What has Adam David Parker been up to?? Well, let me tell ya!

So, about 1 and 1/2 weeks after my summer mission trip to Peru and Argentina I began a new adventure with College. I started my Freshman year at Liberty University (I am one of the youngest Freshman being 23 and all ;-). I am majoring in Theater with a Specialization in Drama Ministry.

The first week at college was so FUN! A friend mentioned that it reminded them of summer camp. There was this BIG Block Party (Rush of Fools was there)...and fun thing to do...then the Classes began (Dun, Dun, DUN!!!). The first day we go over the Syllabus which basically tells us what we are gonna cover in class, not bad, then assignments start to come :-( Oh well, its not too bad, didn't have to do too many all nighters...But while in college I got in this bad habit of staying up in to all hours of the night 2am, 3am, 4am,etc...but the funny thing is that my body handled well. My first Semester I took GNED 101 (it basically teaches world issues and has us determine why we believe what we believe...I would have this class Mon., Wed., and Fri. at 8:50am....my professor, Lew Weider, was excellent, Fun and full of energy, ADD, all good mixtures for a morning class!!)...

On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we something called Convocation at 10am. At Convo we'll have various speakers come and speak to us (imagine that!!)...We've had Mike Huckabee (excellent speaker), Martin Luther King Jr's daughter...my favorite was this short African American lady named Thelma Whelms who had a lot of spunk and shared the truth of Gods word...A note for those of you who may one day have a chance to speak to College Students: 1.) Be Interesting, enjoy what you are sharing! 2.)Never whistle at the college students, you will quickly lose their respect 3.) Remember, you are speaking to students who are 17 and older, what would THEY be interested in learning?? 4.) Stories and Jokes are GREAT!! 5.) Also, incorporate multi-media (videos and stuff)

My first semester I also took English 101, uggghh, we had assignments practically every day...then I had a Basic Acting class which totally shared how to act in a way that normal Highschool acting class doesn't teach...it was a growing experiance for me as an actor...I learned that I really need to relax when I have opportunities to act, also I need to do proper research for my characters to make my acting and movement, etc...all believable...Lets see, I also took a Theater History 211 class which was interesting, had an opportunity to be in a Acting Experiment in which we had to come up with an original script and had to incorporate ideas from what we had been studying in class...My group did a Shakespearean-like short skit and since in Shakspeare's day the men played all the roles, I had the opportunity to be a woman...hmmm. I also took a class called Evangelism...

Well, I passed that semester with All A's and 1 B, yeah!!

This last semester I took GNED 102 (with the same professor), I took a class called Voice for the Stage in which we learn how to use our voice with its maximum potential, I also had English 102 in which we read poems, dramas, and short fiction, it was interesting...Took Math 115 which touched on all types of Math...took the second part of Theater History (212)...and I took Spanish 101 ( I have taken Spanish before which helped me stay on top of things in college spanish)...thankfully I got all A's and 1 B again this year, horrah!!!

Now I want to talk about campus life...I love the People!!! My hall is 26-2...my RAs (the bosses of the hall) are lovingly called Chich and Fish...my SLDs (Adam and Adam)...and then you have Prayer Leaders whom I am one of, we have 5 guys and a group who we check on during the week, see if they have any prayer requests...then once a week we meet with our guys (Tuesday night) and share with them a time in which I may share a message, watch something, just be guys...good times...Prayer Leaders also meet up with the Hall leadership on Monday nights and then on Wed. we have to go to a Prayer Leader Class in which we are taught different Spiritual truths...

Ok, so, as some of you may know, Liberty University is a dating college, so they pair up the dorms...and this year my dorm was paired up with both a Sister Dorm (14) and a Brother Dorm (10) and as you can guess there was some competition to get the Sister Dorm to like our dorm more, blah, blah, blah, but I love a lot of the guys in the brother dorm and our sister dorm is The Bomb! Many times I would get to eat with various ones from the brother or sister dorm at the Reuber Thomas Dining Hall (from now on called the Rot)...The Rot's food is something not totally fulfilling. Once in a while you would get food that really hit the spot, but more times the food just made your stomach hurt, ughhh...oh well, as I mentioned before, I love the people, so I would go to the Rot mainly for the company of my bros and sis's (btw, I call the guys on my hall my Seimese Twins since they are closer than the brother or sister dorm, I know, kinda dumb, oh well, this is my blog so I can write whatever)...I have had many an interesting meal at the Rot from eating with Christa and Natalie and talking about Hypothetical questions, to pretending to stalk Leah, to talking about the time Raymond held a door for a girl and she stopped and said, "You can let the door shut" and he left in a huff, or sitting with Vicky and talking about the fact that I DO live in Northern VA and she saying that you have to have a 703 to live there, or talking to my Cousing Bryan about being from West Virginny, or talking to my brother Leighton about how mom loves me more, or crying when Hannah leaves me to sit with people she loves more ;-) or enjoying Brittany's amazing eyeshadow (rainbows), or sitting with the cousins Sean and Becca and getting a kick out of how paranoid Sean is (barfffffff :-) Or sitting with Ciji and hearing her many stories, or sitting with Adam or Adam or Adam, oh yeah, gotta loved that name!! Love you guys!! Oh man, so many memories, sorry I didnt' write them all out, please don't feel left out...feel free to share!!!

Ok, now about my Theater experiances at LU...So, during the first semester I had the opportunity to be on crew for "Fiddler on the Roof" which was really cool...some people said it was better than the movie and the Broadway!!! Then I had the opportunity to be in a play which a LU approved club called Transformation Theater Company put on called "Girl In the Mirror"...the money we raised went to an organization called To Write Love On Her Arms...Then this semester I was on crew for "Crucible"...I was both on crew and had a small speaking part on a play called "A Doll's House" as well!! Fun Stuff!! LU has some grade A actors and actresses!! Its an amazing Theater Family there!

Then you got all the amazing people I have met all over Liberty in Theater, classes, throught friend, wow!! Love these people, what an amazing family...Know I know why Mr. Fournier loves LU so much ;-)

Well, I guess this is long enough, time to call it quits!! Oh, btw, now I am having my summer break and can't wait to go back to Liberty as a Sophomore and create more memories :-) 

Peru/Argentina 2008 Overview!!!

Well, I got back home from my trip last Saturday (Aug. 2), its taken adjusting, missing friends and the places I've visited, but I am doing well!! I wanted to share some stats and stories from Peru and Argentina...

Peru:
Number of places we as a project went to to minister: 79
Number of people who saw us: 4384
Number of Adult Salvations: 331
Number of Child Salvations: 123
Total number of Salvations in Peru: 454

Here's one of my most memorable stories from Peru:

There was a time after I gave the net (altar call) that there was a group that needed prayer. I decided to pray for everyone at the same time. At one point I asked them all to repeat after me a couple of times, "I am healed in the name of Jesus Christ!" Afterwards, I heard that one man who had anxiety that day had been healed, and another woman who had asthma (I believe that was the sickness) was healed. Yes, God heals today, I saw it with my eyes!!!

Argentina:

Total number of Salvations: 424
Memorable story from Argentina:


My team was hanging out at a park playing with kids. My PD (a leader right above me) told me to go talk to a group of young men. So I got my missionary guys and we went over and talked some to them, we then played a game of soccer. Before we left, my guys started to share their faith...there was one guy there that seemed to get it, them he had to leave because he had a sick son. Me and my missionary guys then prayed for these young men we had been sharing with, that they would find Christ...That night we had an amazing dinner at the church we were working with and then went house to house inviting people to come to a church service that evening. When I got back to the church I saw that close to a whole row was being taken up by some of the guys we had played soccer with and some friends of the soccer players that we had shared with. We did the "Ragman" (a drama that depicts Jesus taking various sicknesses upon Himself and dying and being raised from the dead) that night and in spanish I told each of these guys that this message is for them...I watched each of these guys come to Christ this night!!! Praise God, He who began a good work in these young men will be faithful to complete it!!!

Thank you all for your prayer and support this summer! Please continue to pray for me as I come home to a "New" Mission field...Next Wed. (13th)I am actually heading off to Libertry University where I will be studying Drama Ministry (if you know me at all, you know I LOVE TO ACT!!!)... All for the extension of Christs Kingdom!!!

To the ends of the earth,
This world for King Jesus,
Adam Parker <><

Argentina

Well folks, I have been in Argentina for over a week and I am loving it!! This is actually the first time that Teen Mania has gone to Argentina and the churches we are working with love us!!

We´ve done dramas at plazas and parks and have shared Christ with people in that way. We also helped out at a Camp that had many troubled youth...we shared some of our dramas there, we played sports, helped in the kitchen, etc...Then yesterday we went to a Church camp that was very close to the snow covered Andes Mountains...while there we did some dramas in a plaza, a playground, and a playground and shared Jesus there! That night we presented 4 skits/dramas, our leader was sharing God´s plan for Guy/Girl relationships...

Guys, I am having a BLAST!!! Be ready to hear stories when I come home...Pray for: Energy, Unity, no complaining, and protection...also, please pray that people that we have friendships with will come to Christ, many more will come to Christ, and thart people get healing physically and spiritually!!!!



To the ends of the earth,

This world for King Jesus,

Adam Parker



PS Chrck out that Global Expedition website I mentioned in a previous blog (http://www.globalexpeditions.com/) and go to ¨Projects¨...¨Summer¨ ...¨Argentina¨ then click on the Red ¨Argentina B¨ and there should be pictures and testimonies from this trip comming soon!!!

PPS Go to http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=139024&l=32e5f&id=559880507 more pics!!!

Last blog in Peru

I am leaving with the group for the airport at 8pm tonight...on to ARGENTINA!!! For more pictures check
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133588&l=b12a3&id=559880507

To the ends of the earth
This world for King Jesus,
Adam Parker

In Peru once again!!!!

Hey everyone!!!
I have been in Peru since...ummmm, hmmmm, like the 10th or 11th. I first went to Teen Mania´s headquarters where I had some training and then went on to Miami where we met up with all of the missionaries. I am a solo leader of an amazing team of about 16 missionaries. Our team name is FDA (Familia de Amigos) and our Theme is the ¨Big Picture¨(what lasts? you can only bring other people to heaven with you.

Well, for the last 8 days (15-22) we have been in Chincha and Pisco, both hit hard by the earthquake last summer. In Pisco we actually drove past a church in which about 500 people died during the earthquake. We have been doing ministry though dramas, door to door acts of kindness (help prepare meals, remove rocks, etc...), and VBS. Some of the door to door we did was in ¨Refugee Camps¨where people had to move because of the earthquake...I was trying to download some pictures but its taking too long...God Bless, gtg

By the way, to see pictures from the trip, go to www.globalexpeditions.com
...Projects...Peru...then click on ¨A¨. The pictures are on the top of the page.

To the ends of the earth,
This world for King Jesus,
Adam Parker

Tentative Schedule for Peru and Argentina

Hey ya'll, I leave this Friday for training in Garden Valley, TX!! The first month in Peru we will be working alot with the earthquake victims (my co-leader and I will have a Team of about 34). The second month we will do ministry with Teens and others (my co-leader and I will both be going solo with a Team of about 15)...

Please pray for: protection, we will be the leaders He wants us to be, the missionaries will be prepared for ministry, soft hearts among the nationals to recieve the gospel!!

June 9 Head to Lima, Peru to kick off your adventure! Over the next few moments you will meet your leaders and team, train and prepare for ministry, listen to inspiring speakers, and draw closer to God through incredible praise and worship. You’ll be ready to change the world after this amazing time of preparation.

June 10 Upon arrival in country, you’ll meet your Global Partners and learn more about the culture and environment of Peru. During country orientation, you will make new Peruvian friends, learn more specifics about your ministry, and meet your translators.

June 10-14 Continue your training and commissioning with your PDs and TLs in Lima.

June 15 Attend a local Peruvian church and experience God in another culture through dynamic Spanish worship and teaching. You’ll be amazed as you feel God’s presence together with other Christians, even though you might not speak the same language! After church, you will travel to the earthquake affected areas in Pisco or Chincha to help reconstruct the lives of the devastated victims from this natural disaster. You will have the amazing opportunity to work together to build a church for a pastor while doing drama in parks, schools, and markets. cuisine!

June 16-June 21 Begin your effort by providing coats, blankets, food and other disaster relief materials to the families while sharing your testimony and powerful dramas. You will also be working in the church and home building process, and you will get the community involved as they come to watch the progress.

June 22 Enjoy a free day in the city! Visit the famous Incan Markets, and don’t forget to pick up some souvenirs for your supporters along the way!

June 23-June 28 There may be many children coming from all around the community who lost everything some including their parents. Your love and attention will impact their lives as you teach powerful VBS and Bible Studies in the mornings, and visit some drama sites in the afternoon.

June 29 Attend a Peruvian church in the morning, and take the rest of the day to relax and strengthen relationships with local believers. In the evening, head back to the base.

June 30-July 2 See God work powerfully through drama presentations, and continue building relationships with the people who have come to Christ earlier in the week. By this time, you’ll be perfecting your drama ministry, as well as falling into the groove of sharing your faith and testimony with people you don’t even know.

July 3 Travel back to Lima, rest from your excursion. You’ll hear a powerful message from your Project Directors during the evening service.

July 4 Enjoy one more fun-filled free day in Lima at the Incan Market and ship mall. Eat lunch at an American restaurant (if you’re craving a burger and fries) or go for something more Peruvian. Don’t forget to try the Peruvian ice cream!

July 5-July 6 Friends travel back to Miami, FL while you settle a bit and ready yourself to move out to Argentina for your next month of ministry! Relax in the presence of the Almighty as you begin the move to another great adventure. Discuss with team leaders what you've accomplished and what you look to accomplish in the next part of God's plan.

July 7 Upon arrival in country, you’ll meet your Global Partners and learn more about the culture and environment of Argentina. During country orientation, you will make new Argentine friends, learn more specifics about your ministry, and meet your translators.

July 12-July 19 Extend your hand and through a social outreaches show the love of Christ. You’ll be amaze to see how far your hand can reach while providing food, clothing, and blanket to the poor in the areas of Mendoza, Argentina.

July 20 Worship God and celebrate His Word in a local Argentine church. Meet the church family that you will work with for the next few weeks. After church in the morning, you will eat lunch with your team and have a few hours of free time.

July 21-July 28 In the mornings you will work with poverty stricken children at a Kids day camp, followed by VBS the afternoon. Throughout the week, you will have some opportunities to do Social work outreaches to families in a local community.

July 29 Today is your last day of ministry! You will spend one last day doing outreach to hurting children and families. Today you will close out VBS and Camp with the children. Take some photos and share your experiences with other team mates.

July 30 You will spend the day shopping, taking a tour around the beautiful Andes Mountains, and simply enjoying the scenery of Argentina. In the evening, you will visit an Argentine Gaucho Ranch and eat an asado dinner!

July 31 You will spend the day shopping, taking a tour around the beautiful Andes Mountains, and simply enjoying the scenery of Argentina. In the evening, you will visit an Argentine Gaucho Ranch and eat an asado dinner!

August 1 Spend a day in country, debriefing with your team, as you prepare to return home, learn to how to take with you what you have experienced on and off the mission field.

August 2 Depart Argentina and make your way back to Miami, FL to fly home! Get ready to share all the amazing experiences you had this summer! Make sure you exchanged addresses with all your new friends because it’s time to say goodbye. You have learned an extraordinary amount about the culture you have just experienced and you have brought the gospel to many people. Take it home and tell your family, friends, church, and school!!!

The daily schedule is subject to change, this is to give you a good idea of what the trip will look like and the basic plan of action for the trip.

Declaration of a world changer

We said this daily during our mission trip to Peru:

"Today, I will live honorably through my thoughts, actions, and speech. I choose to be full of faith; I will not only be a hearer, but a doer of the Word of God. I will serve before I demand. I will love and not hate. I will give before I take. Today, I choose to make a difference in this world and to be a part of something bigger than myself. I choose to dedicate my life to prayer and ask God for his miraculous power and the courage to do the impossible. I will make godly relationships a priority in my life as I esteem others higher than myself. Today, I will live my life in such a way that I will change the world."