Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 9/1/2010
You know that you are a lady missionary, still integrating into American culture when…
20. You have no idea how to tweet
19. You own more wrap skirts than jeans
18. All your jewelry is from different countries
17. All your clothes in your closet cost less than $150 put together.
16. You’ve forgotten how the ATM at your bank works
15. It pains you to pay more than $5 for a shirt that was made in the
country you just returned from.
14. Each piece of jewelry you own cost less than $5
13. You try and live on $5 a day for food and lodging
12. You feel more comfortable with foreigners than Americans
11. You are better at communicating with people who don’t know
English than with people that do
10. You have more in common with the people group you worked with
than your own family
9. You throw your toilet paper in the trashcan rather than the toilet
8. You keep your passport with you at all times, just in case the police want to look at it.
7. 7 hour car rides are no big deal
6. You would rather watch a movie on your laptop than a TV
5. It is no big deal to cram 10 people into a normal size car
4. You go up to people of different races and try to communicate with
them as if they don’t know English
3. You have a fear of starvation.
2. You catch yourself throwing trash anywhere
1. You would rather squat over a hole in the ground (the natural position) than sit on a toilet
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 7/2/2010
I have been house sitting at my mom's house in the mountains of GA for the past couple of weeks. My companion has been a 2 year old Irish Setter named Luke.
Being up here, has been an amazing reminder of the Lord's glorious provisions and has lead me to worship more with my guitar.
I began playing/learning on the Race and pursued it a little more while I was in India. I am definatly not amazing, but I love going out to the vista point here and just sitting and playing, while looking upon the mountains that surround me. Praise the Lord that he hears my heart and not the quality of playing!
Last week, I got an urge to lead worship somewhere, but I did not know where or for whom. I was asking the Lord about where I could lead. I asked my friend Lindsie, whose dad is a pastor of a small church up here if it would be ok if I just played one song for worship at the church. She said yes, but I did not have plans to go there that Sunday and so it would have to wait for a couple of weeks.
My plans changed that weekend as I am easily convinced and a friend of mine came over and I decided to go to church in Gainesville. Although, it was not a normal service....it was church on the street. One Sunday a month, sunday schools from this church go out and have service with the homeless people in Gainesville. I love the idea, but this meant me missing my Sunday school class, and therefore not having my fellowship that I would normally have....in other words...I definately complained a little...I wanted to just fellowship with my people.
When we get there, we find out that the people who were supposed to lead worship, could not come. They asked us if we could sing….haha…definitely love to sing but not that great at it. So they pulled me up to the front and along with a couple of other guys, lead worship. The spirit of the Lord was definitely there and the Lord knows what He is doing. So lesson learned. When you get the urge to do something for the Lord, DO IT. No matter how good/bad you think you are the Lord is teaching you to listen and if you choose not, then you are only missing out. God does not need us but He wants to include us!
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 6/24/2010
 All of these Children
have been saved from the streets of India, where they are subject to
Human Trafficking. Now, India has passed new laws. All organizations
 Must own land to stay open....1 acre in India is approximately $300,000. Asha House has been renting, and does not own land.
When the time comes....aproximately 7 months, if Asha does not own land....they will be forced
to close their doors.
This means 34 children with no home. They will be given to the government...and who knows from there. Some might return to the streets,
For more information about Asha, check out their website
www.ashahouse.org
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 6/3/2010
Coming home from the Race, the Lord told me that my life would not look normal....I come from a family of teachers, so that is the norm for me. I did not know exactly what He meant by that....now I do!
He has called me to move to Gainesville, GA and go on staff with Adventures in Missions. I have been super blessed to be offered an opportunity to search for contacts for AIM to send future teams to. The Lord is raising up a generation here and I get to be a part of that.
I also am blessed to be able to raise support again! Being in the position that I am, I must raise $1500 /mo. If you are interested in being a part of this amazing ministry, then click on the support me button on the left or email me at grace_romans@yahoo.com or click on Contact me ...on the left ...I would love to talk to you more about my opportunity here at AIM!
Thanks!
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 2/19/2010
Gotcha!!
Dan and Kyla....I may never be good at this game but I will NEVER stop trying!!!!
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 2/19/2010
Hey guys, we have been here in India for about 3 weeks and well, we are settling in well. I need to update you on our team blog site. I will be posting my blog on this and the team site but if you want to read my team's blogs....I very much encourage you too!!
I have some very good bloggers!!
www.india.adventures.org
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 2/19/2010
Would you ever give up your life to move to a completely different culture? If the Lord called you to marry someone that didn't speak your language....would you do it??
A few years ago, a man named Wilson Bunn was called to India to lead Real Life trips with Adventures In Missions. While he was there, he noticed a cute little Indian woman whom worked at the orphanage his team was working at. She spoke very little English. The Lord spoke to him that day and told him to marry her. He prayed and prayed. Even when he went back to the US he prayed some more. Sure enough, every answer he got was YES. There was only one problem, she was betrothed to another man...who also worked at the orphanage. Once Wilson found this out, he decided not to pursue and let God handle it. A few months later, he got a phone call from an Indian friend telling him that Paru (his Indian girl) was no longer betrothed and the man she was to marry had left.
He began the questions with God,....What do I do? How do I pursue an Indian lady I barely know? It did not take long for the Lord to answer his questions and next thing he knew, she said yes. Living in the US, knowing he was about to get married, Wilson was quickly growing up and would soon be a married man. He flew to India and began the 3 month long engagement with Paru. Really, he began to get to know her. On their wedding day, he had not yet fallen in love but was well on the way. He had followed the Lord's leading and knew that was where he was supposed to be. Wilson is now 26 and Paru 23. This young couple is now in love and working together for the kingdom. They run a nonprofit called 61 and aid in running the Asha House, an orphanage here in India. They are looking forward to moving to the US in a few months. This will be a new endeavor for Paru, but this is where the Lord is leading them.
Wilson has given his life to serve the Lord and through this marriage he has shown me what huge faith looks like.
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Posted in project searchlight by Helen Chalmers on 1/22/2010
Can you imagine...
14 strangers in your house....
Eating your food.....
Playing with your kids.....
Clogging up your toilets.....
Staying up late.....
Being loud.....
FOR 2 WEEKS!
It takes amazing people to do that...
Those 2 amazing people are....
Jeff and Alycea Hylton 
Thank you so much for giving up EVERYTHING for us Project
Searchlighters...
YOUR AMAZING!
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Posted in project searchlight by Helen Chalmers on 1/13/2010
My word for the day from god was Speak. This morning Melissa prayed Jeremiah 1 over me....and as I read it...the Lord just gave me speak. Later today, people kept alluding to the word. Then someone asked me about speaking the truth over myself. It is one things to read truth daily but completely something different to speak it over myself. So SPEAK, when the Lord says it, do it! SPEAK IT!
But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, ‘I am only a child, You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 1:7-8
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Posted in project searchlight by Helen Chalmers on 1/12/2010
There is a battle going on inside my head....to live for money, safety, reliance, what's smart, to build a family around a career, to live in comfort...but will this truly be fulfilling. I am not going to lie, though I am here at Project Searchlight, learning how to begin my kingdom dream, and how to live every bit of life for the Lord, Satan is using voices in my head saying I need to "grow up"...get a "real job"...do mission trips on free time and "build my family around my career" All these things are ok...but are they living mission mindedly...is this really what the Lord called me to do. When I got home from the Race, the Lord told me that my life will not look at all like the rest of family's lives. I come from a family of teachers. Do not get me wrong, this is a wonderful vocation and they all are wonderfully gifted at it...but as for me...I ALWAYS said I would NEVER be one. The Lord told me that I wouldn't be NORMAL. I fought with this idea in my head as it rolled and rolled around in my head, and praying over the battle, the Lord revealed that I am not on this earth for comfort and though it is" smart" to get a job where you get good benefits and decent pay...maybe one day buy house, isn't it smarter to follow the Lord who gives and takes away...who is bigger than this universe and owns everything...even J.K. Rowling's money? He could decide to take that away!
I want to say that I have faith and will give every bit of my future to Jesus....but to be honest...I am a little skeptical.....it has been somewhat easy taking the babysteps of going to beachproects with Campus outreach, taking time off of school to get help that I needed, following the lord in small things...but all that time, I was giving over little areas of my life....He is asking me for my LIFE....this means my job, my future husband, my family, my heart, my finances....or lack there of, my pride, my friends, my car, my things...EVERYTHING...He is asking for them. I want to say yes...and stay on this side of the fence...but that is not going to work.
I AM IN BATTLE!!
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