Barrett Mahoney :]

 

Me and four of my campers after they passed their swim test and moved up a level :)

1. Your name, year, school, and major

Hi!!! My name is Barrett and I go to THE University of Texas and I just finished my junior year. I'm studying Youth and Community Studies and have somehow gotten enough hours to minor in Art History and Religious Studies so that's kind of a fun combo!

2. If you could spend one day doing anything, what would it be?

I would probably spend my day at the camp that I went to and have been working at for the past three summers. I teach fishing, swim lessons, and journalism(where we hike and write about it or interview people..not lame, so fun!), and spend time with some of the greatest people I know there. At night my campers and I would stay up talking about the big ways we saw Jesus in the day the little parts of the day... how we saw His extraordinary self in what we would consider ordinary... It's my happy place. I would move there if I could :)

3. What kind of music do you listen to?

Pretty much anything.. Taylor Swift and late 90s/early 00s girly pop jams are my go-tos.

4. What inspires you?

My brothers, my dog Zulu, the archangels, art, when my Wyld Life girls understand the Gospel

5. What countries have you traveled to/lived in?

Mexico, England, France, Canada

6. Do you prefer sunrise or sunset and why?

Sunrise!!! It's the happiest time of the day. Plus, I'm a morning person :)

7. What is your favorite passage in Scripture?

John 6. The whole chapter. 

8. What are you most excited about with this mission trip?

Seeing the Universal Church in action!!!

Sean Flack !!!!

This is me pretending to sing into a fake microphone I am holding.

1. Your name, year, school, and major

I graduated from the University of Texas and I just finished serving my first year as a FOCUS missionary at The University of Louisiana in Lafayette.

2. If you could spend one day doing anything, what would it be?

I would hike through and then zipline in an amazon jungle.  I would also have Mass said there by a priest I know who does mission work in the amazon jungle!

3. What kind of music do you listen to?

All sorts.  However, like Martha (and every1 who is any1) I love TSwift.

4. What inspires you?

The Gospel. Adults who do adult things like paying bills and finding a place to live and stuff without getting frustrated.

5. What countries have you traveled to/lived in?

Texas. Louisiana. Mexico. Bahamas.

6. Do you prefer sunrise or sunset and why?

I prefer sunrise because it is way less ordinary for me to see such.

7. What is your favorite passage in Scripture?

Acts 4:20  "It is impossible for us to not speak of what we have seen and heard"

John 6:68-69  "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God."

8. What are you most excited about with this mission trip?

Experiencing a whole new culture and seeing the Church in a crazy new way.

Me! : )

1. Your name, year, school, and major

Well, in case you haven't figured it out, my name is Martha Julie Griswold. : ) I graduated from Ave Maria with a degree in Philosophy, but since then I've served at the University of Nebraska as a FOCUS missionary for three years, and at Georgia College as team director for one year. Next year, I'm headed to University of Miami to serve as TD again. (and in case you're wondering, that's me with my little...but bigger...brother on his graduation day)

2. If you could spend one day doing anything, what would it be? Hhhmm, first I'd wake up (NOT to an alarm), drink coffee on the beach, and then go for a run. I'd go to Mass and pray a holy hour with the Lord, and then spend the rest of the day with friends hanging out, walking on the beach, and spending a lot of great quality time in the sunshine. I'd make a delicious dinner and share it with people who I love, and then spend time playing games and laughing until our stomachs hurt. 

3. What kind of music do you listen to? Mumford and Sons, The Avett Brothers, Audrey Assad, Ben Rector, and Taylor Swift...there, I said it. Don't judge me. 

4. What inspires you? Stories of the life of Jesus and the saints, and really any stories about people who show heroic sacrifice. 

5. What countries have you traveled to/lived in? Italy, Mexico, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. 

6. Do you prefer sunrise or sunset and why? I love BOTH! : )

7. What is your favorite passage in Scripture? 2nd Corinthians 12:7-10

8. What are you most excited about with this mission trip? Ummm....everything? Getting to know y'all, encountering Christ in a deeper and more intimate way, being totally stripped of the stuff that I depend on, and getting to know the people who we're there to serve. 

HEY ASIA MISSIONS TEAM!!! : )

Hey y'all! Welcome to the 2015 summer missions team to ASIA!!!!!

Please bookmark this blog! We would love to get to know you a little before the trip, so please introduce yourself by posting the following:

1. Your name, year, school, and major

2. If you could spend one day doing anything, what would it be?

3. What kind of music do you listen to?

4. What inspires you?

5. What countries have you traveled to/lived in?

6. Do you prefer sunrise or sunset and why?

7. What is your favorite passage in Scripture?

8. What are you most excited about with this mission trip?

9. Post a picture of yourself

We're all super stoked to meet y'all, and to spend 4 weeks together growing closer to each other and to Christ!!!

God bless always,

Your FOCUS Missionaries