:::And my Outreach country is.... :)

Got it yet...? :) Haha...

KYRGYZSTAN!!!!!!!

:)

We will first be living in the capital of K-Stan, a city called Bishkek. It's in the northern part of the country.

Some quick facts about Kyrgyzstan (thanks to google)::::

- Major Religion is Sunni Muslim

- The Country is about the size of Minnesota

- The "Tien Shan" Mountain Range dominates the country. (Translated as "Heavenly Mountains" in Chinese!)

- Part of Soviet Union until Aug. 31st, 1991, now recognized as their country's independence day.

- Surrounded by Kazakstan to the North, China and Tajikistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the east.

- It is among the poorest of the former Soviet Union Republics

- Kyrgyzstan is a secular state, altho Islam has a strong and growing influence in politics.

So yes. Here are some little facts that I've found out after about a half an hour of googling. I'm SO excited. As soon as they put the options up on the board for us to choose, I felt drawn for this one for some reason. We will be moving there from the beginning of December to the beginning of February.

There are about 10 DTS students on my team, a couple from Switzerland, a guy from Korea, a guy in the US Army, a couple girls from Canada, a kid from Alaska, a guy from Maryland, and a girl from Houston!! Our leaders names are Brandon (21 from Ohio) and Katie Miller (20-something from... Colorado Springs!!!) :)

Our leaders are really different from each other; Brandon is very loud and theatrical, probably one of the funniest guys I've ever met, while Katie is more quiet and gentle, but I'm really excited for how each leader will contribute differently to the team.

We will be staying with these long-term missionaries that are involved with YWAM and that have already been living out there, I think their names are Jeff and Gabrielle? And we will be assisting their ministries for the two and a half months that we're there.

I'm SO excited.

I feel SO at peace about going to this place and am so excited to see how God is going to move and prepare my heart and the heart of my teammates in these upcoming months before we fly out!!

Please pray for the safety of my team and for God to really bring many opportunities to share His gospel with the Kyrgyz people. Feel free to google/lookup any info of the country and send it to me if you like!! I'm so excited to research it and learn more about it before we move there.

I'll keep you all updated for sure... and in the meantime Im just excited for God to move in my heart more and more, drawing me closer and closer to Him.

"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation..." - Mark 16:15