Venezuela Mission Study at Ramoth Gilead

I would like to thank those at Ramoth Gilead Baptist Church for having me out on November 13th to be the guest speaker for the Venezuelan mission study. There was a good turn out with 4 churches from the area to come to learn about the study.

In preparing for this study, I learned much about those in Venezuela. What I did find very interesting is that their environmental surroundings, basic living situations: poverty, etc., and most aspects of culture and religion were very parallel to those who live in Tijuana, Mexico. In missions to Tijuana 2 years ago, I was able to see first hand many of the difficulties that the people there face as well as experience their culture. While learning about those in Venezuela and seeing this parallelism, it felt as if I had visited Venezuela myself.

I truly enjoyed teaching for the study and I hope that those who attended had a good time as well, learned much about Venezuela and mission opportunities there, felt inspired to become involved in some way in missions, and left different than they came.

One thing that I found funny was the question that was posed to both myself and my husband which was, "Why is she speaking for the event??" The feelings of being insufficient for the "job" kept coming to me. My husband would remind me that I have been on missions, that I have a Bach. in Missions, Evangelism, etc. and that speaking is something that I do; nevertheless, feelings of inadequacy plagued me.

Satan has an interesting way of trying to keep believers from doing what the Lord has called them to do. --You are too young.. You don't have enough experience... Who are you to do this work...Someone else could do it better...-- Plaguing thoughts could go on as these that came to me. I encourage you to stand fast in the work that the Lord has laid out for you to do and as I came to see at the end, it will work out. Even when Satan is attacking us from one side, the Lord is encouraging us from the other maybe even with words from a kind husband or a friend which helps keep us going the way the Lord designed us to go.

May you be blessed as you do the Lords work and feel encouraged along the way.
--Chrystiane Grubbs

Saturday Night Alive (Nov 1 '08)

Thank you Cale Retreat Center and New Hope Christian Fellowship! What an awesome time we had in a intimate setting with some great friends offering our praises and prayers to the One who makes all things new!

The worship time went so smooth. Chrystiane really has a way of connecting the dots so to speak. We hadnt planned on going through the entire set straight, but eveything just flowed so well; you could really feel the spirit move in that place!

Pastor Greg's word was challenging. We had opened our worship set with a fun tune by Superchic[k] called Hero (click here for lyrics) that talks about being a hero in other peoples live simply by choosing to do the right thing. Pastor Greg used the Parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25-37 (click here for some interesting insight). It was so awesome to see the parallelisms there about choosing to do the right thing or to be a good neighbor to someone. This is what Jesus expects of each one of us.

We are looking forward to the next SNA just in time for the Christmas season. Mark your calendars for Dec 6th and come join us!

peace,
Thom

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remember, if you would like to help with any part of this ministry, there are many different ways to get involved. Please call or email at 252-221-4638 / info@missiontripministries.org

Welcome Aboard

mishan trip has a nyoo musikiyan maaik phitch has no joined on as a jaik oeph al trades he ples guitar, liid aur rhythm, bas, yend the drimms oeph kors not at thesame taaim velkome aboard!!
Translation:
MissionTrip has a new musician - Mike Fitch has now joined on as a jack-of-all-trades. He plays guitar (lead & rhythm), bass, and drums - of course, not all at the same time. Welcome aboard Mike!!

Summer is Closing

Already its time to start gearing back up for school. We will be playing again at the downtown marina for the Saturday Night Alive this Saturday, August 2nd. For anyone who didnt know already, its a great time of worship, prayer, scripture, and fellowship. Check the details on our calendar for more info. We hope to see more stuff going on for the youth before school starts. Keep posted for late breaking news!

~peace

It's been a while

Sorry folks! It's been a while since we have made a post. We have been going!! That is a good thing though. March 1 we had Children's Ministry Day and the turn out was great, then I was able to be part of the WMU Women's Prayer Retreat on March 8. March 9 We were able to visit New Hope Community Church and lead worship and Thomas brought the message. On March 20th Thomas and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary and that weekend on March 22 we had Nature Day at Camp Cale with several teens being able to do rock climbing, canoeing, hiking, and even volunteering to do some work there. On March 30th we led Bandon Chapel's Singspiration. I also started a new job this month working for Edenton Chowan Schools as a Life Coach for students who are having trouble with behavior, attendance and/or grades. We are still doing Tuesday night group for teens and we pray constantly for this ministry. There have also been other misc. things going on in the ministry this month which is exciting. It has been a busy month and April seems to be the same. We are excited at this adventure the Lord is taking us on. He is good!! We should praise His name and give thanks for all He is doing in our lives!!

Upcoming in March

So far, March has been a blast. March 1st was the WMU Childrens Ministry Day and Saturday Night Alive, and March 8th Chrystiane was able to participate in the WMU prayer retreat at Woodville Baptist.

Upcoming events so far include MissionTrip leading the worship at New Hope Christian Fellowship in Hertford (March 16th) and to particpate in the 5th Sunday Sing at Bandon Chappel on March 30th. Check out the calendar for more details and other dates.

-tg

Saturday Night Alive (3/1)

SNA went great last night! We had two powerful testimonies shared and a great time of praise and worship and fellowship afterwards. You never know whats going to happen on a Saturday Night at the Marina! Thanks to all who helped and all who came out to worship with us and support this awesome ministry. Please come out again, 4/5 @ 6pm in the downtown Edenton Marina.

-posted by thom 3/2 4:19pm

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Saturday Night Alive, a time of Contemporary Praise and Worship, held at the Marina in Edenton located on Queen Street. It is held currently on the First Saturday of every month at 6pm.

Refreshments are served before and after the service and childcare is provided. MissionTrip is one of the bands that is helping with this community service. We hope that you can make it out for this wonderful time of worship to the Lord.

For more information, please call 252-221-4638 or email us at Chrystiane or Thom

About Thom

hey all! I thought I'd take a little space here just to introduce myself. You can read more on my profile or visit my blog "The Beauty of Grace."

I play guitar and do some vocals for the band, Im co-founder alongside my wife Chrystiane. We love to play music and we love working with youth (my wife just picked up a job with the county schools working with teens - so jealous). Anyway, Im currently taking seminary classes for pastoring and church leadership hoping to get my bach before '09. I currently play an Epi Les Paul Black Beauty with a Marshall TSL-100. I like it loud! ":D

Peace ya'll and please, look us up anytime for that big youth rally or just an intimate worship setting - we seek to praise God with every minute of our lives with all of God's people.

The Band (as of Aug '08)

MissionTrip the band is ..

Chrystiane Grubbs /bass, vocals
Thom Grubbs /guitar, vocals
Jason Gregory /drums
Mike Fitch / guitar

Other folks you may have seen on stage with us...

Ashlee Gilbert /vocals, harmony
Chelsea Perry /vocals, harmony
Justin Holland /drums
Steve Stallings /drums
Richard Simmons /keyboard
Julian Sawyer /guitar, mandolin

Official Blog Site Created!

Welcome all! We've created this blog as a way to keep folks informed on what going on with MissionTrip as our web site is currently experiencing technical difficulties. This blog will be easier to update and serve just as well as the site. In addition to this blog, our Google Calendar is always up to date and available (thank you Google!).