Earls Court Project in London

Hey, i leave for London in just a few hours!! I am really excited about it and also a little nervous! I would love it if you all could pray for my team and the whole project!! We are serving Christmas dinner to the homeless all week. Thank you guys for all of your support! I am happy to say that I have all the money that I need now and can officailly go on outreach!! Thank you all so much. I will try and keep you posted, but internet access will be limited!! Thanks again!
God Bless, Margaret

Outreach is just around the corner!

Hi everyone,
I am sorry that it has been so long since my last update. Things have definatly been getting a little crazy around here. I just got back from spain on sunday. It was beautiful; I loved it very much. It was such a blessing to get to spend the weekend there. This week we have a really cool toopic; it is identity and calling. The speaker is wonderful! This is our last topic before outreach preparatin, which is so crazy. I am very excied though! Things are going really well here, infact I have some new details.

I will be in London over christmas time. We will be working with an organization called Earls Court. We will be serving the homeless christmas dinner all week. It wil be a good chance to get to minister to them and really show them love over Christmas. After that we will have a few days off just to rest and prepare for Bolivia. We leave London on January
7th. We ahve a nine and a half hour flight to miami, then a six hour layover, then another nine hour flight to Bolivia. That is 24 hours of strait traveling. While we are in Bolivia, we will be spending most of our time with youth at the local boys and girls home. We will also be going inot the rural area to build wells and doing other practical things. Our schedule is completly packed, but it is going to be wonderful. Our total cost for outreach is 2000 british puonds, which is about $3500. it is alot of money, but we are al relying on God to provide the money. I have most all of my money except a little bit. I actually had a bit of an accident and spilled tea on my friends macbook computer. I took full responcibilty and helped her pay for a new computer. that did put me back a little bit, but I am praying for God to just provide.

Thank you all so much for your coninued support. This experience has been amazing and I have learned so much. I really appreciate all that you guys have done for me. Mery Christmas and i can't wait to see everyone when I get back. I will write again soon!
Love, Margaret

Bolivia!!!!

Hi everyone! I found out today that I will be going to Bolivia. We are going to be doing lots of different things. Some of the things that we are going to be doing are: evangelism, mercy ministry, running a bible study at local churches, helping out with the youth at local churches and much more. I am really excited. We will be leaving England at the end of December. I will be spending Christmas in London, helping a local organization called Earls court. They feed and house the homeless on Christmas. We are all really excited about having the opportunity to be apart of this. Also, they have split out teams up onto two groups, so there are seven of us that will be going to Bolivia. We are all so excited and we are spending this week to began to prepare for outreach and learn about the cultures that we will be going to . I will keep everyone updated!!
God Bless, Margaret

South America!

HEY!! Today we found out where we will be going on outreach! We will be going to South America. We are splitting up into two teams. One team is going to Bolivia and one team will be going to Brazil. I am not sure which team I will be on yet. I need to pray and ask God where he wants me to go. We will be going to South America in early January, but first we will be spending Christmas in London with the homeless. There is a ministry up there that my base usually participates in every year. I do not know a lot of detail yet, but I have learned that my outreach will be more expensive than expected. The price for going where we are is about one thousand dollars more than what we had origanally planned, so I would really appreciate any extra help money wise. Thank you guys sooo much for your prayers. I am so excited to finaly know where we will be going!! I am ready to go now!!
God Bless, Margaret

Half way through lecture phase!!

Hi everyone! Things are going great here. i am happy to say that I am feeling much better. I went to the doctor and got some blood drawn. All my tests came back normal, so it was a huge blessing! In other news, we just finised the DNA conference. It was crazy, the founder of youth was a mission was here and i will posting the picture i took with him soon! It was realy cool to have him come and talk to us. This week are topic is spiritual warfare. It is very good, but also a little draining.

This weekend we have our first long weekend and I am looking foward to just relaxing around the lodge! Also, me and three of my friends are going to spain for our second long weekend! I am so excited one of my friends is from Spain, so we are going to tay with her family. It is only about one hundred and thirty dollars round trip, so I could pass up the offer.

We still do not know where we are ging for our outrach yet. We are all just trustion that God has a plan and everything will work out fine. I know that we would all appreciate your prayers. as soon as I know, I will let all of ya'll know! Thank ya'll so much for your love and support!
Love, Margaret

P.S. My friend and roomate, Bethany, says hello to everyone and she could also use your prayers, because she has just sprained her ankle and maybe knee. Thanks!!

I could use some prayer. . . I'm sick :(

Hi ya'll!
That is a term that I do not here a lot around here, so I had to say it! Things are going very good. I have officialy been here over one month. We are starting are fifth week with an awesome speaker. unfortunantly, I am feeling a little sick. I have been feeling tired all weekend and I woke up this morning with a stomach bug. I did not go to class today. I could use your prayers, so I can be back to my normal schedule in no time!! I hope things are going wonderful for everyone! I would love to hear from ya'll. send me some mail!!
God Bless,
Margaret

The past week and our outreach trip!!

Hello everyone,
Things have been going great for me. I am settling in well here. We have just finished our third week and are beginning our fourth. It is hard to imagine that I have already been here three weeks. Last week we studied the nature and character of God. It was such a great week and we had a wonderful speaker. Maged, our base leader here, was our speaker. We talked about who god is and what that means to us. Also, we learned about God as our father. The week was a real blessing for me as I had the chance to explore how God loves me and that I hve a spacific reason for being here. LAst week was also a little hard, because i have been struggling with being home sick. I have really had to reay on God and trust that he has a plan for me.

This weekend we went on our fist small outreach trip!!! We went up to York, a town north of where I am living. We had a very busy, but awesome weekend. On friday, we went late night evangelising in the streets. This was new to me, but it was realy cool. Saturday, we went into Leeds, which is the third biggest city in England, and prayed over the city. The people that we were staying with is starting a YWAM base in leeds, so we got to really pray over them and see what they are all about. I really enjoyed Leeds. . . it was beautiful! On sunday, we gave some tlc to a much needed yard! it was such a great weekend and it got me so excited to go out and do our outreach phase!

Just an update. . . we have started to pray into where God wants us to go for outreach, but we are not sure yet. Your prayers would be most appreciated as we are trying to listen to what God is telling us! Thank ya'll all so much for your love and continuos support. I could not do it with out you guys! God Bless everyone and i would ove to hear from ya'll. My address is on the blog!! :)
Love,
Margaret

Yah for an update!!

Hey!!
I have finished my first and have started my second!! Time is flying by. . . sortof. Our focas for the second week is the holy spirit. We have a guest speaker come in and teach us about the spirit. the speaker is wonderful and i have already learned some things. they require us to keep a journal here, so all the girls have been obsessed with arts and crafts, trying to decorate thier journal. Mine looks awesome; i am very happy about it. if anyone has any old, cool magazines or pictures feel free to mail them to me!!! Speaking of mail, I would love to get some!! haha things are going really good around here. I am really enjoying myself and it has been great just to be present with the lord. I do miss home a good bit. Especialy today, because i am very sad to say that my great aunt died this past weekend. The funeral will be in a few days and I wish that I could be there with my family. i could use everyone's prayers for my family. thank ya'll all so much for your support. It means so much! I miss everyone and will write again soon!
Love,
Margaret

lectures started today!

Hey everyone,

     I had my first lecture today, so I thought it would be good to share with ya'll what it is I am studying and what I do all day. The lecture phase is a 12 week program; focasing on a different topic every week. This week we are learning about hearing and obeying God's voice. We will have guest speakers come in about lecture on these topics. Today we disscussed what it means to hear God's vioce and what are the different ways in which he talks to us. We will be going more in depth as time goes on. As for what I do all day, we have a set schedule for the week. Some days are different than others, but a general schedule is time with God and worship in the morning, followed by a lecture until lunch. After lunch we have work duties for a few hours and then depending on the day we will have more lectures, small groups, bible study, and 1:1 time, which is where we have the chance to sit down with our leaders to talk about how we are spiritually. That is a very ruff look at my schedule all day, but it does give an idea of what I do while I am here. I am very excited about what God has in store for me while I am here. I hope everyone is doing well and I miss you all!!

                                                                           Love, Margaret

I finally made it!

Hello everyone,

    I made it to england last night around 9:00, uk time. The journey here was very long and tiring, but i managed to make it. My friend Sian picked me up from the airport. She was such a blessing to me. She took me back to her house and her mother fed me and let me take a shower. It was so wonderful. 

I have met some of my team mates here and they all seem to be very nice. It is beautiful where I am staying. I am in this huge old building. We do everything in this one building. I will be posting pictures as soon as I can. Thank ya'll for all of your love and support. I can not wait to share with everyone what God is doing. I miss you all very much!

                                                                                                         Love,

                                                                                                      Margaret

It is almost time!!

Hi everyone!! I want to start by saying thank you to everyone who has supported me. I would not be able to do this with out ya'll! I leave wendesday, september 24th for England. That is in two days!!! I will be living in a town north of london, called Nuneaton. I will be here for three months studing God's word and preparing for what is to come. As of right now I am only one thousand dollars away from being at my goal of eight thousand dollars, which is unbelievable. God has really been providing for me in every way. Over the next six months, I am going to be posting updates of what is going on with me. This seems to be the best way to stay in touch with everyone. I will also be posting all of my contact information and pictures of my journey. I am very excited about what God is doing in my life and I can not wait to share with everyone my new adventures. Thank you all again for your many prayers and love!

God Bless,

Margaret Lachicotte