Commitment(:

Praise the Lord!
I already have a commitment of about 5 people to support me monthly and a couple one time gifts(:
Thank you so much for wanting to be a part in serving God too. I can't wait to return to SF and work for Him! I just visited the base in SF last week, even though my old DTS students were not there or aren't going to be there it still seemed like home! Just walking on the streets was so great! I got to see a couple of my homeless friends and tell them that I will be coming back soon, they were excited about that! I still need around $400-$500 commitment monthly so please be in prayer about that!
Heres a song that means so much for me!

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.


And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

Yeah, He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves.


We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…


He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves
Cause He loves us,


This is so meaning full ~ Whenever I listen to it I cant help but lift both my hands and praise the Lord! HOW HE LOVES~!

....A new step in faith~~~

Hello everyone!
Sorry for not updating sooner! If ya'll didn't hear I got accepted to go on staff for YWAM SF! I will be living there on the base for two years and will be working with the ministry of 'Missions Adventures'...I will be a leader for groups that come in from Jr.High-College age and will be showing them all the ministries we do there, so that they might go back to there homes and help out there, too. I am so blessed and excited to be a staff member with YWAM in SF!!!!

When I was there for my DTS, I saw how YWAM really does make a difference to these people in the Tenderloin District, and I went home wanting to return back to SF as fast as I could. I sent in my application and got accepted a couple of weeks later ! I have been home for about three months now. Wow time flies by so fast these days. I'm working again at In N Out Burger trying to pay my bills and save up until I leave, which I hope will be in June- right after Joelle's wedding! I just hosted a 'Thank You Dessert Bash' on Sunday for the people who sponsored me and for those who were just interested in learning more about my last DTS trip! It went amazing! I was so surprised at the turnout, as I mostly received RSVPs from those people who weren't able to attend, so I was excited to see about 30+ people show up!!! I just talked with Jana (who went to DTS with me ) a little bit about what we did and what we will be doing now that this it's over. For me this wasn't just a one-time missions trip, but it was the beginning of a lifetime of doing God's work! After DTS was over I knew that I wasn't able to go back to just doing nothing and living as a 'lukewarm' Christian, I knew that God want me to return to SF and serve Him!!! So I am and I'M SO EXCITED about it! It's hard being in the middle of just returning from something great and leaving in a couple of months to something even greater, but what do I do in the mean time? I don't just want to sit around and wait to leave to be able to serve God, I want to do it now...in my own town! That's why I'm trying to be a "big sister" to a young lady and maybe put together some bag lunches and hand those out to the homeless in Gilroy and sharing God's love with them!

Well that's my plan- to return to SF and staff..... I'M SO HAPPY!!!! This is what I'm doing in the mean time and also trying to raise support ....for I can't leave in June until I know for sure I'm taken care of financially for TWO YEARS!!!!
If you are interested making a commitment in supporting me monthly- or perhaps a one-time gift- then please let me know as soon as possible!

There are three ways you can do this:

1. You can send the money to me, for I have a second bank account just for my YWAM funds.
2. Send the monthly support to MHBC offices, for I will be having an account with them again and every month they will send me the money at the base. This way it's tax-deductible, too.
3. You can get have it taken out of your bank account automatically on a monthly basis~let me know if you choose this way of supporting me so I can send you the paperwork!

Please also remember me in your prayers! Not only will I need funds to make this possible, but prayers for protection, for the kids participating in Missions Adventures, and the ability to witness effectively to the street people of the Tenderloin- that they may be receptive to Gods Word and love- and have their lives changed forever by the power of Jesus Christ!

As I go out and make disciples of all nations....in this case in San Francisco!
LOVE ALWAYZS, Carrianne

BACK at home.....home sweet home......

HELLO FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!!
It's been almost a month since being back in Morgan hill and home.
Let me first thank you ALL for your prayers and support.
My time in SF was amazing and so overwhelming at the same time. OVERSEAS: wow what a time i had. Thailand was wonderful. I LOVE THE PEOPLE there. They are sooo happy to see 'white' people. lol. We stayed next to the Thailand YWAM base in Bangkok which is where the campus students stay, kinda like dorm rooms for the christian boys and girls. It's called BJD!We stayed in Thailand for a whole month, which felt like only a week because the time flew by. We did so many different ministry's along side from hanging with the Thais at BJD, wow what a experience it was!!!Our ministry's contained of going to the slums and playing with the kids, going to the worlds biggest sex places in Bangkok and sharing God with the boy's and girl's prostitutes and just showing them that they too are Gods children and we care about them for who they are. WE also had 'open minstry' where we just prayed or asked God what He wanted us to do that day.We also had days off which were spent at fun places in Thailand such as the ALLIGATOR farm, where we rode elephants , held baby tigers and fed the alligators. !!!! So exciting. heheh!!!!
Vietnam:
Very different from Thailand, alot of the people there frown apon Westerners and only remember the war when they see white people , so they were not always nice or welcoming. That was mostly in Hanoi though and when we visited other places like Da-nang they were much nicer to us. ALL in all, we had a blast! Our ministry there contained of ALOT of silent prayer walks and silly things such as secretly planting scriptures and whatnot. We mostly just showed God's love by loving the people there! We had to wear our bibles and any other christian things on us at ALL TIMES!!!! At the hotels we stay at they tend to go though our stuff and could turn us in if they find all 20 of us with bibles and chirtian things everywhere! It ended up being a very good trip. We got to visit some underground churchs and youth groups. (:
I also got to spend my 21'st birthday there, my team made me feel very special that day (: Even a couple people from the underground church got to come and join me for dinner!

MY trip was very great and we got to plant some seeds there, I cant wait to see what God is going to do through those seeds(:
It was hard leaving the Thais and even harder when the time came to say good bye to my team mates a week after we got back to AMERICA! Tears and much LONG hugs came after the graduation in SF! I DID IT! I finished my DTS and it was amazing. God has showed me so much!!!! HOW HE LOVES!!!!!!

PLEASE still...heheh keep me in your prayers , I am hoping to return back to SF and staff there for a two year commitment. I need to keep raising money and keep TRUSTING in God!
Thanks again for everything,
CArrianne

we're back...

well, not quite yet, but soon! less than a day, in fact!
this site was temporarily shut down for safety purposes while carrianne was in vietnam. now she is in thailand and soon to be leaving for san francisco. i am hoping that you have been following her through the temporary blog i set up, but if not, you can go there now to get all the newsletters i received and posted since they first left for south east asia. when carrianne comes home later this week, im certain she will update this blog with posts and pictures galore! can't wait!
in Jesus-
christine

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

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

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 (:

THIS CRAZY WEEK

Hello family,
This week has been intense. Our speaker this week is talking on 'plum line' which is going deep. Forgiving and asking forgiveness to God and those you hurt , for things that are burdening you down. It's really deep stuff. last Saturday was the prayer walk. It ended up being 19 miles long. I only got through 1/2 of it but I did all the hill's and climbing. First hill I was walking up i twisted my ankle and went down. It wasn't that painful ( but still hurt ) so I kept going. Then my hip popped out and would go back in. Going up the hill's were rough as it was but every step i took i cried out in pain, sobbing the whole way up twin peaks. It was horrible. I ended up returning back to the base and rested the rest of the 3 hr. left. Before i went back I got to take a really cool picture of this huge cross. ( there's a story behind that.) It was so awesome to see the whole view of San Francisco and that big ol' cross.

There's also a picture of Earl and I! He's one of my really good street friend's. I really adore him.

For our ministry we went to hippie hill again. We are starting to go every Wednesday now. This week was really awesome. As soon as we got there we met this man who showed us around and introduced us to everyone. I mean once you live there in that park and hangout all day smoking you become friends with everyone! So he knew allot of people and now we do too (:
I also met this one guy that Jana and I talked to for about a good hour. We just got to share about why we were there and also about PropK. He didn't know all the facts about that so he was about to vote yes but we got to actually share with him the truth about it ans now he's rethinking his vote. It's so awesome to see God work through others and what you do. It was a great ministry day. The picture of the painted heart in the peace sign was at hippie hill and thats where I took the picture PRETTY SWEET(:

There's also a picture of a homeless man with a scary mask on, I thought I'd pass on the love with that picture & The line of people waiting to get into Glide .

I'll write more another time. Hope everyone is doing great. Please keep praying for me and what God has for me after this DTS!
LOVE ALL AND MISS YOU TOO!
~Carrianne Barr

long week......of longness!

Hey ya'll,
I'm so sorry it's been a while since i last wrote. These couple of last week's have been going by so very fast! It's sad to think I only have 4 more months ): sad day! So last week we learned about Tabernacle and Justice/Intimacy and for this week we are learning about the city's and why God calls us to city's allot. It's strange to learn about but you learn interesting things that you would have never thought about before. This Saturday we are going on a freaking huge prayer walk! We are walking across SF, no joke it's a 12 mile walk.
That's going to hurt my leg's really bad ): ouch!
hahah! I have had a blast being here learning more about our awesome Lord!
This last weekend was our off weekend. I went home for less then 24 hours but still being in Morganhill I missed my home, here in SF! I miss and love you all!
I'm sorry about not writing more. Hopefully this next week wont be so long.
I am still in need of lot's of prayer and support! BTW: Thank you for those of you who have been supporting me! LOVE YOU ALL!
~carrianne

call and response. (:

Hello Guys,
It's me again! Another week of awesomeness! ( if that's even a word )
hahaha! This week we learned all about spiritual warfare. It has been super neat to learn all kinds of great stuff. Our speaker was Dean Sherman on tape, but he is coming tonight to talk about grace! It's going to be great stuff.

Our group does a lot of stuff here regarding human trafficking and we even have a program focused just on women who are trafficked here in SF, called 'Justice matters'! SF is one of the biggest city's of human trafficking. We went to the premiere of 'CALL AND RESPONSE'. It's a film about the world's 27 million most terrifying secrets! About real modern-day slavery. It's so sad to think and know that there are these things going on right here in America! Here's the website for that if you want to learn more about it www.callandresponse.com . I also very much encourage you all to go see the movie. ALL the proceeds go to CALL AND RESPONSE which help get the girls, children and young boys out of slavery and sex trafficking. There's a movie theater in San Jose that plays this movie. It comes out this weekend! We also learned about Prop K . It seems like a good thing, like it protects sex slaves. But in terms it actually prevents police from investigating into cases of human trafficking. Vote no on PROP K... and that is all I have to say about that (:

I'm excited about Dean Sherman coming to speak to us. He is a great speaker, I adore his lectures! This weekend we have mostly off. I'm hoping to get in some much needed rest!

If you are interested in helping support me , write me an email at
pinkandwhitezebras@yahoo.com or send an email to MHBC! check the right sidebar for link (:
Thank you all!