Our golfing team! Me , lindsay shane, and josh
One of the cakes the girls baked for the women's social!! we had a baking contest 
Me, Jennifer, and Becca- after we made our music video. This pic is missing our 4th, Lindsay Shane.
The girls dancing!
All of us, going golfing.  Becca is Fiona from shrek, Im a country girl, Lindsay is a thug, and Jennifer is a prep!

One week and 2 days left

One week and 2 days. Thats how much time remains till the Leadership Project ends. I can't believe the time has passed by so quickly! 

This past week was very busy but fun! I'll be brief because I have to go to evangelism training very soon, but here are some random updates:

-today is our last evangelism training day! Every saturday from 1:30-5 we receive training in how to share our faith and then share it with people on the beach! 

-the staff return to the project this tuesday!! Which also means that my sister, Emily will come back with her husband Jake who ministers at Presbyterian College

-Yesterday we had an employee social, and alot of our co workers came to see students perform funny skits and to hear about why we are even at the beach this summer...because of Christ

-Paul and Hailey, missionaries in South Africa at Campus Outreach Johannesburg  are down here for a few days to talk tot he students about their ministry in South Africa! This is so neat because they helped lead us when our team was in Pretoria, SA and while they are here in the states raising their funds, they were kind enough to come stay with us and talk to us!

Please pray for strength and time with God above people for me :) I am loving my job!! And learning more than I ever thought I could!!!

One thing Im learning so much about is IDENTITY! Who am I? The question can really be answered by WHOSE am I? I am Christ's! I am a child of God. 1 Peter 2:9 "

 ⁹But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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Quick update!

If you havent been getting my emails, please email me so that I can add you to it!! I would love to send you them. My email is lowens773@gmail.com. Thanks to all of you who have been walking through this summer with me, in prayer and  by reading my updates!! I am so blessed to be here in Myrtle Beach, learning and growing along with the 88 students here!! 

What has been going on lately? 

the pictures I posted are from the 4th of July!! All of us went downtown to see a great firework show and have some time of fellowship together. 

We also had Sadie Hawkins, something the girls look forward to every year! The guys rooms perform an elaborate skit for the girls room, and girls get to pick who they want to go on a date with and plan it!!! It was great, the guys did an awesome job- from synchronized swimming to making up their own rap songs! I was fortunate enough to go on a date with Amy's room, she goes to Presbyterian!! We cooked dinner for the guys, then went out for ice cream and played scattergories!!

We only have 2 weeks left at the project....I cant believe it! It feels like we have only been here for a short while! I am so pumped about the last 2 weeks of project- we have been studying the book fo Romans, talking about suffering for CHrist, and tons of other things!! I will post newer pics very soon!!!! 

the Disciples are learning so much, tonight we talked about

-Do we want to please men, or please God?

-Do we seek to put Christ first in our lives?

-What are some things that are keeping us from knowing more of God? 

And alot more!!!

4th of July & Sadie Hawkins!!

Hey again!

This time I’m writing from Barnes and Noble. Today is my day off, and I’m taking some time to read and spending the day alone. Every week I look forward to my one day of rest, and today its finally here!!

There are so many wonderful things that God has done here at the Leadership Project in the last week, and I’ll try to keep it brief to tell you whats been going on….

Last Thursday, the rest of the staff left, leaving me and Andrew in charge of the entire project! So far, we have had to deal with some issues, but God has been faithful in providing a team of us (me and Andres plus the team leader guys and girls) to enforce rules, plan everything, and implement all of it. I can definitely tell you that I’m learning tons about being a leader, about how to confront others lovingly, and about trusting God with where I’m at in life right now. Last night, I led the girls in my room in discipleship group, basically a time of deep connection, to talk about God and pray together, and we all picked verses to ask God to do in our lives RIGHT NOW! My verses were 2 Corinithians 5:14-15

“For Christ’s love compels us because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.  And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”

Pray that:

-The love of Christ would be the thing that compels me to love, serve, give, and exist

-That because I have been born again, I would not live for myself, Lindsay Owens, but would live for Jesus.

-In all this, I would count others better than myself.

Things that Im thankful for here, ways I have seen God working:

-I was able to give a prayer talk and really share my heart with all the students! I talked about why we should pray for others!! And ourselves.

-God is growing in the hearts of students- on the 4^th of July, we all went to see fireworks together and some students were bold enough to share their faith with people they had never even met before!

-In my own life, God has been a sure comfort, a solid rock. I have been discouraged about small things, but he constantly reminds me that I cant trust in me!

-I have been able to help 2 students work through their testimonies, and it has been such a JOY!! It’s like reading a love story, where God pursues their hearts, over and over again, fighting for their affections and devotions. It served as a reminder of who we serve- a loving God who is FOR us, who fought for us, we are bought with Christs blood.  Ephesians 5:8 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light of the Lord.  Live as children of light.”

Continue to pray that no student would leave the LP unchanged, that each individual would seek God with his or her whole heart. The project is just an amazing place. Pray that Christ would continue to be glorified here. J