ONE WEEK!

hello! we have one week before camp!!! wow :)

this week will be busy with getting office stuff squared away and preparing for our american team to come visit. this will be a good good time for us all. i just know it. please be praying for camp and for our kids.

i went to two of my girls' baptism yesterday. it was excellent. how neat is it to hear teenagers talk about their faith and tell about how and why they decided to serve the Lord. there was a bbq after. i stayed for that then went to spend some time with noora. she was alone this weekend.

saturday night we went to play volleyball with some of the people from the big youth group in brussels. if you imagine a church with a youth group...this is like that...but....it is many little churches youth that get together on wednesday night. anyway, volleyball was nice. then we went into the city to grab a bite to eat. it was a nice time of getting to know some new people.

tomorrow is my french class picnic. we will all bring some food to share. i have no idea what ill take.

thats it for now!

memory

hi there!

its been a good few days. yesterday got together with roselie and malia to put rooms and teams together. it went very well!

last night i pulled out my video of the going away party my friends had for me. IT IS FANTASTIC! of course i decided to watch this at 12:30 last night. i havent watched the whole thing because i figured i should get some sleep. but that just leaves some fun for a later time.

thanks for all of you who came! it is so good to be able to watch it and hear what you have to say! especially now, a year later!

have a blessed day!!!!!!!!!!

PRAY PRAY PRAY for healing, etc.

please pray for elizabeth's (my sis in law) father. he is in the hospital from a stroke. i dont have anymore details.
thanks
j

May '08 Update

It's JUNE! Can you believe it?!?!

The month of May was quite difficult for me. For those of you who don't know, my mother's father passed away on 13 May. Luckily she was able to spend his last days with him. You may ask, "Jessica, how are you dealing with all this being so far away from everyone?" My answer to you is God's love, faithfulness, peace, comfort, strength, and so much more. All I can do is rely on the Lord. I've been studying Lamentations 3:22-23 which states "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." May you be engulfed by HIS unfailing love!

The Past:

Just before being really down, my little (or not so little anymore) cousin came to visit. She came to see what this ministry called JV is. We did so much! Between touring and "living a week in the life of Jessica," Lauren was able to participate in Study Camp 2008. It was very neat to see her naturally hanging out with all the Belgian kids! My bonus was spending precious time with family.

The Semi-Present:

We are finishing off our year with 2 more clubs then right off to summer camp! Things have been rather busy this spring. I just got back from my last training of this school year. It was held in Munich, where we were able to take a bike tour of the city. It was very fun!

The Future:

I am so sure this summer will fly by. For this month I'd like to ask for you to commit to pray for us.

Pray for:

• Good weather during camp 1 July to 8 July
• Safe travels to, from, and during camp
• Our US group that will be integrated with JV during summer camp
• Leaders' preparations; good ideas
• Volunteer leaders' exams (happening the entire month of June)
• Another van that we can borrow for the week or funds to rent another van
• Wisdom, courage, discernment, in speaking with kids
• Intentional relationship building time with kids
• Cohesion amongst the entire group
• Roselie's knee to heal
• The speaker, Nat Winston
• Good health for all, but especially for leaders and staff

Thanks for faithfully reading about my work in Belgium. I'm blessed to be here! To read an encouraging story about my newest friend Laurence check out my blog from 15 May. My cousin, Lauren took part in a Bible study with Perrine and Rebecca. That Thursday before Study Camp all 5 of us prayed for the kids at camp, specifically Laurence!!!

Until the next time!

Jessica

P.S. The picture is of Perrine and Lauren while we were waiting to go into the Corrie ten Boom house in Haarlem. Also, the kids have made another site where they post pictures. http://picasaweb.google.fr/Jeunesse.et.vie

ANSWER TO PRAYER

yes! if you read my newsletter one of my prayer requests was for another van!

guess what?!?!?!?! GOD IS SO GOOD! we have a van to use. can you believe it.

the power of prayer! thank you all and thank you lord!

passion paris was FANTASTIC!!! ill blog about it later. im pooped :) xoxox

may newsletter in june?

fyi

yes you may have noticed that my newsletter went out on the 3rd of june. it really is for the month of may. look out for the june edition at the end of june....the regularly scheduled time.

thanks for keeping up with this!

beauty of life

oww this one is incredibly adorable!! ahhhh i want to squish her cheekys.
look at veronica and her great grandmother! now that is cool :)

the rest of the month

its been a hard hard month.
so ill skip onto the things that are happy thoughts....
there is so much i could tell you.
recently got back from munich. was a great time. now finishing my french class.
going to see chris tomlin, david crowder band, etc. (passion) tomorrow in paris.
yeah i get to do another fun thing!
i received some fun pics from a memorial day BBQ at my brothers house.
here is a cute pic of dad and veronica!
ahhh i want to be there :)