Just some Turkey pictures to get us started (:

Famous mosque in Istanbul, Turkey!

Some wonderful Turkish ladies we met and had tea with

Mina and myself at the famous bull in Kadikoy

The DTS staff enjoying some good dessert at one of the many staff meetings

The team worshiping on the island hill after our Istanbul city prayer walk

I'm back in San Francisco!

I just spent the last two months in Istanbul, Turkey and Italy, Rome&Milan! They were both amazing in their own ways. I am still on outreach here. Theres a couple groups doing ministry and my group is doing all sorts of crazy stuff. We have only done one day so far but I am still very busy and living at the YWAM house in Hunters point.

I would love to write all about the outreach overseas, so when I have about five days to process and write about two months worth of GOD stuff I will get right back on here to update you all!!!!!

Love you all and I'm so glad to be back. (:

Hello Family, Can you believe our Winter DTS is on our 7th week.??? I cant, and I'm working the school.(:

Well we leave in less then a month for Rome and Turkey, wow!! I will be over seas from April 6th-June 11th and then we have a month of San Francisco outreach in the city, we are looking into all 23 ( this doesn't count Jason and Justine and the new born babe) of us living in Bay view, Hunters point which will be really nice to have the team together under one roof after being over seas.

This school hasn't been easy, I didn't know that I was pretty much doing another DTS!!! Who knew God was going to bring up so much in my life as well as the students!!! It's been so awesome but also hard . I have four girls that each week I do One on One's with and a small group , along with class time and staff meetings! It's sometimes hard manging my time. But God is showing me allot through all of this. I think our hardest week as a team was Dow's week on "hearing God's voice" This week is so powerful for the students because they learn how to hear God's voice and the enemy I guess doesn't like that very much- that week we had 2 students in the hospital, a uncle die, 2 grandparents get diagnosed with cancer and my daddy have two heart attacks. But the enemy didn't win, we learned so much more that week and it was so amazing to see everyone come together in times of prayer and intercession with Jesus!! The next week was learning about Spiritual warfare...go figure!!! (: Last week Jerry came and taught on forgiveness, forgiving others and forgiving yourself. Almost all the students went up in front of everyone and confessed sins to Jesus and Forgave people ... doing this in front of 3 or more , let alone the whole class was very hard but I am very proud of everyone who stood before the Lord to do these things. We all felt so much better after that and so much lighter, Jesus really does forgive us and He loves us that much!!!! AND that is why peter came this week to talk about the CROSS!!!! How powerful this subject is. He just finished his book that he's been threatening to publish for years now. It's a book about his fathers story and .... well its just such a wonderful book. I think everyone needs to hear this story and so I am putting his website on here in case you wanna check it out!!! http://www.outofthefarcorners.com/

God is so good!!! I cant stop thanking Him for everything he does!!! (:

Prayer requests:

Looking for a new apartment, same rent or cheaper!!! YWAM encourages us to move off base so there is plenty of room for new staff! Please be praying that Laura and I find one in the Tenderloin for a GOOD deal ! (: heheh

Also for Outreach funds!!! (:

God bless!!!

Carrianne

January 20 2011

Hello dear friends!
I am SO excited for DTS to start! Can you believe all my 19 students come this Monday???!!
It's going to be such a good time, not just for the students to grow but for me as well! (: I cant wait! They will be here for 3 1/2 months during our lecture phase, where speakers from all over the world teach on different subjects.2 months over seas , where our focus for winter school is Turkey and Rome and then when we return one last month of outreach in our home sweet home of San Francisco! Yesterday we prayed over the 12 girls to see who of our 4 girl staff would take on in the small group times. We all prayed and re-prayed and finally picked our ' small group' girls. I have 4 lovely girls that I will have in my small groups which means every week ( besides class time and ministry time) I will have a special time set aside for each girl, we call this our ' one on one's' and hopefully I will be there for them whenever and grow along side them. But I am still looking forward in getting to know our other 15 students as well.

We went to Target and Chinatown to get welcome gifts for all the students! We bought San Francisco mugs filled with candy and a little cute something inside. Color crayons and two color books for each room and lets just say a tub of cheese balls was a wonderful add to the welcome gifts!!! (:

Well lately in the Ellis room (our drop in center) there has been allot less fighting, and Laura thinks that's because they know almost everyone that comes in! Which is wonderful because they are therefore respecting us here. The Ellis room is understaffed which makes it allot harder on them. sadly one of our staff, Adam is leaving for home to work off his debts he has from school. I know the Ellis room will detriment from that.

Our dear friend David who comes into the Ellis room recently committed his life to the Lord. He is in our awesome 360 program and I thought it would be awesome to have him just write a little about how its going and what he's been doing !!!!
Enjoy!
LOVE ALWAYS, Carrianne

"Its been great and hard at the same time I've learned how to love people the way Jesus must have had to because its not easy sitting in a class with each other when your frustrated and angry with most of your class mates. But we are all helping each other when we are at our lowest or dealing with personal challenges by praying for one another" - David S.

January 2011

Happy new year everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed the Holiday season! I know I had a wonderful time!

Christmas eve my parents picked me up (aren't they awesome) and we went to Christmas eve dinner at my aunts house. It was so exciting to see everyone. All the cousins got a cute little basket full of cookies for Christmas! (: I had a great Christmas at my parents house and we enjoyed Christmas dinner at Denny's... don't judge! It was a wonderful Holiday grand slam!(: heheh!

I had a whole week of Christmas vacation spent at home with friends and family! It was really good spending some time with my nephews and getting to know Tyler, he's three and can say my name perfect!

I got to bring in the new year with some friends and make soap ...new years eve soap with my mom...it was really exciting!
Just a heads up my birthday is coming up.....Jan 22, so mark your calenders...I'll be having a post up in a couple of days telling what I would like! HAHAHa Just kidding! The DTS school starts Jan 24Th so that's coming up and I'm so happy! YAY!
<-- This is a peppermint chocolate shake for Christmas! Yummy

Thank you to all my friends and family who helped make my week joyful and fun.

Merry Christmas from Carrianne Barr

Merry Christmas everyone! I LOVE YOU ALL!

Season's greetings!
Very very soon you all will be receiving some Christmas cheer from your local missionary! (:



I was looking through my very cluttered in box and just re-read an email that a lovely young lady wrote to me and my Mission Adventure staff after she spent her spring break here last April! I thought this was such an answer to everything we do here...like the whole goal and reason why I live here and wanted to be a part of Mission Adventures so that our youth would see the need and want to serve our Lord in doing Missions as well.



"Dear Carrieanne (I hope that's how you spell it), Mikel, and Tia;

I wanted to tell you all thank you so much for everything you did for us, that would be Element
Youth group ( I think we were your last group and our youth leaders name was Dustyn), over our
spring break. It was amazing! One of the most impactful weeks of my life and one of the best. At first
I could not understand why God wanted me to go. I mean my boyfriend was not going and it was
spring break and I had a ton to do. But now I know why I was there. Thank you so much! It has
changed my life and made me actually pray and consider becoming a missionary in my uncertain
future. Before spring break I was in my own box, thinking I would just get married and do whatever,
never thinking of outreaching. Isn't that weird? God doesn't just want us sitting around. Which leads
me to tell you guys that God used you to show me that I will do something amazing for Him. I am not
sure what yet though. Anyway I remember in the beginning when we got there and Carrieanne found out I was 18 and offered me to get an application for DTS. The first thought that came to my mind was no way would I do that. I barely am going to get through this week. But after Thursday, I could not believe I thought
that and now I miss you all and serving there so much that I would apply. But I can't because I am
going to be a camp counselor over the summer. So I just wanted to say you guys opened my heart to what my potential is to do to serve and a lot more. And this might sound strange but I was wondering if there was a way I could talk to Carrieanne more because I had a lot to say. so if I could get her email or anything that would be great.I love you guys and miss you"

Every once in a while I stumble across something very encouraging, hope you enjoyed !Thank you &
have a wonderful Christmas!
Carrianne Frances Leigh Barr

Greetings,
I have some fun and exciting news!!! Well after allot of prayer and consideration I have decided to commit another two years to serving the Lord here in San Francisco. This time it will be a little different because I am changing ministry's and will be working with the DTS ( disciple ship training school program) I will be starting a little before my two years would be up ( June) and will be leading the coming up January Winter school! This is such a blessing, I have been praying and felt like God has been saying two things....one was for sure to work with the DTS and the other was to stay another two years, well since I got accepted to jump aboard with the DTS crew I had to commit to at least two schools... that meant God answered both of my questions in one and how excited am I to be able to walk along side the the students and grow with them in this next season! We already have 15 students which is such a blessing in it's self because usually the winter school only has about 5 students signed up.

Thanksgiving is coming up and I am thrilled to spend the day here in the Tenderloin with all my friends and family. It will be my third Thanksgiving here and every year all the staff, DTS students and interns get to invite two guests that don't have a home of their own to spend Thanksgiving with us! Last year we had around 90 people to share this special day with, we are assuming there will be a little more joining this year because our numbers have increased since then. What a blessing (:

Please be praying for me that I will be a good listener and able to grow in my walk with God and be able to learn new things with the DTS. Also that support will grow and not weaken for my next two years.
There's another need that is kinda embarrassing to ask for but my little acer laptop has seen it's better days and I am hoping that God will provide me with an upgrade....yes I am turning to the dark side and want a mac , please pray that God will provide me with one ..maybe for Christmas? (: Love you all
Carrianne Barr

October 26 2010

Family & Friends,

Hope all is well! We had our first rain storm this last weekend; I realized I’m in need of a rain jacket. (: Also we had a team here too, they were so awesome and not just cuz they bought me ‘Philz’ coffee. Hehe!

They came an extra day which meant they got to experience our homeless plunge day, I kicked them out at 6 am like the shelters do to homeless and they have to stand in line at Glide and St. Anthony’s for Breakfast and Lunch. This activity isn’t meant for the team to pretend to be homeless but to experience what its like to be homeless, they also can’t go into any shops or places homeless can’t go into even for bathrooms. They had a blast and I enjoyed hearing all the stories from each group. My two interns and new staff for Mission adventures are catching on real quick with leading teams … so proud (:

Please keep me in your prayers for I have an opportunity to help lead the winter school DTS this coming up January, which means stepping out of Mission Adventures department and starting something new. I’m very excited but we still need Mission Adventure staff to comment to leading spring teams until I can know for sure I will be doing DTS. Winter school outreach focuses on Rome and Turkey.

Also please pray for my friends Luke, Adam and Michael who attend my church IKON, their whole building burnt down which means they lost everything and is in need of ….well everything! This happened last Tuesday at 5am in the morning. THANKS!

Love you all,

Carrianne

FALL FALL FALL...i love october

I very much enjoyed my time off I spent in Morgan hill. Thank you , for those of you who were able to make it to my dessert party. When I was home on my vacation I was able to talk about what I have been doing the past year and what my ministries are, I hope you all have a better idea of what it looks like now. (:

When I returned home, here in San Francisco, I was greeted with 2 interns from Westmont and a new staff member that will be working with Mission Adventures. What a blessing that is to have them here and allot of pressure of me just working teams by myself.
This past weekend we had our first team , we only had 7 students but it was still a fun packed weekend. We spent our Saturday morning serving Breakfast at Glide , that was honestly my favorite thing that day because I got put as the greeter and hand people the trays of food. I felt like I was working at IN N OUT again. hehehe (: We also got to go down to Powell street and set up our prayer station, this activity was the hardest for the kids, but they were very bold in their faith and kept on asking tourists, shoppers, homelessness and giants fans if they would like prayer... very proud of them. We did sack lunches, street cleaning , prayer walks and hot chocolate ...we ended the day with eating at Chutneys, the best Indian restaurant in the TL!

Well I am super excited for fall, as soon as I got back from my trip we had a heat wave here in San Francisco, it was crazy...so I'm now ready for some October drizzle. (: Hope you all have a great fall. Enjoy!

Thanks everyone, Carrianne

Today is JOELLE'S Birthday... a little shout out to her...happy birthday girl! LOVE Ya