Serving God

June 3, 2009

Dear Friends and Family,

We are officially in Boot Camp mode here at Teen Missions. I have finished finals (woo hoo!!), I move into a tent this afternoon, and my Peanuts arrive on Saturday. I can't believer how it's all flown so fast! It feels like only yesterday that I began my studies at BMW and now here I am, about to commission for my internship!

Concerning my teams, my Peanut Tee Pee Camp Sidewalk Team starts on Saturday and goes until the following Monday. We have 11 kids registered so far, all between the ages of 7 & 9. My Teen arrive on June 20; I have 18 kids and I am leading with the staff couple from Malawi, Matt & Heni Wylie. On July 5^th, I will be commissioned as a student � my two years of schooling are done!! That night, my team will be commissioned and fly to Malawi to visit different AIDS Orphans Rescue Units to wash the children's feet and give them shoes and socks.

I finally had 'the talk' with the director about what I will be doing in Malawi for the next year. I am going with a one-year volunteer and we will be living and working together. We will be living at the House of Peace AIDS Orphans Rescue Unit located in Ndowa, Malawi. Our work will consist of taking care of the animals, growing crops, and working with the children (as well as learning to facilitate the Unit). Every 8 weeks we will go to Chipoka to the Teen Missions Malawi base for a refresher. We will also help run the Malawi Boot Camp and lead a Malawian team in December. Laurissa (the one year volunteer) will go home in May and I will then move to the Malawi Base and work there for a month before returning to the states. I will then work the US Boot Camp and possibly lead another team until my commitment as an intern is completed in August. And then, before you know it, I will be on my way back to New Jersey!

In Ndowa, the are a couple hundred kids registered at the AIDS Orphans Rescue Unit. We will be living with a Malawian staff couple in a small house. There is no running water or electricity at the Unit. Thankfully, we will have a motorbike so we can go into town. Ndowa is in the mountains so the climate will be cold (but never lower than 32) � great! The New Jersey gal has been missing her cold weather here in hot and humid Florida!!

Due the the remote location of the Rescue Unit, contact will be very minimal. This may very well be one of the few letters you receive from me, though my mother is going to continue to send updates on my behalf. I will write to her and she will then type my letter and send it to everyone. I will do my best to keep everyone posted as to how I am doing and what God is doing in my life and in Malawi. If anyone would like to contact me, snail mail would be the best option.

 

My address until the end of June is:

Allie Kozlowski

Teen Missions Team 09008

867 East Hall Rd

Merritt Island FL 32953

 

My address from July 2009-May 2010 is:

Teen Missions

Private bag 3

Chipoka Malawi

AFRICA

I truly appreciate all of your faithful support and prayers. It is such a blessing to know that you have been behind me through all of the work that God has called me to do and I know He is faithful and will be doing great things this upcoming year. I ask that you will join me in this undertaking. Please keep my two teams in prayer. Pray for finances to come in, safety and health, openness to the Lord's teaching, and willingness to hear Him. Also pray for the people in Malawi that their ears will be opened to the Word of the Lord and their hearts open to be touched by Him. Pray that the Gospel will be shared and that many lives will be saved through the power of Christ. To God be the glory!!

Once again, I thank you all so much for everything. I am so blessed to have you joining me in this ministry. Take care and God Bless!

Serving God, Allie Kozlowski

 

And then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I; send me!” - Isaiah 6:8

 

   My spirit is a blazing flame and my heart is bursting to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ: I am on my way to the mission field.  My name is Allie Kozlowski.  I was born and raised in Wantage, NJ, but now at the age of 19, I am living in Merritt Island, FL, where I am in training to become a full-time missionary.  
    I went on my very first mission trip with an organization called Teen Missions International.  This is an interdenominational organization which was started in 1970 and is based in Merritt Island, Florida.  Teen Missions  has bases around the world in numerous countries.  Every summer, they send out teams of teenagers on 2-month-long mission trips to do work and evangelism in these countries.  If you would like more information on Teen Missions and the work that they do, you may call 321-453-0350 or visit their website at www.teenmissions.org.  
    I had my first experience with Teen Missions in 2005.  I went to Australia to do construction on the base and work with the Aboriginals (the native Australians).  It was on this trip that I gave my heart to God and became a Christian.  I am amazed at how much God has done since then.  By the end of the trip, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God was calling me to be a full-time missionary.  The following summer, I went to Zambia to lay the foundation for a church and to evangelize with AIDS orphans.  Those kids stole a piece of my heart and it was while riding down the road in the back of a cattle truck holding one of those beautiful children’s hand that I heard God calling me to Africa.  He has given me such a passion and drive to work with the Africans ever since.   In 2007, I went to Madagascar to run a training camp to teach the Malagasy youth how to evangelize and to prepare them to go out on mission trips in their own country.  By the end of this summer, I knew that God wanted me to attend the missionary training school that is part of Teen Missions International.
    That fall, I arrived at Florida Free Bible, Missionary & Work (BMW) Training Center to see what God had in store for me.  This is a three year training program that involves two years of schooling and a one-year internship at any of the Teen Missions bases.  Through a vigorous schedule of classes, hands-on training, and working for Teen Missions, God has been teaching me, preparing me, and equipping me to enter missions full-time.  He has revealed Himself to me in new and exciting ways and I am so excited to share with others the joy and wonder of having a Savior, Jesus Christ.  While attending BMW, I had the opportunity to go to Belize for a few weeks to do hurricane relief on the Teen Missions base.  I was also given the responsibility of leading a summer team in 2008.  I helped lead the Egypt team;  31 teens went to Egypt to pour concrete sidewalks and roads and to evangelize with the children at the Lillian Trasher Orphanage.  It was such an incredible experience and God really helped me grow and mature in my faith and in my character.  
    I am now in my final year of schooling and making preparations for my internship.  God willing, I will start my internship following my 2009 summer team.  The internship will involve living at one of the Teen Missions bases, working alongside the nationals, doing whatever work in necessary on the base, evangelizing to the locals, and doing anything else that needs to be done.  The internship will be faith supported along with my continued ministry after the my year overseas.  Tentatively, I am planning to serve my internship at the Teen Missions base in Cameroon.   Like Isaiah, I am ready to go – “Here am I, send me!” (Isaiah 6:8).  I am overwhelmed with excitement at even the thought of spending an entire year overseas serving God!  I know this is what God wants me to do with my life and I am overjoyed in knowing that He will guide, protect, and provide for me.  
    This will be a very great endeavor and the beginning of a wonderful ministry that God is doing through my work.  I would like you to join me in my ministry and prayerfully consider supporting me in this exciting opportunity.  It is through the support of churches and individuals that this work is made possible.  More than finances, your prayers are so important and make such a difference.  After all, “the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” (James 5:16).  Thank you and God bless!  
                            With love in His service,


                            Allie Kozlowski
                            Isaiah 6:8  
    
E-mail: alliekozlowski89@yahoo.com
Website: www.freewebs.com/alliekozlowski
Address: 867 East Hall Rd, Merritt Island FL, 32953
               

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