*Today was my last day at work. Please pray for safety for the students at KAEC over Christmas break and for a great return to spring semester.
*I leave for Uganda in 18 days! AHHH. Please pray over that and everything that comes with making the big move.
*Prayers for all of the other people who will be moving to Amazima with me soon and for preparation as they close out this season. 11.18.18
*I could use prayers for fundraising! It is coming close to time for me to leave and I still need about $400/month to be fully funded! Would you consider be a monthly partner?
*Please pray for Amazima. The staff and students as they finish up their school year. That they would finish strong!
*Please pray for the others that will be moving to Uganda in January with me as teachers, family mentors, and one as a business manager! Pray for their finances to come in. Pray for their families as many of them have children. Please pray for smooth transition for everyone. 10.30.18
*I have been teaching high school at KAEC for a few months now and LOVE IT. Please pray over the students and staff.
8.16.18
*PRAISE REPORT. I got a job until I leave in January. I start work today as a high school special ed teacher in Knox County! The Lord is good. 8.11.18
*Pray for my next 5 months in KNOXVILLE, as I am now staying here until January!
*Please pray that I would get a job. With 5 months here, I need to be making money! So, I have been applying like crazy to the Knox School District to get a job as a Special Ed teacher in the county for the first semester. I have had a few interviews and am now just waiting! So, fingers crossed. :)
*Pray for my funding to come in. I have until January to be almost fully funded.
*Please pray for another girl, Amanda. She and I were both hired as teachers at Amazima and are kind of doing this whole thing together. So, she will also be leaving in 5 months and we will be living together upon arrival in Uganda. Pray for peace. Pray for a job and that things would continue to fall into place.
*Pray for Amazima! The students, staff, and the people of Jinja, Uganda.
7.18.18
*Please be in prayer for funds to come in! I have a flight for September 9 to Uganda and must have 90% of my funds raised by then! I currently am about 15% to my goal.
*Pray for Amazima, the ministry I will be working with. The kids, the staff, and all of the people I will be coming in contact with.
*Pray for my family and I as I am leaving, once again, but this time for a much longer time. At least 2 years. 6.10.18
*Please be in prayer for my class and I as we are almost done with our time here in Spain at G42. Most of us will be flying home or to wherever is next in a couple weeks. There are many exciting things happening for all of us!
*Please pray for the new interns who just left for their practicums. They will be spending the next three months there.
*Please pray for the people the interns on practicum will be loving on during their next three months. Pray that their hearts would be open and pliable to receiving what God as for them through the interns.
*Pray for the G42 staff as many of them are preparing to go back to the states for a few months while no interns are in Mijas. Pray for safety and a time of rest for them.
*Please pray for my transition back home for a short time and then my big move to Uganda in September.
*Pray for Amazima. The school, the ministry, the staff, and the students I will be working and living alongside for the next 2 years.
4.19.18
*Classes are back in full swing. Please be praying for us as we continue these next couple months learning what it looks like to be leaders for Christ.
*Please be praying as many of us as interns are in the process of praying about what is after G42.
*Please be praying for financial provision for our interns as some of them are still in the process of fundraising for G42. If you would like to give you can visit the following to donate...
For Courtney Burks: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=bAVbmtq6tN4WOX7d_elCEBuIKBhVi3OvXP0oEeuC1eQQ4gGoHlRx092IkXfJFtzfhWnfeW&country.x=US&locale.x=US
For Alysse Ballou: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=RlLJo4Pk18WN8LAKLN4WGKRUQvjnFMrPwq-k4sQaFLgZ2XHFBnd7n2o_bOULRibjcrUhtm&country.x=US&locale.x=US
For Katie Kastl: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=MNZahaIudQmNaECkbRmdMVUDaONdS19uHd0pTQT2UnDXrwjR5oLfxMjDT4KxBFTGXEbC10&country.x=US&locale.x=US
*Practicums are ending, so please pray for safe travels for our team, the Thailand team, and the teams in America. We are all headed back to Spain.
*Prayer for our last 3 months at G42. That we remain present and attentive to the Holy Spirit even as we start to figure out what is next.
*Pray for the March 2018 interns. They have been in Spain for 1 month now. Pray that they would also remain present even as they begin praying over their practicums.
*Prayer for staff! They have been go go go with a new class coming in, us returning, and many other things. They lead us so well, so pray for renewed energy always for them.
3.1.18
*Pray for supernatural energy for us. 2 months down and 1 to go, but we are getting tired. So pray for supernatural energy for us to keep going, keep loving and pursuing every one we come in contact with!
*Pray for the video team from Adventures as they are wrapping up and leaving in 1.5 weeks.
*Pray for new G42 interns who have started to arrive today! They begin classes soon in Mijas before we return.
*Pray for Hope Primary and Dreamland Orphanage Staff. They are always working hard to love the kids and give them the best they can.
*Pray for health. My team, the Adventures video team, and the Dreamland kids.
* 2.16.18
*Pray for Hope Primary school. The students and staff and parents.
*Pray for health for my team as at least one of us has been battling sickness most of the time we have been here.
*Pray for Dreamland orphanage. Kids and staff. That they would know the Father. Pray for renewed energy for staff as they are always pouring themselves out to the kids. Pray for health go kids. There have been many cases of Malaria, Typhoid, and Staph amongst the kids that have prevented them from going to school.
*Pray for the video team from Adventures. For energy, health, and a "yes" to do whatever the Lord is asking them to do.
2.5.18
*The kids at Dreamland Orphanage started school today. Please be in prayer as they adjust to their new schedule.
*Pray for the teachers, staff, and parents at the school. They are working hard to make sure their children get some sort of education.
*Pray for my team. We are already 1/3 done with our practicum here in Uganda. Time is flying by, but we love it here and want to continue giving it our all the entire rest of our time.
*Pray at for the video team that is here from Adventures in Missions. They are here trying to capture stories to tell the world what is actually happening in this crisis. They want to bring the hardship and hope of these refugees to light and ask others to join them in fighting for them.
*Prayer for the refugees in general. There is a lot of hurt and pain, but so much hope and potential as well.
*Please also be in prayer for the leadership over Dreamland Orphanage. The pastors who run the orphanage give everything they can to these kids. So pray for protection over them. And that they would have discernment to make decisions when they need to.
1.5.18
Wow, tomorrow I get on a plane and head to Uganda for 3 months...
*Prayers for safe travels to Uganda
*Myself and the other 2 girls going to Uganda will be basically pioneering. They have never sent a team to stay at the refugee camps and tent for 3 months before. Please pray for safety and discernment to know what to do when we arrive. To know what we will be able to help them with, but not to cause more harm then good. To be a light amidst a dark and scary situation for them.
*Prayers for the G42 staff and community who will still be in Mijas as they prepare for a new class to arrive in March.
12.10.17
Class are almost over! Wow. So, if you all could be in prayer for...
*All the interns as we prepare for our practicums. We will all be leaving in early January. Prayers for the people of Memphis, Harrisburg, Thailand, and Uganda as well as safe travels for us.
*Christmas! Most of us will be celebrating Christmas here in our little town of Mijas, Spain. A couple girls will be going home and our married couple will be spending Christmas in Italy.
*The new class of interns who will be arriving in March while we are still at our practicums. 11.3.17 Pray for...
*The refugee crisis in Sudan/Uganda. Myself and 2 other women will be traveling there in January for 3 months to help Adventures in Missions with their new base that they are trying to open. The hope is for medical clinics, a school, and to spread the word about the crisis. Above all our hope is to just love them in whatever way is needed.
*The other interns will be spending their 3 months in Memphis, TN, Harrisburg, PA, and Thailand. Pray for them as well and those they will come in contact with.
*Focus. While it is great to dream with the Lord about our post G42 future, pray that we would remain focused and present while we are in Spain as we have so much wisdom and knowledge to gain from the staff and people here. And in time, that we will be open to what the Lord has to say about our futures whenever He is ready.
10.9.17
I have arrived in Spain! If you could be in prayer for...
*Myself and the other interns who have arrived/are arriving. Pray for health and that everyone would be able to adjust quickly.
*Finances. Each intern needs $3,800 by the October 10 deadline. And each needs a total of $9,800 for the whole 9 months.
* The G42 staff. That the Lord would give them wisdom and discernment to say and do what is needed.
9.15.17 Be in prayer for...
* My heart and my family's hearts as I prepare to leave.
* The other interns who will be attending G42 along with me.
* The G42 staff. That the Lord would give them wisdom and discernment to say and do what is needed.
* Safety for all of us as we travel and live there.
* Faith in the hard times. Whether that is finances, family...etc. That during those times we would remain faithful because we know where the Lord has called us and He will provide.