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Name: Kristina
Birthday: 10/28/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: I love wakeboarding, reading, hanging out with friends, baking, laughing and making others laugh, music, trying to play any other sports, and most importantly God!
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  lilduchess84
Member Since:
6/5/2005
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| Hi! I am back from my internship around Europe and Africa! Here are letters I wrote to my supporters while I was gone:
ENGLAND
Namaste,
I have just come back from visiting a Hindu temple. The spiritual
darkness was undeniable. Some had to leave while the man was talking.
Other broke into tears and could not breathe. Many came into worship
while we were in there. It was one of the saddest things to witness.
Sitting on the floor, I silently prayed for our team and for those
worshipping and the other Hindus in the area. We had just seen Carey
Hall which was founded by William Carey who was a missionary to India.
He ministered to this people group, and now this hall was in the midst
of more Hindu temples than churches.
This morning we had our first day of kid's club. The team
split into two groups. My group had a nice number of around 30
children show up. I co-taught the lesson of the Prodigal Son with
Steve. We had the children split up into three groups and rotated them
to the different stations. It was an amazing opportunity. Most of the
children were from Hindu families. They were amazing listeners and
incredibly well-behaved. They listened and knew the lesson so
well when we asked them questions afterwards. I am excited to see what
God can do with this. Tomorrow after our second day of kid's club we
are having a potluck and inviting all of the families. We will also be
putting on a little program after dinner. It is encouraging to hear
how excited the children had been to come to our kid's club! We had
spent many days praying beforehand. Knowing that a kid's club had
never been put on during this break of school, we had no idea what to
expect. God took care of the details and helped us plan and run the
first day smoothly.
Yesterday, we had many sessions with different missionaries
in England who minister to the Muslims. Also, we had the opportunity
to visit a mosque. It was very interesting. The man who spoke to us
there started off with an amazing proclamation on who Allah or God
was. Any Christian would have agreed as he claimed God to be creator,
all-powerful, and all-knowing. Then he went into the five pillars of
Islam and took a jab at President Bush. It spurred many questions,
which we were able to ask the missionaries afterwards.
Upon arriving in Leicester, I managed to lock myself in my
room within the first five minutes of entering our bed and
breakfast. It was a bright point (for everyone else) after a long bus
ride from London. Since we have settled into David's House, we have
found a slug, broken a bed, and rushed to prepare everything for kid's
club! The missionaries are keeping us busy, but we are growing closer
to God and to eachother daily. We are learning what it is like to be a
missionary on the field. Most importantly we are establishing
relationships with many different people. By establishing relationships
with the missionaries' Gujharati contacts in London, we helped them
further their ministry! It was nice to be a blessing and not a
burden! Praise God!
While in London, it was so interesting to see how the second
generation of Indians in England was handling their religion and
culture. Every day in London we were learning more about Hinduism (or
rather the reality that Hinduism is just a western word put on the
practices of a people group). Every Hindu that we talked to, we heard
a little bit different story on how they worshipped and what their
religion was all about. Being from a family that tends to enjoy
debating different beliefs, I was surprised to see how the Gujharati
people and other Hindus did not even care when they contradicted
themselves.
I know I gave you the backword rendition of what has been
happening, but I hope this is all will give you a better picture of
what is going on in England. Please continue to pray! More
Missionaries are needed in England! There are so many Indians to reach
with the Gospel! Also, if you get this in time pray for Friday night
at 6 here when we have our dinner for the families! I have to leave
for a meeting, but will try to write you all again soon!!
Love,
Kristina ROMANIA Buna Ziwa,
Sorry it has been so long since an update! We have been in the
mountains of Romania at a camp! The dinner went very well on Friday in
England. We performed our Jesus drama and one of the teenagers that
saw it kept asking questions in a sihk temple that we visited later
that evening. It is so neat to see the way God was working in her life
to lead her up to that night. If you remember, please pray that the
Holy Spirit would work in Nikki life! She is asking a lot of questions
right now and hopefully the missionaries there can follow up after we
left. Another amazing part about England was building relationships
with Hindi ladies. Harsha taught a couple of us how to make an Indian
dish when we had tea with her. She was so generous and hospitable. It
was sad to see the mini temple to her gods in her room and the many
pictures of Hindu gods throughout her house.
We arrived safely in Romania with only one small problem. In the
Hungary airport, one of our team members misplaced his passport. It
made us all realize how important our passports are. The rest of the
team had to hurry to not miss our train while that team member and Dr.
Morgan spent the day in the airport trying to work out the mess. God
brought them safely to Romania the next morning with passport in hand.
Praise God!
After getting the history of Timisoara, we went to Petris. We
spent a week in the mountains at a camp. We did numerous work projects
all day every day. It was intense but a nice change of pace. We got
to minister to the elderly! They were the cutest people I have seen in
a while! They don't speak any English but they grab your arm and talk
non-stop. They are so lonely so it was nice to brighten there day and
help them fix up their yards. Also, I helped out with the kid's club.
The children were amazing! I really connected with two boys! Their
names are Antonio and Colin. They were so cute! They would hang
around me and teach me new Romanian words! I want to go back to them!
I miss them now that we are back in Timisoara. These village children
were very poor but on the second to last day these children preformed a
song for us leaders without our help and gave us each cards they had
made for us with their addresses on them. Also, many gave different
leaders stuffed animals, thier Bibles, different food items, and
jewelry. They were so giving and had so little. On the last day, we
presented the gospel, one of the team members gave his testimony, and
we performed the Jesus drama. We asked the kid's if they wanted to
give their lives to Jesus and almost all of them came forward. While
one leader led them in prayer, the rest of the leaders and me prayed
for the children and that the Holy Spirit would be present and working
in their hearts. I hope and pray that they really knew what they were
doing and believe. These children have no programs and the only semi
good church is all the elderly. There is no one to disciple the
children. The day we left Petris I just wanted to cry. It was so
disheartening. We had worked so hard for these children and now they
were left with nothing. I wanted to give them everything I had on me
so that when they saw that they would remember God and what we had
taught them. It was definetly the most meaningful and difficult place
to leave. Please pray for these children! I cannot wait to show you
pictures of them! They are amazing children of God!
I am running out of time. I do not know when I will be able to
come back to the internet. Sorry my updates are so few and far
between! I hope and pray you are all doing well! Thank you so much
for your letters!
Oh my birthday was amazing! The sweetest old woman named Anna
made me a massive donut with a candle in it! It was very delicious! I
want the recipe! She made us so many good dishes! Apple bread, some
special traditional Romanian dish, soups, and even omlets! She was so
cute. THere is something about not speaking the same language that
just makes you connect more!
Please pray for the team we are all having problems with health.
Also, we are coming up to a time of 4 days in traveling to South
Africa. It is going to be rough and we would greatly appreciate your
prayers! Thank you so much for praying! You have no idea how much I
appreciate it!
Love,
Kristina Salut!
The past few days in Timisoara I have gotten to work with some
children in an orphanage. The children are between the ages of 2 and
4. They are so cute! I was able to go to McDonalds with a group of
them. We just held them and helped them eat and keep our eyes on
them. I got orange juice spilt all over me! lol It was worth it! We
then took the kids out to chase the pigeons in the square. My little
girl I was chasing around kept trying to hit them with her balloon.
The next morning we all went to the orphanage and put on a puppet show
and sang songs. It was a fun but depressing to leave. I felt like the
children were always left and we were just continuing the trend.
We are helping minister with the church we are staying at through
their college group and youth group. The people here are very
hospitable and friendly! We have all grown to love Romania. I truly
hope to come back here someday. I love the people here and was not
expecting to at all. I am leaving for South Africa tomorrow and will
not be able to use e-mail anymore. I will send you letters when I get
back to give you a final rundown of what happened. Otherwise I will
see you in a month! I hope and pray you are all doing well!
your sis in Christ,
Kristina
I will do the next two countries later :) Don't want to over burden you all! Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
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| I leave October 14th, Friday!! Holy cow!! Please pray for me and leave me a message! I will not return until December 13th! England, Romania, South Africa, and Mozambique here I come! I hope you all have an amazing next two months! | | |
| Advanced Global Personality Test Results
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Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working, and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun.
Extraversion results were medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting. |
trait snapshot:
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rarely irritated, positive, tough, non phobic, fearless, likes the unknown, self reliant, high self control, confident, trusting, strong instincts, prudent, optimistic, willful, likes parties, prefers a specialized career, takes charge, altruistic, strong, high self concept, adventurous, practical, thoughtful | lol I am very stable...I would have never guessed! j/k I am being sarcastic....So I just had to take my first pill ever! I have to take Typhoid pills instead of a Typhoid shot...why? I don't know. It stinks! I am not used to taking pills and couldn't swallow it! I tried and tried for like 10 minutes drinking glass after glass. Finally, I started laughing and when I sucked breath back in the pill went down my throat! Yay! I don't need no stinkin' water! All I need is laughter! A girl in my class who is going on the trip with me was teasing me. She was like yeah now on the trip we will be taking our malaria pills and be delayed for an hour cause "oh tina still hasn't taken her pill." lol I hope I can get better before then! | | |
| I just got my first credit card today!!!! Wow! I am slightly excited! I feel more like an adult! Ok, so anyways, I am telling you all because I had to call in to activate my credit card and I talked to this guy named Ryan. Lol He was so friendly. He started asking me what I was doing and I was telling him that I was preparing for this meal I was making tomorrow for a bunch of people. He was then inviting himself to my meal. I told him he could come and that it was at Northwestern College. Lol he was like "well I live in Salt lake city...are you going to fly me out there? Since you are having this dinner to fundraise you can raise money so I can come to your dinner." lol I was like you can pay for your own ticket...you work for Discover! My parents are listening to this one-sided conversation and wondering why I am talking about this when I am supposed to be activating my credit card! I was laughing so hard.  Ryan, you totally brightened my day! | | |
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Ok, so here is my little homework break for the day! Hope you are all having a great weekend!
| Pesto Pizza |
 Adventurous and hedonistic.
You live for new experiences and tastes
And you're not the type to have your pizza the same way twice
If they can put it on pizza, you're up for trying it! |
Um well I like pesto pizza but I don't know if the explanation fits! lol
| You Are a Chick Rocker! |
 You're living proof that chicks can rock
You're inspired by Joan Jett and the Donnas
And when you rock, you rock hard
(Plus, you get all the cute guy groupies you want!) | OH yeah! that is right! I like this result  | | |
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