A Glimpse of San Francisco ~ Carrianne Leigh: November 2011

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Hello friends and family,

I am leaving in two days for three whole months!!!!

Yes, can you believe it's time for outreach!This Fall school has been amazing but has also gone by so fast. Our flight leaves Monday morning and we will be making a pit stop to Bangkok for one night ( I'm so excited I get to see some of my friends) Then we will be busing it over the boarder to Cambodia and staying at the YWAM base there for 2 months. We will work with YWAM and help teach English, play sports with kids and possible some flood relief stuff, since allot of south east Asia is flooded. On my birthday (Jan 22) We will be busing it over the boarder again ( different one though) to Vietnam and will stay in Saigon for a week then fly to Hanoi for the rest of the month!!!! I'll let you know what we do in Vietnam after we return safely (;

I'm so excited. Please be praying for our team(:

Love Carrianne

See you all in February !

Happy Christmas, new years,my birthday and valentines day!!! (:

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

November 1st

Hello all!

Everything with the DTS is going great. We are in our 8th week of lecture phase and we only have a month left before we leave for outreach. I’ve been really busy with the school and being in charge of communication and scheduling the Vietnam part of outreach.

Please keep me in your prayers. I am in need of the financial support of our outreach plane tickets.

Also my room mate Laura is getting married and will be moving out in April , so I am looking for more support so that I can hopefully live on my own in my apartment still.

I leave with my 9 students and 2 other staff to Cambodia and Vietnam on November 28th until February 16th Please keep me in your prayers !!!!!

I thank you all for your love, encouragement, support and prayers…I can not do this mission work without you all.

Carrianne

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.