 | Hitting the road again....BICYCLING!!
2008-07-15, Bern, Switzerland. By: sloughj1 | | Family and friends,
Wanted to send a quick update on where I’m at in the world and to let you know of the adventure that is ahead. I'm writing this quickly at 2am in the morning and have plans to g... |
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 | Hello from Switzerland!
2008-07-15, Bern, Switzerland. By: demeter | | [b]Hello my Family and Friends![/b] It's been a while since I updated all of you! Hopefully some of you had a chance to watch my Mongolia video update on you tube. I have a NEW video of me eating "bal... |
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 | So where the bloody hell are we?
2008-06-21, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. By: sherridan | | Well we spent most of the past week camping in Paris. It’s not really a city you normally associate with camping, certainly not very ooh la lah! But the upside of staying at the Bois de Bologne was th... |
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 | The final update of lecture phase.
2008-03-27, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | Wow. These past two weeks have flown by in a messy mix of emotions and good times. I leave in less than 24hrs. I know I have slacked on the updates. These past two weeks have been insanely busy, a... |
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 | Two days til India!!
2008-03-26, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | I am so excited you guys! God has been so good to me...providing in so many ways!! These next few days are so crazy and busy...but good! I am just so stoked to leave tho...we have been practicing danc... |
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 | God is sooo good!
2008-03-21, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Thank you for all your prayers and financial support!!! Your love and generosity completely blew me away.
The checks that were sent to my parents, the money pledge on the ywam lausanne website, every... |
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| The Play by Play of March 18th:)
2008-03-18, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | HEY guys...
Thanks so much for all your prayers and encouraging words.
I want to thank everyone for all the checks that I have recieved. Words cant even explain how greatful I am and how blessed... |
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| 17 Days Til Outreach
2008-03-11, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | 17 days until we leave for India.
I can hardly believe it.
I was thinking about it today, I got here end of November for staff training..and APRIL is NEXT MONTH!! Time has gone by so quickly, I ... |
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| Week #9
2008-03-09, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | So I never even got last week’s update out. Any time I had time to sit down and write it I was too tired to work on it. I’ve got a cold now and I’m a little worn out. Friday night I went to bed at 7... |
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| Week #8
2008-03-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | Wow. Week #8! This is flying! This week by far went the fastest of any so far! I could not believe when it was Friday. We had Peter Helms speaking to us on the word of God: the prophetic. And we... |
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| Swiss Update/Prayer Requst
2008-03-03, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Dear Family and Friends, January 3rd, 2008
I am so excited to write you. Things are incredible here in Switzerland. These past t... |
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| One-On-One's
2008-03-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | As a staff, we each are assigned 3 students (in my case, 3 girls) that are my "One-on-one's"
It's really awesome. Pretty much I meet with each of them each indivually for a couple hours each week a... |
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| Parent's Visit
2008-03-01, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | Parent’s Visit:
Last week has been so beautiful. Words cannot even begin to describe how amazing it was to have my parents come and visit me here in Lausanne.
Anticipating the day they would arr... |
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| Week #7.....
2008-02-25, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | Again, I’m kicking myself for not keeping a daily journal for myself; b/c here I’ve been for the last few days trying to debrief and thinking: what the heck happened this week? I know there was a lot... |
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| Things are starting to get hardcore (week 6)
2008-02-17, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | Update #6
Right after I sent my last update I totally forgot to mention about Saturday night being Korean night! Oops! Half of the base here (which as I have mentioned before is comprised of thre... |
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| Sunny Switzerland (week 5)
2008-02-11, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | I really need to be journaling for myself daily b/c I’m really afraid that I’ll be forgetting stuff as things are going so incredibly fast!
Today week six commences! I cannot believe it!!!! We met... |
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| Time is flying (week 4)
2008-02-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | Ywam Lausanne update #4
(I wrote this a few days ago).
I meant to write this earlier as I am now heading into my 5th week here. Wow. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long b/c it most d... |
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| still alive and kicking (week 3)
2008-01-27, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | I am doing well! I had a cold, but I killed it with vitamin C and sleep. We went to a different resort this week for TWO separate days of boarding and it was gloriously beautiful. Seriously, I beli... |
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| Week 2......I know, boring title
2008-01-15, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | I guess it’s about time for another update. At least my mom tells me that the list is growing of people who want to hear from me. I feel like time is going slowly; which is good. Everyday is packed... |
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| Arrived, safe and sound
2008-01-08, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | I've been here two full days now and it has felt right since I first saw my leaders at the airport in Geneva. It's honestly hard to believe I'm here. The mountains are breathtaking, I boarded in the... |
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| It all starts here
2008-01-06, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac | | For those of you who don't know what I'm doing, from Jan-June I am participating in what is called a Discipleship Training School (DTS) through a world-wide known organization called Youth With A Miss... |
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| Wednesday Morning Worship
2008-02-17, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | God is SO amazing! I am really excited to tell you this story!!
So on Wednesday, I lead worship for our base. I've lead worship before back at home, for different churches, or different things..but... |
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| A Glimpse of Heaven
2008-02-17, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Often times, I catch myself at a total loss for words. I don't even know how to explain how much I love being here. I wish I could tell you fully..or show you every single picture I've taken, go into ... |
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| French Class
2008-02-17, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Every Monday night, Martina and Patric, who are brother and sister on staff with me lead our DTS in French class.
It's been really awesome learning french, because it really helps us a lot in our m... |
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| Rippone
2008-02-14, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Every Friday night, we go downtown Lausanne to an area called Rippone. There are beautiful shops nearby, the cathedral is in range, and the brisk cold swiss air always greets us:)
There's a spot t... |
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| India
2008-02-04, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | Outreach
Here are the details for where I will be going for my 3 month Outreach part of DTS…
I will be Co-leading a team with another staff from Canada. His name is Stefan and he is 22 years old... |
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| This past week!
2008-02-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | Wow..this past week has been the best week so far. So last week God really challenged me to live out my faith. I was questioning myself that, yes, I am a christian, but how often do I actually try my ... |
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 | Last update in January!
2008-01-30, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Bonjour!
Wow…time is flying by so quickly! I am sorry that I haven’t been more faithful in updating this website. I am not trying to procrastinate..I honestly have my days filled to the brim. The m... |
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| Week Two of DTS
2008-01-15, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj | | Hey friends and family,
I miss you guys! Thank you so much for all your prayers. I'm sorry I havent been able to update more often...life is so busy here. Everyday starts at 6am....and ends about m... |
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| First Week of DTS
2007-12-31, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Wow. God is so amazing. This week so far has been INCREDIBLE. God is SO good!! Our students arrived this Sunday, and after many hours of praying for them, and a month later, here they are! Face to fac... |
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 | Off to Switzerland!
2008-01-04, Zurich-Lugano, Switzerland. By: sadamson | | Made it to Switzerland! We had an 8 hour flight from Dullas International and it was very long! After we made it to Zurich, we took a 3 hour bus ride to Lugano. As you can see from the pictures, th... |
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| New Years Eve
2007-12-31, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Hey Everyone,
Sorry I haven't updated in the past week or so. Things have been getting busy. Thank you so much for your prayers though, and encouraging words I have received. It's so encouraging to... |
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| December 18th, 2007 Update
2007-12-08, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Hey Guys,
I'm sorry I haven't been updating as much as I'd like. Things get really busy, and it's hard to sit down and completely focus on writing. I'm really gonna try to get better at keeping you... |
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 | Crappy weather and the grumpy swiss
2007-12-11, Zurich, Switzerland. By: shannyn | | I´m so glad I didn´t take that Au Pair job in Switzerland after school.
When I flew into Zurich everything was grey and concrete, the sky was just one big fat dirty cloud and there was these giant ... |
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| First week in Switz:)
2007-12-08, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ | | Hey Everyone,
I figured I'd write ya all an update, since I've been here in Switz for about a week now.
Things here are going so great. My journey here was long. My dad and I traveled about 26 ... |
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| Planes are painful
2007-11-23, Zurich, Switzerland. By: shannyn | | Just another note so that the map shows I went to Zurich :D
Here I took advantage of Swiss beer and chocolate while in Zurich airport. The girl at the bar gave me a free coffee because I looked THA... |
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 | STOP PRESS... We've fallen in love!
2007-09-24, Gstaad, Switzerland. By: sherridan | | …with a new place… somewhere I’d never even heard of before. One of those places where you have to pinch yourself because you think you must be dreaming. It’s called Gstaad (pronounced kind of like a ... |
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 | On to Paris
2007-09-21, Lucerne, Switzerland. By: ginger121 | | We're driving to Paris today - about a 6 hour drive. We had a terrific time in Lucerne - a really beautiful place.
Hopefully we'll have internet there and can add more pictures.
Ginger |
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| The Alps
2007-09-21, Lucerne, Switzerland. By: ginger121 | | We've made it to another leg of our journey. . . and what a place they call the ALPS!! It is breathtaking. . . and almost literally. . .because we went to the top of one of the highhest mountain. . .... |
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 | Second to last journal
2007-09-18, Engelberg, Switzerland. By: maxhev51 | | So how long has it been, I know it has been forever but here I am to let you know what’s been going on. Since my finals were on thing that kept me from all of you, you will all be happy to know that ... |
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| I know I know I know
2007-09-12, Engelberg, Switzerland. By: maxhev51 | | So, I am very sorry it has taken me so long to write a new journal. I am sure all of you have been on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what has been going on. I am sorry but you are going to ha... |
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| The last few weeks
2007-08-16, Engelberg, Switzerland. By: maxhev51 | | So I think I am done with my promises of trying to write these journals on a regular basis but this last week was mid-terms and it has just been kind of busy. So I left off with Switzerland’s Nationa... |
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 | Geneva
2007-08-05, Geneva, Switzerland. By: pedro | | A few pics from the 'Fêtes de Genève' 2007! |
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 | Geneva
2007-08-11, Geneva, Switzerland. By: pedro | | A few pics from the 'Fêtes de Genève' 2007 fireworks! |
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