http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org Ashley Hall First Year Missionary - Serving The Kingdom en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:33:36 GMT 30 http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=quick-update http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=quick-update Hey Friends and Family!   My time in Ireland is going great! The team is coming together and they are pouring out their hearts to God and we are uniting as a team! Please check out the blog that I posted on our team page http://08ir0614amb1.myadventures.org  for more of an update on our ministries. Internet access is very limited for me so I am trying to keep this short and simple. Thank you so much for your prayers for me. I am feeling them each and every day. I miss all of you and Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=training-camp http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=training-camp Today wraps up our training camp and we are heading off to the airport in about an hour. This week has been such a week of growth for all of the kids and it has been really cool to watch them step out in faith and let God take control. I will be updating our team blog page while we are in Ireland so you can check that out at http://08ir0614amb1.myadventures.org . I will try to update my blog as well but will have very limited internet access.   Here are some pictures of the week:   Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=the-end-of-the-beginning http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=the-end-of-the-beginning Today is the start of my last week in the office before I get ready to leave for debrief with my team. This year has flown by and I can't believe that it's almost over. I feel like it was just yesterday that I was moving into my apartment and meeting all of my roommates. It has been a journey together from day one and it will be sad to say goodbye. This Sunday my team will leave to go to debrief and we are going to be staying at a cabin on the lake. During this time we will talk about our year Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=my-generation http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=my-generation This past week has been the most powerful week that I have ever experienced in my entire life. Our God is so big and He works in miraculous ways. He is moving through me, He is moving through my team, and most importantly He is moving through my generation! On Monday night our team met for our small group time and God worked through us in various ways. We prayed, we listened, and we shared. Driver opened us up in prayer and then we spent a good amount of time in silence with the Lord j Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=community-life http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=community-life Community Life: An apprenticeship for Christ-followersGive the next year of your life to community, spiritual growth, and ministry. We're excited to introduce a new opportunity that many of you will love. We're taking our best coaches and disciplers and matching them up for a year in community with our most passionate young people. At Adventures In Missions (AIM), we love the next generation. We want to see people launched into a whole new way of doing life. In a culture that esteems independen Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=bronx-bad-place-not-bad-people http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=bronx-bad-place-not-bad-people THE BRONX: We spent two days in the Bronx doing local ministry there. Our first day was spent at a senior center and Ashley, Becca, and I helped serve lunch to them and when we were done serving them we sat around and talked to them. I talked to two women, Eleanor and Sylvia. They were great ladies, they were so fun to talk to and the things they were talking about were really funny! Later on in the day we went to LPAC (Latino Pastoral Action Center). LPAC is a place where kids Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=disciple-now-weekend http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=disciple-now-weekend In Georgia (or in the south) they have these weekends called Disciple Now weekends. It's where kids in the youth group split up into groups according to their grade and they go to host homes for the weekend. The church brings college aged kids in and they are put with a group of kids and they spend the weekend with them discipling to them and hanging out with them.As you know, my team and I have been involved with the youth group at Lanier Hills Church and we hang out with the kids every Wednesd Sun, 9 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=new-york-city http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=new-york-city In a little more than a week my team and I will be heading for New York City. We are all very excited about this upcoming trip. We will be there for a short time but we are looking forward to our time there. We are going to be leaving on March 13th and we will return on March 18th. We will be staying with a family who are members of the Church that Uncle Dave and Aunt Vicki used to work with in Montvale, New Jersey (about 30 minutes from the city). We are going to be involved with their Sunday m Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=my-gods-enough http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=my-gods-enough This past week I have been reflecting on a lot of different things. Right now Satan is here attacking and he is trying to get into the lives of my team and into the lives of my leaders and I am not going to take it! So many times I want to know why this world we live in is so messy and why is it that people think they can do whatever they want and that they can get away with anything they wish. Why do we say we believe in something but then are hypocritical towards it and turn our backs on it? I Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=the-awakening-discipleship-missions http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=the-awakening-discipleship-missions Awaken to the Adventure Disciples aren't born; they're made. It's a process that takes time, discipline, and God. In reality, it looks more like waking up than attending a class. As part of The Awakening, you can undergo a discipleship program like no other, experiencing four months of intense training in another country to prepare you for the ministry that awaits you for the rest of the year.Join The Awakening Your mornings will be spent in training and your afternoons ministering Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=gods-presence http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=gods-presence Since coming back after Christmas for the second semester I have been struggling with being attacked by Satan. I believe that my whole team has been struggling with the same thing in different areas of their life and we have all been tired and worn out and are all sick of it. Last night we met for our small group time that we meet for every Monday night and we spent the first part of the night in John 15. In John 15 it talks about God being the vine and us being the branches. It's like a tree, G Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=swaziland http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=swaziland Becca has been working on videos for all of the different locations that we have to offer and is putting informations and pictures together for them about the locations. Here is the Swaziland video, this has been my favorite one so far and I wanted to share it with all of you! Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=discussing-gods-love-with-friends http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=discussing-gods-love-with-friends Ashley, Connie, and I are going through the Bible in a year and then we are discussing it as we go along. Today we all got together and we drove to Buford and ate lunch at Olive Garden and got to stop at Krispy Kreme to get some yummy donuts for dessert. It is a lot of fun being able to enjoy the company of other believers and discuss the stories throughout the Bible. We were discussing Genesis and talking about how cool it is to see all the "firsts" that happen. Like the first time someone is k Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=amazon-jungleare-you-crazy http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=amazon-jungleare-you-crazy I have been given the opportunity to be a servant leader on one of our Ambassador trips in either June or July. The Ambassador trips are the one month high school trips. This year I have been the location rep. for all of Peru, Nicaragua, and Dominican Republic. There are two trips going to Peru, one to the Amazon Jungle and the other to the Highlands. Peru is a place that I have really been interested in and since I have gotten to know a lot of the kids from being their location rep. I feel like Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=i-am-christs-friend http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=i-am-christs-friend Right now we are going through a book called Who I Am In Christ. We are just getting into it but it has already caught my attention in so many ways. Last week we were discussing the first three chapters and the third chapter really stuck out to me. It talks about how we are Christ's friend. He is always going to be our friend and stick by our side in every circumstance. The author talks about how so many times we see someone who we really wish was our friend and how we do everything to try and m Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=christmas-gods-way http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=christmas-gods-way I have not updated in a while and I am so sorry, here is a little bit about my Christmas break: Before I left Georgia to come home to Indiana I had all these plans of what I was going to be doing once I got home for break. I would be home for a couple of days and then I would head up to Michigan to have Christmas with my dad's side of the family. Then I would come home for about a week and do Christmas with my family, then Christmas with my mom's side of the family, and then find Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=fun-times http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=fun-times This is a video of Kari (Seth's mom) and I having fun with her computer!! This was her first video from the web cam on her computer and I got to be in it!! It is pretty funny!! Well I thought it was... Thu, 3 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=my-21st-birthday http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=my-21st-birthday Yesterday was my 21st Birthday! My day started off at 8am when I woke to find a card, flowers, and a present by my bed. It was from Ashley, it was so sweet of her to do that! Next, Robin wanted to take me and the other girls out for breakfast in the morning for my birthday. So we met her at 9am at Longstreet Cafe, they have amazing breakfast! She also gave me flowers along with a cute wallet that I can slide a picture into. We had a great morning just hanging out together! Oh and r Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=christmas-party-planning http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=christmas-party-planning Oh how I love the holiday spirit! Today is our personal ministry day so the girls and I are planning our two Christmas parties that are coming up. Tomorrow we have our own Christmas party with all of us interns and our leaders and Caleb's parents are in town so they are going to be joining us! It will be the first party that we have had at our apartment so we are all excited and looking forward to it. Then next Wednesday night we are having a Christmas party for the youth groups kids, that is go Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=decorating-for-christmas http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=decorating-for-christmas This year my mom brought down my Christmas tree that I used to put up in my room every year for Christmas. Her and I went shopping and bought some newer ornaments and lights for it, we decided to go with a blue and green theme. Yesterday my roommates and I put the ornaments on the tree and tried to make our apartment look festive. I am really into the holiday spirit along with my other roommate Ashley. However, the other two (Becca & Em) aren't too crazy about the commercialization of the ho Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=back-from-mexico http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=back-from-mexico Mexico was a really fun but exhausting trip. We left last Thursday at 12am and we drove as far as we could until we had to stop to get some rest. Our original plan was to leave that morning at 5am and we would drive all the way to Louisiana and camp out that night and go the rest of the way in the morning. The guys however had a different plan and they wanted to be adventurous and get there early so we would have time to hang out at the park. Well needless to say it didn't work like that, I act Thu, 6 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=in-mexico http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=in-mexico I will be leaving Mexico tomorrow evening to head back to the states and then on to New Orleans. My time in Mexico has been really good and I have enjoyed getting to know this culture more. I will update in a few days when I get back and I will put pictures on here along with what I did each day. Internet here is not as easy to access so that is why this is so short. Thank you so much for all of your prayers for me while I have been down here. Like I said I will update as soon as I get back! Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=thanksgiving-now-mexico-then-christmaswhere-has-the-time-gone http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=thanksgiving-now-mexico-then-christmaswhere-has-the-time-gone Thanksgiving was such a relaxing holiday. It was great to be with my family again and get to spend time with them. We ate lots and lots of food and I feel like I gained about 20 pounds, but then again who didn't eat a lot! That's what Thanksgiving is for, a time to eat lots and spend time with your family thanking God for all He has blessed us with.On Thursday the team and I are going to be headed to Mexico! We are driving 22 hours in a 15 passenger van with the six of us and Driver. I am very e Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=gods-grace http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=gods-grace Every Monday night we go to Dave and Vicki's house for a small group Bible study. We have been studying 1 Timothy and we are just entering in to it. This past Monday we looked at 1 Timothy 1:12-20.  These verses are all about God showing his Grace to Paul. As we dug deeper into the verses we pulled out so much information from them. Paul starts off thanking God for giving him strength and thanking him for even thinking about him. Paul had been a blasphemer (speaking against God Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=minnesota http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=minnesota So this past weekend and through Thursday Seth and I went up to Minnesota to spend time with his family. Seth went hunting during the weekend and he got a deer! While he was gone hunting his mom and I hung out and we had a nice relaxing weekend. On Friday night we went to Red Robin and we decided that since I wasn't going to be in Minnesota for my birthday we would celebrate it that night. So we told our waiter that it was my birthday and so at the end of the meal they came out and sang to me an Fri, 9 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=the-bulldawgs http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=the-bulldawgs This past weekend I went to my cousins soccer game that was in Athens, Georgia. After the game we went into downtown Athens and ate dinner. Downtown Athens is where the University of Georgia is located. I must say that I am not a Georgia fan....I have to be a Georgia Tech fan because of Seth...and let's just admit that the bee is kinda cute! Anyways, we walked around the cute little college town and it was a lot of fun to see all the different restaurants and all the shops that they had. All aro Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=lanier-hills-youth http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=lanier-hills-youth This year my personal ministry in Gainesville is working with the youth group at my church. I have been working with the kids for about a month now and I am really enjoying it. We have Sunday school in the morning on Sundays and then on Wednesday nights we have youth group. I have gone from class to class to decide on what age group I would like to work with this year. After going back and forth from middle school girls to high school girls I decided that God was calling me to work with the midd Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=corn-maze http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=corn-maze Last Friday a bunch of us from AIM went to a corn maze. It was so much fun! We were in teams of two (well my team cheated and we had four) and we had to race through the maze and collect all 7 punches. It was a really big maze and it took us a little while to get through. We were doing good in the beginning and then as we got towards the end and we were down to two more punches we got really lost and took a wrong turn. We ended up coming in sixth place (out of seven teams). Below are some pictur Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=atl-in-atlanta http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=atl-in-atlanta This week was our first week to go out and do ministry work. Our team along with Corey (our ministry leader) went out on Tuesday and did ATL (Ask The Lord). We began our day at the office and we all sat together and discussed our idea of the day. We then went off by ourselves and prayed and asked the Lord where He wanted us to go throughout the day. We then joined back together as a group and talked about where God was leading us for the day. While everyone was telling where they saw God lead th Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=life-in-gainesville http://ashleyhall.myadventures.org/?filename=life-in-gainesville Hey everyone! I am finally settled in here in Gainesville and my schedule is starting to be a little more normal. Training Camp is over and Monday was our first day in the office. We were kept really busy and the day flew by. I have had a lot of neat experiences since I have been here and I have meet a lot of amazing people. I will start by telling you about my experience with this amazing couple Jim and Marsha Capo. They work with AIM and they meet with people and the different teams Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT