really well work is going really well and I am just learning so much here. Everyday is a new discovery. This are being brought to the surface from my childhood that have really been hindering me and stuff like that that I've really be discovering and working on so it's been hard but the changes being made in my life will last a life time.
So again you guys I just wanted to thank you so much for your support, your prayers because if it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't be here. My life will never be the same so again thank you so much. i can't wait to see what's going to happen after this year is done and tell you all the stories of all the people that were impacted and changed on account of what you guys did for me. I am so blessed and I can't put into words my gratitude.
Thanks soo much!!
Love you guys!
miss you soo much!
Lindy
P.S guys please pass on the updates to parents too I am working on newsletters but if you could pass this along for now that would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys...
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Hey Guys!!
Ok well it's been a while since I've sent an update so here goes: God has been doing so much in my life lately. It's been hard and I've been broken a couple of times and oh it's only beginning. Many things have been brought to the surface in my life and God has been showing me a lot of desires and passions in my heart that I wasn't even aware of so it's been awesome. I love learning about him on a daily basis and just pressing into the word everyday. It's definately a process.
I wasn't really sure what to expect when I came here but it's been a lot of dying to my flesh. There have been a lot of struggles but God's been faithful and I know it's training for whatever God has instore for the future, so bring it on!
I have two home churches that I attend. One church called Word of God ministries which is in Louisianna and it's a 2 hour drive away. A person from the church comes out of their way to pick up the interns as part of their ministry. They feed us lunch, give us a copy of the preaching and then
drive us back. I love the preaching it's AWESOME....worship....not so good
...BUT... that's where the second church comes into play. As most of you
know WORSHIP is sooo important to me so the second church I go to has
amazing worship. It's lead by Paul Baloche and there are just no words to
describe how amazing it is. (flute, violin, jambee drums you name it...it's
amazing)
I have been going to a lot of Character Developement classes and learning a lot about my character and areas of my life that I need to change and work on. I'm really blessed because they fly in a lot of speakers and authors to speak to us. It's a lot of information to soak in but it's life altering things that need to be told and talked about so it's really a blessing.
I also have a prayer request...ESOAL is coming up this friday and to be completely honest I am scared to DEATH!! Honestly I have been thinking about
writting my WILL.....well not that bad but let's just say it's going to be
corporate exercise for 3 days straight. We won't be eating much or anything
at all for that matter. Just water basically and the whole point of ESOAL is
to be put in a situation where you're uncomfortable, irritable and you have to
face your flesh head on and deal with it. A lot of things are going to be
brought to the surface in this one, and I'm scared to find out things about
myself that I really don't want to find out about. Not just physically
demanding but emotionally as well so that's this Friday starting at 6pm so
pray guys pray I beg you. We have to have 8 verses memorized and basically
if you don't know them someone on your team gets to pay the consequences for
your lack of discipline so...it's pretty intense and hardcore. I'll let you
guys know how it went after this weekend is over.... if it ever ends! :o
Well that's basically it guys for now. I'm sure I've put you to sleep by now...it's just not possible for me to write a short email!! Well for those of you that were at Miller Lake this weekend I hope it went well I thought about you guys a lot this weekend and prayed for you. Every night I looked at the moon and was wondering if you guys were looking at the moon at the same time as me. cheesy I know but like I said I thought about you guys A LOT!! so email me back and let me know how it went!! Send me pictures too! I'd love to see them! :)
Well guys I love you I miss you!! I hope all is going well I'd love to hear from you so keep in touch!!
Lindy xoxo
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Hey Guys!!
Wow it's been soo long and I feel so disconnected from you guys but I finally have access to the internet now!! woohoo! I have been keeping all of you in my thoughts and prayers and I haven't forgotten about you! I miss you guys so much!
Well the first two weeks have been crazy/amazing. God is establishing so much in me already and it's only just begun. I went to Colorado last week and climbed up Hallett's Peak and it was such an amazing experience. Colorado is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to in my life, no wonder John Eldredge always writes about it and I'm sure it plays a part in his writing inspirations too! It took 20 hours to drive there and it was well worth it. it was about a 10 mile hike in total 5hrs up the mountain to the top (all the way baby!!) and 3 hrs back down. Our God is so amazing and I have lots of pictures you guys will see eventually don't worry ;)
I'm in a dorm with 4 other girls and it's definately a learning experience. They're all awesome. I have a Core group of about 14 girls and I have spent a lot of the time in the last two weeks getting to know and make friendships with each and everyone of them it's awesome!! They each contibute something amazing to the group. I feel so close to all of the girls already. We also have a brother core group too that we just met and they seem like a goofy bunch!lol...it's funny because I'm gonna be 21 soon and I'm older then all the girls in my group and even my Core Advisor but it's awesome I know God has a reason! lol....they so young like some as young as 16 but most between 17-19 so it's cool. ;) hehe it's great....so anyhoo
Last night was the commitment banquet where we made the commitment to dedicate the entire year to God and the ministry work that we are now embarking on....it was awesome just knowing that you're a part of something that is changing lives for the better in this world. Bringing hope to the hopeless it's pretty amazing and I am flattered to be on this journey.
One thing at the banquet that was also a surprise I was chosen by the Honor Academy Counsel to be an ACA which is an Assistant Core Advisor. That means that I now have a bit more responsibilities and a Leadership role within the group. It was flattering just because there are some interns that have been here since January and they chose me and I've only just started so just keep me in prayers that I don't mess up lol...it's a bit scary but it's taking me out of my comfort zone and stretching me as a leader so I know there is a reason and that God has a plan. So it's exciting!
I just found out what my ministry placement is...I'll be in the Call Center (heartbeat of the ministry) helping to get the teens that are interested in going on a missions trip to get all their paperwork and passports and medical stuff together and organized to get from home to here in texas and on thier way on a missions trip so I'm really excitied about that! I'll be incharge of about 100 teens so it's going to be awesome even to just see after all the hardwork and then having the missionaries come in during christmas and the summer and seeing how the missions trips changed not only their lives but the lives of the people they came into contact with as well so I"m really excited!
God is so good and even with where I feel God wants me to go after this year, my ministry placement is perfect for me... and all the areas in my life that I need to change and stretch and become more bold in this ministry placement is going to do it so I'm really excited about that. Man God definately knows what we need when we need it. This year is not going to be easy in fact I know it's going to be extremely hard but the pay off at the end will be so worth it so bring it on!!
Well that's enough for now I"m sure you guys are falling asleep!! lol....I'll keep you posted! The weather here is awesome everyday is a gorgeous day...it's a bit hot but not unbareable so yeah again I'll be continuing to keep you guys in my thoughts and prayers and here is the info of how to reach and contact me!! love ya lots!! miss you!! ;)
Lindy!!xoxo
If you want to contact Lindy, please email Catherine.
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Hey guys,
I know I just wrote yesterday but I have a bit of time on my hands and I don't know when the next update is going to be. I start school on Wed so we'll be leaving early in the morning to drive to Texas.
Well the Oklahoma..Tulsan accents here are hilarious....true hill billy style! Totally sounds hick it's awesome!! hehe ( i hope no one close to me is reading this :s)
i went to Sheena's church yesterday and it was amazing. It's a hispanic church and the worship was awesome!! talk about dancing in your seat! It was
awesome to hear them sing some songs we listen to in Canada but they sing the words in spanish so I could still follow along! It's amazing too how God can still move even with the language barrier! I was totally moved and encouraged even though I couldn't understand totally but it didn't even matter the presence of God was totally there. I had this really nice lady translate for me! The pastor spoke a really encouraging prophetic word over me too so it was awesome! I know I was totally supposed to be there yesterday morning. So it's been amazing so far and it's only just begun!
Well as for Tulsa as a whole it's not THAT much different then in Canada...they have a lot of the same things as we do. I went to an arcade yesterday and did one of those dance games where you watch the people on the screen dance and you have to follow along with the music...I never thought I'd ever try one of thoes..but I did...oh my I was horrible! lol....anyways...well I can't really think of anything else too exciting to write...it is Tornado season here....but haven't seen one yet! Still watching the skies though...lol... I'll let you guys know what my address and phone number is as soon as I get settle in texas! I'll be in touch and God bless!!
miss ya!
Lindy
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Hey Guys!
Ok this is going to be the first official email of what's been going on
so far!!!....oh my it hasn't even been a week yet and I can already tell
it's going to be an interesting year/adventure that God is going to be
taking me on!!
hmmmmmmmmm....where to begin....
Ok let's start with the airport....I was supposed to leave at 9am but
due to some indepth inspection concerning my schooling and my reasoning for
leaving the country for a whole year the officials at the airport made me
miss my flight and by a whole 5 minutes can you believe it?! soo....they had
to reschedual a new flight for me...the next flight being at 5PM in the
afternoon so that means waiting for a LONG TIME....well I didn't really do
much but I did finish the rest of my book....lol....oh and I also had a
hollywood sighting...I saw Eugine Levy at the ariport (he's the dad in the
movie American Pie...not that I would know or anything...lol) so anyways 5pm
finally rolls around but the aircraft was experiencing some "techincal
difficulties" (quite reassuring) so we were delayed till around 7pm....so
this meaning that I have now been at the toronto airport for 12hours and
haven't even left the country yet. hehehe this I find quite hilarious so
anyways I did get on the plane had exactly 5 mins to board the flight from
Denver to Tulsa but I made it and arrived in Tulsa Oklahoma at around 12
midnight....so it was a long but interesting day!!
Well the first thing that I did in Tulsa Oklahoma is listen to my
favourite radio station Air1....hehe as most of you know it's a radio
station that I listen to on my computer at home all the time but it's an
american radio station so I can only listen to in on the computer. But just
being able to listen to it on actual radio air ways is pretty exciting!
lol....yeah....
Ok so visiting Sheena has been so awesome I love seeing where she's
grown up and meeting all the important people in her life. I went to a
Mexican wedding with her yesterday and it was exciting...lol...lots of
dancing there was even a fight and almost a shoot out! lol.....well not a
shoot out but it's pretty common within mexicans...so yeah good thing the
guard were there!....also I don't know if most of you know but mexican's
have HUGE families and well the bride and groom had 4 tables of 10 of thier
family and friends that they knew but there were 60 tables of 10 in total
and so that adding up to about 600 people and the bride and groom only
knowing about 40 of them so it was pretty funny just how family invites
family.....you know third and fourth cousins twice removed that sort of
thing! haha.....
So that's a little bit of what's been going on so far!! I will be
checking my emails on a regular basis so keep in touch and I will get back
to you! I also bought calling cards which I will be using very soon! I love
you guys so much I haven't forgotten about you and I will be keeping you in
my thoughts and prayers!!
Luve ya lots! and miss you!
Lindy!! xoxo
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