Some Pictures :)

I forgot that I promised some pictures! WELLLL here they are :)

This is a picture of my and my roommate Raechel at the movies with Flat Jesus!

This is me and my roommate Heather in enjoying the sun and ocean!

Me and my discipler, Sandhya 

My friend, Savannah, and I matching for church!

Flat Jesus and I in front of the youth center also known as the Shak!

My impact group! Such amazing people!

This is my Bible Study group! They are all amazing and it has been a blessing growing with them!!

JUMP! :)

This is me, Spencer, and Emily! Spencer is the co-leader of outreach team and Emily will be taking over as my Bible study leader (so excited!)

The halfway mark.

Hey everyone!
What an event couple weeks it has been :) I hope you are as eager to read this as I am to write it!
Let's jump in right away... First, community week! It was a really good but also really challenging week. As a project we really had to be in community with each other. Why, you may ask.. Well the staff were giving away clues all week to one person. Once the person got a clue they had spread the word to EVERY BODY else on project. Oh, and they weren't allowed to use text OR social media. The staff would always be saying, "When one knows everybody knows!". Not going to lie I got pretty sick of it haha. But in the end it turned out to be really good for us as a project. On Saturday night all the clues had led us to a softball game! Students vs. Staff. It was so much fun and all the clues finally came together and it was cool to see how our project had joined together as one. Turned out to be a really great week!
Then this past week was "World Visions Week". I think world vision week will have been my favorite week here on project! :) It breaks my heart knowing/learning about all the hardships people go through around the world. It was a really eye opening week and I'm really grateful for all that I was able to learn and take in. I'd love to travel to other countries and share what God has given me here. :)
ANYWAYS... this week is the final week that the staff are here.. it's really, really bittersweet. I have grown very close to many of them and I truly look up to them. I can't imagine project without them really! BUT in the midst of all the sadness with them leaving, there is huge excitement.. again you may ask why? WELL let me tell you! haha. As staff leave, we as students take over the project. Some students are put in to formal leadership positions but we are all challenged to really step up and become leaders. With staff leaving we as students really have to take ownership of our project, it truly becomes our own! I'm really excited, annnnnnd, I will be stepping in to the position of co-leader of the Outreach/Evangelism team! :) You guys, I am so excited/nervous!! I feel blessed to have gotten this position and I truly have the best team to work with! It'll be a great growth area as I head back to school  in the fall. YAY!
So that's a little recap of what we've been doing here on project formally.. but I'd love to share some more just fun and silly stuff we've been doing! Well on Fridays we have the night off here and this past Friday we all went to the movie Brave. Oh it was so good! I recommend it for people of all ages (It's a disney/pixar film so it's good to go). I've also been hitting the beach when I get the chance because how could I not?? haha. I also spend some AMAZING quality time with my roommates on a nightly basis. Shout out to my roommates: Raechel, Angie, Autumn, and Heather! :) I have been so blessed with them. They put up with all my wacky, crazy, messiness haha. They are amazing girls and I can't imagine what it will be like to say goodbye to them in August (so I won't) haha! Yah, everyone, it's really just been one of the most amazing summers so far. Like I mentioned in the title it's the halfway mark. I don't say this out of disappointment or regret either.. We still have 5 more weeks here in NMB to build relationships and love on people and for me, eat Chick Fil-A haha!
Love you all and I really miss you too.
-Setareh
p.s. Mom and Dad (because I know you read this)... I love you so much! Thanks for giving me up for the summer so that I can grow in my faith. I know this is where I need to be and I know you know this too. I couldn't have gotten a better set of parents (and I mean that)!! You may think it odd that I'm saying this on the blog but I just want to rest of the world to know how awesome you are :) Love you guys to infinity and beyond! YAY

Teaser... :)

Hey everyone! I'm not actually giving an update right now because I don't have very much time. BUT be ready because Wednesday is my day off and I am going to blow your mind with an update on this summer. TONS of fun and tons of Jesus :) Hope you are doing so good, everyone! Give me a comment or e-mail and tell me about what YOU are doing this summer. I'd love to hear from you
Love and God Bless,
Setareh

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Hello All! 
I would like to start this post by apologizing that it has been so super long since I last wrote. Life here at North Myrtle Beach has been beyond busy and I LOVE IT :) So, since I haven't written in forever it means I have a lot to update you all about. The last time I wrote it was the day I got a job which was at least two weeks ago! Since that post I have actually started working at Chick Fil-A and let me tell you.. I LOVE IT! Chick Fil-A is a fast food restaurant  that is known for outstanding chicken and extraordinary service. I have now been there for nearly two weeks and every shift is a new challenge. Today I worked the drive thru window from 8-4 and we had a rush going from 9-4! It was CRAZY :) But overall I really love working there. The ownership, management, and employee team are great and I love being able to be myself at work! 
However, work is only a small part of my life right now. The project has been go, go, go and busy, busy these last couple weeks! I'll re-cap two weeks ago first... Our theme for the week was "Thirsty?" and we talked a lot about where we fill our thirsts. A few areas that I found myself going to "quench my thirst" were: Facebook, other people, and busyness. However, throughout the week, I really got to dig in to the Lord's word that week and in the verse John 7:37-38 (Jesus speaking, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them"). The verse really hit home in my heart and I started praying more intentionally and readying the word more excitedly. I started to feel myself become satisfied and God held true to his promise in John that all I had to do was ask and go to Christ when I was "thirsty" and He would quench my thirst. The week ended with a really fun Saturday night project scavenger hunt, where my partner and I tied for first with two other proejcters! :) 
That brings me to this past week.. Last weeks theme was "Killing the Giants". I think I can say pretty confidently that this past week will have been one of the hardest weeks here on project but also one of the most rewarding and uplifting. Killing the Giants was taken from the story of David and Goliath, in 1Samuel 17. In the story, David, a small Israelite boy takes on a giant named Goliath with just a sling and some stones. David is able to defeat Goliath because he is able to trust God. God was with the Israelites the whole time but wouldn't just defeat Goliath, He wanted them to recognize that He was there and would help them concur the Giant. So, naturally during our Killing the Giants week we were supposed to take notice to some of the "giants" in our lives and we were going to defeat them. IT WAS INTENSE. I found a lot of growth over the week and was able to kill a few giants (still working on a few others though haha). Another big thing for the week was outreach. Outreach is a huge part of project already because we are here with a purpose, which is to spread the Gospel to people who haven't heard it yet. As a project we set some "goals" or rather challenges for ourselves and as an outreach team (I am on the outreach team) we really challenged students to go sharing at any free point they had. A big question for the week was, "What would it look like if for one week we went sharing and reached out in every free moment we had?" and "How would God show up if we did this?". It was really fun to challenge the other students but it was also really hard because it was a challenge for myself as well. This was definitely one of my giants. I struggled with going out after work because I was "too tired" or "I went out yesterday, so today I would rest". It was really hard but by the end of the week God had taken control of my heart and things started getting easier and I trusted more! It was really cool seeing other students kill their giants as well. One of the coolest things happened on Saturday of Killing the Giants week... We had the opportunity to take down a literal giant that was built by some members of the outreach ream. The giant stood at over 15 feet tall and stood in our common area all week taunting us! And the big clincher was that we would only get to take down the giant if we met our challenge for the week. Because the challenge was set by us students it was really important that we took faith in God and got to work for Him. So I bet you are all wondering if we got to kill the giant..... and the answer is... YAH BABY!!!! We took the giant down BIG TIME! :) It was an amazing feeling to know that we were all starting to trust the Lord more and more to do big things each day. Overall, it was an unbelievable week!
And now it is Tuesday. Today has been a great day and this week is going to be a big one, I can just feel it :) Our theme for the week is "All in the Together". I'm really excited!! I don't really know what to expect, except that we are focusing on the importance of staying together as a community and as a project. I'll update again on Sunday or Monday to let you all know how it goes! 
Also, I would love to hear from all of you.. so if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave a comment on here OR hit up my e-mail (setareh.mostofi@my.und.edu).
Love from NMB, 
Setareh :)
p.s. Be ready for some pictures next post!