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    <title>Fixing my eyes on the unseen... - Kara Frate</title>
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    <description>Fixing my eyes on the unseen... - Kara Frate</description>
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    <lastBuildDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:02:12 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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      <title>*SEASON OF CHANGE*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=season-of-change</link>
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The day I arrived home from The World Race was very confusing for me because I expected to be nothing but excited when I stepped off the plane in Dallas.&amp;nbsp; I was excited to see my loved ones but at the same time I immediately felt a void that I had never experienced before.&amp;nbsp; I prayed about it and even tried to fill the void but it is still there.&amp;nbsp; The void is &quot;community.&quot;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This past week I had the opportunity to spend a few days with my World Race teammates and for a few short days the void left... But as the &quot;goodbyes&quot; came, the void slowly came back.&amp;nbsp; When the final goodbye came at the airport I literally found myself in tears until sometime after the plane took off, and they have made a couple of appearances since.&amp;nbsp; I do not like to admit that I am a needy person, but I am telling you that I NEED community.&amp;nbsp; I need to be around people that are after the same t</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*HAITI VIDEO*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=haiti-video</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=haiti-video</guid>
      <description>Check out this awesome video my friend Liz made from Haiti... 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*A HEART FOR GODS PEOPLE*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-heart-for-gods-people</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-heart-for-gods-people</guid>
      <description>






&amp;nbsp;
&amp;nbsp;As I watch the news broadcasts from Haiti and hear the
people of America respond I continually hear&amp;nbsp;
these comments among many others crossing the lips of&amp;nbsp; the people I am surrounded by....
&amp;nbsp;
&quot;Why would God allow this?&quot;
&amp;nbsp;
&quot;Turn the channel it is too much for
me&quot;
&amp;nbsp;
&quot;Maybe God is punishing them&quot;
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&quot;What can we do to help?&quot;
&amp;nbsp;
&quot;How will Haiti ever come out of this?&quot;
&amp;nbsp;
To all of these questions I do not have
an answer, but I do know this...
&amp;nbsp;
Exactly 11 months ago I was entering
into my 2nd month on The World Race in the country of Haiti.&amp;nbsp; My team was staying in an orphanage called
Canaan, not too far out of Port Au Prince.&amp;nbsp;
Although my team and I were blessed beyond measure if you were to ask me
what my least favorite country was on the race, &quot;Haiti&quot; would be at the top of
my list.&amp;nbsp; From being surrounded by great
people and being treated like a queen, there was really no explanat</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Can we help the people of Haiti?*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=can-we-help-the-people-of-haiti</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=can-we-help-the-people-of-haiti</guid>
      <description>&amp;nbsp;
&amp;nbsp;THE ANSWER IS &quot;YES&quot;, WE CAN HELP!
&amp;nbsp;
THIS IS A BLOG MY TEAMMATE LIZ FROBA POSTED TODAY REGARDING THE TRAGEDY IN HAITI.. AS YOU ALL KNWO WE WERE THERE IN FEB, SO THIS IS HARD FOR US... PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THIS COUNTRY...
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If you have followed my blog you know i have a heart Haiti and have spent a significant amount of time there.&amp;nbsp; What you may have not known is I am planning to return in 6 weeks and now hope to return sooner.&amp;nbsp; Despite the tragedies that have occurred in the last 24 hours I have every intention of still going at the end of February and if I can come up with the money to get there and put a team together I will go sooner.&amp;nbsp; Here is an email you will probably be receiving if I have your email, but just in case I knew this blog would hit a lot of people.&amp;nbsp; Please pray about helping.&amp;nbsp; Please pray for this country and these people.&amp;nbsp; Please pray for God to move in a mighty way in the midst of this trag</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*AN ADVENTUROUS GOD*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=an-adventurous-god</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=an-adventurous-god</guid>
      <description>
&amp;nbsp;



11 months ago I found myself searching to find who God was.&amp;nbsp; I wanted to know Him and I told Him 
I would do &quot;anything&quot; to get there.&amp;nbsp; That &quot;anything&quot; word is a very bold word to pray....&amp;nbsp; 
&amp;nbsp;
I soon found myself boarding a plane for The Dominican Republic scared out of my mind but with the mindset of 
&quot;Missions, what a great way to find Him. Its bound to happen.&quot;&amp;nbsp; The truth is it didn&apos;t take me long to find Him.&amp;nbsp; God doesnt hide from us but 
we can&apos;t see Him until we truly want to see Him.&amp;nbsp; I didn&apos;t find God because I was doing a &quot;good christian&quot; thing, I found God because I finally 
came to a place where I had a longing to find God and I knew that I needed Him. &amp;nbsp;

He can be found in many forms...

It was in my lowest of lows this year that I found Him in the peace and the comfort that washed over me. 
It was in my 5 amazing sisters who lavished His love on me.
It was in the childrens faces of many nations.
It was in</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Month 11 Video*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=month-11-video</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=month-11-video</guid>
      <description>As most of you should know my last month of the race looked different.&amp;nbsp; There were only 4 members of team BLING together this month including Blair, Liz, Shannon and Myself.&amp;nbsp; Kristen and Ashley were in Berlin, Germany working with the &quot;burn&quot; ministry which is a worship ministry.&amp;nbsp; The 4 of us traveled to Poland, Germany, and The Czech Republic.&amp;nbsp; Although we were a part all 6 of us had an amazing month.&amp;nbsp; Once again my teammate Shannon made a video from our month..&amp;nbsp; There is a little bit of Kristen and Ashley&apos;s ministry in the video but I will try to post their own personal video asap.&amp;nbsp; Please enjoy : )
&amp;nbsp;
I arrive back in The States on Monday and I cannot wait to reunite with all of you that I love so much.&amp;nbsp; With that said I need you to know that things may look a little different than you are expecting. &amp;nbsp; Remember, I am leaving a family that I have spent 11 months along side and I am sad.&amp;nbsp; I have been broken to the core this year a</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Fighting the good fight*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=fighting-the-good-fight</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=fighting-the-good-fight</guid>
      <description>As I reflect back over the past 11 months I see a girl fighting not to come on this trip.&amp;nbsp; I see a team and a squad fighting for me to stay on this trip.&amp;nbsp; Through out the year I have found myself fighting to believe and fighting for my faith to be strengthened.&amp;nbsp; There have been times where I&apos;ve found myself at the lowest of lows fighting to see the littlest glimpse of His face.&amp;nbsp; There have also been times that I have found myself on my knees fighting for my team, my squad and people at home, for their faith and for their hearts.&amp;nbsp; As I have watched my team and I this year I have seen all of us fight through the stretching with tears and with laughter.&amp;nbsp; Now as we prepare to go home I see people fight to stay engaged for the last leg of our trip, I see other people fighting for them.&amp;nbsp; I see myself fighting through the tears and heartache that comes with &quot;transition.&quot;&amp;nbsp; I am fighting to receive all of the closure I need from this year, so that I will</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What&apos;s Next?</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=whatts-next</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=whatts-next</guid>
      <description>Well... Here it is..&amp;nbsp; The month I never thought would come, Month 11... 
&amp;nbsp;
Of course the questions have started being asked with the main one being &quot;What&apos;s next?&quot;&amp;nbsp; So many people have asked me this question, so I thought I would write a blog to answer the entire audience at once.
&amp;nbsp;
First let me just start with &quot; I ask myself &amp;amp; God this question more then you will ever know.&quot;&amp;nbsp; As of right now I only know that my next step is to go home and to love on my family and friends for a while.&amp;nbsp; The thing that scares me is that I don&apos;t know how long that &quot;while&quot; will be.&amp;nbsp; I know that God has big plans for me and is going to require more of me, and I know that with every transition comes heartache and stretching.&amp;nbsp; So when I look at that side of it I find myself asking &quot;Can I do this again?&quot;&amp;nbsp; 

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The truth is.. I can&apos;t do this alone.&amp;nbsp; As a matter of fact I can&apos;t even do this with a little bit of me.&amp;nbsp; It has to be all Him.&amp;nbsp;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Halloween 2009</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=halloween-2009</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=halloween-2009</guid>
      <description>Journal Entry from 10/31/2009 

&amp;nbsp;
While you were dodging&amp;nbsp; Ghouls and Goblins this is what I was doing... 

&amp;nbsp;
I woke up at 8am, stumbled into the kitchen and Blair told me to go back to bed because I am sick and she wanted me to rest.&amp;nbsp; It didn&apos;t take much convincing me (surprise surprise) I turned right back around and slept until 11:15.&amp;nbsp; After a quick shower and a chocolate sandwich for lunch we left for the Polish airport around 12:15.&amp;nbsp; Once we arrived at the airport I checked my luggage, bought some Haribo gummy bears and boarded a hot pink airplane 1 hour later.&amp;nbsp; In what seemed like 15 minutes the pilot said &quot;prepare for landing&quot;,&amp;nbsp; I am still convinced it was only a 15 min flight but anyway...&amp;nbsp; As soon as we entered Germany The Lord was showing off outside the airplane windows with His gorgeous snow capped mountains.&amp;nbsp; I was in Awe.&amp;nbsp; We landed in Memmingen, Germany and got in a taxi with Mrs. Jeff Gordon to the train statio</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Last Leg*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=last-leg</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=last-leg</guid>
      <description>As I said before this last month is going to look different for many reasons.&amp;nbsp; The first reason being that there was an amazing opportunity for prophetic worship with an organization in Berlin, Germany.&amp;nbsp; This caused H-SQUAD to form a 9th team, which included 2 of my teammates Kristen and Ashley.&amp;nbsp; They are both very gifted in worship and bringing light to the darkness, my selfishness misses them so much but I am very excited for their opportunity this month. The 4 members of Team BLING that are still together prayed about where we felt God leading us this last month and we felt like we were supposed to travel to many countries telling people about our year and The World Race, and building possible world race contacts for future racers.&amp;nbsp; Our travel will look like this... Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria (for final debrief).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We are currently in Poland, it has been an awesome 4 days.&amp;nbsp; I LOVE this place, the food, the people and everything else.&amp;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*UKRAINE VIDEO*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=ukraine-video</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=ukraine-video</guid>
      <description>Team BLING had a good month of ministry in Ukraine. We were involved in working with a center for street kids and we took part in an English club. We start debrief with our squad today and on Monday we head to our last ministry locations for the year, I can&apos;t believe it is already month 11.&amp;nbsp; My teammates Kristen and Ashley will be going to Berlin, Germany to take part in prophetic worship.&amp;nbsp; The rest of my team and I are going to be in Poland for 1 week, Germany for 1 week, and the Czech Republic for 1 week.&amp;nbsp; We are going to several different countries to share about The World Race and what the Lord has done this year.&amp;nbsp; This last month will look different as our team is separated and some of us will be traveling a lot more then usual.&amp;nbsp; Please keep my team and my squad in your prayers as we close up this 11 month journey.&amp;nbsp; See you soon!
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&amp;nbsp;and of course... My teammate Shannon made an amazing video for our month of ministry in Ukraine..&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Family*Transitions*Life*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=familytransitionslife</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=familytransitionslife</guid>
      <description>

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday night during English club I was asked this question &quot; What has been the scariest thing for you on the race?&quot;

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&amp;nbsp;This year I have been to over 11 different countries, I&apos;ve been on transportation with drivers who shouldn&apos;t have a license in vehicles that would never pass inspection in The States, I&apos;ve eaten crazy food, been around crazy people and experienced some really crazy stuff.&amp;nbsp; But yet I found myself answering the question with &quot;Leaving my family was the scariest thing I&apos;ve done this year.&quot;
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When I left home I left people who knew me, people who were used to my stupid quirks, and people I was comfortable with.&amp;nbsp; I didn&apos;t have to explain myself, they just knew.

&amp;nbsp;
Now I find myself 10 months later living in a small room with the same 5 girls I have been living alongside for the past 9 1/2 months.&amp;nbsp; This year we have shared clothes, beds, tears, laughter,</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*A DAY IN THE LIFE OF*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-day-in-the-life-of</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-day-in-the-life-of</guid>
      <description>This is a journal entry of mine from 9-30-2009----

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Last night we boarded a train that looks just like the Polar Express and is destined for Moscow, Russia.&amp;nbsp; For us it is a 17 hour train ride because we will be getting off in Kiev, Ukrane.&amp;nbsp; It&apos;s called a sleeper train and apparently thats all you can do on it, is sleep because you only have a bed that you can&apos;t even sit up in.&amp;nbsp; The only friendly person I&apos;ve met was the border patrol guy that stamped my passport at 6am this morning while I was lying in bed.&amp;nbsp; At the train stops there are people selling beer &amp;amp; fish, wish seems to be normal because the majority of the train had crawfish &amp;amp; beer for breakfast.&amp;nbsp; I got up this morning to go brush my teeth and use the restroom only to get smashed between the smokers in the hall way and to find a metal squatty potty that I had to balance above and at the same time build my leg muscles.&amp;nbsp; The only people sharing a room with me are 4 guys and</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Update on ME*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=update-on-me</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=update-on-me</guid>
      <description>A little long.. Sorry, but God transformed me this week... I will post pics when i have the chance. : )

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Just in case you are not aware, at the end of every month my squad has a &quot;Debrief.&quot; It is a time of relaxation and ministry to us as individuals.&amp;nbsp; This month was a little different because the organization we are with held a conference in Brasov, Romania.&amp;nbsp; Every squad on the field (4 squads, about 200 people) , alumni and AIM staff would all be attending the conference..&amp;nbsp; This debrief did not sound relaxing at all,&amp;nbsp; In fact I was not looking foward to it and did not have any desire for our squad to have to mingle with 3 other squads.&amp;nbsp; 
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We arrived at the conference location on Monday night, set up our tents and woke up on Tuesday for the first session.&amp;nbsp; As soon as I woke up that morning I felt a weight on me that was not there before, I did not know what was wrong with me.&amp;nbsp; It felt like I was about to go into a depression</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Romania Video*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=romania-video</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=romania-video</guid>
      <description>BLINGS MONTH OF MINISTRY IN ROMANIA WAS A BLAST... WE ARE AT DEBRIEF/THE CONFERENCE.. WE ARE NOT SURE WHICH COUNTRY WE WILL BE GOING TO NEXT BUT I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ASAP.. 
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CHECK OUT THE VIDEO MY TEAMMATE SHANNON MADE FOR THE MONTH OF ROMANIA....

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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Romania Update</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=romania-update</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=romania-update</guid>
      <description>Horse drawn carriages, grapes picked right off the vine, apple picking, plums whenever you want them, GORGEOUS people and GORGEOUS scenery.....&amp;nbsp; What&amp;nbsp;more could you ask for?&amp;nbsp; 
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This is pretty much our life in Romania...&amp;nbsp;

This month our entire squad is living in the same village (this hasn&apos;t happened all year) and to top it off we have a whole other squad right along side us in the same village...&amp;nbsp; There are 75 Racers in the area we are living in...&amp;nbsp; Its crazy...but good.. The Lord obviously wanted to bring people into this village because squads do not cross on a regular basis... and our entire squad has never been together...&amp;nbsp; So the Lord is really being glorified in the community of Ville Tecci this month.&amp;nbsp; We will be heading to Debrief/Conference on Sunday and there will be 4 squads + Alumni attending.... That too is going to be crazy...&amp;nbsp;
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Prayer request- &amp;nbsp;I love my team, I love my squad, and I LOVE Romania...but I</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Johannesburg Ministry Video*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=johannesburg-ministry-video</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=johannesburg-ministry-video</guid>
      <description>Team BLING was involved in a variety of different ministries this month in Johannesburg, we enjoyed every bit of it and on a personal level it was one of my favorite months. &amp;nbsp;We will be beginning our final debrief of the continent of Africa tomorrow.. &amp;nbsp;We have not seen our squad in 2 months and it is going to be AWESOME... &amp;nbsp;We will be flying to Eastern Europe on Sept 3 to begin our last leg of our journey. &amp;nbsp;
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Here is a great video of our month in Johannesburg, South Africa.... &amp;nbsp;I do not take any credit for this, I stole it from my teammate Shannon who is very talented at making videos : ) &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>*Who Am I*</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=who-am-i</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=who-am-i</guid>
      <description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The day I started my journey on The World Race the Lord began to ask me this one question, Do you know who you are?
 

Of course the answer that immediately came to my head was &quot;yes&quot; I am Kara Frate, I am from McGregor, Tx and I am the daughter of Louis and Julie.&amp;nbsp; But all year long that has been the one question that He continues to ask me and as I have been walking along side Him, allowing Him to stretch me and teach me things I have realized I had no clue who I was before this trip.&amp;nbsp; Yes, I know what my name is, where I am from, and who my parents are but that is just a small part of who I am. 

&amp;nbsp;
Now going into the last 3 months of the Race,&amp;nbsp; I think about how much the Lord has changed me and changed my views on things this year I realize that&amp;nbsp; If I didn&apos;t know myself, then people I love at home were just as clueless as I was.&amp;nbsp; So that is why I am writing this blog, to let you know 3 months in advance a little bit a</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>.Scars from the past.</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=scars-from-the-past</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=scars-from-the-past</guid>
      <description>The first day I walked through the gates of Children Of Fire my eyes immediately spotted the person who was destined to to steal my heart.&amp;nbsp; His precious smile &amp;amp; sweet spirit was all it took to reel me in.
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Thapelo is one of many children living at this organization.&amp;nbsp; When Thapelo was 2 yrs old he became a victim to an exploding stove, leaving him with a burned stomach, arms and the right side of his face.&amp;nbsp; He is 3 rs old now and is as precious as ever.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
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After spending 3 days with Thapelo I have let him fall asleep in my arms, read him Dr.Seuss, fed him and loved on him.&amp;nbsp; I don&apos;t know where his mother is, but she is not around.&amp;nbsp; I want to bring him home to play with my nephew.&amp;nbsp; I want him to experience a normal life and the love of a family that he deserves, but in reality I can&apos;t do anything, and the things that have happened to him in the 3 yrs he has been alive have put him in a home and left him with the scars to haunt hi</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In the eyes of the children</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=in-the-eyes-of-the-children</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=in-the-eyes-of-the-children</guid>
      <description>As we started our month in Botswana I wasn&apos;t really sure why we were here because it was taking us so long to get to our ministry location.&amp;nbsp; I let myself get irritated and to be honest I was ready to go home. 
&amp;nbsp;
When we finally arrived at our contacts house in the bush (Moralane Village) we set up our tents and Pastor Kumbu took us on a walk through the village.&amp;nbsp; This is when he told us alcoholism had the biggest hold on the Moralane people.&amp;nbsp; As I greeted drunk women with babies on their backs I looked them in their eyes and I saw so much pain.&amp;nbsp; My heart broke and I felt more sorrow for this group of people than I have felt at all this year.&amp;nbsp; Pastor Kumbu told us that their parents began to put sugar in beer so their 2 yr old children will acquire a taste for it.&amp;nbsp; Sexual immorality and witchcraft are the other 2 strongholds on the Moralane people.&amp;nbsp; Young girls start selling themselves for money to survive and before you know it she has HIV just</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>.B*L*I*N*G Mozambique Video.</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=bling-mozambique-video</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=bling-mozambique-video</guid>
      <description>Shannon made a great video to document our time in Mozambique.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy! 
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      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Travel day through the eyes of Blair</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=travel-day-through-the-eyes-of-blair</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=travel-day-through-the-eyes-of-blair</guid>
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 My teammate Blair has a talent for writing poems and this is by far one of my favorite..&amp;nbsp; It describes Team Bling and Team Gentle Warriors travel day from Mozambique to South Africa.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy Enjoy!&amp;nbsp; IF you would like to read more check out her blog blairbrendle.theworldrace.org..

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Posted in AFRICA by Blair Brendle on 7/4/2009



Waiting on our ride, it&apos;s half past ten
Fifteen more minutes and we&apos;ll try his cell again
Over an hour late, but we know that is the norm
And just when doubt sets in, that&apos;s when we hear the horn
Excited for some travel we grab our bags and head outside
To find no luggage rack or trailer in which our bags should reside
This is a minor problem, you see our bags are quite big
The driver says, &quot;More money, you&apos;re taking half the seats up in my rig&quot;
Oh communication barriers ar</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>.Month 7. Botswana Bound.</title>
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      <description>Just wanted to post a quick update to let you know what is going on...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 
I have been in S.Africa for the past week for debrief with the Squad. We were in the Mountains for a few days and we are now back @ the Betor house in Nelspruit, S.Africa.&amp;nbsp; My team along with Team Spectacle will be going to Botswana for the Month of July.&amp;nbsp; We will be camping in our tents but that is about all of the information that I know about next month.&amp;nbsp; So now you know just as much as I do.. The World Race is all about adventure and Faith : ).&amp;nbsp; I will continue to keep you updated as much as possible.&amp;nbsp; I will be posting a picture blog if I get the chance before we leave on Monday.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Please continue to keep up with my journey and I will continue to update you when possible.&amp;nbsp; You are all missed and I love you all !!! 


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      <pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>My first African experience.</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=my-first-african-experience</link>
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      <description>&amp;nbsp; 
With knots in my stomach I walked through the trails lined with grass huts to preach The Word of God in a church that wouldn&apos;t even measure up to the carport on my church at home.
As Ashley, Sabastian, Pastor Amos, 20 kids and Myself gathered on the dirt floors of the small church pastor explained they would pack the floors with water to keep dust from stirring when the &quot;dancing&quot; started.&amp;nbsp;I thought to myself &quot;but pastor, what dancing? There is no one here&quot;. 
Pastor began to sing &amp;amp; play his accordion and the 4 of us and the 20 children began to worship the Lord.&amp;nbsp;Within the next 15 minutes the presence of God showed up and so did the rest of the church members.&amp;nbsp;I now found myself thinking &quot;so this is what the water was for&quot;. 
The church was packed, the people were dancing like crazy, and between my outfit and my skin I was the brightest and whitest person in the room, but I still couldn&apos;t seem to keep the precious kids off of me.&amp;nbsp;I was loving every min</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hello Africa</title>
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      <description>Well... H-Squad has arrived in Africa.&amp;nbsp; When we boarded the plane in Bangkok on Sunday, we were dripping sweat.&amp;nbsp; When we exited the plane in Kenya on Monday, we were freezing.. I never imagined I would be cold in Africa.&amp;nbsp; It&apos;s just one big desert and hot, right?&amp;nbsp; WRONG... It is gorgeous and I fell in love the minute I got here.&amp;nbsp; We have been in South Africa this week but we should be leaving for our ministry sites in Mozambique tomorrow.&amp;nbsp; Team Bling will be doing ministry with Team Tikvah this month and we will be living in the bush.&amp;nbsp; I am not sure of the details just yet but I will be sure to keep you updated when possible.&amp;nbsp; I just wanted to let you know that I have arrived, I am safe and I LOVE it!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Love you all! 
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PS
Thanks to you.. ALL OF MY SUPPORT IS IN!!&amp;nbsp; Thank you all so much for making it possible for me to even be here right now... I love you all so much! 

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      <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are you ready?</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=are-you-ready</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=are-you-ready</guid>
      <description>
5 Countries and numerous church services later I continue to find myself singing this song when I cannot understand the worship songs...



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Katinas- Lord you are good 





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&quot;Lord, You are good 


And your mercy endureth forever  
(repeat)

People from every nation and tongue
From generation to generation

We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
You are good

Lord You are good 
And Your mercy endureth forever
(repeat)

You are good, all the time


All the time, You are good&quot;





&amp;nbsp;
I have always loved this song, but it never really came alive to me until I visited my first church service in the Dominican Republic the first month of the race.&amp;nbsp; From there on out that is all I hear in my head during every church worship service.&amp;nbsp; I have seen so many people from all over the world this year worship the L</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>HAPPY MOTHER&apos;S DAY!</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=happy-mothers-day</link>
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      <description>
We couldn&apos;t be in the states for Mother&apos;s Day so we wanted to do something special for our Mother&apos;s...&amp;nbsp; So Please enjoy... Mom I wish I could be there to give you a huge hug and you better believe that when I get off the plane in November I am going to tackle you.&amp;nbsp; I appreciate everything that you do and I think you are AMAZING!! I LOVE YOU!! HOPE YOU HAD AN AWESOME MOTHER&apos;S DAY BECAUSE YOU DESERVE THE BEST.... 
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LOVE YOUR BABY....
&amp;nbsp;KARA DAWN



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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>.Living in Slavery.</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=living-in-slavery</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=living-in-slavery</guid>
      <description>A day in the life of my friend... 

She wakes up everyday at about 3pm, does what she needs to do and goes into work at 7pm.&amp;nbsp; Her night consists of putting on a fake smile, acting like she is actually attracted to men she would never even glance at, playing pool and drinking.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sometimes as early as 8pm she is already purchased for the night at the small fee of $11 and shortly after leaves with the customer.&amp;nbsp; She now belongs to the customer for the night.&amp;nbsp; She doesn&apos;t have to do everything the customer wants, she now puts her own price on things..&amp;nbsp; But if she chooses a price too high, or she just chooses not to do what the customer wants..&amp;nbsp; There are sometimes consequences.&amp;nbsp; When a drunk man is angry and isn&apos;t getting what he asked for, they can get mean and things can get ugly...

- When we were in Thailand, Sammie and I had the opportunity of becoming good friends with two girls who are slaves to this lifestyle.&amp;nbsp; We had the chance to p</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>.JUMP IN.</title>
      <link>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=jump-in</link>
      <guid>http://karafrate.theworldrace.org/?filename=jump-in</guid>
      <description>
On April 4, 2009 I got off a bus in Chiang Mai, Thailand to take part in the prostitution ministry that I have only heard so much about. &amp;nbsp;

The first night of our stay in Chiang Mai our contacts escorted us through the bar district just so we could get a feel of what it really looked liked. &amp;nbsp;

I found myself in shock because I had no clue what I was in for.&amp;nbsp; Living my comfortable life in America it is so easy for me to read about this stuff and think &quot;That&apos;s really sad&quot; or get an &quot;Idea&quot; of what the prostitution scene in Thailand looks like.&amp;nbsp; But as I walked the streets of Thailand that night, my eyes had no choice but to be opened to what was going on because it was right in front of my face.&amp;nbsp; This stuff I read about actually became reality.

It was on this night that I realized that this becoming reality to me scared me.&amp;nbsp; Before seeing this with my own eyes I could understand that it was happening, and feel sympathy for the people involved. But as</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 2 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>On the move...</title>
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      <description>&amp;nbsp; For the past 3 weeks I have been involved in the prostitution ministry in Chiang Mai, Thailand.&amp;nbsp; The ministry has been great and there will be more blogs to come later this week.&amp;nbsp; I just wanted to give you a quick update.&amp;nbsp; As most of you already know my team was seperated this month into 3 different locations.&amp;nbsp; It was definetly a different experience not having my blingers around but at the same time I am&amp;nbsp; so thankful I had the privledge of doing ministry along side 15 awesome girls from other teams this month.&amp;nbsp; We will be getting on a bus sometime during the evening of the 25th and will be arriving in Bangkok to meet our squad around 6 am on the 26th (where my team will be reunited : ) , I miss them so much).&amp;nbsp; As a squad we will head to Ko Somet Island around 10 am that morning (where I will see Mike &amp;amp; Patti, so exciting)..&amp;nbsp; Our squad will be having debrief on Ko Somet Island for 4 to 5 days, than head back to Bangkok where our teams</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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