A Glimpse of San Francisco ~ Carrianne Leigh: November 2008

Saturday, November 29, 2008

LAST POST! SHUTTING DOWN TONIGHT!

Carrianne is leaving in a few hours. They cannot go into Thailand because of all the current events going on, so they are flying into Taiwan at 8 pm tonight. PLEASE PRAY!
I have to temporarily shut down this blog while she is overseas for safety purposes, so please email me and I will keep you updated as soon as I hear any word from her. I will open a new blog eventually so please email me if you want to find out about her whereabouts and ministry, as that will be my only way to contact you with the new blog address.

cbarr63@ymail.com

or

cbarr63@gmail.com

Thank you all for your love, prayers and support for our baby girl!! It means more to us than words can say!! Keep praying!!

Love in Christ, Christine Barr

UPDATE: new temp blog here

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

HELLO!!!!!
FINAL POSTING!!!!
This week is going to be crazy. We leave saturday! AH I'm stressed out. Keep me in your prayers for the teams saftey and I tend to worry ALOTTTTT, so that would be great if ya'll could pray for me because I'm kinda nervous.. This thursday is Thanksgiving and each person at the base gets to invite one person off the streets to join us as a guest. It's going to be so much fun, over 150 people are coming for our Thanksgiving feaist. YUMMY. All day we packed and wieghed our suitcases. It had to be under 45 pounds. So stressfull. All the boys helped the girls pack because we were packing way more then we should have. I now only have 10 shirts for 2 whole months. CRAZY. They helped me alot though because then to show us how heavy they are and how we are to carry it and walk so far, we went on a little hike up the crazySF hills. SO HARD. After we got back to the base I downsized on everything. So hard packing light and for 2 months. I did it though (:
Okay one last thing I must say before I leave you all. Thank you all so much for keeping me in your prayers and if you guys sponsored me , thank you so much!!!!
If you guys still want to send me money PLEASE send it to my parents house beacuse I will have access to my account. (: Thanks guys

Friday, November 14, 2008

HELLO FRIENDS!
Holy kal-molly!!!!! It's been so long since I last updated. I'm so very sorry. Well anyways the last couple weeks have been very deep and very emotional. Last week we learned on how to intensely study the bible with our speaker Art collins. He was great, he bought us donuts everyday for class. This week we studied on the holy spirit and evangelism. Saturday we spent all practicing for our dancing and drama skits that we will perform this week at Cumberland -( A local church in China town ) we will also be doing these skits and dances during our outreach. It's been a very long week because I have been sick ): YES.... i do miss my mom !
Okay so this Saturday we are performing for Cumberland all day then next weekend is our off weekend. My friend Kate and I are going to be coming home for the weekend, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving since I will be in SF on the actual day. THEN that next weekend we leave for ASIA!!!!!! (: I'm so excited. I can't wait. I will hopefully write more to you guys soon. Sorry it took forever. It's been so busy here and the day's fly by so fast!
LOVE ALWAYZS,
YOURS TRULY, the mission girl, Carrianne

JUST FYI:
Just to let ya'll know if you are still planning on sending me support while I am gone in SE Asia then will you please send it to my family instead of the church. (So they can deposit it in to my bank while I am gone. Because I will have access to my bank.)Thank you!

Stay in touch. If you have a facebook check out some of my pictures on there (:

Who is Carrianne anyway?

In September of 2008, I arrived in San Francisco to start my DTS ( Discipleship training school). I have grown up in the Bay Area, but never had a strong desire to live in San Francisco. God really rocked my world during my DTS and in my heart I knew San Francisco would be my new home. I have been on staff with YWAM for almost 3 years. I worked full-time with Mission Adventures but last year felt called to switch ministries to DTS. Now I help Disciple young men and women and point them towards JESUS!!! I walk along side these students for the 6 month long school. 3 of those months we spend here in the city doing ministry work while learning different topics like how to hear Gods voice or forgiving others. Then we have 3 months overseas. Our fall school focuses on south east Asia while our Winter school focuses on Italy. I have now staffed both schools and God always teaches me new and amazing things!!!

I have no idea how long I will feel called to San Francisco, but this place and these people are very dear to my heart.I just re committed another two years last June and will be starting another school in September 2012. I appreciate all your prayers and support. I hope to update my blog often to let you all know how things are going!!!
Love, Carrianne

Would you LOVE to support me? (:

Hi! If you have read what I do here in San Francisco and overseas and feel called to support me , there are a few steps we can take! **You can send a check made out to YWAM, memo: Carrianne Barr (& name on envelope as well.) **Send a check to Morgan Hill Bible Church ( they send me one big check every month )memo: Carrianne Barr [or] **you can send a check made out to Carrianne Barr Address and phone number will be given to you if you call or email me (408) 427 1333 Carrianne@ywamsanfrancisco.com

What's a.. DTS?

Lecture Phase: The first portion of the DTS is spent at our training facility just blocks away from the hub of the city, located in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Surrounded by urban needs and challenges students are encouraged to dig deep in pursuing God through lectures, small group discussions, reading assignments, and personal reflection. In this significant location, students experience God in extraordinary ways. God reveals himself through the life and people of the city. Some of the topics that are covered during DTS by speakers from around the world and country are: - Hearing God's Voice - The Character and Nature of God - The Cross - Relationships Reaching Out to the City Out of the overflow from our relationship with Christ, comes the ministry. Our DTS allows students the opportunity to grow with God alongside daily ministry experience. Our streets are filled with people longing for truth, which inevitably creates open doors. Each week every DTS student will choose a ministry that engages their passion and gifting. Previous schools have worked with at-risk youth through an after school club, lead Bible studies in our Ellis room (homeless drop-in center), reached out to female prostitutes (Because Justice Matters), shared art with street kids, evangelized university campuses etc. Outreach : DTS students will spend one month in San Francisco and two months in target nations doing daily ministry with a strong emphasis on evangelism and mercy ministry. Outreach enables students to put into practice what they have learned through practical, hands on involvement. Both the Fall School and the Winter School visit different cities in the world and focus on different ministries. In previous schools, the teams have ministered in Vietnam teaching English to college age students, visiting Thai slums, building a school in Morocco, visiting university campuses in Rome, working on projects to reach those caught in sex-trafficking and using performing arts in the famous piazzas of Italy. The possibilities are endless! Click below to find out more about the schools and their specific focuses.