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EXCITING! LIFE CHANGING! UNFORGETTABLE! PARTY WITH THE GYPSIES
THE GYPSIES COULD NOT BE AN EASIER PEOPLE TO LOVE! The Gypsies are a passionate people, and they welcome love with open arms...a simple smile, hug, or kiss on the cheek could melt even the hardest gypsy heart. So get ready and prayed up; prepare to open up your hearts and your arms to love Jesus’ beloved Gypsies with. We are expecting the Lord to do many awesome things this year. We are believing for an increased anointing and presence of God, creative miracles, loads of souls, broken barriers in resistant hearts and irrevocable freedom and joy in the hearts and lives of thousands of Gypsies. So hold on to your seat as you become one of Global Celebration’s radical group of new wine ministers!
Thank you to everyone for getting your deposits in on time. There are many things to be done between now and August, and both Amy and I will do everything that we can to help you. To help you plan and prepare properly, here are a few important items that will require your attention over the next few months. Please read each section carefully:
PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
All payments should be sent to our bookkeeper at the following address:
Your check must arrive in Marci’s office on or before the due dates, and should be marked as payment for your participation in the Gypsy outreach this August. If you prefer to pay on-line, click here: http://www.riverlution.net/payonline.htm.
Carlson Wagonlit Travel, located in Washington State (Pacific
Standard Time) – Ask the receptionist for the “Missionary Department” and then tell the person you are speaking with that you are from “Global Celebration.”
You will notice that one of the questions on your required “Medical Liability Release Form” asks you to verify whether or not your current medical plan covers you outside of the country. If your plan covers you, please submit copies of your card showing your plan name and member number to Amy Brink. If your plan does not cover you, then you will need to supply a copy of your purchased trip insurance policy. If you haven’t already, please send your completed Medical Release Form, Proof of Medical Coverage overseas, Liability Release Form, and a copy of the inside front page of your Passport (showing photo and all ID information) to:
There will be many opportunities for you to bless the Lord with your talent, so please come equipped and prepared. We also want to mention that the Gypsies are in need of instruments, so if the Lord leads you, you are MORE than welcome to bring instruments to give to the Gypsies there. They would be SO BLESSED! They need guitars, bass guitars, strings, microphones and especially keyboards (other instruments not mentioned are also welcome.) The instruments that need to be checked will be counted as your second piece of luggage. Musicians and singers can visit this helpful link as it will enable you to learn a lot of the music that we would potentially play together: http://www.riverlution.net/georgianatmychurch/new.htm Another crucial part of the outreach would be our ‘Praise Parades’ through the Gypsy neighborhoods. Each city that we visit, we will take ‘joy walks’ during which we dance in the streets with the people and invite them to come to the outreach. This is a perfect opportunity to whip out colorful flags and any noisemakers you have!!! Tambourines, Kazoos, Hand Drums, Whistles, Bells… anything to make a joyful noise. If you are someone who loves to worship the Lord through flags, please make/bring flags that you can leave with them. We would love to bless them and leave the noisemakers and flags behind. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING GIFTS: We recommend that you DO NOT bring candy to give to the children because you may cause a riot, however STICKERS are a great thing to minister to the children with when out on the street…they love them! Another idea is to bring fabric ribbon or present wrapping ribbon and cut them into strips and tie them around their wrists. From experience, I have seen that they love WEARING something that the “Americans” gave them! :o) Maybe these suggestions will spark an idea of your own. One important thing to note is that it’s a good idea to put “give away items” in a separate bag and check them as your second piece of luggage. The second bag will be LEFT in Bulgaria, so it’s good to put gifts in an old bag/suitcase that you don’t mind leaving behind. Old bags can be easily found at Thrift Stores, Rummage and Yard Sales. There are two ways in which we distribute gifts. The first is through ministry with the stickers when we are joy parading through the streets and gathering in worship and fellowship together. Because of the large number of children in each village, it is important that you bring A LOT of whatever it is that you are going to hand out. If there is a gift you would like to distribute, you need to be sure that you have at least a couple hundred or more of that item. If one child gets something and another child doesnt, they do tend to fight, and we want to avoid that. So unless you have a couple hundred of a small item (small because travel space is tight) it is best to include your gifts in our second category of gift giving. Gifts in the form of clothing, personal hygiene products, dental care, art supplies, toys etc., which will be transported in your second "disposable" piece of luggage, and that luggage will be collected when we first arrive in Sofia, Bulgaria. From there the pastors of each church will take the donated items back to their villages and distribute them to the people in their neighborhoods in a quiet, inconspicuous fashion, AFTER our group has travelled through the town. It has been the most successful way we have found to avoid small riots and feelings of being left out in case there is not enough of everything to go around. For everyone's safety, and emotional consideration of the Gypsies, we greatly appreciate and encourage your cooperation in these matters. Once again, thank you so much for your desire to love the Gypsies. We are honored and feel very privileged to have you join us. If there is anything else that we can do to help you, please do not hesitate to contact us. We pray you have an abundance of the Lord in your life today! Affectionately, Yana Banova
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