Epic Tales...(CHATTING WITH DREW)

SOME RECENT FUN CORRESPONDENCE
ENJOY THE READING & DON'T FORGET TO
PRAY FOR DREW


DREW – FACEBOOK – 01-23-10
Armenia is a Christian nation. Turkey was a Muslim nation. Here they don’t think they need us because they are all Christians...although Daniel did get threatened with a knife by a drunk man on the metro. But don’t worry I will not die. :)

Yerevan Metro Station

Thanks for all the prayer. God is really moving. I have learned and changed so much.
I love you guys!


DREW – FACEBOOK – 01-28-10
Today we read through the entire book of ACTS. Pretty good stuff. It is our day off (Sabbath. Very relaxing). Journaling is great. I am quite the expert if I do say so myself. I weave epic tales of daring missions with poetic precision. The crowds cheer at my glorious retelling of the marvelous feats that we have endured to accomplish.

DREW – FACEBOOK CHAT w/CN (01-28-10)

I see that you can say JESUS now. What are you guys spending your days on this week?
Praying about what God wants us to do – then we go do it.
We are going to have more concrete opportunities after Daniel and Tonia meet with Andre, but so far I have helped the other team lead a Bible study for leaders in the Apostolic Church and clean the 7-story apartment that we are living in.
We know that God wants us to do prayer ministry for the university and the prostitutes here in Yerevan, but we need to meet with Andre about what that should look like.

Apostolic Church?
The Apostolic Church is a very old church started by Barnabas and Thaddeus. Now it is much like the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church, in that it is very religious and most people don’t know Jesus. Their foundation is sound but they have twisted it a little.

What would a prayer-ministry to prostitutes be like? Would you just go to them and pray w/them or have a place for them???
That is partly what we need to figure out.

From your e-mails and facebook comments you seem like you're doing well...Are you really?
I’M AWESOME! God is good.

We went to a really old monastery on Monday. It was like something out of Lord of the Rings. There are mountains all around. The environment is absolutely beautiful. Anyway, we had some spontaneous worship in the monastery, in this room that echoed. It was so cool.

I have learned that I can sing very well. I have been singing pretty much constantly since the beginning of outreach - well not enough to be annoying, just enough to be fun. If you know what I mean…

I saw some silly video.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=215298648277&subj=825598817
Looks like your team is a bunch of fun ‘weirdoes’
We are each completely unique.

Are you super busy - or mostly down-time lately?
It is a lot of fun. A perfect mixture I think.

Sleeping well? Do you have your own bed again?
We have all been exhausted since we got here (36 hour bus from Istanbul, tons of adventures on the way as well.)
My bed sucks, even worse than in Istanbul. It is a board with a blanket over it, but at least I don’t have to share with Daniel and Rustam anymore.

Cuddly…Do you have much alone time?
We have an hour of quiet time every morning and enough alone time in between. I like being with everyone though, so it’s all good.

The "Cats from Hell" are gone (THANK GOD!) but there are some birds that chirp really loudly during our prayer times and meetings.

I do miss you guys.

7 Weeks... How do you feel about coming home?
I love being here and doing this. It will be bittersweet to come home. I will miss the friends I have made here.
I am excited about what comes next with college and stuff, God knows what He is doing.

So, you're still planning on SEMO Journalism then

Teaching English as a 2nd Language?
Yes.

Any crazy stuff there in Armenia? Yerevan – What's that town like?
The culture here is awesome! Everyone is like family. They even all kiss each other (which is rather awkward for us Americans.)
Yerevan is very small compared to Kyiv and Istanbul.
1.8 Mil is not small...
Compared to 18 million it is. Istanbul just kept going and going, we only saw a small piece of it.

Istanbul sounds like it was a very different experience...
I can’t explain it on the internet adequately. I have so many stories. Don’t worry I will surely be able to tell a lot of them.

March 20 is the Saturday you fly home.
I will be totally exhausted I predict.
I know...like what, 20 hours on the planes?
23 I think…and that is after staying up all night saying goodbye to everyone and waiting for a 5:00 am plane.
…And after a 12-week outreach.

God wants me to take a day or two (at least) when I get back to pray about what is next.

A DAY or Two? I was thinking like a MONTH! (at least a week)

...you're gonna need to REST…
Well at least. I didn’t say I would go back to work in a day or two. I plan on waiting ‘til at least April to catch up and rest. I do plan on working. In theory I would like to get connected with Human trafficking organizations, as well as other missionary groups, but we will see if that happens. I already sort-of know what to do, but before I talk to anyone about my plans I want to be sure that I know what God wants.

People are gonna want to hear all about it...family, friends, church, etc...
I don’t mind sharing about this experience, but God is first.:) I want to start the next chapter of my life with focused prayer.

Anything you want to say to anyone at home for me to pass along?
Tell all the family that I love and miss them.

We have been doing really intense pushups and wrestling every other night. I am in really good shape now. 40 lbs less.

What's your biggest challenge right now?
What should all of us PRAY for you now?
I don’t know. I’ve been tired, but that is no big deal. It is always good to hear more from God. I love hearing from Him. I’m doing really well.

Is He downloading to your head, your heart, what? How is that working? (…works different for different people)…
That is a question for another time I think, I really need to get going. It is already going to cost me like 800 drum.

Drew, I'm glad to talk to you, bud.
You too. I love you.

I love you too, lots - Bye, man. DAD
GOOD BYE.