http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org Victoria Rosa - Real Life Mission Team en-us Sun, 6 Jul 2008 00:14:01 GMT 30 http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thailand-presentation http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thailand-presentation Enjoy!     Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=im-alive http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=im-alive I'M ALIVE!!! This is the first time I'm communicating online because our team has been on the go since the moment we got here. Two days after we got in-country, we headed streaight up to the mountain with no internet or cell phone service. SORRY! Now that my mother has called everyone including the President of the United States to find out where I am, I am here to calm you all and let you know that I am safe in PakChong, Thailand. I have a lot of updating to do so please sit tight. This is goi Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=deployed http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=deployed One of the first things I notice about Atlanta airport on my first visit to Georgia was that it was filled with soldiers in uniform. Inside of the airport atrium, which has a food court and nice sitting area, there is a hotel and when you look up on the balconies all you see are soldiers lined up against the railings, waiting for someone to give them a command.  Every half an hour or so you would see the line move and all the soldiers would disappear. Only moments later, someone a Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=india-bombings http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=india-bombings Please keep India in prayer. It has just come to my attention that there have been bombings over there. It's disturbing because the bombings took place in areas where our team was present. Many believe these bombings were terrorist attacks from Pakistan; but it is not certain. Please keep our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in prayer because even though I may not be there, there are tons of missionaries who are out there spreading the Word that need our prayers for protections. A series of Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thailand-team-member http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thailand-team-member One of the girls on my Thailand team will not be coming on the trip any longer. Her parents called in today and told us they were waiting on the Doctor's response, but were certain she would not be able to go. Unfortunately, the doctor called in and said that her physical condition was severe and she would not be allowed to pursue the trip.  All of her support is raised and she had everything she needed for Thailand. We are picking up the rest of the team from the airport tomorrow morning. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thailand http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thailand I am getting ready for Thailand. I cannot believe that I leave tomorrow morning to Gainesville and I have been home from India for three weeks. The time has come to embark on a new journey. How exciting! To be honest, I feel an array of emotions. A little nervous mixed with excitement and nausea. I'm almost all packed. Everything I need is around my luggage instead of inside of it. I guess you can call it procrastinating.I have some prayer requests:There have been two natural disasters around Th Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=ponderings http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=ponderings A lot is going on right now. I feel so disconnected from this place. Although I've lived here my whole life, it's like a totally new experience to me. People have changed, situations have changed and I have changed. That pretty much sums up how different everything is. It's hard because I'm leaving in eleven days on another journey when I still feel like I haven't recuperated from my last journey. God's going to give me the strength, but after this trip I think I'm going to have to take a break Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=life-at-home http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=life-at-home Everything is going well, thank God.The presentations went well on Friday and Sunday. I still have to bring it to a few other places, but the stress that I was feeling so heavily last week has been lifted. Thank you all for your prayers and support. They were most definitely needed.I am getting ready for Thailand in all ways. I thank God for giving me this opportunity and giving me the support that I need to go. I cannot tell you how overwhelmed I feel by the tremendous feedback I am getting fro Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=home-sweet-home http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=home-sweet-home Hey all!It's good to be home. I'm finally back from India and I have gone non-stop all week and I'm still on the go. Three weeks until training camp for Thailand, wooo hoo!So today was my first emotional break down since I've been home. It seems like everyone is fighting for a moment with me and I don't feel like there's enough time in a day to get it all done. I'm only here for a short time and I'm trying to get an India presentation done for Sunday. I've done pretty well with seeing as ma Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=india-presentation http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=india-presentation Here's my India Presentation for all who will not be there to see it. Enjoy! Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=hit-and-run http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=hit-and-run I will be home in eight days. I cannot believe that. I don't have time to write anything deep, but I will post some things when I get a chance.Last week was our last week of ministry. We said our goodbyes and it was sad, many tears. I received so many cards from the children at the orphanage it was overwhelming. I also got a few bracelets that the girls made me. I'm not going to take them off for a long time.  I cannot wait to show you guys when I go home. I cut my toe because I fell up the Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=on-the-go http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=on-the-go I only have a little bit of time to write, so here it goes... I've been sick ever since I wrote my last entry. I gave in and called my brother and my mom and with their encouragement (and Brian's instruction) I'm feeling much better today. All I've been eating is toast, but I'm feeling like I can actually live. Thanks to those of you who are pr-ying specifically for my health. We are getting ready to leave India. This is our last week at our ministry sites. I'm really sad but I think after bei Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=soaring-flying http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=soaring-flying   Hello friends!   So basically I only have 20 more days for my journey. It's still a pretty good amount of time to make a difference though!   Good news is that my letters and pictures reached America! Yay! It only took 2 weeks to get from India to all of you back home! How exciting.   My support raising for Thailand is looking good. I will be leaving home on May 13th back to the field, so that means I'll only be in Bridgeport for 3 weeks once I get home from India. Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=sunita http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=sunita We do not come in and try to save everybody, we can't. No everybody wants to be saved. We don't come in with cr*sses and big B*bles. We don't set up and prch on the side of the road. We don't pass out tracks; no. We use a different strategy. Not one that condemns or passes judgment. It is a strategy that works on any personno matter what religion, race, age or sex. It reaches the person's heart and that strategy is love.             Sunita Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=another-day http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=another-day     "Sometimes we speak out to try and change the world, and other times we speak to try to keep the world from changing us." Elie Weisel               I got this quote from a book that I'm reading right now called, Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne. It really is challenging my school of thought on so many issues it's crazy, but I don't know exactly how I feel about it yet. I'm just putting it out there so ma Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=hope http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=hope Baby Asha appeared at the orphanage three days after her birth. I heard so much about her from my team members, but I hadn't gotten to meet her personally. I visited the orphanage for worship on Sunday and I was finally able to meet her. She is beautiful, but that's not the only thing that is special about her.             As I held her, I felt compelled to ask how old she was. "Sixty nine days old," was the response I got; and she was bor Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=check-out-this-video http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=check-out-this-video Hey guys! Ericka Bennett, who was with us in India for the first few weeks we were here, took a video of us greeting our families back home. Check out the video. I'm in it acting a fool! It's funny though, so click on the link below. It should take you to it: http://erickabennett.myadventures.org/index.asp?filename=india-team-video-homeor if that doesn't work, you can copy and paste this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DrbhlgVow&feature=relatedEnjoy!O yea and this is a video of one of our Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=an-exchange http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=an-exchange Our team splits up and goes to different ministry sites during the week. On Sundays for worship, we are given the opportunity to visit the sites we are not able to visit during the week. I was able to visit another orphanage one worship day that is smaller than my usual site and found ministries there that were very different from my normal orphanage site.             The orphanage is smaller in size than my usual sitephysically and in the Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=discoveries http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=discoveries So let me start off by saying HAPPY EASTER!! I'm not going to be able to tell you on that day, so better early than never??! Yeah.   So many exciting things to share! Let's seelet's see.   First I'll start off by sharing how I've found P-nt-costals in India! How exciting is that!!??? I'm so excited no one even understands. Well the parents of Baby Asha's orphanage are from a P-nt-costal background. I called it! That's all I've got to say is that I knew it the moment he was praisin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=mice-lice-and-other-things http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=mice-lice-and-other-things As if we didn't have enough friends already with the mice, we officially have befriended another type of pest that I have been dreading to meet; lice! Last night during our routine lice checks, I officially found lice in 3 girls' hair. I must say that I was disappointed to find them, but I can also say that it was fun and a good bonding experience. Wow; I can't believe I just said that, but it's true. What else are we going to do? NOT love on these children that we are ministering to? Not Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=the-saga-continues http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=the-saga-continues             It's update time             We found out the results of Cassie's blood test. She had Anemia and they had to give her iron pills and such to help her out. That was a big relief because I was stressed out that she might have had something more serious. Thank the good L she did not. Anna's father is doing better. She was able to talk to him the other day on the Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=sonya http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=sonya One of my favorite girls at the orphanage I am at is named Sonya. She has touched my heart in countless ways. My first encounter with Sonya was the initial time we went to the orphanage. She gave her testimony, which was full of events and experiences that I myself could never imagine going through. She is originally from Nepalthat is why she is so light skinned in comparison to her darker-skinned friends, and her eyes give away more of an Asian slant. I learned that her Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=love-letter-to-g http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=love-letter-to-g I wrote this love letter to our father on Valentines Day. The exercise for worship that week was to write a love letter to G. I wanted to share it with you all. Dear G, How are you? I haven't spoken to you since this morning, but here I am again. I love you G. I absolutely do. You do so many things that surprise me. I think that what I love about you. There's never a dull moment. You have transformed my life. Every time I try to run from you, you never let me. You always draw me bac Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=sickness-etc http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=sickness-etc Soooooo many things to say. Let's see, where do I begin? This is going to be another chaotic blogbut bear with me!   So last night I was woken up by my co-leader. She's telling Anna (my other co-leader) on our team that her mother called. Her mother called our organization to tell that Anna's father had a heart-attack and he was rushed to the hospital for emergency open heart surgery. He got a triple bi-pass, which I'm familiar with because my father got this done when I was in the 6th gr Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thoughts http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=thoughts Namaste! Yes, Namaste is hello and goodbye in Hindi!   Ap kay say hey? How are you? Acha? Good?  I am doing Bo hut Acha! VERY GOOD! Muy bien!   Just stopping by and saying hello to family, friends and loved ones to give you a little update. Spoke to mom and she said she would try to start support fund raising for my summer trip while I'm still in India. If you feel moved to support me for the summer, please make check out to me and give it to my mother or you can mail it to Sat, 1 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=email-update1 http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=email-update1 Hi guys!!!   I'm so excited that you guys have been e-mailing and messaging me! I can only get on here a little bit, so that is why i can't message everyone back individually. Hope everything at home is going great in Bridgeport and those of my friends and fam that are in other places like Florida, etc., hope all is well.     so pretty much this e-mail is going to be a bunch of stuff that is not in any particular order, I'm free writing right now.     Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=email-updateagain http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=email-updateagain Hey guys!   This is the last time I'll  be able to e-mail in a while. We are going to be going on a 10 day journey to Asmir. There is an orphanage there that we are going to do VBS at. Everything is going well still. My hair is still lice free, which is a blessing. I hear people are asking our father about that and I'm very thankful.   This week was a good week, but many girls are starting to get sick. I think it might just be a bug that we are passing to each other more th Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=jampacked-information http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=jampacked-information So I am officially back from Ajmer. The trip was amazing. It sort of felt like a mini-retreat. Delhi is where we stay most of our time and Delhi is the city. Ajmer is the country; it was nice getting out of the city for a while. For some reason I cannot post pictures and such so you guys are just going to have to wait until I get back to America to see. I got some good shots. Ajmer showed me a lot about the ministry. The orphanage there doesn't have enough money to finish building and it rem Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=goinggoinggone-almost http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=goinggoinggone-almost So I'm all packed for my trip. Just last week I got a call from Ally Mellon asking me if I'd be willing to be an assistant leader for the trip. I'm not going to lie, I was shocked at first. Why? I don't know. God is always putting me in leadership roles because that is a gift he has given me, but these are people who don't even know me and they felt in their heart to ask. It shows me how there is ONE God and ONE spirit! When everyone is in one accord, things fall into place. Just as I was on the Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=some-things http://victoriarosa.myadventures.org/?filename=some-things So today is my first official day off of work. For those that do not know, I quit my job officially so I can dedicated this time to the Lord. It is a season in my life that is going to be dedicated to a full-time ministry and I didn't want to tie my hands to a job when I come back from this trip. I believe that I'm going to be a new person when I come back and I don't want to limit myself or God as to where he is going to place me when I get back. I really want to start on a totally new slate an Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT