As you can see, the damage is extensive.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I was finally awake for an earthquake.
This is a photo from cnn.com of the damage in San Jose, which was much closer than I was to the epicenter of this 5.6 quake:
As you can see, the damage is extensive.
As you can see, the damage is extensive.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
My Support Letter
Dear you,
I'm writing to tell you about my upcoming trip to Northern Ireland. I've decided to spend this year (before grad school) participating in a ministry training internship program. I'll need a certain amount of support from friends and family in order to make it work, so I've put together this description of the program as well as my reasons for going.
First, I'd like to apologize for not sending out a graduation announcement. I never really got around to it. But, if you like, here's my announcement: I graduated this year from Cal Poly (in San Luis Obispo) with a B.A. in English, and I earned a certificate to Teach English as a Second Language. I spent my last quarter and part of the summer teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand, which was an incomparable experience--both challenging and wonderful. I've kept myself moderately busy since I got home by washing breakfast dishes, unpacking boxes from school, and even working a little.
Now that I've brought you up to date, I can tell you about what exactly I'm planning to do in Ireland. I'm going to be at the Causeway Coast Vineyard, a church in Coleraine. I'll be going through a ten-month, full-time, formal work internship program in which I will be supervised and trained by the missions pastor to do a variety of things. Here is the description of the internship:
1. You would be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor oversee, develop and encourage the existing outreach ministries and strategy of the church within our local community as well as launching new strategies and ministries to reach our community.
2. You would be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor develop Mission Teams that reach beyond our local community to surrounding communities and Overseas to other nations.
3. You would also be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor enable the church to effectively engage locally and globally in Compassion Ministry.
4. You would also be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor oversee and facilitate the integration of New Believers and Newcomers into the church family.
I applied to this program because I wanted to do something meaningful and I wanted to learn something while I'm not in school. Really, I want to serve God in ways that are new to me, and I want to be purposeful about learning how to be a Christian. I've looked at bible schools and theology programs, but those programs don't get at the
heart of Jesus' ministry. I want to actually do something, and do it right. This church has established a program with the resources to teach and enable me, as an intern, to do something for God, while working alongside other interns and the pastoral staff.
This is not a vacation, though I am thrilled to get to go to Ireland. I think that going to another country will give me a new perspective on my life as a Christian, and my place in the global community. I am excited to live in a beautiful place (though rather rainy and cold, I hear), but I'm most excited about having time away from life, to focus on how I want to live. Namely, to give my full attention to learning how to tell people about Jesus and what he did. At this church, I'll get to do all of that at a place where there's already outreach programs in motion, which I can learn from and add to.
This internship is full-time and uncompensated, and I'll be responsible for all of my living expenses while I'm interning. The church estimates my total cost of living to be about $700/month (£350) for rent, food, the bus, etc. And over the course of the year, I may be a part of overseas missions trips, which would cost something in addition to my basic living costs. I'm going to be leaving during the first week of November, as I have signed up late for the internship and would like to get there as soon as possible.
If you would like, and are able, to help support me financially, or if you'd like to receive a newsletter from me through snail mail, please send back the response card (a.s.a.p.) to let me know. Also, it would be wonderful if you’d like to read my online journal that I will write, and leave comments so I don't get too homesick while I'm gone. And if you don't want to do any of those things, at least recycle this paper!
Thanks for reading!
Love,
Megan
www.causewaycoastvineyard.com
Please Send donations to:
Megan Hansen
c/o VCF Modesto
6917 Arrowwood Dr.
Riverbank, CA 95367
I'm writing to tell you about my upcoming trip to Northern Ireland. I've decided to spend this year (before grad school) participating in a ministry training internship program. I'll need a certain amount of support from friends and family in order to make it work, so I've put together this description of the program as well as my reasons for going.
First, I'd like to apologize for not sending out a graduation announcement. I never really got around to it. But, if you like, here's my announcement: I graduated this year from Cal Poly (in San Luis Obispo) with a B.A. in English, and I earned a certificate to Teach English as a Second Language. I spent my last quarter and part of the summer teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand, which was an incomparable experience--both challenging and wonderful. I've kept myself moderately busy since I got home by washing breakfast dishes, unpacking boxes from school, and even working a little.
Now that I've brought you up to date, I can tell you about what exactly I'm planning to do in Ireland. I'm going to be at the Causeway Coast Vineyard, a church in Coleraine. I'll be going through a ten-month, full-time, formal work internship program in which I will be supervised and trained by the missions pastor to do a variety of things. Here is the description of the internship:
1. You would be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor oversee, develop and encourage the existing outreach ministries and strategy of the church within our local community as well as launching new strategies and ministries to reach our community.
2. You would be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor develop Mission Teams that reach beyond our local community to surrounding communities and Overseas to other nations.
3. You would also be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor enable the church to effectively engage locally and globally in Compassion Ministry.
4. You would also be responsible for helping the Missions Pastor oversee and facilitate the integration of New Believers and Newcomers into the church family.
I applied to this program because I wanted to do something meaningful and I wanted to learn something while I'm not in school. Really, I want to serve God in ways that are new to me, and I want to be purposeful about learning how to be a Christian. I've looked at bible schools and theology programs, but those programs don't get at the
heart of Jesus' ministry. I want to actually do something, and do it right. This church has established a program with the resources to teach and enable me, as an intern, to do something for God, while working alongside other interns and the pastoral staff.
This is not a vacation, though I am thrilled to get to go to Ireland. I think that going to another country will give me a new perspective on my life as a Christian, and my place in the global community. I am excited to live in a beautiful place (though rather rainy and cold, I hear), but I'm most excited about having time away from life, to focus on how I want to live. Namely, to give my full attention to learning how to tell people about Jesus and what he did. At this church, I'll get to do all of that at a place where there's already outreach programs in motion, which I can learn from and add to.
This internship is full-time and uncompensated, and I'll be responsible for all of my living expenses while I'm interning. The church estimates my total cost of living to be about $700/month (£350) for rent, food, the bus, etc. And over the course of the year, I may be a part of overseas missions trips, which would cost something in addition to my basic living costs. I'm going to be leaving during the first week of November, as I have signed up late for the internship and would like to get there as soon as possible.
If you would like, and are able, to help support me financially, or if you'd like to receive a newsletter from me through snail mail, please send back the response card (a.s.a.p.) to let me know. Also, it would be wonderful if you’d like to read my online journal that I will write, and leave comments so I don't get too homesick while I'm gone. And if you don't want to do any of those things, at least recycle this paper!
Thanks for reading!
Love,
Megan
www.causewaycoastvineyard.com
Please Send donations to:
Megan Hansen
c/o VCF Modesto
6917 Arrowwood Dr.
Riverbank, CA 95367
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Prologue
Welcome to my Ireland blog! I'll start posting when I get there. You can practice commenting here to see if it works.
Megan
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