Name: Phil the Thrill Stroessner
Jamaican Pet Name: Tip, the Rat
Age: 21
Hometown: Missouri’s very own capital, Jefferson City… home of Central Dairy ice cream
High School: Helias Crusaders
College: Mizzou
Major: International Studies
Activities: Young Life, soon to be Granny’s House, Eating, Praying, Intramural Sports
Interests: Food, Oak Island, God, Historical Context behind Scripture, my wonderful girlfriend
Favorite Color: the color of the bouncy balls that look like the sunset
Favorite Team: M-I-Z…Z-O-U!!!!
Favorite Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Song of Songs, Psalms, the Gospels, the Bible, On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Favorite TV Show: Man vs. Wild, Myth Busters, The Bugs and Daffy Show
Favorite Foods: My mom and dad’s home cooking… usually fried and/or barbecued!
Favorite Jamaican food: The Pork Pit (jerk pork, rice and peas)… go there if you ever visit Montego Bay
Favorite Music: everything… except Pop-Country… which is not real country... or real music for that matter
Biggest Dreams: Start an orphanage/school or start a mission in the States
Job in Jamaica: Lead the evening and morning meetings with David Cover
Biggest thing I’ve learned lately: Jesus did not come to burden us with His radical teachings. Instead, He has come to set us free and give us a life to the full. This is not an idealistic dream. This is truth. I do not come to Jamaica in order to be a Christian. I do not serve and love others at home to be a Christian. I already am a Christian! Instead, I do these things for the “least of His people” because Christ is living within me. I no longer feel disappointed that I can never do enough to please Him. I feel overwhelmed with joy and the freedom of Christ because I have allowed Him to more fully live in me and through me!
That's it for the day! Check back for a post tomorrow. I'm working on something good!
One Love,
Lacy
Jamaican Pet Name: Tip, the Rat
Age: 21
Hometown: Missouri’s very own capital, Jefferson City… home of Central Dairy ice cream
High School: Helias Crusaders
College: Mizzou
Major: International Studies
Activities: Young Life, soon to be Granny’s House, Eating, Praying, Intramural Sports
Interests: Food, Oak Island, God, Historical Context behind Scripture, my wonderful girlfriend
Favorite Color: the color of the bouncy balls that look like the sunset
Favorite Team: M-I-Z…Z-O-U!!!!
Favorite Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Song of Songs, Psalms, the Gospels, the Bible, On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Favorite TV Show: Man vs. Wild, Myth Busters, The Bugs and Daffy Show
Favorite Foods: My mom and dad’s home cooking… usually fried and/or barbecued!
Favorite Jamaican food: The Pork Pit (jerk pork, rice and peas)… go there if you ever visit Montego Bay
Favorite Music: everything… except Pop-Country… which is not real country... or real music for that matter
Biggest Dreams: Start an orphanage/school or start a mission in the States
Job in Jamaica: Lead the evening and morning meetings with David Cover
Biggest thing I’ve learned lately: Jesus did not come to burden us with His radical teachings. Instead, He has come to set us free and give us a life to the full. This is not an idealistic dream. This is truth. I do not come to Jamaica in order to be a Christian. I do not serve and love others at home to be a Christian. I already am a Christian! Instead, I do these things for the “least of His people” because Christ is living within me. I no longer feel disappointed that I can never do enough to please Him. I feel overwhelmed with joy and the freedom of Christ because I have allowed Him to more fully live in me and through me!
That's it for the day! Check back for a post tomorrow. I'm working on something good!
One Love,
Lacy
1 comment:
Phillip and Lacy,
It sounds like you have been hard at work. I've been thinking of you both and praying for (1) good times and (2) safety and health. I'm a worry-wart, what can I say?? :) I look foward to hearing your stories. Oh, Andy made some jerk chicken last month. I'm not sure he made it right but it was tasty.
Love.
Julie
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