Danny

Yesterday afternoon was our coworker game afternoon. My friends Danny and Cardie from work got to come. They're both lifeguards and we have seemed to make a pretty quick bond. There was lots of games and some testimonies were given in the middle of the afternoon. Although I didn't get to share the gospel during the event we did go out to eat to Chilli's for dinner. Danny then cam back to my room and I shared the gospel with him. 

We got into some pretty good conversation. He is really receptive of what I have to say and is very curious about it all. He says that he is a christian, but the confidence I would love to hear in his voice is not there. He's a great guy and pretty smart. I love him!

Danny also joined us for our Prayer and Praise meeting right after I shared with him! It was such a shock for me to hear him say that he wanted to come! Praise God for his curiosity. 

Things to Pray for:

• Danny assurance in his salvation and for him to grow closer to Christ wherever he is in his walk. 
• Cardie to be open to some spiritual conversations.
• I would continue to be bold in sharing with others.
• My friendships I have made here to continue to grow through the love of Christ.
• That our coworkers would see Jesus in all of our actions and give him the credit for it, not us.

Where I'm reading: Proverbs 31:10-31

Danny

Yesterday afternoon was our coworker game afternoon. My friends Danny and Cardie from work got to come. There was lots of games and some testimonies were given in the middle of the afternoon. 

(left to right; Cardie, Ty, and Danny

International Dinner

This was a really neat experience that the staff set up for us one night on summer project. We all received passports from a specific country telling us what to wear and where to meet and at what time. It was a top secret mission type of thing. Walking in the doors to the dinner we had no idea that we were about to be separated.

As we walked in one by one we were escorted from security to our respective parts of the world:

The Americans walked into the dinner late and with a grand entrance. Music was turned up, food was already in their hands and they all were dressed nicer than we were. They were served first and the food never stopped coming. 

Latin America was in the far left corner of the room and taped off with a huge round table with festive colors and a bowl of, fritos, and cheatoes on the table. We also had diet pop. That is what we served. Oh, and a l diritos ittle bit of chicken on a plate.

Russia was served next. Huge raw potatoes and water. Their borders were patrolled by a man with a gun, so we didn't watch them much of the dinner. 

Asia was on the left as you entered the room. To enter the country you had to crawl under a table into a very small and heavily populated area. They were served lots of rice and water.

The Middle East was in the opposite corner of the room...

More info and pictures to come.

God is Working in Daytona!

Wow, what an awesome week it has been for me. God truly has blessed me.

Friday night I really got to fellowship with some of the guys here on project. God has blessed our conversations immensely and we are all learning from each other's past and how God is currently working in our life.

Friday during work was a blessed day. I got into some spiritual conversations with another lifeguard named Tyson. He is a current student in the medical field and he has spent time in the medical field in other countries and unfortunately seen a negative side of christian missionaries. He couldn't believe that people would give bibles to starving people instead of food. 'It doesn't make sense to me. Those people couldn't read english anyway.' He believes there is a god out there, but believes that Allah, God, and Buddah are all the same. I only had a 30 minute lunch break, but spent a lot of time just listening to his heart. 

This weekend is share weekend here on project. The Outreach Team I'm on is putting together a coffee house for our coworkers on Sunday afternoon. It's going to be a fun time of game days and we are hoping that God will use this time to open a door as two or three students share their testimony in the middle of the event. 

There has been one guy at work that I really have had the opportunity to hang out with. Danny and I have formed a really close friendship and he has quit his other job to hang out with us on Sundays. Praise God for that! 

Things to Pray for:

• That the students here on project will continue to unify and bond as the staff begins to leave for the summer.
  
• Pray for more time with Tyson and when we do meet that God will give me loving words to soften his critical view of christians. And Christ will allow me to present the gospel to him in a positive light. 
• Pray that the coffee house will have a good turn out with a lot of spiritual conversation and representation of Christ's love. 
• Pray that my time with Danny is filled with Spiritual conversation. 

Where I'm reading:

Matthew 5

Psalms 8-16

Acts 13 -17

Last Friday

Last Friday was an awesome experience. After working at the Lagoon Matt Stanfield and I invited some Russian lifeguards back to our place to hang out for the night. 

We got into some spiritual backgrounds with them. Bulatt (pronounced Boo lot) is a muslim and takes his religion very seriously. I really let him talk about his beliefs this night. I didn't want to force anything down his throat. 

Anyway, they made us a russian meal at our place. We made Pelmini. It's kind of like ravioli and tasted like spiced beef and dumplings. It was really good. It was a special time for us. Both Bulatt and Sergay said that making Pelmini was a special thing that they did with their family. It was a russian tradition. They thought they would never be making it here in the USA with Americans. It was an amazing bonding time. Thanks be to God! 

Where am I reading:

Acts 10 - 12 

Awesome Day at Work!

Hello to friends and family! 

I hope that all is well. Life is going great here in Daytona and God is working in all our lives and is answering prayer. I just wanted to let you know what I have been up to. This blog will enable me to communicate with you what I'm learning and what I have done for the day! Hope you enjoy it! Let me know what kinds of things you want to hear about! Just e-mail me tycarver@insightbb.com. 

I received a job at the Daytona Lagoon where I'm a lifeguard in the waterpark. I'm work with many Russians who also lifeguard with me. Today was an awesome day for me. I had two saves!

The first save was a little girl named Nevada. She waded out too deep and began to swallow a lot of water. When I got to her and pulled her out of the water she puked all over me. That was a blessing! I didn't have to do any CPR to get that water out of her lungs! 

I also saved a little dude named Ian. 

A typical day for me looks like this:

7:00 AM Quite Time with the Lord

8:30 AM Pray with my co-workers and leave for work. (One of the Russian guard now meets with us in the morning to pray. I don't think that she is a christian, but it's awesome to see God putting curiosity into Julia's life.) 

8:50 AM A 200 meter swim to start the day and then some sort of cardio work out. We are assigned positions and put on Stand at 9:50AM.

10:00 AM Park Opens

5:00PM He back home for various Cru activities. 

So this summer I'm learning a lot of Russian and surprisingly a huge amount of sign language. I knew some sign language before project but a girl on project is teaching me daily some new words. I've gotten really good. I actually am interpreting for the deaf guest that come in to the park. I give directions to them or welcome them when we have deaf summer classes come in on a project. God is blessing me in this language. 

Where I'm reading:

Acts 7-9