Awesome meeting last night!

Keep praying for our team, the camp, the people in your prayer group and the 2 names you wrote down in your notebook. And keep looking for ways that God is already working!

Reminders:

The overnight is next weekend! From 7pm Friday April 4 to 2pm Saturday April 5 we are going to be in CF mode!

We will be writing our team covenant and planning our activities/workshops. PLUS SO MUCH MORE.

For the overnight remember please...

-Finish sending your support letters (if you haven't finished sending them by Friday night, bring them with you. We will stuff envelopes together if necessary)

-Write your testimony -- we will be sharing these at the overnight!

-Write your Missionary Biography (remember, short. As in, 1 page double spaced.) -- we will also be sharing these at the overnight. We're gonna be busy!

-Read chapters 3+4 from the Mark Dever book, and check back here for some optional review questions

-Be thinking of activities we might run at the camp

See you then!

For our next meeting:
-Read CH 2 and check out campted2014.blogspot.com for some reflection questions if you have some free time and want to do that. The reading is required, the questions are optional.
-Keep praying for the two people you wrote down in your notebooks. Also be on the look out for opportunities for how God is working in their lives/other people you know. -Pray also for anything you guys discussed in your small groups -Support letters, get the addresses for the names you listed and begin mailing those out. ****SPECIAL NOTE FOR SUPPORT LETTERS: Make sure you include a helpful date so your supporters know by when to send any $. We will continue to accept donations until the end of the trip since we pay CF after-the-fact, but it would be really beneficial if they could send in checks before May 17, since that is when we will need to pay our plane tickets by.

So excited for our next meeting on Thursday.

As a mid-week pick me up, I thought I'd share some video clips with you which were mentioned at our last meeting.

The Gospel is more than just "Jesus is your friend." Although this video is pretty convincing...

Also, so you guys can enjoy MY guilty pleasure music this week:

Want to work on your french?

Duolingo.com is a pretty handy site (and app) to review vocabulary and grammar.

Listen to french radio online: http://www.ecouterradioenligne.com
There are lots of different stations including music and news.
"Chante France" has only french songs (the other stations play American music too)

Check it out!

If you have other suggestions on how to learn/practice French, post a comment!

Watching French movies is a great way to start preparing your mind for hearing a lot of French! Plus it might give you a sense of the French culture (which can be a little odd at times). However, many French movies have coarse language and nudity. So let's try and come up with a list of Immanuel-approved French movie recommendations!

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
"Le scaphandre et le papillon" The Girl on the Bridge"La fille sur le pont"Persepolis
^^ Thanks for these suggestions Liz!

The Return of Martin Guerre
"Le Retour de Martin Guerre" -- I had to watch this one in college. I don't remember much about it, but I think I can recommend it.
Queen to Play
"Joueuse" --> this one is on netflix, and I think it's actually pretty good.
Haute Cuisine
(Les Saveurs du Palais) -- also on netflix. Haven't seen it yet, but it's PG 13 so it's *probably* okay.

Les Choristes -- great soundtrack. great everything.

Other suggestions? Leave them in the comments!

Remember: we're all writing a short (1 page) essay about a missionary for our April 4-5 overnight.
Here's a list of some possible missionaries:

   William W. Borden (1887-1913).  American missionary to Muslims in China.

   David Brainerd (1718-1747).  Missionary to American Indians.

   Cambridge Seven  Seven young Englishmen who went to China as missionaries.

   William Carey (1761-1834).  English Baptist missionary to India.

   James Chalmers (1841-1901).  Scottish missionary-explorer to South Pacific Islands.

   John Eliot (c1604-1690).  Missionary to American Indians.

   John Geddie (1815-1872).  Canadian missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

   James Gilmour (1843-1891).  Pioneer Scottish missionary to Mongolia.

   Solomon L. Ginsburg (1867-1927).  Polish-born, Baptist missionary to Brazil.

   Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936).  Canadian missionary to China.

   George Grenfell (1849-1906).  English Baptist missionary to Africa.

   Adoniram Judson (1788-1850).  American Baptist missionary to Burma.

   Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789-1826). "The First Lady of American foreign missions."

   Emily Chubbuck Judson (1817-1854). Third wife of missionary Adoniram Judson

   Sarah H. Boardman Judson (1803-1845). Second wife of missionary Adoniram Judson.

   David Livingstone (1813-1873).  Scottish missionary and explorer to Africa.

   Alexander Mackay (1849-1890).  Pioneer Scottish missionary to Uganda, Africa.

   Samuel Marsden (1764-1838). English missionary to New South Wales & New Zealand.

   Joshua Marshman (1768-1837). English Baptist missionary to India with Carey.

   Henry Martyn (1781-1812). Missionary to India and Persia, Bible translator.

   Mary Moffat (1795-1871). Wife of missionary Robert Moffat.

   Robert Moffat (1795-1883).  Pioneer Scottish missionary to South Africa.

   Robert Morrison (1782-1834). English missionary to China.

   Henry Nott (1774-1844).  English missionary to Tahiti (Society Islands).

   John G. Paton (1824-1907).  Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

   Mary Slessor (1848-1915).  Scottish missionary to Africa.

   John C. Stam (1907-1934) and wife, Betty (1906-1934).  American missionaries to China.

   C. T. Studd (1860-1931).  English missionary to China, India, and Africa.

   Hudson Taylor (1832-1905).  English missionary to China.

   William Ward (1769-1823). English Baptist missionary to India with Carey.

   John Williams (1796-1839). English missionary to South Pacific.

List is from http://www.missionarybiographies.com --> they have lots of good resources there too! Check it out!

Assignments for the March 20 meeting:

-Read chapter 1 of the Mark Dever book. Take notes/ make observations in your notebook.

-A list of 10-15 people to whom you could send a support letter.

-A draft of your support letter (remember, use the template and information we handed out, but try to make it your own!

-Be praying for the two names you wrote down in your notebook

-Be praying for your prayer group in the team

-Please bring a check with the remainder of your balance to the meeting ($700). Getting this in sooner rather than later will also help us confirm our flights.