http://harlan.myadventures.org Harlan, Kentucky - - Adventures In Missions en-us Sat, 5 Jul 2008 05:36:56 GMT 30 http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=dear-fellow-servants http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=dear-fellow-servants                                                                                    &n Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=trip-updates http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=trip-updates I wanted to make sure your parents, friends, and other loved ones know how to get information while on your trip.  1st  It is good to set up a phone chain for first contact when you arrive at camp. You call one person and that person calls the next and so on.  Call as you enter Harlan. Cell phone coverage is limited especially up at Beech Fork. 2nd We will be posting updates with pictures along with testimonies from your teams  Go to www.adventuresinmissions.org  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=tentative-schedule5 http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=tentative-schedule5 Tentative Schedule Saturday                                         ***Sunday Arrive 4:30                                   Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=beech-fork-community-center http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=beech-fork-community-center While in Harlan we will stay at an old school that has been turned into a community center. The community center is about 20 minutes from Harlan so please be prepared for some extended driving time. Sleeping quarters are a couple of the old class rooms that have been fitted with some portable bunk beds.  You can see the beds in the picture section.  You will need to bring your own bedding and towels. You can bring a egg crate to put on the beds if you wish.  Showers are community Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=vbs http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=vbs You should recieve your VBS packet from your Church Mob rep 4 to 6 weeks before your trip. If you do not please let me know. You will have at least 1 day of VBS but may have more. depending on the number of participants The packet will give you the story and drama you will be giving to the kids.  There are some game and craft ideas also but if you can use your own material if you like.  You can expect from 15 to 30 kids on average for VBS. If your group likes puppets they are usu Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=nursing-home-and-adult-daycare http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=nursing-home-and-adult-daycare Your group will visit either the Laurels Nursing Home or the Horizon Adult Day Care. At the Laurels you will see a wide range of people who live there. Some are there becaue of age and some are there because they can not take care of themselves. Most of them love to talk and share their story. You will also have a group of about 7 to 15 that love to do crafts and sing songs. Especially hymns. You will be able to go around and do some Door to Door and Prayer Walking Also. At the Horizon you hav Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=sports-evangelism http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=sports-evangelism There is a basketball court in Harlan called The Bluecourts. You will see why when you get here. At the courts there is also a sand volleyball court, a tennis court, a playground, a sandbox type of area, and a small walking track. This area opens itself up for lots of ministry oppurtunities. You can bring sand box toys, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, and hulla hoops for the little ones. You can play basketball and volleyball with the young and old. You can bring water bottles and hand out to the walk Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=construction http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=construction As a level 1 trip 50 percent of your trip will be in construction. Construction is used to meet a felt need but also to build relationships. Types of construction could include painting, building wheelchair ramps, building fences, putting on or taking off a roof, replacing toilets, putting up drywall. These are all examples of what we did last year. Christian is still taking applications and getting the summer organized so we do not know exactly what construction your group will be doing. Wha Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=prayer http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=prayer As you are going through your mission 101 manuels you can probably see that with AIM everything we do is birthed in prayer. To keep with this model several of the ministries you will be doing will be about prayer. Prayer walking Getting out in the community and using your physical and spirtual eyes to pray for the people in that community. Covering Prayer- A group assigned to pray for the day, for the people,and the ministry teams. They will be shown several ways that we can pray. (I.E listeni Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=church-bbq http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=church-bbq On Thursday we will have a BBQ. We will break out the grill and have some fellowship time with the church we have been working with all week. If you like to cook on the grill this is your time. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=ministry-dress-code http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=ministry-dress-code North American Locations Dress Code FEMALES Church services Wear skirts or dresses that reach below the bottom of the knee or longer. shirts with sleeves that cover the shoulders. You can wear short sleeves, but they must cover the shoulders and upper arms. No cap sleeves or sleeveless shirts of any kind. Shirts should not have scoop necks or low v-necks.  The community and churches we are serving in dress this way for church services and we do not want to be a stumbling block fo Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=beech-fork-dress-code http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=beech-fork-dress-code Females Pants or knee length shorts. Work shirt or t-shirt, (no tank tops, cap or sleeveless tops). Shirts should not have scoop necks or low v-necks. Tennis shoes, sneakers, or flip flops Full robe or fully dressed for travel between showers and rooms. Males Knee length shorts, basketball shorts, t-shirt (no tank tops), tennis shoes or flip flops. Full robe or fully dressed for travel between showers and rooms . Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=packing-list http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=packing-list Suggested Packing List Clothes (See Dress Code for guidelines.) v 3-5 changes of work/paint clothes including work gloves, bandana, hat, sturdy work shoes (boots highly recommended), safety glasses or goggles v 3-5 changes of ministry clothing, including church clothes Lightweight jacket, Poncho or Rain Jacket v Knee length shorts for free time v Underwear and socks v 1 pair flat dress shoes, comfortable walking shoes, shower shoes (No open-toed shoes for work or ministry.) Bed v Pajama Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=madison-asef http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=madison-asef I am 19 and finishing up myfreshmen year at the University of Georgia. Currently I plan to major inBiology and Minor in Nutrition Science and eventually make it to Medicalschool (and maybe work in rural KY after that?). I was actually born inLexington, KY, so I'm looking forward to spending more time in my dearhome state this sumemr. When I'm not studying, I love to grab coffeewith my friends, hang out with my adorable mentee, D'Ara, or get involvedwith something on campus. Recently my campus mi Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=amanda-roberts http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=amanda-roberts My name is Amanda Roberts, I live in Austin Texas and I am in Nursing school at the University of Texas. I spend as much of my time as possible outside, running, jumping, climbing an anything that makes me feel hard core. I love spending time with people, and getting to know their hearts. The Lord has really built a huge place in my heart for women and the community that can come with that, as well as the mighty way our Lord moves in lives when we call on Him. I can't wait to be in the mountains Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=chad-heap http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=chad-heap I am Chad heap I am 24 years old currently I am on missions with aim to mexicoas a first year missionary you can learn more about me at my blog page chadheap.myadventures.org you can see pictures and get to know me there.also if anyone has face book you can find me there with more pics i am chad imogenn heap. no imogenn is not mymiddlename just a joke i will explain that this summer.God bless, Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=larry-walters http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=larry-walters My name is Larry Walters. I am a completed Jew or a Messianic Jew. My wife, Ana, and I have been living in Harlan since Oct 30Th, '07. We are independent missionaries to Appalachia. We thank God for AIM and their focus on listening prayer, I am a prayer walker. There are too many mission groups that come to Appalachia to help with the construction needs and they have forgotten the most important thing...the Gospel. I am serving at Sunny Acres 1st Church of God and hold 2 teaching classes Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=christian-vogel http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=christian-vogel I am on staff with AIM full time and I amworking as their Appalachia Director.  I have beenliving here in Harlan, Kentucky for the past one andhalf years.  Before I moved here, I taught 8th gradeSpecial Education for 3 years in northern Illinois,which is where I was born and raised.  I also serve asa firefighter on Harlan City Fire Department as well. I would say my biggest prayer request every year atthis time is that God would be preparing the hearts ofall the individuals that w Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=medical-releases http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=medical-releases Print a copy of you medical releases to bring with you from your manage your trip section Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=listening-prayer http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=listening-prayer As you are preparing to come down here and going through you missions 101 training you are probably seeing a pattern of learning listening prayer. As I have been going through the summer talking about God has been really teaching me some new things and I wanted to pass them on to you. The biggest thing is that when Jimmy gets out of the way and let God have control and let the Holy Spirit give me the words and obey those words how Awesome that can be. Below is a Blog I put on my Myspace but I t Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=an-awesome-journey http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=an-awesome-journey     I speak for all of us when I say that this outreach has been an awesome jorney with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We watched God at work every hour of every day - in our mission assignments and in our worship! I stand in amazement at his goodness and faithfulness to us. There are many stories to tell.Yesterday (July 4) one of our teams worked to build a fence at the Wallins, Ky Community Center. There was a family reunion there and we were so blessed to be invi Fri, 6 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=what-a-week http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=what-a-week What a week 6/22/2007  By: Deb Giaimo Cornerstone-  Medina, Ohio The end of the week was really awesome for us! We started out Wed. by painting at a ladies house names lillian. Barb and Rebeca did a great job of painting all afternoon. Deb vacuumed inside and gave lillian a pedicure while lisa gave her a manicure. Lillian kept telling us how much she appreciated all we were doing especially the manicure and pedicure because she "Can't drive to get into town to have her Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=building-relationships http://harlan.myadventures.org/?filename=building-relationships Building Relationships 6/22/2007  By: Tara Cage Calvary On tuesday my group went down to the playground in Harlan to do sports evangelism. A few minutes afer we arrived 6 boys come runngin from their van to the playground. I immediately got out some bubbles and went over to the boys. At first they were a little shy and did not really want to approach me, but after blowing some bubbles for them and letting them blow some they were all talking and playing with me. Four of the Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT