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V2H NEWSOctober 2011
KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH, HAVELOCK, NORTH CAROLINA
During the month of OCtober, we had many
different activities happening. One of the
highlights from the month was being able to
attend the Korean Baptist Church in Havelock,
NC. It is the church my mom attends and has
been a faithful supporter of Vision 2 Hear
through the years.
We met together
on a Saturday for a
youth rally and church
gathering to teach all
who were interested
some Sign Language.
Our time was not all
spent in work, though.
We took some time to
play some games like
Mummy Wrap.
We then spent the afternoon in Bible Study
and learning a few songs for the the youth to
help perform in church on Sunday morning.
Students learned and performed Light Up
The Sky by The Afters, You Raise Me Up by
Selah and Today is the Day by Lincoln Brewster.
They did exceptionally well and I was very proud
of them for all of their efforts. We were also
joined by Nathan Smoker and Trevor
Jenkins both serving as interns for Vision
2 Hear and by The Tucker Family who
have been working and learning sign
language through Vision 2 Hear.
continue to pray for the Korean Baptist
Church while they seek to relocate in the
next year. Pray God provides them with
the perfect spot for their faithful
congregation.
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WAVE: SOULARIZE WAVE CONFERENCEThe WAVE conference went very well this
year. We were graciously hosted by Stockbridge
First United Methodist Church. Trevor, Stacey
and all the folks at the church served us so very
well and made the conference a breeze. We met
on Friday night for some initial work on songs
and then had Bible study. Saturday morning
brought new vim and vigor to our practice time
as groups worked on perfecting one of their own
songs.
The afternoon time was broken up by
taking some time to play some games and have
Bible study time.As you can see from the pics,
the groups had a great time working, learning
and playing together!
During the day we also heard from Nathan
Smoker, one of the V2H Interns, who shared his
testimony and how God has been working in his
life. Nathan has recently overcome some
addictions to cutting and drugs and has been
sharing his story. For more on his story, click
here: Nathan’s Testimony
The emphasis for the weekend was to learn
to a resting development in life. So often our
lives are characterized by busyness, excessive
activities and little time to just be with the Lord.
We purposely built in some time to consider and
pray about scheduling time with the Lord. Our
focus passage was Psalm 23:1-3 primarily but
we did do some work through the whole
passage.
One of the projects we did was to rewrite
the 23rd Psalm. Here is a rendition:
“The Lord is my Debit Card; I can access
His account at any time. He lets me use it to
stay in places overnight or to buy meals on the
road. He adds to my balance everyday. Even
though I wade through the Valley of Creditors, I
will not fear the IRS or Bank Of America for He is
with me. Knowing his PIN comforts me. His
signature is on every check too, just in case I
need them. He also prepares a savings account
for me in the presence of those who have tried
to rob me or steal my identity. Surly my account
is safe and protected and I will dwell in the
security of the Lord forever!”
The weekend ended as wonderfully as it
started but just a different location. Our Sunday
finished up at New Vision with a wonderful meal
provided by Freddie Love. He did an
outstanding job with the BBQ! Thanks Freddie!
WAVE WORKS
WAVE TEAM FUN During the WAVE conference we spend a lot of time working but we also take time to do fun team building activities. These activities include listening well to instructions, assisting teammates and learning how to simply laugh at yourself!
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More North Carolina While I was in NC, I was busy with many
different activities. I was part of several
meaningful events. Some of the time was spent
investing time in two of our student interns,
Nathan and Trevor. During the week they had to
work on a couple of Bible studies from scratch
and present them to me, with outlines and thesis
etc. My goal was to help prepare them better for
ministry in the future as they become men of
God.
I was also able to be part of CJ’s birthday
party at school and his home. It’s so funny that
he wanted me to come as Billy Hill. You should
have seen the teachers and principal when they
met Billy!
Not only was that great fun but we were
able to attend and cheer Cj, Nathan and Noah in
each of their sporting events: Soccer,
Gymnastics and Baseball.
I got to attend a very special event right
after one of CJ’s soccer games. We were at a
local park that was sponsoring an outreach for
Spanish communities. As i was walking around,
I spoke to a man about possibly signing a few
songs. I don’t normally offer my services as
such but for some reason I did this time. He said
“You may very well be a God-send. One of our
groups just cancelled”. And so, I spoke to the
lady in charge and a little later we were able to
do a few songs, with a couple of them being in
Spanish! It’s really cool to see how God works
sometimes!
Another very exciting time was the day I
spent at Camp Albermarle with Nathan and his
5th grade class. We did everything from
canoeing to tree climbing. This was an outing for
all the 5th grade classes to work on team
building and group dynamics. It was awesome
to be a “chaperone” on this trip and to spend
the day hanging out with Nate and his
classmates.
We also watched Noah at a couple of his
baseball games where he pitched very well and
then we got to see Nathan at gymnastics where
he has quickly become one of the best tumblers
on their squad.
I thank God for the chances to be part of all
these activities and for the way he has brought
us all together for many different reasons and
tasks. I celebrate all the people who were part of
the NC trip!
Faces of NC Top: Nathan Smoker, Trevor Jenkins and me at the beach.
Center: Good Ole’ Billy Hill at school.
Bottom: CJ at a petting area during the Spanish event.
Bottom left: CJ and I celebrating his BD at school.
NC PICS
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FAYETTEVILLE FALL FESTIVAL
CAMP ALBEMARLE
During the month I got to attend several different events for kids:
1. Dawson Doremus played some awesome soccer games!
2. Noah Tucker played great during his baseball games!
3. Nathan Tucker displayed some great power and strength on the rings in gymnastics!
4. CJ Tucker play a great few games of soccer, scoring a couple times!
5. Nathan Tucker runs the video production for his school news each morning!
6. Dawson Doremus helped with set up and signing at Trunk Or Treat in Stockbridge
Keep all of these kids and all the other
outstanding youth in our
WAVE Teams in your prayers! God is using
them in far more ways than just Sign Language! They are being
the SIGNS. They are the Vision 2
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