Quick & Cute Verse Packs

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As the end of the semester approaches, my Wednesday night Bible study has come to an end. We’ve been digging into Ephesians, and I’ve loved learning from each girl’s varying perspectives. We’ve learned a lot, laughed a lot, and loved a lot! Let’s just say that we named our group “God’s Little Bunny Trails” because we are known for taking the scenic route when discussing our study. However, in our defense we added the subtitle “All of our trails lead back to Him” because 90% of our tangents were still related to studying the Bible and growing in our relationships with God… they just weren’t always pertinent to Ephesians.

Last Wednesday was our final meeting, and although it was bittersweet to come to the end, it was incredibly encouraging to hear what God has been teaching everyone! Because I am student teaching in the fall, I will not be able to lead a Bible study next year, nor will I be able to be near as involved with The Navigators or these girls’ lives. I really did feel like this was a final farewell of sorts, so I chose to send each of my girls away with a little note and a gift.

I thought a fitting gift would be these verse packs. The girls can write down new scripture memory in these handy packs to flip through as they memorize and review!

I was actually inspired to make these by Josie Clark, who was making some for her college friends while I was visiting with her mom, Machelle. If I remember correctly, Josie’s packs were a little more elaborate than mine, with stickers and such, but I was running short on time and chose the simple route.

What you need:

A spiral bound pack of index cards

Scrapbook paper

Scissors or paper cutter

Glue

Sharpie

What you do:

Cut the scrapbook book paper to the appropriate size. I measured my index card pack using my paper cutter, but you could use a ruler.

Glue the paper to the front of the pack.

Cut a strip of paper large enough to write a name on it. In my case, I cut the strip to fit the length of the pack and then whatever width looked nice against the background paper.

Glue the name strip to the background paper.

Use a sharpie or fun marker to write the name on your new verse pack.

Start writing scripture memory inside!

I left my girls with the following parting scripture passage for them to memorize and wrote it in each of their packs to start them off:

Ephesian 6:19-20 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Thank you for an amazing senior year, ladies! I will still be praying for you all!

~Courtney Rose~

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¡Viva Argentina! – Language Prep

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Argentina, Christ, Courtney Rose, God, gospel, Grace Elizabeth's, La Plata, Language, plane tickets, Prayer, prayer request, scripture memory, Spanish, summer, support, Testimony, The Navigators, Travel

It seems as though it’s about time that I update you all on my preparations for Argentina. First of all, my team has officially purchased plane tickets! Yay! We will be flying out of Kansas City on May 31st and flying home on July 23rd. It’s really strange to think that this trip is so close to happening. I don’t feel near prepared enough yet!

Photo of La Plata courtesy of ds-lands.com

On the homefront, we are all working individually to prepare ourselves for the trip by practicing Spanish in a variety of ways. Our team leaders gave us a sheet with a bunch of suggestions of how to be practicing the language. So far I have listened to Argentine music, attended my Spanish literature class (love the fact that my school work can be considered prep work for this trip!), and listened to a sermon in Spanish at my parents’ church. We have also been memorizing key scripture passages in Spanish.

This week my goal is to write my testimony in Spanish! We are going to need to be able to communicate our personal story to those we are building relationships with in Argentina. No one can argue with how I’ve experienced God working in my life because it’s my experience, so it will be important to be able to communicate my testimony effectively. The challenge is going to be translating it in a way that makes sense to Spanish speakers. Thankfully, we are working on translating these before we are on the ground in Argentina, so we should have plenty of time to work out all of the translation kinks and practice sharing them with others!

A map for some perspective of where La Plata is in relation to Buenos Aires.

On the financial front, I am still sitting around the 25% mark out of the $5000 budget. I have been very encouraged through conversations with friends and family this week while discussing support, but I am still in need of contributions. Please continue to prayerfully consider partnering with me in this ministry opportunity.

If you are being led to give, you may click here to go to The Navigators’ website. Click on the “Donate” tab at the top of the page. Type in either my name or ID number (23820071) to directly support this opportunity. Please send your gifts by May 5th. Your gifts are tax-deductible.

Thank you for prayerfully considering this investment in the Lord’s work.

~Courtney Rose~

Current Prayer Requests:

-That our entire Argentina Team would be 100% funded by May 5th

– That God would prepare our own hearts and pave the way for relationships this summer

– For opportunities to share the gospel

– For wisdom and encouragement for Chris and Flor (Nav Staff in La Plata)

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