http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org Silas Watkins - The World Race 2007 en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:31:20 GMT 30 http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=time-to-take-a-stand http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=time-to-take-a-stand It's time for our generation to stand and change the world.  God can use you!  Just step out and take a leap of FAITH.  Please watch this video and pray about what God is doing in your life... (This is a new video from Fall Out Boy.  It shows the life of a child soilder in Uganda.) Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=feels-like-today http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=feels-like-today Late last night I realized something. I'm on The World Race. I know it is crazy to say that now. For the past six months I have been on the Race. I think it takes a while to let it sink in. Some people (like me) like to take their sweet time realizing some of these things. I think if you do anything for six months it is bound to change you. Not always drastically, but still it will help to form you nonetheless. I want to tell you what has happened in my life and my heart in the first six months of the race. First and foremost, I have learned that God is Good. If you had been here with me, you would know that that's kind of my go to motto. I say it quite frequently. Sounds like something that should be a given to anyone who is a Christian. It's just that being out here, seeing the things we see, living this life, I don't feel like it is said enough. Living in Community, Living in Community, Living in Community. What a crazy thing. 22 Girls-4 guys. Who would have thought an only child fr Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=what-is-manistry-really1 http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=what-is-manistry-really1 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=tell-you-some-things-about-manistry http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=tell-you-some-things-about-manistry Sorry I tried to put text with the video but it didn't work. MANISTRY is dangerous, rugged and untapped. Very scary and few guys are up to the challenge. So please put the little ones to sleep, sit down, but on your seat belt and enjoy the ride. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=thank-you-so-much http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=thank-you-so-much I just wanted to say thank you.  It is amazing how God can use people to really bless you from across the Atlantic Ocean.  In the past week I have been able to raise $2,500.   I have one more prayer request.  One of my friends on the race in need of support, immediately.  If she does not have $1,500 in her account by the time we touch down in Asia she will have to go home.  Please read her blogs and keep her and her finances in your prayers.    Thank you again so much. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=mrs-cobb-elvis-has-not-left-the-building http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=mrs-cobb-elvis-has-not-left-the-building It's amazing how good God really is.  I know that it is so easy to say that God is in control of everything but it is another thing to truly believe it with your heart.  Here is one story about how God is using this race to help me to truly learn that I have to walk by faith.   We have been staying in a little town in Botswana called Maun.  It is a very touristy city that has a lot of people fly in and out of it, because it is close to the delta and all the good safaris.  We were having a team day and the girls and I decided to have lunch, look around the city, and go to a local American restaurant and have some dessert.  Lunch was great, but if you have ever been on a long mission trip you know that it's all about the dessert.   After the apple crumble I knew it was time for shopping with the girls.   Like it usually does, shopping really wore me out.   So I told the rest of my team tha Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=one-week-left-in-africa http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=one-week-left-in-africa One week left!!!  The world race teams are about to embark on the second part of our race in South East Asia in about a week.  I am so excited to see what God has planned for us all once we arrive on the new soil.  I have a few   huge prayer requests that I want to ask all the people who read my blog to join me in.  I am currently $8,000 short of my goal to finish the race.  I pray that the money for that will come.  I also am praying for the $1,500 I need in the next week to stay on the race to be provided.  If you can keep me and my prayers in your prayers that would be a huge blessing.  Thank you and God Bless. Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=can-anyone-hook-a-brother-up http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=can-anyone-hook-a-brother-up I am just writing to tell everyone that is reading my blogs thank you so much for following me and supporting me along the way.  I have been blessed to have the chance to be a part of so many amazing ministries.  God is really teaching me that you can be Jesus any where you go, all you have to be willing to do is listen to his voice.  I would love to be able to stay on this journey, and see where God will take me in the next eight months.  Currently I have 5,000 dollars in my account.  In order to finish the race I need 8,000 more dollars.  I trust that God will finish the work that he has started in my life.  I am willing and always listening to hear where his voice will call me.  I love you all and God bless you. Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=another-day-in-the-neighborhood http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=another-day-in-the-neighborhood Sorry that it has been so long since my last update.   I will give a cliff notes version of what we have been up to.   We spent the two weeks after my last blog working at VBS camp.   It was amazing; we had the chance to work at two different schools.    The first one was at a wealthy school right next to where we were staying.   The kids were great.   They spoke great English and you could tell that they had a seed in there heart for God.   After the first week we were told that we were going to go to another school about an hour away.   I was excited because that meant I had the chance to have some nappy time on the way there and back.    I was mistaken, because a few days before the camp was going to start someone asked me if I had ever driven on the other side of the road.   I said no.   Then they asked if I new how to drive a stick.   I had that one.   So I sign Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=feels-like-home http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=feels-like-home I have felt so blessed to be a part of this ministry.  Every second that I spend in Africa it feels more and more like home.  I can't wait to see how God is going to wreck my heart for the people around the world over the next year.  Here are a few pictures that can help to explain what I have been up to for the past month. . Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=tia http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=tia So this is South Africa.  What a great adventure.  We left Swaziland at 10 Am.   It was supposed to be a four hour drive to our new location.  Four and a half hours later we were about half way there.   Fun Fun.     It was a great bus ride.   I got to have quality time with some of my new teammates.   When we arrived I was so happy to hear that the guys were going to be able to sleep in beds.   For the past two weeks my tent and I have really become acquainted.   I named her Susie.   When we woke up in the morning I felt so blessed.   A great night's sleep, a prayer session, and kids playing soccer everywhere.   We got right to work after breakfast, cleaning out rooms and helping them cut down bamboo for a fence.   We were finished with our work by four and then it was time for fellowship.   I know that this is just a short exp Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=u-turn http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=u-turn The first day on the trip of my life.   It was a great one!   Long stay at the airport.   Huge bag on my back, and airline that said that we were not going anywhere but home (AIM headcounters).   What a blessing, it gave me a chance to let the nerves that were killing me just fester some more.   The amazing thing about God is that he has perfect timing.   It seems that he is never late.   I am just sometimes really early.   In the stillness of the day after we were suppose to leave I had a great opportunity for quiet time.   It's been a crazy couple of days so it was a great chance to catch up with my Lord and Savior.     While praying and reading I started to think about not having a home, to be starving and have no place to lay my head, to be DISPLACED, hungry and uncomfortable.   Can that happen?   Does that still happen?   We put men on the Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=silas-watkins-bio http://silaswatkins.theworldrace.org/?filename=silas-watkins-bio Here goes! I am an only child who grew up in K-Town, Knoxville TN. I live with my roommate who has a dog named Sam and a cat named Payton "Go Vols". I have amazing parents when it comes to me following what God has in store for me. 100% support. I go to The University of Tennessee and only have 21 more hours until I am free. I grew up in a house that went to church but I didn't follow the Lord with my whole heart until I was in High school. It was my Young Life leader BT that helped me to see the love that God had always had for me. I guess you could say that I was or am a Young Life kid. I had the chance to travel to Colorado Springs CO to serve as a Work Crew member at Frontier Ranch a Young Life camp. That was an amazing experience that opened my eyes to missions. In the years to come I had the chance to travel to two different parts of Venezuela. Hobbies I have a few. I grew up playing soccer. Played in Elementary, middle high, and college I guess you could say that Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT