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Name: bobbie
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Birthday: 1/26/1982
Interests: walking in a manner worthy of the gospel
Expertise: losing my footing
Occupation: servant-hood
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AIM:  HopefullLee17
Member Since:
9/26/2004
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| i'm leaving for romania today!!!i realize that some of you may not know what i am setting off to do over this fall, so i wanted to share this letter with you all. i covet your prayers as i set off on this adventure!
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My dear family and friends,
I, Bobbie, am under God's plan as an apostle, a special agent of Jesus Christ, writing to you faithful believers. I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ. I am a devoted slave of Jesus Christ on assignment, authorized as an apostle to proclaim God's words and acts.
Buna ziua! What an amazing year it has been! Since my trip to Romania last year the Father has been working on my heart and has given me a vision after which to run. I am so excited and I want to share with you, dear ones, my plan for the months ahead.
Many of you know that last September I went with my church, Calvary Chapel Chattanooga, on a missions trip to Romania. We partnered with Pathways to Joy, a multifaceted ministry that reaches out to the foster families, orphanages, children's hospitals, and gypsy communities in and around the beautiful city of Oradea. It is amazing how God can weave twelve days into a life changing experience. From discipleship of the young romanian christians, to mentoring and reaching the abandoned ones in the orphanages, to church planting in the un-reached gypsy communities, there is a great work being done through the baby church of Romania - a work that my heart got tangled up in and longs to be a part of.
 
 
While traveling back from Romania last year we spent a day at Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe (CCBCE) in Vijta, Hungary. I have to admit that before going to the college I had little to no interest in the place what-so-ever. However, while we were there I felt so incredibly drawn to there. So much so that my friend, Barbara, and I sat down together on campus and prayed about the possibility of us coming back as students.
On the flight back home, I excitedly told my pastor how the trip had confirmed my heart for missions and my desire to study at CCBCE. Not wanting to jump the gun or go off the emotional high of the trip, I resolved to pray and seek the Lord before jumping into anything.
Ten months later I am planning my second short-term trip to Romania and my first semester at CCBCE. The Father has fanned this flame that He lit last year and, after a series of confirmations, I believe that this is the path I am to take.
My desire is to do more long term work in Romania. However, I believe that I am supposed to spend some time at the college first- growing in the knowledge of Him and His Word. I feel so strongly about this that i believe that i would be walking in disobedience if i didn't.
It's crazy, really... I'm leaving August 10th. Yes, as in just a couple of weeks from now. I will be going on the same twelve day Romania trip I was apart of last year, working with Pathway to Joy ministries. This year, however, I will not be returning to the States with the group. Instead, I will begin classes at CCBCE on August 31st. It's all so exciting and a little scary at the same time!
It's been amazing to watch how God has orchestrated this whole trip! In the times where I have been apprehensive or doubtful of things, I have been bombarded with encouragement and peace! What a
faithful and Master we serve! I am so thankful to those of you who have committed to support me! It is overwhelming to know that the body of Christ is lifting me up in prayer, and your financial gifts have been so encouraging. If you feel led to join this awesome support team the Father has provided for me, please email or contact me so that I can keep you informed on how the Father is working and what He is teaching me while overseas. I plan on keeping an online blog to aid in keeping in touch with people. I will be flying solo for my time
in Hungary, so if you are led to support me financially please make checks payable to me personally.
So, dear ones, pray that the Father is pleased and glorified through this letter and with the path I'm taking for the next few months. I want nothing more than to honor and glorify Him.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we can ask or think, be all the glory and the honor and the power forever!
His servant,
Bobbie Brock
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| meet sebi: 
SirWaterz and i found him while playing around downtown one day. i've always wanted a really cool puppet... one to use with kids... tell stories... well, what could be cooler than a goat puppet? i mean really. look at him. he has so much personality! happy face, 
pensive face, 
angry face, 
surprised face, 
and, of course, fishy face! 
yeah, i'm thinking that sebi will get along with romanian orphans just fine... *smile* afterall, he is named after one of them! one that i will see in two weeks! yay!
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| in this moment...
i'm thinking that i should not have had that triple iced mocha.
i'm thinking that i should have cleaned my room today.
i'm thinking that i should have worked out a little longer.
i know that i have the most amazing friends a gal could have... and i'm so so thankful.
i'm thinking that moving to hungary in two and a half months makes my stomach do flip flops (or is that the caffeine?).
i'm thinking that it'll be a miracle if i get in to ccbce.
i'm thinking that i have so much to do before i go.
i know that God is in control over this whole ordeal... and i'm so so thankful.
i'm thinking that my dentist visit tomorrow is going to hurt my bank account.
i'm thinking that i needed new brakes for danny, like, yesterday.
i'm thinking that budgeting ahead for six months of no work is kinda stressful.
i know that God is my provider and knows what i need... and i'm so so thankful.
i'm thinking that the next six straight days at work are going to be killer.
i'm thinking that i'm already slightly burned out.
i'm thinking that i love my sticky ickies and i want to show them that this week.
i know that the joy of the Lord is my strength and my motivator... and i'm so so thankful.
ps: i saw the most AMAZING rainbow today! made me so happy! God is so creative. i love that about Him... (this pic is for my janney - even though it is not a rainbow. *smile*) 
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| in this moment i have a grievance to air... against cereal/granola.
maybe i've just never been given the chance to become a proficient cereal eater since it wasn't allowed in my house growing up (due to it's sugary and bad-flour content). maybe. but this is what irks me about the whole cereal/granola eating process:
get cereal.
add milk.
eat cereal only to find that you've pour to much milk.
add more cereal.
repeat.
repeat.
augh!
in the end, not only have i eaten more grain and milk than i had intended, but it's all carbs! and therefore, i get hungry again in about, oh, an hour. *sigh* frustration. it's never really been a problem in my life due to the fact there's never been any product that has tempted me to go through this annoying process... until i discovered the kashi crunch and soy milk combo. so so good. hmmm. well, i'm going to go put my kashi bowl in the dishwasher. who knows, maybe i'll become a proficient kashi eater someday. someday.
all i know is that today... was not that day.
*edit* i failed to mention the fact that i don't like milk... and THEREFORE, where normal people just drink the left over milk is where my problem starts. that is why. end of story. | | |
| in this moment i loathe america.
the states and our wealth... our self-centeredness... laziness, ignorance and cowardly pathetic ways. it makes me sick. i cannot stay here. my heart aches to go. to do. anything. and yet... my heart aches for my fellow americans. that their icy self absorbed mind sets would melt away. they could do so much. we can do so much. can't we? am i just a little girl who expects to much from this fallen world? is it wrong for me to judge my country so? i know there are those who do so much... who give up their comfortable lives to serve. who see needs and act. for them i am very thankful. oh, please forgive the tearful ranting of a tired silly girl, but i feel as though my soul has some sort of flu... a virus that will only be cured when the last tears fall from the cheeks of children around the world and the King returns to take us to Paradise... no more tears. no more war. no more suffering. no more fear or famine...
until then, oh God, teach us to love.
show us how to see.
direct us where to move.
empower us with boldness.
mercy. justice. humility. | | |
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