http://cassieorr.myadventures.org Cassie Orr -my journey- - First Year Missionary en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:56:44 GMT 30 http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=homecoming http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=homecoming I wanted to let everyone know that I'm home in Arkansas! To make it short and sweet I had been really exhausted the past month in Africa. My emotional and physical gas tank were empty and it wasn't healthy for me to keep going like that. After much prayer and discussion with my leaders we all, along with my Dad, decided it was best to have me at home right now. So, I'm home... for good! Africa was such a blessed season of my life and I know that the Lord has more in store for me at home. Lo Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=resting-with-my-daddy http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=resting-with-my-daddy "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." -Psalm 62: 1-2 This past week the Lord has been drawing into me as I have drawn into him. At a conference this past week I really felt called to sit back and just hangout with God. There was amazing worship two times a day at this conference. There were great singers, lots of instruments, smoke, colored lights, and hundreds of crazy Christian kids jump Sun, 9 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=ive-fallen-in-love-with-a-cupcake http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=ive-fallen-in-love-with-a-cupcake This year in Jeffrey's Bay I have fallen in love. There is no doubt in my mind now that love at first sight exists. From the moment I saw Cupcake last year, my heart was hers. I guarantee if you were to spend a day with her, she would have your heart as well. One day last semester, God just happened' to place a crche in our House Ministries path. That is where I met my "Cupcake." I coined that name for her the first day I met her because honestly, I cannot pronounce her Xhosa nam Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=a-vision-from-god http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=a-vision-from-god "Praise be to you, O Lord, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength to all. Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. But who am I, and who are my people, Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=african-hospitals-during-lunch-hour http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=african-hospitals-during-lunch-hour I thought everyone would like to know of a recent event that I now find very comical and "African." If you have a weak stomach and don't enjoy lots of detail then I wouldn't read this JThis past Sunday I was cooking lunch for the team. I was just about finished when I opened some cans of corn and green beans. As I proceeded to throw the cans away I sliced my finger open on the lid of one of those cans. Immediately blood came exploding out of my finger like Mount Saint Helens had just erupted; I' Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=taste-and-see http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=taste-and-see "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!" Psalm 34:8   This week in Jeffrey's was my first "official" week of ministry. I could have not been more blessed by it. Each house visit I did I felt so uplifted in seeing the fruit God had placed in my path. I felt as if this was the most amazing piece of "fruit" ever tasted. Figuratively speaking, as I bit into it the sweet juices and freshness of the Lord started flowing upon me and my ministry partn Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=no-restrictions http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=no-restrictions "For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." -Romans 14:17   For some time now God has been laying this verse on my heart. He has really been teaching me about how caught up I can get in the whole "routine" of Christianity and religion. Often times I see myself as a part of the Body who is more concerned with regulations and denominational values than with living a life of goodness in the Holy Spir Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=good-news http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=good-news " But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus- the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love." Acts 20:24 For a few years now God has given me this verse over and over again. He reiterates in me, each time I read this verse, that it is the calling He has placed on my life. In fact, it is the calling that He has placed on all of our lives. I wonder often why we, as a body of believers, insist on a college educ Thu, 6 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=alive-in-christ http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=alive-in-christ   "Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." On Saturday, November 10, I was baptized at sunset in the healing waters of Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa. I must say that it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. For all of you who wanted to be there Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=healing-waters http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=healing-waters This morning around 10am I called the doctor to get the results of my CT scan that I had the previous day. The doctor said that my results came back fine and everything looked great. There was nothing wrong with me! Okay great news right? Well, yes I'm so very glad there wasn't anything wrong; but I knew there was something wrong with me. It's so frustrating to me. The frustration brought me to tears. Holly and Christian (my leaders) took me aside to talk to me and we all decided just to have Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=fight-for-it http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=fight-for-it I've been feeling more frustrated these past two weeks than I ever have before. I've been questioning a lot of things that are going on in my life. To give you a little update:   I have been having really bad pains in my stomach. The pains were so bad that today I couldn't even get out of bed. There is a constant ache in my stomach and at times there are sharp pains that are really intense. My doctor here has given me some pain medicine and yesterday I slept for almost 20hours straight. O Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=my-journey-begins http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=my-journey-begins This is the first of many updates that will come quickly. Instead of doing one H U G E update, I figured it would be a lot easier to divide it up and update my adventure in the parts accordingly. So much has happened this past month and I want to share every possible thing with all of you who are home praying for me! So a great place to start is at the very beginning.   Wow, it seems like such a long time ago On September 12th I woke up really early, took my last long hot shower, called Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=africa http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=africa Hi Again J Albanza is the little safe place' our group stayed at while in the Petoria/ JoBurg area. It was a beautiful escape of the city life of JoBurg. At Albanza our Africa and JBay teams went through tons of training on Spiritual Warfare. Saying that it was intense and draining is an understatement. Don't get me wrong: it was nothing less than amazing but just something I had never really experienced much before. The freedom of worship here is something that I love the most. Singing loud Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=home-sweet-home http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=home-sweet-home Jeffery's Bay means healing waters. I truly feel God has placed everyone in my group here in order to be healed. The healing will be different for each of us... but we will be restored nonetheless. After a 14 hour ride to J-Bay our family couldn't be closer. The honeymoon stage had been over for awhile but we love each other despite our pet peeves! J It was so great to pull up to our home and finally take it all in: I'm really in Africa and this really is my home! Jeffrey's Bay is the most b Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=the-clocks-a-tickin http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=the-clocks-a-tickin PRAISE GOD! I've made my goal to go to Africa. My support all came in @ the right time. Our God is so good, all the time. My Fundraiser dinner went so well! Thanks to everyone who helped out! There was over $ 1000 donated! Whew, now that is such a relief. Ha   This post may be a little jumbled and scattered: but that just tells you exactly how I'm feeling. I'll try my hardest to keep you up to speed w/ me J Mon, 3 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=keep-on-keepin-on http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=keep-on-keepin-on Keep on asking...you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking...you will find. Keep on knocking...the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 NLT I got a call last night about a guy I went to school w/ almost my entire life. He was shot and killed yesterday outside a WalMart. His was 19 and his name was Quy Nguyen. Anyone who Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=detox-your-spiritual-life http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=detox-your-spiritual-life Hi Guys! So here's my quick update on what's going on w/ me-- Just got back from FL vacation... had a WONDERFUL, RELAXING time! Getting my South Africa shots this Friday :) Sent out 20 thank-you notes today! Reached the $2000 mark in my actual account (not counting pledges)! Getting clothes, shoes, etc. ready for Africa! AND Detoxing my spiritual life! :) Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=a-new-year http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=a-new-year This has been a hard week. One of the hardest in a long time. Today is one year since my Beautiful Mommy went to meet Jesus! It's such a bitter sweet situation for me... Missing her is the hardest thing ever, but knowing she has been partyin' with Jesus for a whole year makes me smile. She promised me that she would tell the Apostle Paul all about me because he's one of my favorites :) That makes me smile... The pain in missing my Mom is so real today... It feels like for a year Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=from-the-i-n-s-i-d-e-out http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=from-the-i-n-s-i-d-e-out - Hi Ya'll- So I am officially on my summer break! Whoop Whoop! It's great to be back home with all of my friends but also bitter sweet in missing Fayetteville and college friends :) :(... This summer I have the best job ever---> I get to "babysit" my next door neighbor who is pretty much my little brother and the *Coolest* kid on the planet! It'll be so much fun and give me time to do everything I need to do to get ready for Africa! Oh by the way, if you didn't know already Sun, 20 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=god-is-good-all-the-time-support-update http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=god-is-good-all-the-time-support-update *Hi All* I suppose it's about time to give my first Support Status Update! First of all, I would like to say how amazing it has been to see the love of God pour in at only the begining stages of this process. Seeing the Lord provide for all of us, in such great ways, makes this whole process so real. I cannot wait to finally be in South Africa! Thank you to everyone who has given thus far and for all of you who will give in the future. This is such a great cause and I know God is g Tue, 8 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=dont-think-do http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=dont-think-do " Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But we he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"                                                &nbsp Tue, 1 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=sufficient-grace http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=sufficient-grace "Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, " My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness"For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12: 8-10 I was doing a quiet time today when I came across these verses. I love the Bible that I study with because it used to be my Mother's, so I always find little things she wrote in it. By these verses she put, "In times of pain, remember that God's grace is suffic Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=you-go-girl-focus http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=you-go-girl-focus Esther is such a phenomenal woman. The more I read the book the more I want to shout, "You Go, Girl!" These words amaze me each and every time I read them.... "...And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I am willing to die." 4:16 I yearn to have a heart and selflessness like Esther. I pray that I can be as committed as Mordecai is. There is no doubt in my mind that Esther was directly chosen by God to save his Chosen People-- from t Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=in-christ-alone http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=in-christ-alone I hope everyone had a * Hoppy Easter* haha -corny I know but it's something my Beautiful Mommy would have said! Anyway, today in worship service we sang this song and it was one of the most powerful worship moments ever for me. The lyrics are so moving that I couldn't help but make it a blog. Enjoy!* :) In Christ alone my hope is found He is my light, my strength, my song This cornerstone, this solid ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm What heights of Sun, 8 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=gotta-have-faith http://cassieorr.myadventures.org/?filename=gotta-have-faith "What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see."                                     Hebrews 11:1   I'm sure you can agree with me when I say we'd all be millionaires if we got a dollar every time someone Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT