BRITTANY IN CHICAGO

I haven't heard from Brittany yet but her team leader called to introduce himself to me. He said she's doing well and they've had great conversations about God and life in general. Today I was looking at the Royal Servants web site and found a picture of Brittany in training camp. It was good to see her!!! She's leaving for London on Tuesday.

Brittany made it to Chicago!!!

Hi to all,

This is the point where I take over for Brittany on her blog site because she doesn't have access to email very often, if at all. She asked me to keep it going. She signed all her thank you cards on Thursday night and it's up to me to get them in the mail this week. Thank you to all of you who have prayed for her and assisted her financially.

Brittany left for Chicago on Friday. Her plane was to take off at 1:30 p.m. but it was delayed for a couple hours. During that time, she was able to start making friends with other Royal Servant students waiting for the same plane. It was really moving to see all those young people at the airport so excited about serving our Lord. As a mother, I was comforted by the fact that Brittany was already making friends.

Her plane took off at around 3:30 p.m. and she called me at 7:15 p.m. (our time) to tell me that she'd made it to Chicago. She only had a few minutes because the bus was leaving for the church they were all sleeping at for the night. Although I haven't heard from her since then, it's my understanding that they arrived last night at training camp in Lewistown, Illinois around 7 p.m. They were late in arriving at camp because one of the buses overheated!! Brittany and all the Royal Servant teams will be at training camp until July 5th. Thereafter, Brittany's team will leave for Europe. She will be doing street ministry in many different places and I will do my best to keep up my end of the "posting".

I haven't heard from Brittany since her plane's arrival on Friday night but I will keep you posted.

God Bless,
Julie

Prayer!

Well I must say that everything has come down to the end. Yesterday I lost my dearest friend/my sweetheart due to the enemy trying to get me to NOT go to Europe this summer. Death entered my household yesterday and I please ask that you pray with me in the protection of my household and my family. This week has gotten worse day by day. Today I must say so far is counted safe, but the grieving of yesterday still lingers. Please pray for me and my family that no more death or loss may enter my household and that I WILL be able to get in that plane on Friday.

Thank you so much,
Brittany

FOUR DAYS LEFT!!!

Well my friends, I have four more days until I leave for Chicago! I am getting SO excited and nervous at the same time! It is a very nerve racking experience that I am about to embark on, but it will be a life changing one I am sure of. Today is the day that I buy "The Box" that I am to put all of my belongings into. They ask for us not to bring a suitcase but instead a cardboard box that we can discard when we get to Chicago. So all of that to say that you know that I am getting close to leaving when you bring the suitcase out-or in my case a cardboard box! I still have roughly $300 to raise, but considering how much I have already raised, that amount is definitely doable. It is just the beginning to a manic Monday and a roller coaster of a week filled with numerous emotions. There is a joy inside of me that I cannot contain though! God has blessed me more than I would have ever imagined! I hope that my testimony can be a light and a hope to those of you who may be struggling a little. But I can say that all of my patience and listening to God has paid off in a way that is astounding to me! So now that I kind of went a little off track, I will tell/show you my itinerary so that you may be able to see where I am going and all of that good stuff! So I will end this posting here, but there is definitely more to come in the near future!

With God's joy,
Brittany

Training Camp
Jun 19 - 25	Staff Discipler training at Training Camp
Jun 26 - Jul 5	Student training at Training Camp
Jul 3	Open House .... at Training Camp
Western Europe
Jul 5	Fly to London Depart Chicago/O'Hare 6:00PM Virgin Atlantic #40
Jul 6	Arrive London/Heathrow 8:00AM
Jul 7-14	Ministry in London
Jul 15	Drive to Luxembourg, ministry
Jul 16 & 17	Frickenhausen, Germany
Jul 18-20	Prague, Czech
Jul 21-23	Krakow, Polond
Jul 24-26	Vienna, Austria
Jul 27-29	Pula, Croatia
Jul 30	Milan, Italy
Jul 31-Aug 2	Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Aug 3-5	Paris, France
Aug 6	Drive to London
Aug 7-11	Debrief in London
Aug 12	Return to the USA

Depart London/Heathrow at 11:00AM
Virgin Atlantic #39
Arrive at Chicago O'Hare 1:55 PM

New and Awesome Yard Sale!

Why hello there. I finally have the address of the yard sale tomorrow. It will be at 3066 Elmer Ave in Yuba City. There will be collectible items within Nascar, snoopy, and smokey the bear. Other items include: snow tires, lazy boy recliner and sectional, baby accessories, women and children clothing, wet suits, camouflage gear, bone china, crystal from Germany and much much more! Please come by between 7am and 12pm if you are interested in supporting me!

Great Thanks,
Brittany

Fundraiser Results!!!

Both the Mary Kay and the Car Wash went very well! On Friday, i had five people attend the Mary Kay party and we all just had a blast! There was a very good number of profits attained and I am MORE than grateful! The Car Wash today was very hard to come by with different obstacles that the devil placed before our feet this morning, but I have to say that it was very rewarding! We finally did make it over to blockbuster just to find out that a girl's soccer team had an even bigger car wash set up not even 200 yards away from us! As discouraging as that was, the five of us still pressed on! I had two friends from the church who helped along with a very loyal friend of mine, and of course my mother and sister were there! It was very rewarding to get your hands dirty and receive some well earned cash for the mission trip! I thank you all for coming and don't forget that I still have one last fundraiser! The yard sale is on Saturday, June 19th from 7am to 12pm at Darla's house which I actually do not have the address right in front of me! I do know that it is on Elmer street in Yuba City though!!! As the countdown is starting to come to an end, I am getting a mixture of emotions: excitement, nervous, scared, afraid, happy, humble, at peace, etc. I would still like to ask that you would continue to pray for me whenever my mission trip refreshes in your head. The power of pray has been shockingly amazing these last few months and I hope that these worries and waves of fear will all be worth it!

Thank you so much,
Brittany

More Fundraiser details

Ok so now I have a couple of changes with the three fundraisers. The Mary Kay party is still going on tonight at 7 pm in the fireside room in the church. But the car wash has been changed to this Sunday at one at the blockbuster on Colusa Highway. The yard sale location for next Saturday still has not been resolved but it will be soon enough. In correspondence to my funding, I have roughly $2,033 in my account. There is still $900 in promised funds that have not been accounted for and then I still have the contributions from the upcoming fundraisers. Also, Gene Abshier has been a tremendous help in that he has a scholarship that I hopefully apply for back East that can possibly give me $1,000 for my accounting. Finally, funding and accounting is starting to pay off and come together! I am now able to start focusing on packing and getting excited for the upcoming six weeks of mission work! It is amazing how things that we never thought would work out, actually, work out! I don't know how all of this has come together in time, but then again, knowledge of how God works is not something that I should be intuitive about. All I can feel right now is gratitude for how much God's love is present in my life and in the lives of others who have contributed to me. I do believe that the dawn of my mission trip is starting to rise. This whole funding process has had it's fair share of troubles. But fortunately, God has placed the right people in my life to encourage, motivate, and even contribute to me! I want to leave you with a scripture that I did devotions on this morning to the kids in Summer Drama.

Psalms 46:1-7

1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very good present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be
carried into the mist of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be
troubled,
Though the mountains shake with
its swelling

4 There is a river whose streams shall
make glad the city of God,
The Holy place of the tabernacle of
the Most High.
5 God is on the midst of her, she shall
not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break
of dawn.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms
were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth
melted.

7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.

With nothing holding me back,
Brittany

Fundraiser Dates

So now I have an accurate date for each of my three fundraisers. The first one is the Mary Kay meeting held on June 11th at the First United Methodist Church in the fellowship hall at 6:45pm. The second is a Car Wash at Les Swab Tires on Bridge St on June 12th at 10am. And lastly, the third is a yard sale on June 19th starting at 9 am. The location for the yard sale hasn't been finalized yet, but if you have anything that you would like to donate to the yard sale that would be deeply appreciated. On the funds side of everything, yesterday I made out literally sixty phone calls to different people seeing if they would like to contribute to my mission trip. The result was very gratifying in that I received over $1,000 in agreed contributions. I still have a couple businesses that may be able to contribute a substantial amount and then the next three fundraisers hopefully will also help me reach my goal. I will be posting an exact update of the yard sale details later in the week and if you would like to attend to the Mary Kay meeting or help out with the car wash, please let me know. Thank you!

By God's grace,
Brittany

Funds

As the time is ticking down to the final month of preparation, I find myself not being exactly were i would like to be at this point. I have roughly $1,500 in my account but others have said that they will donate. I have been making follow up calls to make sure that those contributions be met. I will shortly be having a Mary Kay meeting in which a sales representative has agreed to give all of the profits to me, so i plan to bring in a large amount of people for that meeting. Also I will be hosting a large yard sale with hopefully a barbeque included. If you have any donations that you would like to contribute, you can pay it directly online at www.reignministries.org/sponsor-rs. Any contribution would be deeply appreciated! funding is still in motion, but prayers is the thing that I need most of. Thank you in advance!

Future in His hands,
Brittany