Monday, June 16, 2008

The Truth and Nothing but the Truth

It's a great day to be alive!

Summer is here, and after a prolonged winter, we're enjoying spring weather up here in Minnesota. I've been enjoying...

daily bike rides and walks in the glorious back 40 acres of the BCOM campus

weekend picnics, enjoying the outdoors with good friends

creating and innovating and experimenting with making videos (I'm currently working on one with my Global Internship team to express our upcoming trip to Vienna, Austria!) and other artistic endeavors (spray paint has become my new favorite art form :)

Hanging out and getting to know Jeff Beiler. :)

Currently I'm taking a class called Biblical Worldview, and I'm learning about prominent worldviews in our day today and how they came to be. We've been focusing on post-modernism and naturalism, and I'm enjoying growing in understanding in these philosophies and testing them against the truth. I've really been enjoying the fact that truth is TRUTH-- you can test it, question it, and poke at is as much as you want and it will still be true. As I do this, I'm finding out what in my life has been built on the firm foundation of Christ, and what has been built on the shaky sand of worldly beliefs. It's invigorating to know and understand more of God, and in that getting insight into how reality works. I'm so thankful for this class because I know it's going to benefit me greatly as I journey to the greatly post-modern world of Europe...

exciting news on that note! Jeffrey has joined the team to come to Austria! Please pray for us as we continue to get to know one another and seek the Kingdom of God in our lives. Please also pray for unity within the 15 of us going to Austria and that God would continue to speak to us about His plans for us during our 16 months overseas together.

By the end of June I will need to have 25% of my budget for my 16 months in Austria. The total amount for the Internship is $29,161.63 (this includes all expenses) so 25% is $7,290.40. If God is leading you to support me financially, you can make a check out to Bethany International Ministries (please don't include my name on the check) and send it to:

McKenzie Conn
6820 Auto Club Road, Suite A
Bloomington, MN 55438

Thank you for your time and consideration!

*love