Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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HEY!
So... some of you have just returned from Padre and I am so stoked you got to be a part of that and experience God there. REMEMBER- God is not just in Padre or on Great Escape, He is EVERYWHERE and wanting to meet with you everyday!
Tonight, my best friend Lizzie is landing in Orlando with the rest of the Brazil team!!! I cannot wait to see her! Be praying for the team to be able to rest and apply what they learned in Brazil in everyday life in Memphis and Murray!
I love all of yall and cannot wait to see each of you! I will be home the 29th! : )
-Shannon Werne
(901) 4876459!
Tonight, my best friend Lizzie is landing in Orlando with the rest of the Brazil team!!! I cannot wait to see her! Be praying for the team to be able to rest and apply what they learned in Brazil in everyday life in Memphis and Murray!
I love all of yall and cannot wait to see each of you! I will be home the 29th! : )
-Shannon Werne
(901) 4876459!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Week 6
Week 6:
Man, it has gone by so fast down here. Six weeks of amazing fellowship, 30-40 hours a week at work, nightly discussions, learning a ton...daily, meeting new people, going to Universal and Sea World, sharing my faith, worshiping God, reading a ton of information and stuff in the Word... so much and SO good! I would say week 6 highlight would be really knowing that I am absolutely nothing without Christ (John 15:5). When we evangelized this week, I spoke with a recently divorced woman from Puerto Rico. At the beginning of the summer, I wasn’t a fan of random evangelism (favor relational evangelism); and I’m really still not. However, I do see the need in it- to plant seeds and reach people that are maybe not church goers or who have never heard about Jesus. This conversation was one of the most humbling conversations I have ever had with someone; nothing was about me and my faith really, it was all about what God has done for us and what He offers. She asked many things like what does it really look like to be a Christian, and what about the bad things what still happen. I answered them, well God did and offered her some of what the Bible has to say about it. Some stuff I had to say in Spanish and honestly never remember learning the words. God is so good to speak through us, even in a different language! We ended up talking for about 1.5 hours about significance, purpose, love, trials and tribulations, coming to God as you are, sin, eternal life, and salvation. The conversation ended with something magnificent, a woman hearing the Gospel for the first time, coming to Christ!!! The cool thing, besides a woman receiving salvation, was that our theme at OP this week was Lordship. Lordship means to make God the Lord, the ONLY Lord, of your life. We talked about letting it ALL be about Him! This was neat because it was actually applied the very same week- letting me sharing my faith be NOTHING about me and EVERYTHING about Him. Know that God wants all of you, just as you are, RIGHT NOW! Christian or non-christian, He wants you everyday, every second! He’s waiting! Work has been great and I’m building relationships with a lot of co-workers, we start co-worker Bible Study this week (week 7), which will be interesting! I am having dinner with one girl from work this week as well, since she can’t make it to Bible Study. She is not a believer, but is really awesome and smart. I am also helping her with an assignment for one of her summer classes this week too, it involves my favorite- photography! Her name is Sarah if you would like to pray for her. Some of my other co-workers are Alejandro, Alwin, Derek, Jullian, Ricky, Jaques, Jerrol, Bethy, Austin, Denise, Dolphena, Shay, Sam, Yennissa, and Taco. If you can pray for them to see God’s face, if they haven’t already, and surrender to Him, not just so they gain REAL life, joy, love, peace, worth, and so much more, but so they can have Jesus and spend eternity with the God of the Universe! I will return to Memphis in 4 weeks and am totally stoked, not because I don’t like it here, I love it, but so I can get back with my family, friends, my kids at Hope, and everyone else and start applying everything I have learned and still have to learn in the real world!
Please pray for a group of Campus Outreach people in Brazil, all really great friends. They have one week left there.
Also- you can be praying for me and my family. My great grandmother, Gammama passed away yesterday.
Thanks! Love yall!
-Shannon!
(901) 487-6459
Man, it has gone by so fast down here. Six weeks of amazing fellowship, 30-40 hours a week at work, nightly discussions, learning a ton...daily, meeting new people, going to Universal and Sea World, sharing my faith, worshiping God, reading a ton of information and stuff in the Word... so much and SO good! I would say week 6 highlight would be really knowing that I am absolutely nothing without Christ (John 15:5). When we evangelized this week, I spoke with a recently divorced woman from Puerto Rico. At the beginning of the summer, I wasn’t a fan of random evangelism (favor relational evangelism); and I’m really still not. However, I do see the need in it- to plant seeds and reach people that are maybe not church goers or who have never heard about Jesus. This conversation was one of the most humbling conversations I have ever had with someone; nothing was about me and my faith really, it was all about what God has done for us and what He offers. She asked many things like what does it really look like to be a Christian, and what about the bad things what still happen. I answered them, well God did and offered her some of what the Bible has to say about it. Some stuff I had to say in Spanish and honestly never remember learning the words. God is so good to speak through us, even in a different language! We ended up talking for about 1.5 hours about significance, purpose, love, trials and tribulations, coming to God as you are, sin, eternal life, and salvation. The conversation ended with something magnificent, a woman hearing the Gospel for the first time, coming to Christ!!! The cool thing, besides a woman receiving salvation, was that our theme at OP this week was Lordship. Lordship means to make God the Lord, the ONLY Lord, of your life. We talked about letting it ALL be about Him! This was neat because it was actually applied the very same week- letting me sharing my faith be NOTHING about me and EVERYTHING about Him. Know that God wants all of you, just as you are, RIGHT NOW! Christian or non-christian, He wants you everyday, every second! He’s waiting! Work has been great and I’m building relationships with a lot of co-workers, we start co-worker Bible Study this week (week 7), which will be interesting! I am having dinner with one girl from work this week as well, since she can’t make it to Bible Study. She is not a believer, but is really awesome and smart. I am also helping her with an assignment for one of her summer classes this week too, it involves my favorite- photography! Her name is Sarah if you would like to pray for her. Some of my other co-workers are Alejandro, Alwin, Derek, Jullian, Ricky, Jaques, Jerrol, Bethy, Austin, Denise, Dolphena, Shay, Sam, Yennissa, and Taco. If you can pray for them to see God’s face, if they haven’t already, and surrender to Him, not just so they gain REAL life, joy, love, peace, worth, and so much more, but so they can have Jesus and spend eternity with the God of the Universe! I will return to Memphis in 4 weeks and am totally stoked, not because I don’t like it here, I love it, but so I can get back with my family, friends, my kids at Hope, and everyone else and start applying everything I have learned and still have to learn in the real world!
Please pray for a group of Campus Outreach people in Brazil, all really great friends. They have one week left there.
Also- you can be praying for me and my family. My great grandmother, Gammama passed away yesterday.
Thanks! Love yall!
-Shannon!
(901) 487-6459
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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