Team Eden

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Introducing Team Eden! As a team we chose the name Eden because we wanted our focus to be on restoring the intimacy and vision of what God created the Garden of Eden to be. 

What is the Garden of Eden you may ask! To give you a short synopsis, when God created the world (Genesis 1-2) he created the very first man, named Adam and then he created the Garden of Eden. He placed him in the Garden of Eden to take care of the garden and protect it. The Garden of Eden was a perfect place with every tree and plant you could imagine. It was beautiful and there was not a need in the world that it could not met. When living in the garden God physically walked with Adam and Eve which was how he designed life to be. God told Adam that he could eat of any and every tree in the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Although, ultimately they end up being tempted and eat of the tree God told them not to and were cast out of the perfect garden God created for them (Genesis 3). 

All of that said, we as a team want to be refined by God through this season and as this happens we desire to look more like Christ and the perfection of the Eden that he designed it to be before we fell into sin. 

Meet the Team

Kaylin:

Kaylin is our amazing team leader! She went on The World Race last year and felt God calling her back this year to team lead. She will be with us until we have been in Costa Rica for a month. She then will be heading back to the United States for a short time before heading out on another semester missions trip with Adventures in Missions. Fun fact, Kaylin loves chicken! She could eat it for every meal for the rest of her life and never get tired of it. She also is an extremely talented singer and loves to play guitar for our squad to worship too. We are so thankful that God called her to lead us!

Emily:

Emily is from Massachusetts! She loved playing soccer growing up and loves getting to know lots of different people. She has a desire to serve the Lord on the missions field long-term, but is all in for the Lord in this season before that becomes a reality. I have loved getting to know her and how down to Earth she is. She is always ready to sit down and hear anyone’s story and be their biggest encourager. I am so thankful she is apart of my team!

Amy:

Sweet Amy comes from the state of Texas. Her sister went on The World Race several years ago and that’s how she heard about it! Amy loves everything Beyonce and is passionate about making everyone feel welcome in the church. She has an amazing voice and loves to sing. She is always someone who will give anyone in a room a huge hug and make them feel so loved. Thankful God has given me the opportunity to be on her team!

Abby U.: 

Abby U is here from the state of Ohio. Abby is extremely artistic! She can watercolor and paint really well and I have loved getting to see her create. She has such an excitement and desire to know more about the Lord and is always asking the hard questions that make our team think deeper about scripture. She also has the cutest style and always is wearing a giant smile that lights up the room. She is such a joy to have on our team!

Amelia:

Last but most definitely not least Amelia is from South Carolina. She recently moved to SC before leaving for the race, but she is originally from Minnesota! Amelia has 10 siblings that she loves dearly. She is also a very talented photographer and loves capturing all the sweet moments that happen here in Georgia everyday. I have loved getting to know her and her heart for the Lord.

So there you have it! The five beautiful ladies I get to do everyday ministry with overseas! It has amazed me how fast these ladies, and all the people on my squad for that matter, have become family. I love each and every one of them and I am so thankful for how God ordained each of them to be on this squad.  

With love, 

Kalyssa