What should I do? Gap year ideas.

What Should I do?

Are you at an intersection in your life? Maybe just an awkward pause and not sure what to do next? Or are you just tired of working and want to do something more exciting with your life? It sounds like you need to take a Gap year! If you are aged 18-25 and a follower of Jesus then you are most likely eligible for these programs:

The World Race

The world race gap year sounds like a lot of adventure! For people aged 18-22, backpack across continents and learn more about God! This is a 9 month program that involves staying 3 months in 3 different countries, there are multiple routes that each involve different countries, sign up now before they are all full!

The NEXT program

Camp Homewood has a new program called 'NEXT'. I lived at camp Homewood for a year and a half and would say it is a lovely place to get to know God and hone your leadership skills. Live on the beautiful coast of Quadra island BC, Canada and find out what God wants you to do 'next' with your life :)

Surf The Nations

Surfing the nations is a very unique ministry that involves surf camp around the world. Their internships seem to be quite short (3 months) which would work perfect if you want to take a semester off school!

Metro World Child

Metro world child has two internship programs, one in New York city, and the other in the Philippines. Learn how to 'take the word to the streets' by teaching Sunday school to inner city kids in New York or kids who live in slums in the Philippines.

Trek

Open to singles, couples, and families who are over 20. Do a 2 month discipleship training then minister overseas for 3 or 7 months!

YWAM- DTS

YWAM is a full time program that usually last 5-6 months. There is a lecture phase and an outreach phase. There are over 200 DTS locations around the world to choose from!

There are many MANY more gap year options that i have not highlighted here, I will try to do another post at a later time. I hope you will consider taking a break from your busy life to see what God is doing in other places and become involved!

My favorite part of facebook

Facebook gets a lot of hate. Really, if you think about what it physically entails it is strange  how much of our worlds population sits and stares at a box for long periods of time each day. As a Christian person, can I really justify this massive waste of time? Can I be glorifying God in all this? Or should I go hide under a rock and resist technology for the rest of eternity?

Luckily, I am not really going to answer any of those questions ;)

I have noticed a new (?) trending post that goes something along these line:

"I am sick of all these negative posts on Facebook and and want to offset them with this photo of a cute animal"

(Baby skunks!!!)

I have to admit, I like this idea. I like seeing cute baby animals. I find them much more interesting than the crude memes and links that usually litter my news feed. But they are not really accomplishing anything.
Scrolling through Facebook usually goes something like this:

"Oh weird they are dating now hmmm, aw a baby fox! Ahhh, well sadly I can never erase that from my memory, oh no please don't post pictures like that- I really never wanted to see that much of your skin. Oh look a cat eating bacon, ew nope I do not want to know someones thoughts on THAT, uh oh a Facebook fight."

Sadly the baby fox didn't really offset anything. And really, whats with everyone obsessing over bacon and cats?

So what can you do? Its simple really, find some things on Facebook that matter in the real world. Find out what God is doing around the world. Be inspired by miracles, give to the needy, tell your friends about it, get off your computer and go join! These are some of the little faces I see on my news feed, and they make my whole day better. They are my favorite part of Facebook!

Haylee and Kaylee, twin baby girls who live at Sarah's covenant home, in India! They need sponsors. See how you can get involved: https://www.facebook.com/schindia

The little kids at Buseko, seeds of hope, Zambia. Seeds of hope has many different ministry trip to Zambia every year, see about joining them!https://www.facebook.com/SeedsOfHopeChildrensMinistry

Love without Boundaries helps orphaned children in China find families and get life saving surgeries. https://www.facebook.com/LWBFanPage

Yep that's me! Check out where I went: https://www.facebook.com/MercyTouchMission

If you want more names of organizations let me know! Now go brighten up your news feed with things that matter!