Busy Busy Weekend!

My Weekend is definitely a busy one, but I am hoping to be able to fill in everyone on a lot of things before I venture off to Kenya in 6 days!

YES!!
JUST 6 DAYS!!!

Here is the plan for the weekend:

Friday:
French Club Luncheon at THHS.
Lunch with Amy Narramore.
Coffee with Taylor Shanton.
Hang out with the B-day girl JORDAN GUNDERSON!
CSUF for the UCLA vs. CSUF gymnastics meet!

Saturday:
Winter Formal with Jordan Gunderson! :) Pictures will be up soon after!

Sunday:
Church in the morning. (Sean McDowell's Q: series)
Lunch with Julianna and Elise.
Family time/Packing for Kenya

That there is my weekend! Im excited for all of the awesome things to begin!
Hopefully I will be able to get to the computer to update you on some awesome things that happened this week! Cant wait to tell you all!

Picture Caption!: This is me and my little buddy Jadin Griffin, son of my mentor, who I got to go to Disneyland with a few weeks back. I was there with his big sister Lexy and his dad! It was a really fun time! Love this little guy!

Weekend Service Inspiration!

Here's a little note I wrote to some fellow students at my school who are student leaders in the High School Ministry with me! We are starting to plan a weekend that is completely led, and put on by students from Trabuco Hills High School. We are hoping to make it big and better than last year! I will keep you all updated on the planning and execution of it all!

I think we have a lot to convey to Trabuco. We are a group of student leaders at our church who need to live out what we are going to speak of on our weekend. Don't just prepare for this weekend materially but try your hardest in the next couple months and weeks leading up to really let your light shine in all parts of your light.

Like Grant said, I would love to start hearing some of your guys ideas. Ill list some of the components that we need in a service for those of you who aren't very familiar:

1) songs: think based around the theme and also just a fun opener song that we could do!

2) teaching element: pray about ways that we can best convey the message we want to convey the most clear. It's very important that we make this the strongest piece of the service as it will be what we leave people with as they leave the refinery.

3) videos: any way we can help further drive the teaching element home is best. Also any fun videos to use as a hook into the service. A countdown video? a re-make of the alma mater? all ideas are welcome!

4) skit: (this is totally optional) I have found in the past that the congregation will adapt and relate a lot to a visual representation of the subject we are focusing on. Many times people get lost in videos and start becoming distracted and use a video to pull out their phone and zone off. Skits have really dug deep. Think back to the Lifehouse Everything skit El Toro did last year, or the I'm Broken skit that a group of students performed during the happy series in HSM, Crave, & the main sanctuary. If we can get a deep, powerful and meaningful skit together, I think it can do awesome things.

5) announcements: these are provided by the HSM team, but we for sure will need two maximum, students to deliver them. start praying about if this is something you could take the lead on once we all begin to delegate.

6) take away: last year Trabuco owned those bracelets. I still have mine on, and i think a lot of others do too. Think into our theme and try to find a take away that we can give students as they leave. Meaningful, nostalgic, and long lasting.

Please shoot up any and all ideas up on this wall! Ill keep taking down some of the ideas together and at the next meeting we can all narrow some of them down. No idea is a bad idea. Who knows, maybe parts and pieces from each idea will be used. One thing though guys is don't become too attached to your ideas. We cant do everything in the hour and fifteen minute service. I know we can be a great team and hopefully this will even spark more friendships within our own school!

Love you guys, and girls!!
CT

Kenya Prayer Guide!

HSM Kenya Prayer Guide 2010

Please pray for health, strength, and safe travel for the team

The HSM Team:
Leaders: Katie Edwards, Josh Griffin, Jaime Bertran, Becka Holley, Phil Chenery, Chip Bragg, Jessica Powers
Students: Dorsa Fahami, Erice Hutchinson, Maddie Mallory, Taylor Shanton, Joe West, Julianna Marraccino, Dakota Biggs, Sarah Olson, Cody Fields, Julianne Bolls, Mariah Crane, Amanda Gleason, Hannah Grady, Ryan Hacker, Nicole Johnson, Mackenzie Jones, Daley Pecaitis, Alex Phillips, Ariana Spunt, Michelle Tietzer, Cory Tomlinson, Brooke Tsuyuki, Maddy Vujnov, Chase Webster, Jennifer Winfree

Day ONE & TWO: (3/4/10 & 3/5/10) Travel to Nairobi, Kenya…and then on to Kitale
Pray for safe travel to Kenya. Pray for rest and the preparation of our hearts for ministry. Pray that all goes smoothly with thelogistics of travelling with a group our size.

Day THREE: (3/6/10) Travel to Kitale and ministry at the PRISON
Pray for our team as we minister to the prisoners of the Kitale prison. Pray that these prisoners would hear and accept the message of Jesus Christ.

Day FOUR: (3/7/10) Church and Tu Maini Orphanage
Please pray for our team as we experience “Kenyan Church” Pray that we are an encouragement to those ministering each week to the people of Kenya. Pray that we find new ways to partner with these churches. Pray for our team as we minister to the prisoners of the Kitale prison. Pray that these prisoners would hear and accept the message of Jesus Christ. Also, pray for our ministry to the boys in the Tu Maini orphanage.

Day FIVE: (3/8/10) First Day of Camp
Please pray for our team as we prepare camp for 200 kids and teenagers. Pray for good connections, good conversation, and for camp to go according to God’s plan. Pray for our partnership with Oasis of Hope. Pray for the kids at camp to have open hearts to the message of Jesus Christ. Pray for the students on our team who are teaching, singing, leading and counseling the kids. Pray that we would be open to ministering outside of our comfort zone. Pray for another student on the team today.

Day SIX: (3/9/10) Camp
Pray that God would give opportunities to our students to share their personal faith with a camper. Pray that we wouldn’t miss any opportunities to share Jesus. Pray that God would make an impact on lives through our team. Pray for your student today.

Day SEVEN: (3/10/10) Camp - Pray for protection from exhaustion and the enemy as we wrap up our last day of camp. Pray that our team would have courage and be bold in sharing their faith with the kids of Oasis of Hope. Pray for the team leaders today. Pray for the teachers of Oasis of Hope that they would continue the mission of bringing kids to Jesus Christ.

Day EIGHT: (3/11/10) Ministry at Discover to Recover
Pray for the strength and the spirit of our team. Pray that God would help us to be bold in our conversations with the kids affected or infected with HIV Aids.

Day NINE: (3/12/10) Work Projects at Oasis of Hope
Pray for our last day of ministry. Pray that we would stay focused as team and that fatigue would not set in. Pray that we would make the most of our last day at Oasis of Hope.

Day TEN & ELEVEN: (3/13/10 & 3/14/10) Pray for safe travel back to Nairobi and then back to America. Pray that we adjust well spiritually emotionally, and physically. Pray that God would continue to work in our hearts after we return. Pray that we would continue to remember and reflect our journey in Kenya. Pray for protection from sickness and fatigue.

Dland in January!

Got to ride Toy Story Mania with my little JUJU! I beat her butt in that game! Probably one of the best rides at California Adventure. Well worth the wait.


Sorry guys, didnt get the memo that we were pointing at our "I'm Celebrating buttons". I was too busy trying to act like I was attempting to escape!


Soooo, it was Elise's first time on the swinging gondolas of Mickey's Fun Wheel. I guess you could say she really had fun? ... she was terrified. But it was sooo funny to watch her. Later on this ride we spotted some friends of ours on the ground and we started screaming and wailing violently approximately 200 feet above the ground. They heard us after 3 minutes of non sense.


It was really Tiffany's birthday. Not one of those times we fool the tortilla factory into giving us 5 free corn tortillas just because its Archies Birthday.. True Story.


We realized that Monsters Inc. is a great backdrop for pictures at California Adventure. So we utilised it. They are very photogenic. What can I say.

Pictures of Baptism a while back..