Hello there!

It's Hannah Schuerman.
It's about 5 weeks until we leave for Berlin and let me just say I am SO EXCITED!
I went on the Reach Europe trip last year (only I went to Thessaloniki) and it was life-changing! Can't wait to meet all of the group members and see what God has in store in Berlin!

Hannah

5 Weeks Away!!

We are only 5 weeks away from leaving for our Annual Reach Europe Mission Trip!!!

Standing Firm

Prayer meeting was great last night!  You're always suppose to say that right?  I mean, unless a fist fight breaks out amidst the praying, one always says, "Prayer meeting was great..." but let me tell you WHY it was so good, because it was so much better than the generic "Great Prayer".  Mark, Rachel, Bailey, and myself (Jenna is on Spring Break and was praying...just not in my backyard!) all were reading our bibles and praying, but at the end we took some time to share what we felt God was speaking to us...and we all ended up sharing the same idea using different scriptures!  What we all felt was that God was telling us that we will need to "Stand Firm"when in Europe and that we need to start preparing to stand firmly now.

• God showed me Isaiah 7:9 "Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm." 
• Bailey was reading Acts 4 where Paul is in prison.  She was talking about how Paul was always "ready" and he never wavered in his calling because he stood so firm.
• Mark shared a story about a mission trip he went on where his well-being was endangered.  He said that he felt that he should share it because God gave him strength in that moment to not be afraid or scared, but bold...standing firm!

God, we are asking that you prepare us to STAND FIRM in our FAITH while in EUROPE!

Second Prayer Meeting Tonight!

The Reach Europe Team from Georgia Southern will be getting together tonight at 7pm for prayer for our trip.  We will be asking God for some specific things:

• To prepare our hearts for this Mission Trip.  We are not "mustering up" compassion for Berlin or Romania.  We want to partner with God's heart, which is breaking for those we will have an opportunity to minister to
• To Open Up His Word to Us.  We want God to show us scriptures to encourage, motivate, and challenge us over the next five weeks!
• To Give Us Specific Visions of What We Will Be Doing.  We want God to give us scriptures to share, words to say, people to meet...before we get to Berlin or Romania and God can show us that now!
• To Show Us What He Wants to Teach Us On This Trip.  Often times, God works in me even more than those that I am going to help.  We are asking God to show us the things that He is wanting to teach us!

Why Europe...

Gettin' My Backpack!

Last year was my first trip to Europe.  It was awesome except for one thing.  Lugging around my giant suitcase onto/off of planes, taxis, cars, vans, trains, hotels, houses, etc.  So this year I got a little smarter!  My backpack just came in this week.  This trip is getting more and more "real" each day!!

6 weeks away

Can't believe we are 6 weeks away from starting the Mission!!