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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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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 1/11/2010
Have you ever seen the movie "UP" ? It is a pixar movie that begins with a wonderful life lesson. Mr. Frederickson and his wife, Elle, have this dream to go to Paradise falls in South America. They begin to save money in a jar so that one day they will make it to this place. Life happens and they use the money for other things. Then, Ella gets sick and soon dies. Mr. Frederickson gets old and well after his wife dies, decides to move his house to Paradise Falls. He waited his whole life and after his wife dies to finally fulfill his dream of going to Paradise falls.
There are so many reasons to put off our dreams, if we are not intentional. Money, comfort, and Fear are all reasons to NOT put our life on the line for the God given dreams that we receive. I don't want to be like Mr. Frederickson. I want to follow the things that the Lord has laid on my heart, even if they don't make any sense to the worldly standards. There are a million reasons to not follow my heart, but really is that what a life of faith all about? What do you dream about? Why aren't you DOING it?
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 1/10/2010
I have not done a very good job of letting you know about my life right now. As of yesterday, I leave for India in 3 weeks, but in the meantime, I am attending Project Searchlight. Project searchlight, is a program that is just beginning for World Racers that have returned from the field. It is a 2 week schooling (in so many words) in how to put our "kingdom dreams" into action. We will have teachings from Seth Barnes (the mind behind Adventures in Missions) and other men and women who have dreamt big and made these dreams into reality. We will receive one on one coaching on how to develop a life plan. My desire for the end of these 2 weeks is to have steps drawn out that need to be taken to put my heart into action. I will later describe my Kingdom Dream.
Today has been day 1 of the program, and it is intense already. Our days are very structured with so much piled in. I get very overwhelmed very quickly, and when that happens, my natural tendency is for my mind to shut down. My prayer for these next 2 weeks is that not to happen. With all this to say, I became really alive tonight. I was listening to a couple of girls describe where their heart lies and it got me so excited for them. One explained 3 desires that she would like to see happen but as she was explaining all of them to me, one really seemed to fit her and her giftings the most. I met her just yesterday but almost jumped out of my chair and told her she had to follow that dream. It was like I couldn't withhold my excitement for her. I told her that she HAD to pursue it, that I was going to keep her accountable to it and really go after it. (I just met her yesterday)....this has made me realize that we need each other. We need community so so much to keep us accountable and to almost help keep us focused.
Please pray with me over these next few weeks as I am here in Gainesville learning and preparing for India!
Thanks
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 1/7/2010
Coming home from the race was probably the hardest adjustment I have ever had. Going from community all around you to minimal or none, was the hardest issue. When people would ask about the Race, I was completely fine but then when they would ask about y teammates....I couldn't talk. I would well up and just become a blubber mouth. (its kind of funny now when I think about it) Its not that I don't have friends its just when you go from sleeping, eating and doing ministry with the same people 24/7 and then all of a sudden they are taken from you, its kind of like getting divorced to 6 other people. HARD. But the thing I have especially noticed about being home, I have started to slip back into the destructive habits that I shed when I went on the race. This is because of my lack of community and peers around me. I have no one to keep me accountable.
I am about to start a program called Project search light for us post racers for the next 2 weeks. WE will learning how to put the needs we saw over the year into action. I am excited about learning how to put my desires into action. I am hoping to learn where to start. I have ideas of what I would like to see happen, but these next 2 weeks will give me some direction of where to start.
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Posted in General Articles by Helen Chalmers on 12/30/2009
I just wanted to share with everyone a little news that I found that touched my heart...I little boy about 7 saw a homeless woman. He cried and then decided to do something about it...Watch His video
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Seven-Year-Old-Organizes-Mass-Donation-to-Homeless-Shelter-80285952.html?yhp=1
One little child had a big impact...He gets it.
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