Wow you guys, this week was amazing!
Sorry it's been so long sense I've blogged, life has been so crazy busy!
Last weekend my leadership school and the DTS drove to Colorado to go
to a YWAM conference called the GO conference. They had it in the mountains in a little town called Estes Park on a YMCA campus tucked in the middle of the mountains!!! It was an incredibly beautiful place to stay, it snowed alot too! Even though it was cold, it was a perfect week. Being in this quite little tucked away mountainous place with God was exactly what I've been needing. Especially sense I'm going overseas in a few weeks!!!
The conference was fabulous, we had intense times of group intercession with hundreds of other ywamers from all over the country and the world, we had beautiful worship times, a time of sacrificial generous giving, workshops, lectures, and of course much needed times of rest, recouperation, and fun. Our speakers were phenomenal to say the least and I have come out of this week with alot of vision, strategy, inspiration, a greater revelation of God's love and of His plan for my life, and of what God wants me to be doing right now. There were even some really incredible anwsers to prayer! For example, one intercession time we prayed for the city of Jaurez, Mexico. They are a really violent city, 7 people at least are murdered there every day of the year. So some ywamers down there have been fasting at praying for God to give at least 4 days of no murder, of no violence, which so far, has been unheard of. So we prayed for this too! Then today, the last day of the conference, we got news from Jaurez, there was NO killings, NO murders yesterday!!!!!!!!!!Our God is SOOOO good!!! and so powerful!!! Wow!!! There are lots of other cool stories I could tell too, but I think I'm just gonna list some of the things God showed me this week. It was so awesome.
-I'm already prepared for missions. God is telling me to JUST GO. There is literally NOTHING holding me back, not excess preperation. He wants me to just go to the nations. The "need" to be "fully" prepared is an unnessesary obstacle. He's giving me the freedom to just go and I know I really can. I feel my fears, worries, and insecurities have been lifted off my shoulders by the holy spirit.
-God will ALWAYS be with me. I feel this week that God has been showing me more and more how I will be initially going into the nations single. By myself. Inititally. Don't know how long. And it is well with my soul! I only need Jesus! I only want him!!! As hard as times will be, he will ALWAYS be with me, and I feel for once in mym life I can honestly say to myself that he is all I want, he is all I need, he's my everything. I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me.
-I really feel equipped this week.
I learned alot from longtermers, about church planting, effective strategies for reaching unreached people groups, ideas for creative evanglism, how to battle the enemy when you are here and on the mission feild. How to disciple people as Jesus did, what it looks like to plant churchs that are like the Acts 2. How to simplify, we make things so complicated. What it looks like to be the Acts 2 church, the church that Christ intended us to be. Man, there is seriously SOOOO much this week..I could just go on and on, but i wont. anyways, learning from longtermers helped give me vision for what I could do overseas and what it really looks like. SOOOO helpful!!!!!!!
- I got a greater revelation of God's crazzzy love for me.
-He renewed my hope in him and gave me new confidence in myself and my capability with him to go to the nations.
-I also got to see alot of our DTSers commit to long term missions and commit to going overseas long term in the next year, It SOOO amazing what things God can do through a ready and willing spirit. These guys are going to change the WORLD!!!!!! I really believe we are going to see revival. I want to see our generation rise up and take a stand.It's time. Our world is LONG overdue for the response of the full body of Christ in bringing God's kingdom to this fallen world.
Anyways, this week was fantastic! Thank you sooooooo much to everyone who gave money to help us get here! This next week we will be traveling around Salt Lake City, Utah speaking in churchs and youth groups trying to mobilize people into the mission feild! Please keep our 2 teams in your prayers as the roads are snowy, and we don't really know what we are doing. God WILL use us, pray that we will be lead by him to make a huge impact on Utah and the world!!!
I love you guys and keep you in my prayers=]
God Bless!!!! <3
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Week 6 was an AWESOME week :]
Wow, I can definitly tell that you guys have been praying for me! This was like night and day compared to last week! I can't wait to tell you about it =]
Well this week in lecture we had Ken Helser, he spoke in my D-school as well, he's that prohetic guy who gave me that spot on word, idk if you guys remember that. But anyways, he was a blessing this week, he makes class alot of fun. But besides that God refocused mem on him. So these last 5 weeks of GP I've been son focused on doing what I gotta do, trying to find a balance, very task oriented rather than God oriented. So I layed that all aside, came to the root of why I'm here, because he is worthy. Its amazing how easily I can forget such important things God has told me. I spent alot of time getting back to initmacy with God this week, just spending more time with him, and during those times just getting to know him more rather than seeking to get things out of him. Also I felt alot more connected with the holy spirit this week. We had this day where we did 24 hour prayer, and I did it at 8am in the prayer chapel and it was an incredible time with God!!! I got my homework done crazzzy early and have had extra time to just go have fun with my friends, which i havnt got to do in quite awhile!! it's incredible how when you truely give our time to God and out him first, put him as the center, he REALLY DOES work everything out. In ways I can't even explain!! man...he is SO good!
Anyways, it's been a wonderful week!
Hopefully I will be able to blog some more soon about exciting southwast Asia trip details =]
Here are some things you could pray for!
-Money to come in for our mobile trip, we leave saturday for colorado!!!
-Money to come in for the boys in the team to Asia
- Spiritual warfare on the base
-Complications with our contacts overseas
-Health for team utah
-That the brakes on my car wouldn't really cost me 288 dollars!!!!!!
i love tou guys! thanks so much for reading and for supporting me!!!
always remember you are in my prayers too =]
Well this week in lecture we had Ken Helser, he spoke in my D-school as well, he's that prohetic guy who gave me that spot on word, idk if you guys remember that. But anyways, he was a blessing this week, he makes class alot of fun. But besides that God refocused mem on him. So these last 5 weeks of GP I've been son focused on doing what I gotta do, trying to find a balance, very task oriented rather than God oriented. So I layed that all aside, came to the root of why I'm here, because he is worthy. Its amazing how easily I can forget such important things God has told me. I spent alot of time getting back to initmacy with God this week, just spending more time with him, and during those times just getting to know him more rather than seeking to get things out of him. Also I felt alot more connected with the holy spirit this week. We had this day where we did 24 hour prayer, and I did it at 8am in the prayer chapel and it was an incredible time with God!!! I got my homework done crazzzy early and have had extra time to just go have fun with my friends, which i havnt got to do in quite awhile!! it's incredible how when you truely give our time to God and out him first, put him as the center, he REALLY DOES work everything out. In ways I can't even explain!! man...he is SO good!
Anyways, it's been a wonderful week!
Hopefully I will be able to blog some more soon about exciting southwast Asia trip details =]
Here are some things you could pray for!
-Money to come in for our mobile trip, we leave saturday for colorado!!!
-Money to come in for the boys in the team to Asia
- Spiritual warfare on the base
-Complications with our contacts overseas
-Health for team utah
-That the brakes on my car wouldn't really cost me 288 dollars!!!!!!
i love tou guys! thanks so much for reading and for supporting me!!!
always remember you are in my prayers too =]
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
BUSY BuSy busy
Well I'm sorry this one is a late!
Life has been ridiculously busy. I think in this blog I'll tell you a bit about whats been going on and then list a few prayer requests!
Well last week, we had a crazy busy week of lecture and homework, mixed with my extra busy schdule trying to plan this trip. I'm taking the most challenging school at this base, GP, is hard, forsure, then I'm trying to balance that with this trip, which is a HUGE task, as well as balancing in relationships with people here and back home, as well as my most important relationship, with Jesus!
I'm going to honest, last week was REALLY a struggle. There so incredibly much going on and on top of it all there was some problems with our "dorm life" that had to get sorted out and caused more burdens for myself. I won't get into detail on that, it mostly got sorted out. But it was a hard week. Theres also been some complications concerning the trip to Asia as well as the mobile trip we have coming up to Utah.
Speaking of which we leave next saturday for a confernce in Colorado, and then the week after that we will be in Utah for a week.
OOOHHHHH SOOOO much going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah....so theres a little glipse of whats going on. This week is going better than last week in some ways. God has been showing me not to balance everything in my life. I need to put Him as the center and let everything else fall into place. I've been letting my dailying tasks run me, rather than my relationship with Christ. It's been rough!
But he's been showing me alot today. I think the main focus of this week for me wil be that everything I do for God needs to be the overflow of intimacy with Him.
After all, I'm here for HIM, not for myself or my daily tasks!
I also REALLY want to thank all of you who have been supporting me financially and with prayer as well. I appreciate it SO much and I brag about the abundent love of my church family and supporters often =] you guys are amazing! And I've been hearing that there has been lots of prayer lifted up for me and my team lately. Thank you SOO much!!!! I most definitly see the effects!!!!
Well, here are a few practical things to pray for if you could=]Thanks so much! I love you guys!
- That the $500 dollars needed for team utah and the $500 for team idaho would come in
- That my fellow Gpers school tuition would come in so they can go on the mobile trip
-That the remaining Asia trip money would come in for the boys on my team, and for Carrie and I.
- That God would show me how to be the servant leader he wants me to be
- That I would stay fully connected in intamacy to God throughout the busy days
- For peace and love to reign in our GP class and our dorm
- There has been alot of attacks on base staff lately including me and Carrie
please pray against the enemy, he is coming down HARD!!!
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Life has been ridiculously busy. I think in this blog I'll tell you a bit about whats been going on and then list a few prayer requests!
Well last week, we had a crazy busy week of lecture and homework, mixed with my extra busy schdule trying to plan this trip. I'm taking the most challenging school at this base, GP, is hard, forsure, then I'm trying to balance that with this trip, which is a HUGE task, as well as balancing in relationships with people here and back home, as well as my most important relationship, with Jesus!
I'm going to honest, last week was REALLY a struggle. There so incredibly much going on and on top of it all there was some problems with our "dorm life" that had to get sorted out and caused more burdens for myself. I won't get into detail on that, it mostly got sorted out. But it was a hard week. Theres also been some complications concerning the trip to Asia as well as the mobile trip we have coming up to Utah.
Speaking of which we leave next saturday for a confernce in Colorado, and then the week after that we will be in Utah for a week.
OOOHHHHH SOOOO much going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah....so theres a little glipse of whats going on. This week is going better than last week in some ways. God has been showing me not to balance everything in my life. I need to put Him as the center and let everything else fall into place. I've been letting my dailying tasks run me, rather than my relationship with Christ. It's been rough!
But he's been showing me alot today. I think the main focus of this week for me wil be that everything I do for God needs to be the overflow of intimacy with Him.
After all, I'm here for HIM, not for myself or my daily tasks!
I also REALLY want to thank all of you who have been supporting me financially and with prayer as well. I appreciate it SO much and I brag about the abundent love of my church family and supporters often =] you guys are amazing! And I've been hearing that there has been lots of prayer lifted up for me and my team lately. Thank you SOO much!!!! I most definitly see the effects!!!!
Well, here are a few practical things to pray for if you could=]Thanks so much! I love you guys!
- That the $500 dollars needed for team utah and the $500 for team idaho would come in
- That my fellow Gpers school tuition would come in so they can go on the mobile trip
-That the remaining Asia trip money would come in for the boys on my team, and for Carrie and I.
- That God would show me how to be the servant leader he wants me to be
- That I would stay fully connected in intamacy to God throughout the busy days
- For peace and love to reign in our GP class and our dorm
- There has been alot of attacks on base staff lately including me and Carrie
please pray against the enemy, he is coming down HARD!!!
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Yet another good week
So, we finally come to the end of another good week.
It's been extremely busy as usual, but I've been havin a blast.
Thursday was my teams first team time and it went really well.
We talked all about the trip, did intercesh, watched a video, told testimonies,
it was awesome!
I'm really loving getting to know everybody on me team.
Besides Thailand stuff, lecture has been pretty cool. The speaker was
the north west director of ywam, pete Iliyin, he had alot of really good stuff to
say on biblical qualifcations of leadership. plus he shared alot of his own stories with us
which was really inspiring.
God has been teaching me alot this week about going above and beyond in everything I do.
He has also been showing me how far he has brought me. Comparing my life this time last year to now. There has been such a complete transformation in my life! God is so good=]
Tomorrow downtown theres going to be an anti human trafficking event called Sex + Money and a bunch of my friends on base are going to be preforming songs, dances, and displaying their art work. I'm really excited for it, it should be realy incredible. Some Hollywood filmakers are going to be there to add this to a documentry they are making on Human Trafficking in america. It's going to be awesome!
Well anyways I better be off, you guys are all in my thoughts and prayers!
God Bless!
It's been extremely busy as usual, but I've been havin a blast.
Thursday was my teams first team time and it went really well.
We talked all about the trip, did intercesh, watched a video, told testimonies,
it was awesome!
I'm really loving getting to know everybody on me team.
Besides Thailand stuff, lecture has been pretty cool. The speaker was
the north west director of ywam, pete Iliyin, he had alot of really good stuff to
say on biblical qualifcations of leadership. plus he shared alot of his own stories with us
which was really inspiring.
God has been teaching me alot this week about going above and beyond in everything I do.
He has also been showing me how far he has brought me. Comparing my life this time last year to now. There has been such a complete transformation in my life! God is so good=]
Tomorrow downtown theres going to be an anti human trafficking event called Sex + Money and a bunch of my friends on base are going to be preforming songs, dances, and displaying their art work. I'm really excited for it, it should be realy incredible. Some Hollywood filmakers are going to be there to add this to a documentry they are making on Human Trafficking in america. It's going to be awesome!
Well anyways I better be off, you guys are all in my thoughts and prayers!
God Bless!
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