http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org Athol Barnes - - Adventures In Missions en-us Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:51:07 GMT 30 http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=3B0A927CC85A46EEB846D5D710C871 http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=3B0A927CC85A46EEB846D5D710C871  Thank you so much for your continued prayers and letters of support and encouragement for our ministry with AIM.  June has been a very productive month and we are truly blessed to have all of you supporting our ministry! We went camping with 2 other couples from AIM for Memorial Day weekend, and had a ball as a family -hiking, fishing, kayaking, making smores and talking around the campfire. We have just returned from an incredible trip to Mexico, and it turned into a real adventure Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=welcome-joshua http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=welcome-joshua We are delighted to announce the arrival of Joshua Steven Barnes, born at 03:08am on 20th March, 2007. He weighed in at 7 pounds and 1 ounce, and was 20 inches long. As you can imagine, it has been a rollercoaster week, and we keep pinching ourselves to make sure we're not dreaming - though to be honest, you have to sleep in order to dream, and we haven't had much sleep since Sunday night! We know that many of you have joined us in praying for a baby brother or sister for Christie, a Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=debbie-on-mission-to-new-orleans http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=debbie-on-mission-to-new-orleans I was privileged enough to join an AIM Ladies Trip to New Orleans from the 18th 21st of January. This was my 4th trip to the city since Hurricane Katrina, and though its good to see the progress made with rebuilding, it remains devastating to see how much work still remains, and to meet so many people still affected by the hurricane. Whilst in its planning stages, this trip had about 15 ladies signed up, but as the day of departure arrived, it had dwindled to a mere 6 women. Satan did his Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=end-of-2006-newsletter http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=end-of-2006-newsletter Dear Friends and prayer warriors As I start this newsletter, it is early Christmas morning, and even Christie is still asleep. It is cold and raining outside, and winter seems to have finally arrived. It has been a warm December here in Georgia, not that I am complaining though, since Im not a big fan of the cold unlike Debbie, whod love nothing better than to have it snow every day in winter Looking back on 2006, and reading through my devotional journal, I am overwhelmed b Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=september-2006-prayer-letter http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=september-2006-prayer-letter Its hard to believe that Saturday marks the first official day of autumn here in the USA, and that the summer of 2006 is almost behind us. For those of you receiving this letter as your first newsletter from us, welcome to our prayer warrior team How do we even begin to describe what an incredible summer its been? Some of you may have kept up with all the news and Athols blog, which was updated weekly. For those of you who didnt, you can still visit the blog, view pictures, and read a Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=over-but-not-complete http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=over-but-not-complete Dear Prayer warriors. The past three weeks flew buy at a frantic pace and I realize that an update is way overdue. I am in the process of gathering my thoughts and trying to take in all that happened over the last three months, and even this last year. As we are a week away from the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina many people are looking back at what happened, but also realizing that there is a very long road ahead for the local people. Our final two mission trips went Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=good-news-from-new-orleans http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=good-news-from-new-orleans Dear Prayer warriors. At the end of another week of ministry, we are all becoming aware that the end of our summer mission trips is only a few weeks away. I am beginning to look beyond the summer to our long term plan for mission teams to the city of New Orleans. I have two staff members coming from Gainesville tomorrow, one of whom plans to relocate to New Orleans. We plan to spend the next few days planning and praying about the future of the ministry here. I feel very strongly that we Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=a-busy-week-of-miracles http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=a-busy-week-of-miracles Dear Prayer warriors. It is Tuesday already, and the weeks continue to fly on by. Last week was a full week with visitors coming and going. First, I had Seth Barnes spend two days with us, to check in and get an overview of the ministry. Seth is the founder of Adventures in Missions. The day he left, Mike Anderson, my employer prior to joining AIM in 2004, and Stuart White, our Sunday school teacher and fellow deacon at Roswell Street Baptist, arrived to see first hand what the Lord i Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=the-spiritual-battle-intensified http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=the-spiritual-battle-intensified Dear Prayer warriors. Another week has flown by and we have so many stories to tell, that I will copy some of the better reports from our participants onto the end of this letter. We have seen God work in incredible ways over the past week. Our leadership team has done extremely well in learning the logistics of two hundred to two hundred and fifty people coming to New Orleans each week. They are starting to feel comfortable with the role they are in and are all extremely competent l Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=week-four-from-new-orleans http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=week-four-from-new-orleans Dear Prayer warriors. Again it has been such a busy week, that I have way too much to tell and too little time. Every day has its new set of blessings and trials. I arrived back in New Orleans last Wednesday after taking the family home. Debbie mentioned that we had a bit of a flood. It didnt look so bad, but the insurance company came in and removed the kitchen linoleum, they found a lot of water damage and it had already spread into three rooms. So now I have some work to do wh Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=Newsletter-from-Debbie http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=Newsletter-from-Debbie Dear Prayer Warriors I am writing this from a very hot and humid New Orleans, where Christie, my mom, and I have been able to experience just a little bit of what Athol and his team experience on a daily basis. We left home early Thursday morning, and made stop at the AIM base in Long Beach, Mississippi, for lunch. After sharing a meal with the couple running the base and their 3 boys, Athol and Rob started grilling 175 hotdogs and 250 hamburgers for the evenings outreach ministry not a Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=first-week-completed http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=first-week-completed Dear Prayer warriors. We had an incredible first week and there is so much to tell, but too little time to type it all up. God blessed us and our leaders performed extremely well. On Sunday and Monday our leaders met their youth pastors for the first time, and performed like seasoned mission trip leaders. We had the usual bumps and bruises that come with so much organization, but all in all our leaders were gracious and we were able to learn and apply a few lessons. We had many mirac Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=training-complere http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=training-complere This week has gone by in a blur, and this report is definitely not going to have the same flair and style that Debbie is able to write with. I am tired and slurred speech tends to come across in an email. God has really been working and preparing this city for the huge influx of teams this summer and daily we meet local pastors and church leaders that are expanding their vision of what the church is called to do at a time like this. I have yet to meet anyone in the city that has expresse Sat, 3 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=here-we-go http://atholbarnes.myadventures.org/?filename=here-we-go Dear Prayer warriors. Well the day is finally here. I leave this Monday the 29th May for New Orleans to start our leader team training and to make final setup arrangements. This will be my last Sunday that I will be able to attend our home church, Roswell Street Baptist, until the end of August. Debbie and I are not looking forward to the extended time away from our church family. I have set up a blog for our prayer supporters to keep track of all that is going on, and the plan is to Sat, 27 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT