It’s always Autumn in England

I had several people ask me about going to Costa Rica yesterday. Several people also asked me about the blog I set up at blogspot. I guess I didn’t realise people were actually reading it, so I shut it down.

It was called "The Overbay’s Adventure" but since Evan ditched me, and I am now going on my own, I figured it wasn’t really the "Overbay’s" adventure, so much as my own, and I already have a blog! So, anything you want to know about my trip to Costa Rica, find out right here!!

The countdown is on though. I leave in 15 days! I still need people to pray for me each day that I am gone. So, if you are willing to pray for me please let me know. I believe having people praying for me every day is really important. I have posted on this before…See the final paragraph of that post. If you want more evidence of this see Ephesians 6:10-19. This passage is known as the Armour of God, but it says, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." and therefore…Put on the Full Armour of God.
It then goes on to say, "Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."

That is one of the things I would ask you to pray for me while I am in Costa Rica…that everything I say and do would make Christ known. That I would show his love to everyone I come in to contact with that week. That is what this trip is all about. Yes it is work, yes I will help build a few houses, but mostly, I want to show Christ to everyone I see.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Evan and I are heading to my mom’s side at noon and my dad’s side at 4pm.

Friends,

Many of you already know that I will be heading to Costa Rica in December! Here are some details of this trip and some ideas of how you can find out what I am doing. Unfortunately, because of a change in circumstances, Evan will no longer be able to go with me.
East 91st Street Christian Church has partnered with CCA, in Alajuelita, Costa Rica. CCA is a church which has developed an integrated ministry for reaching their community with the love of Jesus. This is your opportunity to partner with us to help reach one of the poorest communities in Costa Rica.

There is a group of around 50 people going to Alajuelita to work with CCA. The plan is to build 12 houses in 12 days. We will be there from the 13th to the 21st December.

I am writing to as ask that you prayerfully considering embarking on this journey with me. Most of my expenses will be covered by E91, because this is considered a work trip for me. However, I would like to have a team of people who will pray for me during this trip. I would like to have at least 1 person or couple praying for me each day that I am traveling. Please also pray for Evan and I while we are apart.

As well as your prayers I am hoping to raise around $500 for expenses that E91 will not cover. For example, I would like to buy a few tools, painting equipment and work gloves. Once I am done with these, I will leave them with CCA for future teams that come to build houses. Anything extra that I raise will be given directly to CCA. CCA buys all of the building materials in advance, so that they are waiting for the team when we arrive in Costa Rica. Once the team is gone, CCA continues to minister to the families who are living in the new houses. CCA runs a school, medical facility and a children’s feeding centre. Each participant on these trips is asked to donate $500. Any donation you give to me, will go towards this donation and your donation will help continue this important ministry.

All checks can be made out to me and sent to me at my home address. If you don’t know it, leave me a comment and I will email you!

I will be updating this blog as plans come together and while I am there. I am hoping to get lots of good pictures and add them too!

I/We would like to support your time in Costa Rica through

Praying on:
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Thursday 18^th     Friday 19th       Saturday 20^th    Sunday 21^st          

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Tonight, Sam’s football team (Lapel Bulldogs) are playing their Regional game. Now, fair enough, I don’t really know what this means, so I can’t explain it to anyone in England reading this. But, those of you from the States know what it means. The Bulldogs have never made it this far before, so they are doing great! 15 years ago, they got to the second round of Sectionals, but never had they won sectionals before. Last week they won the Sectionals. This week, in the Regionals they are playing Cardinal Ritters a team from Indy that are ranked 1st in the State in their division. This will be a tough team, but I hope we can beat them…I hope that Ritter is so focused on getting to Semi-State that they take this game lightly….I hope they think the Bulldogs are no competition, because if they are thinking that way, we might just beat them.

If they win, I will definitly be posting about this again tonight, or first thing tomorrow morning….hopefully with a couple newspaper articles attached!

Last night they had a pep rally, here are some pictures: http://www.heraldbulletin.com/multimedia/local_story_318222727.html
Here is what the Herald Bulletin is saying about tonight’s game: http://www.heraldbulletin.com/sports/local_story_319001104.html "Nothing To Lose"

Four years ago, I went from this:

To This:

Today, I went from this:

To this:

If you want to follow along with our Adventure to Costa Rica…head here: http://theoverbaysincostarica.blogspot.com/

I have decided to keep a seperate blog for Costa Rica. So please head there for updates and to find out how to support our time in CR.

EDIT: November 30th - Evan is no longer going with me to Costa Rica, so I decided to just use my blog for updates. There are several reasons Evan is not going with me, and when we know the exact details, I will share them on my blog.

I have added some pictures of Costa Rica to Facebook. These can be seen here

These are pictures that I have been given since starting to work at E91. There is a picture of one of the houses we will be building, as well as some of the houses we will be replacing.

I will certainly be taking more while I am in Costa Rica and I plan to take my laptop and update as the week goes along. Here is where to look for updates: http://theoverbaysincostarica.blogspot.com/

I have decided to keep a seperate blog for Costa Rica. So please head there for updates!

How come when someone says something that would be considered simply a statement of lifestyle, when it comes from certain people, you just know they meant it as an insult because they don’t agree with the choices you make?

I feel insulted, and yet I am fairly certain that had anyone else made this same comment, I would have simply agreed with them. In fact in some situations I might even make the statement myself.

I think I need to get over it…maybe I will go buy something, or cut my hair!