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See us live here in Ireland


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/30/2010


To all my supporters that have made this happen...
Check us out live here in Ireland at the Awaking .... www.adventures.org
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Savorin the flavor


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/25/2010


When most kids get treated to Icecream they are soo excited...they dive into the magical taste of strawberry, vanilla, or chocolate.  They usually get so into it the rest of the world is all a blur. Their face is usually a sticky mess and their clothes are usually covered in lil lip prints from them wiping off the stickiness.  But yesterday I had the chance to go with 7 orphans to "town".  This was a privilage and doesn't happen often.  I watched the kids in awe as we traveled through the town to get to their "market".  The market was small only about 4 isles...but that's all they have here in this town.  Wilfrid bought all of us our own lil container of icecream, and some cookie thing,,and I got all the kids apples and cokes.  I was amazed to see that NONE of the kids would eat their icecream...I was diggin in mine like it was nobody's business.  I kept asking them why?...why aren't u eating it.?  but they just smiled and said NO!  So we let them finish their cokes and cookies and left...each one of them carrying their icecream.  Later on we got back to the orphanage and all the rest of the 70 something orphans gathered around the tracker... as each child hopped out they began to open their icecream and share it with the others.. My heart  melted as I thought WOW they wanted to savor the flavor with everyone else...they aren't  selfish...they took their icecream that they rarely get and shared it with 70something others.. How many of us would be that selfless and do that???... (as u can see I didn't but I'm learning...and everyday on this race is a HUGE learning experience...but I will say that I did buy my team some icecream..I just didnt share my own:)
 
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I'm a professional


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/23/2010


Its the simple things in life we take for granted........ like having our nails painted.
For many years I would get my nails professionaly done..just because I wanted to feel pretty.  But this time I was the professional...I was the one who was painting nails, making them feel pretty, and watching their eyes light up as they raced around the Orphanage to show everyone
  I kept thinking to myself...i'm Horrible at painting nails...they probably don't like it...but that wasn't the case..THEY LOVED IT, because this isn't a everyday thing for them, in fact this doesn't happen.  There isn't a supply of fingernail polish at their local market.
 
Once again this was a moment of being the hands of Jesus
 
 

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Money....money..monnnnney!


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/21/2010


Still trying to get to my goal...i need to raise $3,900....but i need at least $700 of it in my account by September 13.  If I don't get it I will have to sit out of ministry for a month.  And if it doesn't come in by then I will get sent home. If you feel a tug in your heart to donate to missions..and help me reach out to a lost and dying world...please click on the support me link on the left hand side of my blog.
People have asked if they can send care packages...but unfortunally thats a No because we are never in one remote location to get gifts.. if you are on of those people the best thing that will help me out right now is to donate a few dollars into my account.
Thanks for all the prayers and continue to lift me and my team up as we travel to Ireland next week.
God bless,
Krystel
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What we get excited about........


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/18/2010



Haitian Communication....


Every meal has a 3 hour serving window. ex..Lunch will be served between 12-3


When they say TONIGHT...they mean tomorrow or maybe never.


Internet will be fixed today.......................but actually they mean in 3 weeks.


The mystery meat is....A. Goat B. fancy kitty food C. we would rather not know



Things that excite me and my team......


ABC soup for lunch


Coca cola for lunch and dinner


Internet at 5am because thats the only time we get a great signal


When the kids fall asleep in our laps.


When a kid yells our name to get us up from a nap...or at random times such as... 5am.


Hearing the kids sing the song I taught them


Will's lame jokes


Watching Modern Family or Movies on my external


Getting to dance the tooty ta


Getting emails from family or facebook messages from family/friends


Clean/Line dried clothes


Betting on how many shirts Bob will go through in a day


Blow-torching tarantulas


When other missionaries come to visit and they leave us their leftovers such as...pop-tarts, granola bars, carpi-suns, shampoo, baby wipes!!!!!!!

N of course hoping and praying they are single and attractive :) ha


Seeing other Americans


Pancakes


Laying down at the end of the day


When your sleeping so hard the rooster DOESNT wake u up
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Dance Party


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/18/2010




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Day 45


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/18/2010


Its been 3 months today since I left Kentucky, and day 45 on the field. What am I feeling? To be honest I have mixed emotions about it. I'm homesick...but homesick for the things that God is breaking me of everyday.


I'm realizing you can live on nearly nothing and still be happy and love the Lord.

For me its a huge shock....leaving the country for the first time for a year. One guy said why a year..u shoulda done a week first, then a month, then a year.

But thats not how God planned it and I'm learning more and more everyday how blessed I am.


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dont mess with bob when hes eating


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/17/2010




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6am basketball


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What if..........


Posted in Krystel's Blogs by Krystel Kemper on 8/16/2010


What if??


What if you woke up in the morning to a rooster crowing with no electric and had to get your daily things done by 5pm because thats when the sun goes down....


What if you had to walk 20 minutes to the nearest river just to bathe and wash your hair...


What if the only shoes you had were mixed matched Crocs ...and they were two different sizes....


What if you only had 2 outfits, and 1 of them was your church clothes.


What if you had to walk 20 minutes to get water just so you can cook.


What if the nearest grocery store took you 20 minutes (driving) to get to it...but you had to catch a ride from:

A. a tap tap- a flat bed truck that has wooden planks around it to hold u in and u can feel every bump

B. catch a ride in a truck with 20 others

  1. ride a donkey, horse, or cow

  1. walk


What if you had no family because they all died in a earthquake or the only people you live with are 76 others who also don't have families and you live in one place until your 18. Then your left to fend for yourself.


What if your children started workin at the age of 7.....


What if you only went to the doctor when the Americans came because there just any doctors around, and theres no such thing as medicine


What if didn't own a toothbrush


What if you had to rely fully on God every step of the day????????????


And you think your life is hard...........just put yourself in one of these "What ifs"...and thank God for how good you actually have it.

Its time to stop bickering and fighting about stupid crap and start thanking God for your family, your job, your friends, your $5 in your pocket, your home, your clothes, your water, your electric, your cars..


Yeah I know....we all just wanna be big rockstars

And live in hilltop houses
driving fifteen cars
But its real life stuff...people actually go though all of these "What ifs" everyday....and they didn't just choose into it...they were born into it and they can't help it.. But you can help your addictions..your materialistic things.  We shouldn't live beyond our means...just live to get by!

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