by Tees Valley Youth for Christ | Mar 2, 2016 | Gap Year, TVYFC
I did everything I was supposed to do. I studied and made good grades. I went to university. I got a degree. I started my career. I began a retirement plan. I bought my dream vehicle. I was twenty five years old and (besides the whole marriage and kids thing) I was...
by Tees Valley Youth for Christ | Feb 25, 2016 | Devotional, Gap Year, TVYFC
Living & working in England is the dream of a lifetime. From the thrill of living in another culture to getting the opportunity to spread the gospel to young people, those of us who are gap year workers have this chance to travel abroad and gain ministry...
by Tees Valley Youth for Christ | Feb 10, 2016 | Gap Year, TVYFC
It was that time of year again: time for me to hop on a plane from Houston and cross the Atlantic to the Tees Valley. This was my second trip to the Tees Valley, and little did I know that this plane ride was going to change my upcoming year and plans for the rest of...
by Tees Valley Youth for Christ | Jan 27, 2016 | Devotional, Gap Year, TVYFC
The Author has consistently given me simple words to pray over that tend characterize a season of life I am in. My first year spent in the United Kingdom was characterized by the word cultivate. In a garden this means to prepare the ground to be planted in, and the...
by Tees Valley Youth for Christ | Jan 21, 2016 | Devotional, Gap Year, TVYFC
I’ve lived in England for nearly four months. I still remember how I felt when I first saw York, the beautiful city I call home. Everything was just how I imagined it, with quaint buildings and charming people at every turn. I felt like I was living in a dream for the...
by Tees Valley Youth for Christ | Dec 16, 2015 | Devotional, Gap Year, TVYFC
It is December. There’s a rustling. Far off at first – softly hidden. Like a crescendo strategically placed in a carefree passage, the rustling turns into a consistent buzz becoming louder to my ears. The buzz that now fills them and can no longer be...
