A Little Change Here and There

I was able to come home for a week this Christmas and it's been such a great blessing to see my family and friends. Being able to spend a lot of time with my family and extended family has been so good. This Christmas is a little more chill then the ones in the past and a much more needed time of rest for a week. The Discipleship Training School just finished their lecture phase last week and the outreach teams are on the road. The Africa team just left on Saturday and the Haiti and Mexico teams are leaving today. On Friday we had a student get hit by a car while he was skating and with the last update I've heard he was still in the hosipital with 10 broken ribs, fluid in his lungs and some major head injuries. Please be praying for him, his name is Walter and he's suppose to be heading to Haiti today and we're praying that he can meet up with the team once he's out of the hospital and well.



Since my last update we've had a Renment skate compition for our skate ministry that I'm involved in and we had a great turnout. About 30 skaters were there and the compition was just a few hours long. This was a kick off to start the ministry back up and let the guys know that we're starting again. With staff leaving in the past the skaters weren't sure if we were still holding Friday night skate so we're getting them back together and not letting this ministry die. We're also starting a bible study with them on Tuesday night for those who want to come and know more about their Maker. Please be praying for the Renment Skate Ministry. We want the skaters to know we're still there for them and we're looking for perment places that we can hold Friday Night Skate where they can come and chill throughout the week as well. I just had a skate board givin to me so now I can get back on the floor with everyone, which is an answer to prayer. The Lord loves blessing us in the little things!


My position as DTS Secretary will be the same for the next school which I'm really excited about. I'll serve the leaders of the school so they can be focused on what is happening without thinking about all the details behind the sceens. I'm also going to start running the hospitality department and taking care of the guest speakers and outreach teams coming through the YWAM Mazatlan base. I worked in the hospitality department at the YWAM Denver base and loved it so I'm really excited about this. This is such an exciting time because God is doing so much in my heart and having giving these positions he's confirmed a lot of things for the future ahead. More on that later...


I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas this year! Enjoy time with family and friends. Be safe and stay warm!

Time to Chill

We're safe home from Pachuca, Mexico and the Go Conference was absolutely amazing!  We had such a great week of teaching and God did so much in my heart.  I got so much revelation of what God has for me in my life and simply just a lot of encouragement.  The pastor of the church we had the conference told us so much about when he and his family stayed in the mountains of Mexico with an isolated tribe.  I haven't shared much of this dream of mine but this is exactly what I want to do one day.  God put this in my heart in 2005 while I was sitting in a waiting room reading about isolated tribes in Columbia and the government intruding in on them.  Since then I've been really interested in living with a tribe but I never really thought it was possible.  They're isolated.  They only speak their own language.  They are in the depth of the jungle.  Can they even be found?  Can I even approach them and not be their evening dinner?  Then I heard about One Story, and organization that sends groups of people to tribes that have never heard of the name of Jesus.   My dream is to do this one day.  I've been in contact with them and just getting started with praying about where I should go and when.  I know it's a little further in the future but it's going to be a long process getting started so if you could be praying about it with me!  We had a lot of other really great teachings and worship times but the biggest thing God did in my heart was stir the fire in me about the tribes!  I also have a desire to go to China and serve my friends over there.  I plan to do that for a good few months and before I hit the jungles.  So ya!  It's a crazy adventure that God is taking me on and I'm not sure how it's going to work out but it's just trusting Jesus knows the way and I'm just following in his foot steps!

I also got sick again this week and missed out on street ministry in Mexico City.  I was soo bummed about it!  I was looking forward to it so much but I needed the rest for sure!  I heard a lot of great stories of hanging out with street kids, prostitutes and gang members.  Some came to know the Lord and others had open ears to what He had to say to them.  Such a great time of ministry.  Things with the school are going great.  We have such an amazing group of students.  They're getting fired up about outreach and really looking forward to it.  God is doing so much in their lives and the staff as well.  It's been so wonderful!  

With everything going on God has been calling me into a time to chill with Him.  It is so refreshing to just sit with Him and allow Him to minister to me.  It's a much needed thing to do right now.  Just get restored and prepared for the things He has for me.  He's created me to be a warrior in His Kingdom so He's preparing me for battle.  Frankly, it's quite fun to learn how to fight.