tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37143407610360515922024-03-21T09:49:55.467-07:00BETH IN LAS VEGAS!Follow me on my journey with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) as I serve in Las Vegas on staff with Mission Adventures.beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-81842810713259686042010-11-05T14:25:00.001-07:002010-11-05T14:25:52.872-07:00RelocatedHello!<br /><br />I've switched my blog from blogspot.com to wordpress.com so check it out there (bethkonrath.wordpress.com)<br /><br />Bethbeth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-14655680512559372592010-06-27T14:43:00.000-07:002010-06-27T14:47:51.887-07:00July NewsletterUpdate time! I hope this newsletter finds you well and enjoying the start to your summer. Things are very busy with Mission Adventures in Las Vegas. We’re in the middle of our third week of students and as I write this our team from Idaho is on the strip doing a treasure hunt. God has definitely been working in the hearts of our students as we train them in evangelism and then walk it out with them on the strip. Sharing our faith with strangers can seem like such a strange concept but we’re able to teach our students that we’re commanded to (Matt. 28:19). How could you not share the God who has saved you from death and given you life with others? <br />For June and July we have seven short term staff who have given up their summers to serve God through Mission Adventures. It has been a HUGE blessing to have extra sets of hands to help out and minister to the students. During our staff training weeks at the beginning of June, God was at work in the hearts of people in Las Vegas. As we did outreach as staff, we saw 13 people give their lives to Christ and two healings!! Praise God! After this week, we’ll have a staff week off and then two more weeks of students before our summer ends.<br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br />Before our summer staff arrived Samuel, Brett and I were very busy. In May we drove to Scottsdale, AZ to visit a team that we had during spring break. It’s always nice to get out of Las Vegas and catch up with old students. I got to see some students that came through last year with MA. I also learned how to hunt scorpions with a black light!!<br />A week after that we drove to Camarillo, CA to visit another team. I forgot how much I had missed the beach! It was great to relax before the summer was about to start. In the fall we’ll hopefully be doing the same thing; travelling around to check up on past teams and make new connections with future teams.<br /> <br /><br />I’M MOVING!!<br />After a year+ living on base, an opportunity came up for me to be able to move off the YWAM base. Joshua and Stacy, a couple I work with, just bought a house and are renting out two rooms. They asked my roommate Andrea and I if we would be interested in living with them and we said YES! We’re both very excited to have our own rooms and to live in a HOUSE. We’ll only be about 2 miles from the base which is nice. I have really enjoyed living on base but I’m ready to move off base. This is definitely a blessing from God but also an added challenge. Recently, financially it has been difficult for me. This month is the first month that I haven’t been able to pay my rent on time. As I’m in the middle of a busy season, I haven’t found the extra time to really focus in on support raising and because of this I am suffering. Please be in prayer for me in this area. <br /><br />Prayer Points:<br />-Finances<br />-Our students that we’ll be leading <br />-Unity as staff<br /><br />Praise Points:<br />-We have a cook for the summer!!!<br />-I’m moving off base!<br />-Jesus is saving Las Vegas<br /><br />Thanks for reading and being a part of what God’s doing in LVbeth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-71841712145792367552010-05-12T11:29:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:55:07.721-07:00May 2010 Newsletter<span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" >
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mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -</style><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >Hello again! April seemed to have flown by and May seems to be following suit. Since my last newsletter, we had two more weeks of teams at the beginning of April where we trained 50 more stud</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >ents, bringing o</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >ur spring student count to 150 in six weeks!! It was a great last two weeks of teams and God did amazing things in all of the students. Months later students are still talking about their week in Las </span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >Vegas with us an</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >d h</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >ow God is continuing to do a work in them. Needless to say, we were all ready for a break once the last team left.
<br />In April I finally got to go to Calgary, Alberta to visit my sister Megan, my niece a</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >nd some of my relatives. It was a much needed break and it was great to get out of Las Vegas. I also visited my Oma (g</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >randmother), Aun</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >t and Uncle. 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She loves to suck her thumb (just like Megan & I did) and she rolled over for the first time while I was there. I was sad to have to leave everyone but two weeks was the perfect amount of time.
<br />After I arrived home from Calgary, I had one week of work in the office before I was to leave again. Last week was spent in San Francisco meeting with other Mission Adventures (MA) staff from YWAM bases in Canada, USA, Mexico and Russia. It was a great time to meet with other people who understand the stresses and joys of MA. It was a tiri</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >ng week with early mornings and late nights (which I’m starting to adjust to with all our MA teams coming through), but I enjoyed it. I love San </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:85%;" >Francisco; it’s such a diffe</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:85%;" >rent city than Las Vegas. The </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:85%;" >conference ended on a Friday but I decided to stay for a couple extra days to hang out with some of my YWAM friends that live in the bay area. I got to see my friend Peter Tews (who I hadn’t seen in a year), Kristen (my best friend) and Peter Trudelle which is always fun and much needed!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyB4bhee2nmroUMpBkRgjtvzM4fiq-d9wc8o3vnrT_-lffc5gGKwoajFOxZhit_Gism63w3Tu1XK6OCu_j7CPewvpccvjAcwCAyA6cxX-B3wAZZXu3pgUJi66DcjP_tb594itbC2y5uM3/s1600/30006_1388696911369_1050450019_1135820_3882507_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyB4bhee2nmroUMpBkRgjtvzM4fiq-d9wc8o3vnrT_-lffc5gGKwoajFOxZhit_Gism63w3Tu1XK6OCu_j7CPewvpccvjAcwCAyA6cxX-B3wAZZXu3pgUJi66DcjP_tb594itbC2y5uM3/s320/30006_1388696911369_1050450019_1135820_3882507_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470456726764477186" border="0" /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nq5CpLHRpksV1V85g1XfuOpO047ldIFd_ge_Z5lkZj34THpgLE9WE50VGFhyphenhyphenNaQLzXuBFV08PcHKMRb0vG0N8_InL3-ClBd_yZl781VP7zFsR9eHWG_oY9-lG-5iNrzwttDf9xjsns_W/s1600/30006_1388696991371_1050450019_1135821_2317389_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nq5CpLHRpksV1V85g1XfuOpO047ldIFd_ge_Z5lkZj34THpgLE9WE50VGFhyphenhyphenNaQLzXuBFV08PcHKMRb0vG0N8_InL3-ClBd_yZl781VP7zFsR9eHWG_oY9-lG-5iNrzwttDf9xjsns_W/s320/30006_1388696991371_1050450019_1135821_2317389_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470458651997460306" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Trisha/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.png" alt="" /></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t202" style="'position:absolute;" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:textbox style="'mso-next-textbox:#_x0000_s1027'/"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></p><span style="position: absolute; z-index: 251669504; margin-left: 176px; margin-top: 599px; width: 203px; height: 148px; font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" > <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;" height="148" width="203">
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We have three weeks until our summer staff arrives, who will be helping us with MA for June and July. The first week and a half of June we’ll be doing staff training, teaching them the insides and outs of MA before our first team arrives on the 12<sup>th</sup>. Our summer is starting to get full, but we still need a lot more students. On top of that, we don’t have a cook for the summer which is an added stress. Before our summer staff arrives, we plan on being on the road for about a week, visiting a couple of teams that we had this spring from Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona and Southern California. It’s scary to look at our calendar and see how much there is to do in such a short amount of time. At the same time I can’t help but get excited for everything that God is going to do this summer through us and the students we’ll be training.
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mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >Prayer Points:
<br />-For our summer staff that will be arriving soon; team unity, energy, health, etc.
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<br />-I finally got to go to Calgary and I made it back into USA with little problems at the border
<br />-For seeing old friends in San Francisco</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CTrisha%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CTrisha%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CTrisha%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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Sorry for the delay in posting it on my blog. Enjoy!</em><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The past month and a half has been very busy, hence the delay in a newsletter, sorry! Amongst all the business, I’ve been doing great. So far, we’ve had 4 weeks of Mission Adventures teams where we’ve trained 105 students to be world changers. Starting next week we have 2 more weeks of teams coming where we’ll be training about 50 more students. We’ve had a mixture of teams come through from Arizona, Nevada, Ohio and Kansas from Christian schools and college groups. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">With all the fun and training of the students, comes long days. We usually start around 7:30am where we meet as staff before breakfast starts. Our days usually end around 11:30pm after the students are all in their rooms for bed. Doing this for 3 weeks straight starts to take a toll on you in every way; physically, spiritually and emotionally. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459093799919532162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2TbEB3wdfUqv0mcQCpBHLDLKHvgaaBfYgoRlBuWjfpZHSTj9kO32kkX2vdzaTM3ZgslkqD49-EknNlf_z0zxoSbtUAMLvenwcQrh0c84wnnMJ-yHf0rB8zMJo0lXN0F1Pc41WAe5Hxk6/s320/us!.jpg" /></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Having no team this week has been a nice time to recuperate and just reconnect with God. I’m excited about all that God has been doing in our students, and how He’s been using them to change the city of Las Vegas. It’s always encouraging to hear from our students after they’ve been home for a couple of weeks, and hear how they’re applying the things they learned with us in their own cities! God’s even been using me to reach His people in Las Vegas.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Recently during one of our outreaches at a mall on the strip, I got to pray with 2 salesmen at a kiosk that sells Shammys. When I asked them what they wanted prayer for, they both asked me to pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit! It was humbling that they didn’t ask for more customers, money, or earthly things. They just wanted to encounter God in a new way! My focus right now is to develop relationships with the people that work at the places that we do outreaches at. Since I am here long term, I’m able to continue to meet with the same people again and pray for them and watch them grow. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">After all the busyness of the teams dies down in mid April, I will hopefully be going to Alberta to visit my sister Megan and meet my niece Mya. It’ll be a nice break from everything going on here, and I can’t wait to see them. Please pray that it all works out so I can visit them soon! May will be a month of planning and travelling for us Mission Adventures staff. We’ll be busy getting things ready for the summer as we have 5 weeks of teams and summer staff arriving June 1st that we have to train. Also in May we’ll be going to San Francisco for a conference with other Mission Adventures staff across North America for a few days.</span></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459093808737815218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKz_nuLKPAcyWnRU35DggSGlejLox7pk0NVDAw-jh84fXb5rzatMg2ZEeJVOjV2Pjn45ScNC40bF8WmUetWQdG6yJGTDMqNhbAvKvbeiYk-zRf_MIPex9BiVp5zFU86-4lYAeMU1VwVPSA/s320/26993_542110136108_132702414_32489238_7690718_n.jpg" /><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Praise Points<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-We’ve trained 105 students to change the world<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-The city of Las Vegas is being reached<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-God has provided for me thus far!</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Prayer Points:<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-Energy during the MA weeks<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-For God to use us to minister to the students<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;">-Abundance of patience and grace with eachother as staff </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. I’m excited to have you partner with me and be a part of what God is doing to change Las Vegas and reach the nations! <span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';">♥</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibrifont-family:Calibri;" >Beth</span></span></p><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>•Beth Konrath•Youth With A Mission Las Vegas•<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#009900;">•PO Box 36606•Las Vegas, NV•89133•USA•<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#009900;">•(702)658-5450•bethk@ywamlasvegas.org•</span></span></p></div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-47174774364417477772010-01-28T16:52:00.000-08:002010-01-28T17:02:37.122-08:00January 2010 Newsletter (2009 break down below)<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Hello all! First newsletter of 2010, woo!<br />2009 ended with an unsuspected stay in Las Vegas. As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I was planning on going to Calgary, Canada for Christmas with my sister Megan. The day before I was to leave, I found out from our attorney that I should not leave the country while I have a Visa pending. I won’t bore you with all the details, but if I was to leave the states I would have to start part of the Visa application over again, which would mean I would have to stay in Canada for upwards to 4 months. So my first Christmas away from home was spent in Las Vegas. It was a hard but a good two weeks off with lots of rest. Thankfully this will be the last time of me mentioning Visa issues because … I recently received my 2 & ½ year Visa!!!! I felt so relieved and excited when it came in the mail! Praise Jesus!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431958719967001778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOGQGnhhZbhiRMXkEqDEMDdyObjvmT_jWJTlolsZ_Krr3zDtR9Cr__mR93Xy3QhyphenhyphengsQ6mUt9rCs_o9SXQz4BoWEb1dJwcUlEg0YbaT38lHdIL73bWo9yZdEBejUcrqUfwUuzPMk4r2ZPF/s320/2+weeks+old+005.JPG" /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Mya Christine Stevens<br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>December 30<sup>th</sup>, 2009 7 lbs. 6oz.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">As excited as I was to hear that she was born, it was also difficult because I knew that I was supposed to be there for the birth. I’m now an auntie! Hopefully I’ll be able to go to Calgary sometime in the spring to meet her.<br /><br />2010 is already off to a busy start. We have our first Mission Adventures team coming in mid February from a local high school. Sam, Brett and I are doing all that we can to get ready for what looks like the busiest year for MA at our base. There’s lots of preparation, program planning and praying to do in what seams like such a short time.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></b></span> <div><div><div><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">March is going to be a busy month with 3 out of the 4 weeks will be spent leading teams! Things are also starting to get busy at the base with the DTS having just started with 5 students and 2 short term staff. In a short time I went from living with 5 other people to now 14!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Lately, as staff we’ve been doing various types of outreaches in the city. Recently we went to the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter a couple streets away. We helped with the dinner feeding, where over 350 people were served!</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431960177590334434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhousbv-NMy222D4YbpzNU8xKzPixmlO7r7fESv-O-oBOWCME4dttl3PBS8szWBHG5A5QPl-S1d7TMQZPnpfPe7fjD00HE4fHO500SRRwfQy1HRzqWVyuzFoKqEn8mLhMbwDyMFRkt_sJkH/s320/aaaaaaa.jpg" /><br /></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">It’s always fun to serve at the LVRM and get to know some of the residents there. One man asked me if I was always so cheery and began to tell me how he is the current president of the United States. It’s great to see so many people get fed who would have gone without food otherwise. We plan to do more work with the LVRM with our Mission Adventures teams as we have in the past year.<br />I still find it hard to believe that a year ago all this started; my journey with missions. 2009 was a great and busy year for me, with lots of ups and down, travelling, and transitions. For a breakdown of what 2009 looked like, check out my blog (</span><a href="http://bethkonrath.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;">bethkonrath.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">). This time last year I would have never guessed that I would be in full time missions, but God’s known to do the unexpected!<br />Thanks for reading!! Hope all is well with you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';">♥Beth</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Prayer Points<br />-For the MA teams that are coming this spring<br />-Energy during MA weeks<br />Praise Points<br />-My visa came!!<br />-Baby Mya is healthy<br />-2010 is off to a great start! :)</span></p></div></div></div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-7653577116027025152010-01-28T16:43:00.000-08:002010-01-28T16:51:26.727-08:00A look at 2009<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"> <p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">2009 was one of the best years of my life (maybe because I wasn't in school??). Here's where God took me this past year!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">January: (Nova Scotia, Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">What a long month January felt like! The end of the month couldn’t have come any faster. The day after I had my last day of high school I got onto a plane to head to Las Vegas to join Youth With A Mission (YWAM) to do a 5 month school; Discipleship Training School (DTS).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">February: (Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">My first full month in Las Vegas! As most of my friends were back home in high school, I was studying missions and God, getting ready to leave for Turkey for 2 months. This month I really got to know my DTS mates and develop friendships that would go beyond the school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">March: (Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">The beginning of March, my DTS helped lead a Mission Adventures week for Scottsdale Christian Academy. This was my first hands on experience with MA, aside from March 2008 when I was a MA student for a week. I would have never guessed that I would be on full time staff later with the MA program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">April: (Las Vegas, Turkey)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">Half of April was spent in Las Vegas, gearing up for 2 months in Turkey. I still don’t think it really hit any of us that we were going to be in Turkey for 2 months until we landed in Istanbul. The Turkish culture was a shock to most of us, something that we were going to have to adapt to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">May: (Turkey)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">A full month of being in Turkey. For most of the month, each week we travelled to different towns/cities. We got to see tons of different places, and God used us in amazing ways. I can't wait to go back to Turkey and explore even more! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">June: (Turkey, Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">The first half of the month was spent in Turkey, getting ready to head back to Las Vegas for our last week together as a DTS. I stayed in Las Vegas for the summer as short term staff for Mission Adventures. It was hard to see all my DTS mates leave; the people who I had spent the last 5 months growing and learning with were all of a sudden gone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">July: (Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">A full month of being on Mission Adventures summer staff, leading teams. It was during this time that I realized that God wanted me to be in Las Vegas, full time, with the MA program. July was VERY hot out!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">August: (Las Vegas, Nova Scotia)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">I arrived home for the first time since January. Most of the month was spent resting (a lot of this!) and catching up with family and friends. It was a great break from the business of the past 6-7 months; a much needed break!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">September: (Nova Scotia, Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">My last month at home. I spent more of the month working at my old job at the drug store, and getting things ready for going back to Las Vegas on full time staff. At the end of the month, I returned back to Las Vegas … later than I had planned (Visa issues … no surprise there).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">October: (Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was a good but difficult month. It was great to be back in Las Vegas and get things started for Mission Adventures. But also hard because most of our time was spent in promotion, making tons of phone calls to churches which tends to be discouraging. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">November: (Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">Birthday month, I turned 19! I got to spend Thanksgiving in San Francisco with my friend Peter and his family, who went to Turkey with me. It was a much needed break and it was great to see him and my DTS mate Kristen. Most of November was spent doing promotion, and some program planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">December: (Las Vegas)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia', 'serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size:100%;">Things started to pick up with the Mission Adventures program. Teams began to start the application process, and as staff we started to look at the schedule and plan things out for the teams that are going to be coming to Las Vegas in 2010. The later half of the month, I was on vacation for 2 weeks. What a relaxing and great break it was. Although I was not in Calgary as planned, it was a much needed break ... again. And Mya was born, I'm an auntie! :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span></span> </p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-798696932647689782009-12-17T21:29:00.000-08:002009-12-17T21:41:41.233-08:00november newsletter<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Another month has flown by! November has been very busy but good! I also turned 19 which is exciting!<br />This month our base had 2 major events. On November 14<sup>th</sup> we had “Fully Launching The Pier” event, The Pier being our community resource center at our YWAM base. It was a grand opening type event, although we’ve been open for about a year now. Around 150-200 people showed up. We had bounce castles, live DJ, free raffle draw with prizes, vendors, and tons of other things. It was great to have an event that attracted our community so we could tell them about what we do in the area to serve and help them!<br />Also, on November 22<sup>nd</sup> we had an art day called “Art in Motion” (or AIM) which Brett headed up. It was an afternoon where we used art to reach out to the kids in our community and allow them to express themselves through art! It was a fun day with tons of creative art projects to do with the kids. It was a huge success with about 25 kids and tons of volunteers. We hope to do it on more of a regular basis. </span></p><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t32" filled="f" path="m,l21600,21600e" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="32" oned="t"><v:path fillok="f" arrowok="t" connecttype="none"></v:path><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:lock shapetype="t" ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShMkqnLD_fy8iJKjZnjqIyDv0-1YZrZakweFYgn6vk49f5lXJxGPOSNpvMYzkVEqWFIA0cNaNg_BcIoEASrsAZd1njmngeD666v6-YQ2fhh_bHlunl6tIHTWVDnYf9LfpZKcsyIflnSBQ/s1600-h/art1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416445414790613202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShMkqnLD_fy8iJKjZnjqIyDv0-1YZrZakweFYgn6vk49f5lXJxGPOSNpvMYzkVEqWFIA0cNaNg_BcIoEASrsAZd1njmngeD666v6-YQ2fhh_bHlunl6tIHTWVDnYf9LfpZKcsyIflnSBQ/s320/art1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p><v:shape style="Z-INDEX: 5; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-TOP: 165.6pt; WIDTH: 268.75pt; HEIGHT: 0px" id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t32" strokeweight="2.75pt" connectortype="straight"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></v:shape><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" ></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" >*making art with the kids*<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" >For Thanksgiving break I went to California for a week. One of my YWAM friends who I went to Turkey with, Peter, and his family opened their home to me for the week. They blessed me with a plane ticket to San Francisco; otherwise I would have had to stay in Las Vegas. It was a great week and a much needed break. It was also my first American Thanksgiving. Not much different than Canadian, but Americans go all out and it’s a bigger deal here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I also got to see one of my best friends Kristen who did the 5 month school with me in Las Vegas and Turkey. I missed being able to hang out with Peter and Kristen all the time. It was awesome to see them again as it had been 5 months since I’d seen them last.</span></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416446153284547298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRX_oZ57HsddHc1k9A3pTRejTA8aLrGwwQcL7bTaXVF5CRUxdm3wNfVIhYNhF-CxFHDV0w4Jj0tYgCbEAzvU5C7X6VlYRI4FCyBcQ6z8YA868dnnG03yIMrPz04fSY3RqweVQ7LAQDbQrF/s320/beth+553.JPG" /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:'Times New Roman', 'serif';" >As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I am still waiting for my Visa to come in. Since it hasn’t come yet, I’m leaving the country for Christmas since my current Visa expires soon. I’ll be going to Calgary, Alberta on the 18<sup>th</sup> to spend the holidays with my oldest sister Megan. I’m excited to see her again and I’m going to be an auntie! She’s due shortly after the New Year so I’m hoping she’ll have the baby before I have to go back to Las Vegas. Please continue to pray that my Visa will come in the near future so that I can return after my Christmas vacation.<br />Everything has been going well with Mission Adventures and recruiting teams for next year. As our 2010 schedule of teams starts to fill, I continue to get more excited about the students that will come and get excited about missions! We have a very busy year ahead of us!<br />Thank you for your continued support and prayers. My next newsletter will be in the New Year, so I hope you have a great Christmas surrounded by family, friends, eggnog and cookies. </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-bidi-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="mso-char-type: symbol">J</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;color:#7030a0;" ><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;font-size:85%;color:#002060;" >Prayer points:</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;font-size:85%;color:#7030a0;" ><br />-For my Visa!!!<br />-Safety as I travel during Christmas<br />-For our YWAM base as we face challenges</span></span></p><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;color:#7030a0;" ><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;color:#7030a0;" ><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;font-size:85%;color:#002060;" >Praise points:</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-: minor-latinfont-family:Calibri;font-size:85%;color:#7030a0;" ><br />-I had a great and refreshing Thanksgiving break!<br />-Mission Adventures continues to have more teams interested for 2010<br />-I get to go to Calgary!</span></span></span></p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-7791874552407933822009-11-11T20:25:00.000-08:002009-11-11T20:40:04.309-08:00October Newsletter<span style="font-size:85%;">Here's my most recent newsletter if you haven't already received it! :)</span> (Sorry if the formatting is weird; it didn't transfer well).<br /><div><div class="Section1"><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shape style="Z-INDEX: 1; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-TOP: 154.3pt; WIDTH: 143.3pt; HEIGHT: 166.15pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 116.4pt; mso-width-relative: margin; mso-height-relative: margin" id="_x0000_s1026" stroked="f" filled="f" type="#_x0000_t202"><v:textbox style="mso-next-textbox: #_x0000_s1026"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></v:textbox></v:shape><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;">Hello from Las Vegas! Time has flown by and I’ve been back in Vegas for a little over a month now. I ended up leaving for Vegas at the end of September, rather than the beginning like originally planned. There were some complications with me getting a Visa; which one to get, when to get it, etc. but everything has worked itself out (for now at least) and I’m here on a 3 month Visa. Since arriving, I have applied for my “Religious Worker Visa” which will allow me to stay in the states for 2 years. It’s still in the works of being processed, so please pray that I will be able to get the Visa before my other Visa runs out in December.</span></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiZWtpC2qhWErhmUvhQoycnfWU5eflhyphenhyphen2MOBU3Xy1y9_WYQyqACWIb8J-bcLp9jxA40ian3YqXpppSWiyaFAoauzw13fw8aRb_BsEnV-qMaM0p_chlS4IvMefsmc2mkQpcNtxXGOKnu6p/s1600-h/7821_1150837289623_1188330103_30414065_3635365_n.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 192px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403069101314063874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiZWtpC2qhWErhmUvhQoycnfWU5eflhyphenhyphen2MOBU3Xy1y9_WYQyqACWIb8J-bcLp9jxA40ian3YqXpppSWiyaFAoauzw13fw8aRb_BsEnV-qMaM0p_chlS4IvMefsmc2mkQpcNtxXGOKnu6p/s320/7821_1150837289623_1188330103_30414065_3635365_n.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';">I live on base with 5 other people; four boys and one girl. This is Andrea (my roommate) and I. </span><br /></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';">It’s nice to be able to wake up and walk down the hall to your office to work (this comes in handy when you wake up minutes before your suppose to be there!)</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />I’ve been keeping myself busy with tons of things to do around the base to get the Mission Adventures (MA) program ready for next year. Currently, we are focusing on recruiting; trying to get more teams (youth groups) for next year. Recruiting for us means phone calls, mail outs, emails, and more phone calls. This is the first time that the MA program here in Vegas has had more than one staff member running the program, so we’re far ahead in recruiting compared to where they usually would be. I work alongside 2 other people who are also passionate about seeing youth equipped to go to the nations; Sam (who has been running the program for the past 2 years), and Brett (who also just joined staff). Recently, we prayed about how many students we should aim for next year and we felt like God wanted us to try and get 600 students. This past year, MA saw about 300 students come through. So with 2 extra staff, 600 is totally do-able!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">In September, a few of us at the base took part in a child trafficking walk our friend Joe headed up. Aside from the fact we walked for over 45 minutes just to get to the meeting place for the walk because we got lost, it was great to be part of a movement here in Vegas.</span></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a6rwi8xyyd7REyznBvz3JipHkjorgAa7sCF5o7j3PXO4Jd9SbWGtB_bmqPqacern1W7BUPfn_joSiDLnaulCo6NxqMQBykukEmLbfGVDUxyPbZ4JUSk7TtAHfbTxeTkB2P_9dGDLXBj1/s1600-h/untitledhkjhjkh.bmp"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403069887979336290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a6rwi8xyyd7REyznBvz3JipHkjorgAa7sCF5o7j3PXO4Jd9SbWGtB_bmqPqacern1W7BUPfn_joSiDLnaulCo6NxqMQBykukEmLbfGVDUxyPbZ4JUSk7TtAHfbTxeTkB2P_9dGDLXBj1/s320/untitledhkjhjkh.bmp" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:85%;">As we walked, people held signs that said things like “Real men don’t buy sex”, “Our girls are not for sale”, and “Over 400 child sex slaves sold in Las Vegas in 1 month”. It’s scary to think that a thing like child trafficking happens right down the street (literally!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></span></p><br /><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"></span></p><br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:85%;"></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:85%;">I’m still in the search for a local church to get connected with. Currently I’ve been going to “Church of the Way” which is a smaller church with mainly younger people. Recently Sam and I went to hang out with some of them at a going away party for a friend. Afterwards, five of us went 4 wheeling in a jeep in the desert. As the sun was setting we got ‘stuck’ on the side of a mountain and decided it wasn’t safe to drive any further in fear of rolling. We ended up waiting for about 3 hours for someone to bring us tools to release the sway bar (what that is, I’m not sure but it worked). As we stood waiting, we began to share our testimonies. It was so encouraging to hear where everyone was coming from and the things that God had brought them through. Aside from the fact that I was wearing a dress, I was thankful for this time to grow and share God’s glory in our lives as we shivered and looked over the city of Las Vegas.<br />Thank you for your continued support and prayers! Hope to hear from you soon!</span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:85%;">Prayer Points:<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;">-For my Visa to come in on time!<br />-For continued finances as I live a "faith based lifestyle"<br />-For the MA program; unity as a staff, more teams, energy</span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;">Praise Points:<br />-I was blessed with a plane ticket to California in November for Thanksgiving with friends<br />-We've had a great start to the recruiting season with teams already interested for 2010</span></p></div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><br style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; mso-break-type: section-break" clear="all"></span></div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-86781584416973103172009-09-27T10:10:00.000-07:002009-09-27T10:26:18.052-07:00im back!I made it back to Las Vegas after a long day of flying (halifax to toronto to denver to las vegas). It seams to be cheaper with the more stops you have, which i dont mind too much. i flew in on tuesday the 22nd in the evening, greeted by all the other YWAM staff that live on base with me. it was great to see their lovely faces again. i was grateful for not having any problems getting a 3 month visa while in immigration in to. suuuch an answer to prayer; ever since i missed my flight in january to las vegas, i always get extremely nervous and shaky when going through immigration.<br />on wednesday, most of my day was spent sitting in an empty bunk room with brett and sam (my co-staff for Mission Adventures) while sam talked .. and talked some more, about what we'll be doing the next while, and within the next 2 years .. expectations, the whole 9 yards. sam left on thursday for the weekend to go to LA for a youth specialities conference where theres a YWAM MA booth and tons of other ministries booths for youth pastors to look at for missions trips. hopefully he'll get to meet some youth pastors/leaders to come to vegas for a week. while sam was gone, myself and brett called, and called, and emailed and called youth pastors/leaders to tell them about the MA program, trying to get more teams. and reading as well .. im going to be the main registrar for teams so i have a lot of info to read up on, and just other general things for the MA program to read about.<br />this weekend is when the DTS students for the next DTS are arriving!!! it starts on monday .. the dts only has 3 students .. all girls! just waiting on one last one to arrive in a couple of hours. it'll be nice to have some other girls living at the base .. me and andrea are out numbered by the male staff that live on base .. 4 to 2.<br />OHHH. how could i forget to mention.<br />yesterday, andrea and I bought a new member to our YWAM family. his name is puddles and is a fat big gold fish .. with one funky black eye. because of his size, i think we need to buy him a new bowl. the one we bought him is a 3$ glass bowl for a kitchen, but seams to be a little bit to small for him. hopefully he doesnt die sooon .. im hoping that if he plans on dying soon, that he dies within the next 48 hours so that we can get a full refund at walmart.<br />other than that, not a whole lot else is new! got moved back into my room with andrea .. its nice to have such a large room, and only have to share it with one other person! the other day we also moved around one of the offices in order to put myself and brett by sams desk so its a bit easier to work that way. alllsssoo, recently ive been learning how to drive the 15 passenger vans, which is quite fun!! not as hard as i thought it was going to be .. i have yet to try parking, so i bet that'll be a treat in itself. it'll be great to be able to drive instead of having to depend on other people to drive me places when i need to get something, go somewhere, etc.. paying for gas for such a large boat sucks tho.<br />one last thing; yesterday afternoon/evening, 5 of us went to fremont street (usually about a 20 min walk) to join up with our friend who was leading a 'las vegas stop child trafficking now' walk. we thought that since it wasnt very far, we could walk to the walk. turns out, we got lost (understandably) and walked for 45 min .. to far. aventually we found the cross street (n. 8th) we were looking for, and as we walked up, they were all just leaving to start the walk. great 'protest' to be able to be a part of!!<br />i'll try my best to keep this thing updated .. maybe some pictures too !<br />:)<br />blessings !<br />beth!beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-32311524821521180002009-09-01T21:08:00.000-07:002009-09-01T21:31:08.323-07:00update on my life .. whats next!HELLO. Another post from Beth!! This is a long one, but there's some pictures to keep you entertained! Please take some time to read this important blog if you haven't already received this via letter/email. It's basically what I've been doing for the past year with some stories, and what I'm going to be up to for the next while! Love to hear what you think, so shoot me a email! :)<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQrw0RMeDzlF3PTST298StSNZfbRrXtzAyizy-JwctTjA9FqrV_YjO0oi4VTfWSOXY4C6w6CPSTbNexT0v_bAkjiCquXEn5SFPwNNewFNqtlXD4VzMq5VIzraj5IrAVDsjVHhJhVv-Z5q/s1600-h/thing+for+blog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 307px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 73px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376717595781409490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQrw0RMeDzlF3PTST298StSNZfbRrXtzAyizy-JwctTjA9FqrV_YjO0oi4VTfWSOXY4C6w6CPSTbNexT0v_bAkjiCquXEn5SFPwNNewFNqtlXD4VzMq5VIzraj5IrAVDsjVHhJhVv-Z5q/s320/thing+for+blog.jpg" /></a> <strong>PAST(Jan.-April)<br /></strong>After graduating from high school a semester early, I left for Las Vegas to do a Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). YWAM is an international interdenominational Christian organization that equips youth to share the gospel all over the world with the goal of “knowing God and making Him known”. For 3 months of my DTS myself, 6 other students and 3 leaders (from 5 different countries) stayed in Vegas for “lecture phase”. Lecture phase is the first half of DTS devoted to hearing from different speakers every week on various topics.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgBfDtXCVm66_vHx2grbEkRZPmBFcaImIhPF0tWB9FZxQHnN9wQqSYszVqiswPUSbD_6NhX6vIqkgiwheh1Twz5C7vfGd8kWici50B8UutV-q73xHrt1v6OfNqsMhzHFDhychFWBPkQ-I/s1600-h/redrock+yo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376717592038850210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgBfDtXCVm66_vHx2grbEkRZPmBFcaImIhPF0tWB9FZxQHnN9wQqSYszVqiswPUSbD_6NhX6vIqkgiwheh1Twz5C7vfGd8kWici50B8UutV-q73xHrt1v6OfNqsMhzHFDhychFWBPkQ-I/s320/redrock+yo.jpg" /></a> This was a great time for me to take a season of my life away to focus on God and learn more about the person that I am and becoming.<br /><br /><strong>(April-June)</strong><br />At the end of April we left for 2 months of “outreach” to Turkey where we traveled around from city to city. This was time for us to apply things that we had learned previously and experiencing life on the mission field. While in Turkey we ...<br />· Passed out Bibles (NT)<br />· Childcare at a YWAM conference<br />· Shared our testimonies with non-believers<br />· Taught English<br />· Helped during services at international churches<br />· Met English speaking students on university campuses and built relationships with them<br />· Building work for a small church<br />· Working with the fulltime missionaries<br />· & many other fun and exciting things!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjg_4iatgXLAjaz_3gqlVyG2zLNMLZaQsP3ja_WvIPp_Xc7mFLgT_8pOYXOlr9GGxmZc5Q6tf0jgShZHBeVHiYdDfY88WSKLivn0HOUXuBgQSH8RboyTE1HebEl5TvvK98KMDKKz2sfpY/s1600-h/chicas+blog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376717583024092802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjg_4iatgXLAjaz_3gqlVyG2zLNMLZaQsP3ja_WvIPp_Xc7mFLgT_8pOYXOlr9GGxmZc5Q6tf0jgShZHBeVHiYdDfY88WSKLivn0HOUXuBgQSH8RboyTE1HebEl5TvvK98KMDKKz2sfpY/s320/chicas+blog.jpg" /></a><em>*At Zeus’s Temple. We got to see tons of ruins and famous sites (Like the Blue Mosque, Ephesus, and Ayo Sophia)*</em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div>While in Turkey, God opened my eyes to another part of the world. Being in a country that is so influenced by Islamic ways (which we were reminded by every morning at 5am and four other times during the day) was something that we had to adjust to. At the beginning of the trip, I doubted the effectiveness that we could have because of our lack of Turkish. Throughout the trip I was reminded again and again that God is bigger than any language barrier, and He was still able to use us in unimaginable ways. I saw this through our campus ministries where God seemed to lead us directly towards English speaking students. Near the end of our trip, two of my team mates and I were able to share the gospel with a man who didn’t speak English. Using a Turkish Bible, we were able to show him verses and further explain the gospel. As the man’s eyes started to fill up with tears, I couldn’t help but be reminded of how BIG of a God we serve. These types of experiences get me excited about taking the gospel to new and unreached areas of the world.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>(June)<br /></strong>We then returned to Vegas for one last week of debriefing. We had our graduation as we finished DTS.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxix4cplNI_uOApfIYrpYQyPrWwQmEmFMWjrs-n59EJVgn8XMrtPWiTPFJlCH8DK3ljwDWMYbhY57t7CSQowbYTPj5SyTxGTg74NViDp3ZxIY4F8Iav6ppsJaMy8jZfWLGSMa4To372E-/s1600-h/veg+blog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376717573951128754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxix4cplNI_uOApfIYrpYQyPrWwQmEmFMWjrs-n59EJVgn8XMrtPWiTPFJlCH8DK3ljwDWMYbhY57t7CSQowbYTPj5SyTxGTg74NViDp3ZxIY4F8Iav6ppsJaMy8jZfWLGSMa4To372E-/s320/veg+blog.jpg" /></a> I said goodbye to my DTS mates the same day I started another season in my life. </div><br /><div><br /><strong>(June-August) </strong><br />I then started a season of discipling youth. My summer consisted of staying in Vegas at our base on staff with Mission Adventures (MA). MA is a program that disciples and equips teenagers to do missions; within their city and around the world. Every week a team (usually a youth group) came in from all over North America. We fed and housed them at our base and taught them about evangelism and how to do it effectively. We took them out on the streets of Las Vegas to apply it all; to share Christ through different types of evangelism.<br />Last year I was an MA student in Las Vegas. It’s the program that got me into doing missions and a DTS. My goal for the summer was to do the same thing for other youth; getting them excited about missions.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BfVYFGEUmm4thSIR9tzV3E__tDC-KVUw3Fyb_eiv5TDtf0RL8tZWqHF5KyXEXS67BRdX_nZ4CS73gzg6JZmdQlB9FbfOKGZt8jRRfKxpqCqp2Wnkf6x29tdq2R59xLTNXAiDhuxy3nLJ/s1600-h/ma+staf+yo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376717571622962930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BfVYFGEUmm4thSIR9tzV3E__tDC-KVUw3Fyb_eiv5TDtf0RL8tZWqHF5KyXEXS67BRdX_nZ4CS73gzg6JZmdQlB9FbfOKGZt8jRRfKxpqCqp2Wnkf6x29tdq2R59xLTNXAiDhuxy3nLJ/s320/ma+staf+yo.jpg" /></a> <em>*MA Summer Staff 2009*<br /></em></div><div><br /></div><div align="left"><strong>FUTURE</strong><br />Recently, God has put it on my heart to make a commitment to the Mission Adventures program. My heart is to show youth the calling on their lives; to teach them to do their part to fulfill the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19) and show them how to live it out.<br />What will I be doing as MA staff for the next 2 years?<br />· Hands on work; planning outreaches, lessons, preparing the base for teams, and discipling students to walk out evangelism and fulfill the Great Commission<br />· Mobile tours; travelling to churches in North America to promote MA and recruit future teams<br />· Helping plan and organize local outreaches for short term teams that will pass through our base<br /><br /><strong>CURRENTLY</strong><br />I’m home in Nova Scotia to visit family and friends and recuperate from the last 7 months. I’m also home to inform everyone about the next big step in my life, and invite people to get on board with what God’s doing in my life. In September, I’ll be returning to Las Vegas to start my commitment.</div><div><br /><strong>LASTLY</strong><br />Thank you all for your support; through prayers and finances. I know that I wouldn’t have been able to do my DTS without all your help. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart!! If you’re interested in continuing to receive my newsletters once I return to Vegas, I’d be more than willing to send it to you either by mail or email. </div><div><br /><strong>Prayer Points<br /></strong>· Safety as I return to Las Vegas and live in “Sin City”<br />· For the Mission Adventures program to reach its full potential<br />· God’s guidance as I start support raising<br />· To use my talents and abilities to glorify God<br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Want to help? Well, here's how & why!</span></strong></div><div><br /></div><div>As I mentioned, I am making a 2 year commitment at YWAM Las Vegas to the Mission Adventures program. YWAM is a non-profit organization; all its full time workers are responsible for raising their own support/funds for living. We all live a faith based life style, which is only possible through people who partner with us. Everyone is called to reaching the world (Matt.28:19); “Go into all the world” is a command for all of us. However, some of us go physically, some go in prayer, and some also partner with those going physically with the gift of giving. In order for me to effectively join staff and complete my tasks as a Mission Adventures Staff member, I will need around $900 a month. (If you would like to see a copy of budget to see where these funds are going, feel free to contact me!)</div><div><br /></div><div>My goal is to have:<br />· two supporters at $100 monthly<br />· two supporters at $75 monthly<br />· three supporters at $50 monthly<br />· eight supporters at $35 monthly<br />· five supporters at $25 monthly</div><div>(for a total of $905/month) </div><div><br /></div><div>Would you please pray about partnering with me through prayer, partnering with taking on part of the financial burden monthly, or just a onetime gift? I am new at this and at the moment without any supporters, but I trust that God will put it on people’s heart to agree with what I’m doing and want to get on board!</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><em><strong>If you are interested in helping me out in ANY way, PLEASE contact me! (tax deductible receipts are available for all donations). Anything is greatly appreciated and needed. Thanks again! :)</strong></em></div><div><br /></div><div>email: konrathbeth@gmail.com<br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-28733613665249396342009-08-06T17:22:00.000-07:002009-08-06T17:37:45.411-07:00homeeeee.after a long day of travelling from las vegas, to houston, to new jersey, and then halifax (13 hours) .. i made it home. i left vegas on one hour of sleep from the night before. when i got into hfx at 12am .. i went to bed at 2am and woke up 14 hours later at 4pm. what a shock. im still on a messed up sleeping schedule; didnt sleep much the last few days in vegas, and jet leg doesnt help the situation much.<br /><div></div><br /><div>this past weekend was our last weekend together as a staff. on saturday we had a free day where we just sleep in, hung out .. went around vegas and did stuff. and sunday we had a "love feast" for dinner .. put candels and nice lights out and whatnot. dresses up all pretty and ate steak! and other yummy things. it was also sams 21st birthday on the 2nd so after the love feast all the legal aged staff went out to get drinks. while some of the staff were gone, me and 2 other girls took advantage of the situation and decided to do some birthday pranking. for 2 hours we sat in sams room and filled it with balloons. while andrea and sadie blew them up, i sat and drew on the balloons. (blowing up 75 balloons hurts your lungs and face!) so that was a fun night.</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367014052959112722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65K1n4ydb0IQ2OvEU6gIX_UClHR7NYHHma8TmefbJvBiGoYygIBS62jygwJE6uOAv2Mx9GyP6CoeeEr6JZfcab9y8dT9dXvvq2bS4hS2kTlNwq5FBq_STYQ_PacmdEXo7pYxffdYLvNlP/s320/DSCF2325.JPG" /><br /><div></div><br /><div>on monday we had "debrief" where we talked about 're entry' and everything that went on in the summer. basically a repeat of everything i heard at the end of DTS.</div><br /><div>its good to be home; weird. havent done a whole lot yet .. or seen anyone. just taking the first couple of days easy . trying to get used to the fact that im home for a month. im excited to get to see everyone, but im also geting over whelmed with everything to do this upcoming month. megan and emily are both coming home (emilys coming home from germany, and megans coming home for a week from alberta). its the first time in 2 and a half years that we've all been together, so thats exciting. also, in the midst of seeing everyone and catching up on life, i have all this to do in mearly a month. </div><br /><div>if you havent heard already, im going back to Las Vegas at the beginning of September. Im joining on staff for 2 years, working with the Mission Adventures program. more info on all that later. so i'll be trying to focus on support raising while im home too .. and getting on my feet that way before i jump back into missions. </div><div>contact me to hang out with me while im only home for a month !! i'll try and keep you updated on how everythings going!</div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-58466798525136390382009-07-25T23:05:00.000-07:002009-07-25T23:09:55.858-07:00coming home! .. only for a visit.august 4th .. leaving las vegas for nova scotia ! long flight with 2 stop overs so i wont be in NS until the 5th. tons of stuff to do, as i will only be home for a short time (5-6 weeks). keep checking my blog for updates on what i'll be doing in september !! :)<div><br /></div><div>my summer with mission adventures in vegas (with ywam still) has been great. crazy. we were supposed to have 5 weeks of teams, but only have 3 because of teams dropping out. but on the weeks where we didnt have students, as staff we did a lot of community outreaches meeting our neighbors which was sweet !! and we also did a lot of intercession (praying) for different things in las vegas which was great.</div><div><br /></div><div>i cant believe im coming home soon; for the first time since january. its been weird not having/seeing family and friends for such a long time. ive made tons of friends here in vegas that will be hard, and have been hard to leave. its weird saying goodbye to people (my dts mates, who left in june) after youve spent every day with them .. about 12 hours, for 5 long months. i miss them dearly !! hopefully going to meet up with some of them later on in the year.</div><div><br /></div><div>im excited about my plans for september .. but youll have to wait for the big news !! hehe. :) miss you all, and hope you see you when i come home!!</div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-60413156129460770802009-06-22T20:15:00.003-07:002009-06-22T20:25:25.773-07:00yaydts is over .. we had our graduation.<br />theyre all gone.<br />and now im moving on .. but staying .. a new season is beginning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xaEbAaqhdi9faGRI17XgQm6uiHHKgQJ1ELQqHypBlzYZswt2Ci7Ii913JyrLBLLSL6X6J-Q-0yHhKeFvoYaHoi0KMS4BDUhk-dO_AxRZPatiwvbLiRvdIv6R4j0rj5U3-WFwO9pM5ekq/s1600-h/IMG_6239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350357059144194130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xaEbAaqhdi9faGRI17XgQm6uiHHKgQJ1ELQqHypBlzYZswt2Ci7Ii913JyrLBLLSL6X6J-Q-0yHhKeFvoYaHoi0KMS4BDUhk-dO_AxRZPatiwvbLiRvdIv6R4j0rj5U3-WFwO9pM5ekq/s320/IMG_6239.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>its weird and hard being away from the people that ive been around 24/7 for the past 5 months .. many of them became like family to me. but its easier on me than for them i think since im staying in ywam and am still going to be living in community, which im thankful of !</div><br /><div>this week is our first week of Mission Adventures students. theres only about 25 of them which is nice, and makes the first week much less stressful. ive been taking the mornings off, and will be for the next week, to just sleep in/rest, and do some reflecting on the past 5 months which is completly needed and im so very thankful that Sam is allowing .. insisting that i do so.</div><br /><div>thats about all thats new with me; i had a cold which sucks, but i ll hopefully get over it soon.</div><div>comment and send me emails. id love to hear from you all.<br /></div><div>beth!<br /><div></div></div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-29080607295280199582009-06-18T15:24:00.000-07:002009-06-18T15:45:37.776-07:00im hommmeeeehome .. as in las vegas home. where i ll be spending my summer volunteering as Mission Adventures summer staff. im really excited for this next step in my life and i cant wait to see how God's going to use me.<br /><div>we got back from turkey early tuesday morning. our flights were both really good .. only a minor delay in NY .. nothing overly terrible which was a nice change. we're all glad to be back in vegas on our 'home turf' where people actually speak the same language as us ! how exciting. </div><br /><div>this is our last week together as a DTS, and on Saturday we all part and go our seperate ways which is sad. its going to be hard seeing my friends leave .. it'll be weird since we've spent the last 5 months together nearly 24/7. our last week here is mainly debriefing and processing things that went on in the past 5 months. MA staff training is going on (the rest of the staff have been here since about the 10th) getting things ready for the summer. So i havent been able to do much work with them, just trying to rest and focus on processing everything thats been going on the past 5 months. our first team of students comes this saturday night .. and DTS ends this friday night. so i dont have any time of rest really, to just soak and relax. but im super excited for this summer, so i guess its worth it. tomorrow is also our DTS graduation which im REALLY excited about. since im missing my high school gradution, this seams more important to me than it probably would to the rest of my DTS mates. i think it'll be really fun time of looking back at all the memories we have together and getting my certificate!!! heck ya.</div><br /><div>thats about all thats new .. just trying to move into my new room .. i have WAY more stuff than i should. i dont know how ive collected all this stuff over the past 5 months. i feel bad for my new room mates! im also interested to see how i ll get all this stuff back home some day!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348802368335373954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNbiumZhai7nfmric1rlUNisgYuHTnQ889A2DJYh6DvOwWtkWvbATXWzsOD1IzzKk4AUzKbFaCFu4xqzeTlU3NDdLft748ZSHoM4_G6rf-Kb2tKyAD7aJXbAolh-y6JPnrLVhMCk1J8F9/s320/DSCF1345%5B1%5D" border="0" /></div><br />beth, heather, kristen and zianna ! near zeus' temple.beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-15921015939576778982009-06-11T09:28:00.000-07:002009-06-11T09:34:42.021-07:00last week!we're currently ın the mıddle of our last week here ın Turkey. Rıght now we're ın Cappadocıa-famous for ıts pottery and cermaıcs. Thıs ıs our debrıef week .. so we arent doıng a lot of 'mınıstry' type stuff .. but beıng tourısts and reflectıng on how outreach has been. Its been a great restıng tıme sınce ı ll need all the energy that ı can get for Vegas.<br />Frıday nıght we take the nıght bus to Istanbul (10 hours) and stay there untıl Monday when we fly back to Vegas. Its been a great tıme ın Turkey but ım ready to go back to Vegas and settle down for a bıt and not have to lıve out of a backpack! ım ready for a summer of mıssıon adventures and spendıng tıme sharıng wıth other kıds!<br />check for updates from me once ı get back to turkey!<br />beth!beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-83292452370319449132009-05-30T05:06:00.000-07:002009-05-30T05:12:45.281-07:00still hereım stıll ın Turkey ! sorry for no blog updates .. havent really had much tıme.<br />we've been keepıng busy and havıng a great tıme. we have 2 weeks left before we fly back to vegas for 1 more week of debrıef. then ı get to just rıght ınto Mıssıon Adventures! ım excıted .. yet stressed about that upcomıng week wıth everythıng that ı have to do!<br /><br />the weathers been great ın turkey .. but hot. humıd much lıke nova scotıa. us gırls usually cant wear shorts so we're stuck ın thıs brutally hot weather wearıng jeans that we often just roll up as much as we can wıthout beıng 'scandelous'.<br /><br />after beıng ın ıstanbul for 3 weeks ın the same stop, we've been movıng from place to place for the rest of outreach. (more of whıch ı ll be able to talk about once ım out of turkey). thıs week we're ın a small vıllage workıng at a small church. the boys are sleepıng ın the church whıle us gırls are sleepıng near by at the pastors house. we've been doıng a lot of constructıon here (lıke cementıng walls and paıntıng) whıch has been a nıce change. tomorrow we're leadıng the church servıce that they have every week .. we arent sure how many to expect but ıt wont be a whole lot of people. we're doıng the worshıp message and testımony .. whıch ım doıng the testımony whıch ım really excıted about doıng ! not somethıng ım used to sharıng wıth a larger group but ı couldnt turn down the opportunıty; ıts outreach!<br /><br />my mom wıll be glad to hear that ı have a tan !! ı cant belıeve how whıte ı used to be. ı ll be even more tan after a summer ın las vegas!<br /><br />another excıtıng update; yesterday 3 of our team members got to baptıse a Turkısh man that we met at a bus stop who had just became a belıever a couple of months ago. we were also able to gıve hım a turkısh bıble whıch was cool.<br /><br />other than that .. thıngs are goıng great ! ıve enjoyed my tıme ın Turkey so far .. and God has opened my eyes to a lot of new thıngs ... and some new ıdeas whıch ım really excıted about (to come later!)<br /><br />BETH !beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-11086379498231386942009-04-24T07:59:00.000-07:002009-04-24T08:08:56.895-07:00alivehere we are. alive and well ın turkey ! everythıng ıs goıng great so far; almost done sufferıng from jet leg. (turkey ıs 10 hours ahead of Vegas tıme). Its been faırly cold out so far, actually ıt was freezıng yesterday and we ended up spendıng the whole day outsıde helpıng out wıth a local outreach on an ısland. ıt felt lıke the worlds longest day; most of us were awake well before 6 and we left the apartment at around 7. we dıdnt end up gettıng home untıl about 9 or 10 at nıght. also, on our way back from the ısland 8 of the 11 of us mıssed the stop and ended up havıng to try and fınd our way back to our town, whıch took us an extra 2 or so hours. ın the course of one day, ı took pretty much all the means of transportatıon there are; taxı bus, boat, horse carrıage (not jokıng! ıt was cool), ferry boat, subway, and publıc bus !! quıte the day. today we had orıentatıon whıch went well; nothıng overly excıtıng.<br />we had troubles gettıng here, we flew to New York from Vegas, and then NY to Turkey. When leavıng NY, we got about as far as the bottom tıp of Nova Scotıa (probably about 1 and a half hours of flyıng) when we had to turn the plane around and go back to NY because one of the two aır condıtıonıng unıts broke or somethıng. So basıcally 3 hours of poıntless flyıng. and then when we got to the aırport, we sat on the plane for a bıt and then they got us to swıtch planes about a hour later. then we sat on the run way for about another hour and a half waıtıng ın lıne to take off. so we ended up arrıvıng ın turkey about 7 hours later than expected. and then we had a 2 hour bus rıde to our apartment !! what a day. but everythıngs goıng well now! theres tons of ınternet cafes by where we lıve so hopefully ı'll be able to check my emaıl often, but ı probably wont blog that much (youll have to emaıl me ıf you want to get our weekly emaıl updates). these keyboards are hard to type on too, wıth extra letters and some of them moved around (you mıght have notıced that the i's ıve been usıng dont have the dots .. an extra letter ın the turkısh alphabet whıch ıs ın the spot of the i)<br />anywho, everythıng ıs goıng great here so far! hope you enjoyed thıs update. please be prayıng for us as well! thanks :)<br />bethbeth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-52389457646795295852009-04-17T21:20:00.001-07:002009-04-18T11:13:01.432-07:00gooood byeee!!well, mondays the big day! turkturk day as we call it. i still cant believe we're going. im sad to leave vegas; i love this city!! but im sure i ll fall in love with turkey too. we just moved back to the pier; where we've been living the past 3 months. we moved to canyon ridge churches missonary house for the past week since there was a mission adventures team of 60 kids coming. little did we know how little we'd have at this house, but we made due. we travelled every morning for about 30 minutes to the beach house for lectures and meals. im pretty sure 1/2 of our week was spent driving between the pier, beach house, and mission house.<br /><br /><div>on monday, me and zianna decided that for our free night we wanted to join the MA kids, and help them do some free prayer on fremont. i actually started getting 'home sick' from the base .. i really did miss it. i feel like ive packed way too many times in the past week, trying to get stuff packed away for the next couple of months, and what i ll need for turkey and everything else in between. im interested to see how im going to make 6 shirts and 2 pairs of shorts last for 2 months .. hmmm.</div><br /><div>this week, josh, one of the FT staff here, was our speaker for the week. the topic was 'bible discovery'. SUPPPER interesting; i loved it, and learned a lot. the week felt like it went by really quick!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325884073923946066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkZQhQJOG8sd1OID_mFZ0kR0cBKEWe80so5D6qTt0QtV-E12CLDPi7YNuHddhHgEIJBUJQc8fTZpVk9I5VEmPTWWGE8dh4val0qqz4SzDeVTUi6fb34QDpw-r4RzvvyvBH0iFJIIy_cxm/s320/n506742707_1615544_2448343.jpg" border="0" />last night, for speaker hang out we went to the hot springs (about 35 min away?) by hoover dam. its a 2 mile hike into the springs, in pitch blackness, climbing rocks and whatnot. when we finally got to the springs, there was 3 pools; really warm, warm, and cool. it ended up being a really long hike; about 3 hours or so in total. we didnt get back to the house until after 12. we left at like 7 !<br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325884071182594482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGebTpapprq9UbhkA8rY_2WyDmHlhUEWZYptr-GvE3yYRqAFAo3NLnDcDVzuaUDA1RhthVu8cbg9tr-u-FmbZAgREd3JZAOplrDUoiuZV_nhmwbHJSTah2emgm6i9AGZxPRVVYoRS6lBu/s320/n506742707_1615501_5110116.jpg" border="0" />heather, zianna, woo, kristen & me in the hot spring !<br /><br /><div>so monday; the 9 of us are off to new york (and then meeting up with a guy from the last dts, peter, whos joining us on outreach) and then the 10 of us are flying to turkey, later meeting up with richard (one of our leaders who went back on tuesday to england just for the week). its going to be a long day of flying; 6 hours to NY, 2 hour lay over, and 11 hours to turkey.</div><br /><div>ive sent out a email to all the email addresses that i had on my gmail letting them know about our weekly update email. if you want to get in on it, you better email me sooon! <a href="mailto:konrathbeth@gmail.com">konrathbeth@gmail.com</a> . we wont be able to mention a lot of the cities/towns that we're in, or mention a lot of our contacts names, just to insure their safety and things like that. theres a couple of techniqual things that we have to be aware of going there; like not mentioning YWAM, or telling people that we're missionaries. </div><div>so please remember to keep us in your prayers and check my blog every once and a while for updates. feel free to send me emails, and i ll do my best to reply when we have chances to get on the internet! we're all super excited to see everything that God has planned for us these next 2 months, and im glad that we'll be able to share it with you all via email !!</div><div>and lastly; check out this video if you didnt already ! <a href="http://vimeo.com/4039845">http://vimeo.com/4039845</a></div><div>beth!</div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-26481431547527470232009-04-10T18:50:00.001-07:002009-04-10T19:05:51.782-07:00lonngg timesorry, i should have updated my blog last weekend and i told my self i would get around to it this week, but i never did.<br /><br />last weekend we went to scottsdale arizona to visit the mission adventures team that we led at the beginning of march. we left saturday morning and got back sunday evening. it seamed like a long drive for such a short amount of time (about 11 hours of driving altogether), but it was worth it to see the kids, and relax on sunday. we went to one of the leaders houses and just hung out (just as the dts). it was really nice out, and we went swimming in his pool. a few of us came back with some lovely, yet painful sun burns. my whole front side was burnt, even though i did put sunscreen on. its slowly turning into a tan, and peeling. yumm.<br /><br />this is a picture of me and one of the sca girls.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323246097519296674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZysc2rI7ay6yrU4GPMJdSPdu6-10skQ3a6fNt5JD9U2tgn2pYpw_zEFwgSOALSzxeOmJxrpt6-BDoUHFmslm7nCMdLwaJNHv_v8kV75jp2fHTZpanfGc5rsgBKLpbSRTP4ntVAIobSyd/s320/beth+724.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />last week we also went to the rio buffet off the strip. its called the world buffet and has hunnndrreeedds of things to choose from. it was pretty much amazing to say the least. the whole time woo tried to keep stealing things and putting them in my purse to take back to the base, for food. he only ended up getting 3 packages of cream cheese .. which was good because we didnt have any at the base at the time. it was quite funny.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323246897236211122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM3u44ngriNWYyA89e8uBYAXM6axnPbwtcze5T4sjbrwxrLrczYDGOsW59floeWw3uyOsiWRASlAd3-Y_hlPsCYBnNcYoFi5gpoGFDB-fwJNUPUsteSjz_BSRiHWMexl1PW6jgzpygA8l/s320/beth+706.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><p>kristen loved the buffet; they had jelatooo!!</p><p>this week was our last week here at the base before we were to move to another building somewhere in vegas since theres going to be a mission adventures team here of 60 kids. there just isnt enough room for us, and we still have lectures and stuff that we need to go to. so today we spent the whole day packing our stuff, and moving bunk beds to help sam set up for MA. i never want to see, touch, lift, assemble, or take apart another bunk bed in my life. at the end, we were all so dead. we were supposed to leave this afternoon to our house for the week, but with a lot of complications we werent able to move to the house that a church was going to let us use. so now we're 'stuck' here at the base for another night. not that big of a deal, but all of our stuff is packed up and sitting in the vans. it'll be a fun night.</p><p>we still all cant believe that we leave for turkey in a little over a week. its going to be a busy week coming up, trying to get ready for turkey and things like that. last week i went and bought a backpacking backpack and things that i ll need for outreach. i love rei :) i keep saying that i have tons of things left to do, and not enough time .. but i keep finding myself with free time, and not doing anything 'productive'.</p><p>so thats what new with me here at the base. im not sure if i ll be able to update my blog before i leave, but i ll do my best to. one of the girls on my dts, her job is to send out a weekly update to everyone who wants to get it, saying what we're doing and things like that. if you want to recieve that email every week, you can send me your email address and i ll make sure you get put on the mailing list. my emails <a href="mailto:konrathbeth@gmail.com">konrathbeth@gmail.com</a> :)</p><p>also, heres a link to a video that aaron made of my baptism at the pool in february ! hopefully it works.</p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4039845">http://vimeo.com/4039845</a></p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-7932879723018611732009-03-29T20:18:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:38:53.459-07:00another week is over, and we only have 3 weeks left here in vegas until we leave for turkey!!! i dont even know where to start, maybe some pictures will help.<br /><div><div><div><div>heres some pictures from camping last weekend.</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318816337670626322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbzRrvXpzb39EGrpDX-qyvplBPdDHb7JIXOplvxx5iRvQRH0334TH39Bjjf8TjzhLBgNMshwrJj2ukRVwF7AbumRle6dHHLn9uZb6BPkHUCaEwdrjTk1BK-660EpfhDAhDVLhn8biVK5v/s320/DSCF0827.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318816333784067906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA-hjQMKQUNf5kGX0dqs6WopdtRZLPSGWEYEhyz3zG9fIhpM9_0OtuOqMdUvQT3mpX8J9o81Y8OkkHsMOBsUDcxBBqc1xmBng-fszbL90vJ_nTwKprE6s0l0AyLLX_TP6eaC1ReEd6seb/s320/DSCF0871.JPG" border="0" /> we lit sparklers. i think they were supposed to be for kristens birthday, but she didnt end up coming so we lit them anyways.</p><p>for speaker hang out this week, we went to the venichian (a hotel on the strip) to just walk around and hang out. it was also our cooks, lucy's last night with us. so kevin dressed up in his elvis costume, and we all wore these yellow hats that came in a donation that we got. it was fun night, that ended up us following kevin around while people wanted their picture taken with him.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318817966754035442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8yjFnvIiOdspP309QGl_nJsJzcK4gza66xuT-C4yKhIZ5FDDsYfMO3KbQmfdZmEcP2RuOUK3C4NXFR_ibwbKVuv7q9yHoQjH5MDEQNHsaq4WqhcMttEEOckpDw5zin7wzAoeRJBN10Oh/s320/DSCF0916.JPG" border="0" /></p></div></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318817958045054082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDotgV1gB99tAr54w7gFNdQrley7uREefF0JMn5h2mIlnIdZ9-_bM7Qnjfw1hE2hpPh-u8BSlRwKjpz8Km5bQaeAF6dqLNEh8gbe4Ll5ee3iVda6TMPZzkLyQhELya4RLzP4mwa2ZDWr_/s320/DSCF0908.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318817948841907458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZmfnF4pgrxaouCCiu_2fxG1Z3_HxeeCih2HxMCIuIjvbtDkGrR5khyeAIjgGzcOciv5eNIgwTczYIfkIiCyL3Wq3xh506wutwKwSbyNifEDigzhzV8hdGZoqCfiZp7rpa-gqFo_-OGoj/s320/DSCF0894.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>this weekend, some of us went swimming at one of the hotels/casions on fremont street. unfortunately i didnt take any pictures while we were there. its a sweet pool tho; with a water slide that goes through a shark tank. i did find a link to a site with a picture of the pool !<br /><a href="http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/golden_nugget_pool_open.jpg">http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/golden_nugget_pool_open.jpg</a></p><p>this week our speaker is our base director, on evangelism!! im excited for this week, because i love evangelism; doing things like free prayer, and whatnot. so it should be a good week.</p><p> this week we also met with a turkish couple that goes to UNLV here, and they taught us a little more about Turkey and answered any questions that we had. hopefully we'll be hanging out with them a little more before we leave.</p><p>not a whole lot else is new .. the weathers getting nicer, and ive been working on my tan. but its been realllly windy these past couple of days. i have yet to miss the snow !!</p><p>hope to hear from some of you soon before i leave!</p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-64039053903198122682009-03-23T16:27:00.000-07:002009-03-23T17:00:04.027-07:00week 8another week is past. our speaker for the week was jodi austin; our first female speaker ! we were all really excited!! it was a great week; she was teaching on the holy spirit and the gifts of the holy spirit. it was a great week of learning, and a lot of new things to take in. for speaker hang out we went to red rock to watch the sun set, but we couldnt really see it because the sun was behind the mountains. it was still fun though! and then after we went out and bought stuff to have an ice cream sunday party!<br /><br />on friday night, the boys had a little surprise for us. they helped make, set up, and serve us supper. although they did start a hour late, it was really cute, and tasted good. they had us all get dressed up, and their way of dressing up was putting a tie on themselves. i havent uploaded my pictures from the week yet, but i will later.<br /><br />on saturday it was kristen's 21st birthday, so on sunday night we all went to applebee's for 1/2 off appetizers ! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316532184162200578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7xGr-WqpqduEmkyja7Yy4nHWdWd2rc5CxprmaQn3IPrZN88FLJu4N9WUJVACRV30HTomBMrxbC-fazYbVDS2MmtEpbLvdklA3iDoD5Ctjtda44GF9e5ENJBb_PP_4aAotXkFYDvy3nalo/s320/table.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><p>in order to get the 1/2 off ap's, you had to be in the bar. but not all of us are 21, so we couldnt all sit in the bar. so we had to have the other table order all our stuff for us, and then pass it to us. it was kinda confusing for the waiter, but in the end we all got really cheap food, and had fun!<br /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316532852102603506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ShPHr3DwqAz_JdNlqkUj5mZQrRh8wlVcp2yx75MgyzLIf6cbUaItmcBZvi9FX7BFjxOB_7q0GUBlDwRGu8RamWBuiWEYHunAgSaObjHp4vEB1ZggcabVZ1dfVSe2IJ7MQYbbHTTpRzQl/s320/b+and+z.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>this is me and zianna after apple bees. we've lately been going through a phase of listening to and singing spice girls, and some s club 7 .. how i missed those bands.</p><p>on saturday morning, 7 of us went camping for the night. we went to valley of fire to go camping. we did some 'sight seeing' there, hiking and some rock climbing. it was a bit windy and chilly at night, and where we were sleeping was in sand so not a great combonation .. especially when you arent in a tent. but it ended up being fun, and it was great to get away from the base and hang out. i dont have any pictures uploaded from then yet, but i will later! :)</p><p>it ended up being a great week of learning, and relationship building with everyone here. this week woo and heather also decided that they are going to go ahead and book their tickets to come with us to turkey !! we are all really excited because they both we planing on not going because of lack of finances. i cant believe we leave in 4 weeks !!! we're starting to get really excited, and we cant wait to see all that God has planned for us while in Turkey.</p><p>thats about all thats new here in vegas. i ll try and upload some newer pictures soon. in the mean time SEND ME A LETTER. you dont know how excited i get when i hear i have mail (and its not very often). ive only gotten letters from 2 people in canada; my parents, and gabrielle (THANK YOU GABBB!!). i promise i will write you back if you send me a freakin letter!</p><p>beth konrath<br />p o box 36606<br />las vegas nv<br />81933-6606<br />USA</p><p>please :) pretty please</p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-38526069894573151522009-03-14T23:16:00.001-07:002009-03-14T23:39:32.427-07:00yay<div>another update. (im still wondering if people are reading my blog or not, im not getting any comments)<br /></div><div><div>this past week our speaker was marty meyer. he spoke on the father heart of God. it was a great week. on tuesday we climbed to the top of red rock and had our lectures there for the day. once we got up there it was kinda windy and uncomfortable to sit on the rocks, but i loved it! it was great to get out of the base and have lectures in a new fun place! and i loved climbing up there!</div><div><br /></div><div>the other night for local outreach we went to the street where most of the homeless people sleep. we went around 8 and everyone was already lined up on the side walks with their tents or their sleeping bags ready for the night. we took garbage bags and picked up all the garbage (the street was covered), and just made simple conversation with the people. i think that a lot of them are just waiting for someone to actually care about them, and have a sincere conversation with them. i always find it intersting when you ask the person how they ended up on the streets of las vegas. a lot of them are there because they gambled their way to the streets. but a lot of them are just out of jobs. many of them are great workers, with university degrees and everything. the economy just sucks for a lot of them, and many of them came to vegas thinking that they could find work. its also interesting to talk to the people; a lot of them are content with the position that they are in .. which is really great to hear; and that they try and see the more positive things of it. like these 2 guys me and kristen were talking to; they think that as homeless people they have it better as some of their other homeless people. they were thankful that they have clothes and other things in storage, unlike a lot of the others. they also just saw it as a temporary thing. it also breaks my heart when i try and talk to people that are so cracked out and so messed up. it boggles my mind as to how they got that far .. what could i possibly do to help them? im not even sure if they understand what i say to them when they talk, and if they even know what theyre saying to me. </div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>we have the weekends off, today it was sooo nice out. i went back to red rock with peter, sam and rich. it was so great. we went all out. heres some pictures of us climbing. since being here in vegas, ive fallen in love with climbing !! ahh, so awesome. i love the adventurous aspect of it, and the danger thrill !!</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313298669581459906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBTN2n7cLCcnn4Ycl1GLfOFi8MOoyO9u657cwWdiouzq9Zc0bgBLsYu01qpSEgQ14k2fatA6Qkp_xlpnKSz8Ya-e0weWMXNyDx6ULGiAtziG4SZH9GjGHaP35jtYN72JK7ksq-PC77fpZ/s320/beth+in+vegas!+570.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>me samuel, and peter<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313298684446038914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLna0lFiiP4uUkYs72HZKRaAKmDN4uiHhn-Mx6MiBftlktZxtFi0rL2aJuGb2NBJVKn7H4H-g-ZGtWVjuRYRwyjpUfFWkl8_xTKhZlZ13h40FtmJR0kYGmGSOWMVTEVOgrgN9Qpdp4zTW/s320/beth+in+vegas!+578.JPG" border="0" />me climbing ! if only you could see how far to the ground it is ...<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313298664472829298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLw2vZWWdDIMrY4HPLSh5FlU4S2QQhgGJqaY3yBBsFw6uSH-qBLiZzoSDKWcXSoYBpPs1hbNoIdxSFKHW6PfpSvbJSQCj8KrvK_qTra_VT606GzCIwwmw3ldI2gPgvYsANA2RGb73LwPRr/s320/beth+in+vegas!+484.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><p>heres a pic that should have been with the last post (i hadnt uploaded them by them). this is peter, me and sam with all the toys that we won at the circus circus last weekend.</p><p> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313298668322800210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghg3L6f3N3A90q7ColmnoFtLoSSIAtPbRIyQW1Mr-FQTYM307w1v5US8g7Vwdr1Dsjo92_78GE-KgS31wHIgxoa_z1xFFy9Yc-9I-2UUjLtYlyr3jWR_ngCxAhFL0jVqGbS7gHtB12Rbag/s320/beth+in+vegas!+530.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>and lastly; a picture of noemie (shes a volunteer here for 3 months; shes leaving at the end of march) jackie, me, zianna & kristen (dts mates). this is at the graduation that we had on friday for the dts that just got back from outreach in afghanistan. theyre all leaving this weekend (the 4 of them) and jackies one of them. we're all sad to see them done there dts, and for them to be leaving !</p><p>check again soon for another update!! :)</p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-72200601811894785452009-03-11T17:54:00.000-07:002009-03-11T18:11:26.864-07:001/2 wayThe end of last week marked the half way point of the lecture phase here in Vegas.<br />We had a group of 35 freshmen come last week, and we led them out in Mission Adventures. It was a great week, and super tiring. It was weird to go from about 15 of us YWAMers here at the base, to about 50 people. I haven't uploaded any pictures yet, but im sure theres tons of them on facebook that the kids already tagged me in. I was sad to see them go, but glad at the same time to have a long nap. I think we're going to go to Scottsdale AZ in a couple of weeks to check up on them, and hang out with them; which is super exciting!<br />After the kids left, it was nice to go out and not have any worries. Me and a couple of the guys went to the Circus Circus on the strip and just played games and won tons of stuffed animals !! it was great to get away from the base, and get away from huge groups of people. i needed that !<br />this week our speaker is marty meyer from the ywam base in idaho. yesterday we hiked to the top of red rock for lecture. it took us about a hour to get to the top. it was super nice out, but breezy. a lot of people got sun burns (dont worry mom, i wore sunscreen!!). it was a great work out, but now we're all sore! it was fun to not be in the classroom for lectures and just get to sit outside in God's creation! we also did quiet time and intercession while we were there.<br />right now im just sitting in the admin office waiting to let guests in for our wednesday community dinner. for the past couple of weeks we've had it at the park, but we're having it at the base tonight. its basically a dinner where anyone can show up, and we'll feed them !<br />last week we had a bbq at the park accross the street from us, and all the MA kids went out and invited tons of people. Once we unpacked all the stuff, we saw a swat crew with about 10 officers hanging off the side of the van, and some k9 units drive by. it pulled up to a house by the park and then all of a sudden there was 4 louuddd bangs with big puffs of smokes. so we told the kids to all go back to the base, while we all packed up. heather, kevin and i were the last people to leave the park in the van so we decided to drive by the house! we got to the street beside us and a cop stopped us and told us we had to turn around and go the other way because they have a search warrent and just blew up a house ..<br />Other than that, not a whole lot of exciting things are going on. We just booked our tickets to Turkey as well; leaving the middle of April and coming back to Vegas in the middle of June. We then stay here in Vegas for another week of debriefing, and then i think i ll be staying here to staff/volunteer with Mission Adventures for the summer. and then we'll see what else God has in store for the year.<br />im still waiting on getting mail !! i get sad every time when my dts mates get mail, and i dont :( :( (do you feel bad now?! :) )<br />hopefully i ll post some more pictures soon, and maybe a more indepth write up of the past week with the MA kids.<br />bethbeth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-74884899994446242082009-02-28T18:09:00.000-08:002009-02-28T18:27:20.919-08:00two updates in 1 week?!?<div>i just uploaded some pictures from my camera to the computer, so i'll have to post some pictures for you. its easier for me to write updates when i have visuals. theyre all on facebook too, so check them out there aswell :)<br /></div><div><div>a couple of weeks ago, me sam and rich made another hike up red rock! we went on the mountain beside red rock this time, and it was a faster hike than what we usually do. it was really nice, and great to get out</div></div><p>last weekend we also had a poker night, we went thrifting last saturday too. we all dressed up for poker night. the stakes were high! whoever won got 2 days off dishduty, and 2nd place was a morning off work duties !! unforunately, i didnt win. but i had fun! after a couple of us went to a 24 hour coffee shop and just hung out, and i worked on some journaling.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308037864366343874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideZG5c4pDoxGf1WTEmytV_opoU5Ny613Nt7hL4qVyg6qleL4xXhsDlIjOAHbOm5rjIB3ke5ChWJkKyd8B5KSFyogrZjY5J7sINje0xoWNkV9aZc-UBd0TVIPs2AbaP0F-JOdiDoxU1U1x/s320/DSCF0602.JPG" border="0" />thrifting !!<br /><div><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308037869218728450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlqjCt4hvubkgqw7yyyCI8QOeqrE6G-wq1rXkQ8DRdvzg3kvgfSzuF_JrfM71fG4CiutmScyMS8i-uVsPBJAZzrYNOlQMWvih3fLXP4x7YIsiZgrwyfK80dHTA5cu0H7GvoyHIfC_khZf/s320/DSCF0604.JPG" border="0" /></p></div><br /><p>i cant figure out how to rotate this picture, but kevin dressed up as .. i dont even know what for poker night, while the rest of us were all dressed up. we did a 7/11 run half way through, it was funnn !!</p><p>last night, some of us went back to the 24 hour coffee shop just to hang out and we didnt get home until like 2. and i forgot that in the morning a youth group was coming to paint out hallways, and i woke up at like 8 or 9 ish. im also starting to get sick with a cold/ bad cough, which isnt fun. but i had a 4 hour nap in the after noon today which was AWESOME ! haha<br /><br />tomorrow mission adventures start !! im excited to be staffing it, but its going to be crazy busy with 40 extra people around the base. theres so many things left to do to get ready before they come !!</p><p>heres one last picture from wednesday; be sure to read the post before this if you havent already!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308040019968237794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7RjWQ9Gkpnfm2BUAQLHmg0Ssw9kt_0nZRMWw0NxF0SfgKn7RRVjoC_rq_q5pynbK-ZBhL3kIU4buAHgr29dHdS0qnWlkRZSGB8-IEwrhCKYT3RswA5TImZbCt9MyQioH5qty9fUEROcR/s320/DSCF0634.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714340761036051592.post-81088359876458028022009-02-27T16:55:00.000-08:002009-02-27T17:11:02.971-08:00so long<div>sorry! long time no update. i havent had a lot of time to update because of lack of time, and the internet doesnt really work here. </div><br /><div>not a whole lot is new. this week we had aaron (he lives here in vegas) come speak to us about making disciples, and simple church gatherings and stuff like that. it was reallly awesome. probably my favorite week so far.</div><br /><div>we learned about baptism, and part of the great commission (matthew 28:19) is to preach the good news AND baptize people. i hadnt been baptized before because i never realy made it an important thing in my life. so when we were talking about it in lectures on wednesday i told aaron that i hadnt been baptized before, and that i wanted to! so right then and there we picked up, and packed into 2 cars (the vans were both out) and went to the public pool ! we learned that we dont need to have a pastor or a 'church person' in order to baptize someone, and that Jesus commanded us to baptize people ! i wanted my dts mates to be a part of it, so when aaron asked me who i wanted to baptize me, i said that i wanted everyone to!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307648063827764370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqGSvNR_PaGlMfHPT3t4zLM-_SADn3IViZx6JsAC9ktuhDdOKq2Xac8e1ZnEf4rU8xyGOuQ-5RpdduDv_EZTMJOLp8anomlD-t-LBjfWwExhb4VvNEM-jdLiiArl9E-rOo00XxYsjIrCn/s320/asdfsad.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>so at the pool 7 of us got into the pool (aaron, 2 of my dts leaders (kevin and richard), 2 of my dts mates (zianna and kristen) and my friend/staff here at the base sam). we pretty much got kicked out of the pool for breaking every rule possible (video camera, camera, clothes in the pool just to name a few). but it was great ! it ment a lot to me to have my friends do it for me, and it was a great learning experience for them !! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>not a whole lot else is new. we're busy this weekend gettting ready for mission adventures !! we're staffing it for the week, with sam who leads it out. mission adventures is what i did herealmost a year ago when i came with rock church. its going to be fun to be on the staffing end of it. also, im thinking about staying here after turkey to help staff it for the summer, but im going to see how this week goes before i make any big decisions!</div><div>i dont know what else to update you on. theres been tons of things going on here lately, and not enough time to update you on everything !! its crazy. im loving every minute of it, and wouldnt change anything for the world ! i cant believe ive only been here for a month .. 4 crazy months ahead of us !!</div><div> </div><div>send me emails and i ll be sure to reply ! (<a href="mailto:konrathbeth@gmail.com">konrathbeth@gmail.com</a>). AND if you mail me i WILL reply. (i got a letter from gabrielle the other day, and i sent off a reply today!!! ) im still waiting for letters from the rest of you !! :D </div><div>hoping i ll be able to give you a better update soon. im going to be crazy busy this coming week so replys for emails might be slow.</div><div>loveeee beth</div>beth konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17192333645299891613noreply@blogger.com1