The weather here is cooling down and the September sun is starting to set a little earlier telling me that the fun in the summer sun is coming to an end! With being in the kitchen for the hot months of June, July and August my heart has been blessed. It's a joy for me to cook. I've learned so much about myself, my struggles, my dreams, my passions, my fears. I've been working through some past issues and looking to some future goals. One thing I love about the summer was serving the base and the teams that came here to serve the city of Mazatlan. It was awesome to spend time over good food (that I helped cook, of course) and getting to know teenagers, pastors, youth leaders and mothers. My heart has been blessed by them. My life has been touched by theirs. I couldn't imagine the summer any different then investing into those around me who were investing into people of the city. Two quick stories: I love to crochet! In Mexico it's very hard to find good quality of yarn at a good price. To get about half of what you would buy in the States is about twice as much! A team leader and his wife blessed me buy going to the store in their home town in Washington and buying me 9 different colors that I requested! When the box finally arrived in Mazatlan I was stunned to see that they sent me two of each! It was like Christmas! I was able to bless another lady on staff with a color of each as well. It was so cool! Another story that just happened in the last two weeks still has be blown away. Since being on staff I've managed to collect just about one thousand dollars of staff fees. This has happened over the last year of me being here. I was very discouraged when I found this out because I thought that "I had it taken care of". Little did I know... I spent a few minutes in prayers and stirred up my spirit to see what the Lord was saying. I got all excited about this challenge in front of me and my attitude did a complete 180 degree and I just went for it! I felt as if the Lord just told me to tell my fellow YWAMers about what was going on and sent out an email to more then 300 YWAMers!! Facebook does have good connections! Within a week I got EVERYTHING I needed in!! (With some others not from YWAM who wanted to help as well!) Such a blessing! My heart is full of gratitude towards everyone who has stuck by me in this. Thank you so much again.
Also, about a week and a hald ago we were on our staff retreat here in Mazatlan. It was a wonderful time to get away, rest, write many emails to future supporters, eat some Mexican food with my room mates, and get teachings on the Intimacy of God. I have been desiring more of this in my life and really asking the Lord to show me the way. When we went to the staff retreat it was like BOOM! Just what I was asking for!! I had some huge breakthrough in my life and releasing over things that I've been holding onto for years. It was a great ministry time of the Lord just moving and speaking. Ah, so wonderful! He is so good.
Here in the downtown area where the market is there are a lot of people that sit on the street beggin for money. It's been on my heart to reach out to them. To allow God to minister to them through me. One family, a mother and two kids, have been on my heart in a huge way! There's been a few times where I've been able to give some pesos here and there but one day while I had free time I headed down to find her. Normaly, beggers are found in the same spot or close to so it wasn't very hard. I had 100 pesos (about 8 dollars) in my pocket and just sat down with her and asked her what she needed. Either my spanish is very hard to understand or I scared her a little because she didn't say anything and just stared blankly at me! It made me so nervous and I almost ran away! Luckly, a friend was with me to help with my spanish and keep me put. But she just said that her and her boys needed food for their house. We went to a store down the road and got two bags of crackers, juice, beans, veggies, and a toy football and blessed her and her boys. She was so thankful! It was a blessing for me to be a blessing. Please be praying for this family as I am praying for them! I've been sick the past week and haven't had the strength to go see them but I'm looking forward to the next time!
Yes, I've been sick. I'm heading to go get blood tests today and see the doctor again tomorrow and soon I will know what's happening and will be able to get well! There have been many people here at the base that have been getting sick with Typhloid, Dengue, and different forms of parasites. Be keeping us all in your prayers!! We've been heading to doctors and taking medication and getting better, it's just high season for some of these.
Many of you know that I've been here in Mazatlan for a year now. I can't believe it sometimes! The Lord has shown me so much and taught me tons about ministry. One thing that I've been waiting and wanting to share for some time now is what I will be doing after Mazatlan. I'm sure I've said some of this before but my heart is to head home in March and to get plugged back into my church there, to start some different ministries with my friends, to be with my family once again and to be able to use what the Lord has given me in these last years of ministry. I know now that if I didn't come here to Mazatlan there would be some things that I would have never learned about myself or have learned about the Lord. It's been a great training ground and I know the next six months still holds more. I'm looking forward to a trip to Asia next summer which I will give you more information as I'm still getting it!! But this is where the Lord has brought me, to a place to get ready to go back home.. And I'm so excited about it!
Thanks for taking the time to read this! It's pretty lengthy but there's a lot that is happening!! I'll leave you with a scripture that the Lord has been taking me though and teaching me about His teaching!
Psalm 19
The Heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge,
There is no speech, nor are there words,
Whose voice is not heard.
There measuring line goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In then he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man rund it's course with joy.
It's rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidded from it's heat.
The law of the Lord id perfect, reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold;
aweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
Who can discern his errors?
Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sights, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Bless you all!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
From resting to RUNNING
Since being in the kitchen and cooking for the teams that we've had in and out I had a lot of resting time. Not sleeping time. That, unfortunately, was not the case. But time during the day where I could just chill, read, pray, journal and get back into knowing what is important in my life: Realizing where I'm at personally and making time to focus on that. It's been a great time coming out of a crazy rut and getting re focused and simply just remembering to breathe once in a while. I was emailing one our leaders this morning and just sharing with her where I am at personally and I was saying that I'm ready to be more outward in my growth. Just being more productive in things that are on my heart. Like learning Spanish, being more active, writing more, making some music and things that can set my creative mind loose! So it's a good place for me, I feel motivated about life!
One thing that I'm excited about with all of this is that the Basic Leadership School (a.k.a. BLS http://www.ywammazatlan.com/page/basic-leadership-school) that is offered here at the Mazatlan base is starting late in September and I hope to be a part of that. It's a three month school where Leaders from around the world come down and simply talk about leadership. To be able to have time to hear about what they have experienced with different topics such as Leadership Styles, Prayer Life for a Leader, and Making Good Decisions is the best way that I learn. I remember when I first came down here last year the BLS was running and I was getting excited for what my friends were saying about what they were learning and growing in. I feel like I've learn a lot the last year being down here and that I've gone through a rough time as well so I'm excited to get fed a little more. Also, I'm excited to talk about what I have learned in leadership and ask more questions about some things that I've been through since being a leader in ministry. So, I'm excited!!
The last few weeks I have been struggling more with my health. I've been feeling sick, fatigue, tired and a little absent minded... That last one might not be that big of a surprise. So I went to the doctor earlier this week and got some test ran and found out yesterday that I have an infection in my intestines! The Doc put me on a diet and some medications and hopefully by the end of this month I will be healed!! I'm really thankful that I was able to get to the doctor and start figuring out what's going on. I'm trying to work out with my insurance how they can help me just incase I have to go back and get more tests and medications. Please be praying, the Doc bills are running high and because I have insurance I really want to use them! It gets confusing here in Mexico how that all works out.
Since I've gone home to raise support I've been doing ok with my financeses. One of my supporters that has been faithfully giving to me since I've been here is going to stop soon and I will be needing to raise more. (Thanks so much Memaw, you've blessed me a ton!) But her and her husband supported me HUGE so I will be missing that much in my monthly support. In one of my earlier posts I have all of my finances listed and while I was home I was able to raise most of it! I have paid most of my staff fees off, one credit card bill (!!!!) and raised my monthly support. So my monthly support is still $646 and my goal is to raise $1,000. To raise extra is important because we have a few times during the year where we travel for retreats and conferences. Each is about $300 and we have two coming up during the fall, our Staff Retreat and the Go Conference. All of the information on how to give to me is in the post from April 7. If you feel led at all to give there are ways on that post on how you can do that. Please consider this!
one last thing.
There are some old passions that God is bringing up in my heart that I will be sharing with you all soo so soon!! I can't wait! Good things happening!
BLESS YOU ALL!
One thing that I'm excited about with all of this is that the Basic Leadership School (a.k.a. BLS http://www.ywammazatlan.com/page/basic-leadership-school) that is offered here at the Mazatlan base is starting late in September and I hope to be a part of that. It's a three month school where Leaders from around the world come down and simply talk about leadership. To be able to have time to hear about what they have experienced with different topics such as Leadership Styles, Prayer Life for a Leader, and Making Good Decisions is the best way that I learn. I remember when I first came down here last year the BLS was running and I was getting excited for what my friends were saying about what they were learning and growing in. I feel like I've learn a lot the last year being down here and that I've gone through a rough time as well so I'm excited to get fed a little more. Also, I'm excited to talk about what I have learned in leadership and ask more questions about some things that I've been through since being a leader in ministry. So, I'm excited!!
The last few weeks I have been struggling more with my health. I've been feeling sick, fatigue, tired and a little absent minded... That last one might not be that big of a surprise. So I went to the doctor earlier this week and got some test ran and found out yesterday that I have an infection in my intestines! The Doc put me on a diet and some medications and hopefully by the end of this month I will be healed!! I'm really thankful that I was able to get to the doctor and start figuring out what's going on. I'm trying to work out with my insurance how they can help me just incase I have to go back and get more tests and medications. Please be praying, the Doc bills are running high and because I have insurance I really want to use them! It gets confusing here in Mexico how that all works out.
Since I've gone home to raise support I've been doing ok with my financeses. One of my supporters that has been faithfully giving to me since I've been here is going to stop soon and I will be needing to raise more. (Thanks so much Memaw, you've blessed me a ton!) But her and her husband supported me HUGE so I will be missing that much in my monthly support. In one of my earlier posts I have all of my finances listed and while I was home I was able to raise most of it! I have paid most of my staff fees off, one credit card bill (!!!!) and raised my monthly support. So my monthly support is still $646 and my goal is to raise $1,000. To raise extra is important because we have a few times during the year where we travel for retreats and conferences. Each is about $300 and we have two coming up during the fall, our Staff Retreat and the Go Conference. All of the information on how to give to me is in the post from April 7. If you feel led at all to give there are ways on that post on how you can do that. Please consider this!
one last thing.
There are some old passions that God is bringing up in my heart that I will be sharing with you all soo so soon!! I can't wait! Good things happening!
BLESS YOU ALL!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A Change in the Wind.
Since I've been back in Mazatlan there have been a lot of changes happening. It's been a while since I've written so I'll try to keep it short and very sweet! When I returned the DTS (http://www.ywam.org/contents/get_tra_dts.htm) was heading for their 7 week outreach! They went to three different nations: Brazil, Mexico and China. They returned two weeks ago with amazing testimonies of how God used them in incredable ways to share and show his love. Another thing that they ran into, you may have heard, was some complication with the Swine Flu! The team in Brazil wasn't allowed to leave that YWAM base for a week and had to be checked by a Doctor everyday. They actually go on the news for being Mexican Missionaries while the team had Americans, two girls from Holland, a Canadain, and only two Mexicans. Just one of the adventures this DTS has been on.
The Swine Flu never reached the state of Sinaloa where I live. I never got sick. And I was actually told my some friends to not come back and bring the pig flu.
Our Remnant skate ministry (http://www.ywammazatlan.com/page/remnant-sk8) has been going really great. I've built a lot of friendships with the skaters and it's awesome to see them pursue a passion of their hearts. Be praying for them, one of their friends passed away about a month ago, drowned in the ocean, and they took it pretty hard. We've had some memorial services and celebrated his life by skating, listening to music and watching skate videos. It's been a good open door to talk about Jesus and give hope and encouragement to the guys.
My position at the base has changed. I'm out of hospitality and working in the kitchen for three meals a day! It's pretty enjoyable. We have some teams here with us so we're cooking for a big group of people! Sometimes it's 20 sometimes it's 150. Anna is our cook and I part of the team that helps her throughout the day. I'm learning how to cook Mexican food.. Good Mexican food. It's pretty fun to serve the base and the teams in such a great way. There's nothing better then having good food around!
I'm doing pretty well. Being in the kitchen has taught me a lot so far and the Lord has been teaching me to slow down a little bit. I've have more time to chill, read, get feed and just be the the presence of the Lord. My year commitment here is up in September and I'm praying about what to do next. If I'll be here longer or start working to something else. There's plenty of options and I want to hear what the Lord has to say.
Finally, I'm sure most of you have heard about my brother, Bradley. He was in the hospital just over a month ago. He's doing much better now. I just want to say thank you for praying for him. It was a pretty rough time for me to be away but the Lord is so good to bring comfort. He's still waiting for results and has to take some more in the future if you could be praying for him still and the results come back with good report.
Thanks for taking time to read this! As I'm writing I'm enjoying a little bit of rain. We had a little hurrican here Friday and that was an experience!! It was cool to see something like that and we're all safe, just still cleaning up some damage. The rain is nice and cooling things down!
The Swine Flu never reached the state of Sinaloa where I live. I never got sick. And I was actually told my some friends to not come back and bring the pig flu.
Our Remnant skate ministry (http://www.ywammazatlan.com/page/remnant-sk8) has been going really great. I've built a lot of friendships with the skaters and it's awesome to see them pursue a passion of their hearts. Be praying for them, one of their friends passed away about a month ago, drowned in the ocean, and they took it pretty hard. We've had some memorial services and celebrated his life by skating, listening to music and watching skate videos. It's been a good open door to talk about Jesus and give hope and encouragement to the guys.
My position at the base has changed. I'm out of hospitality and working in the kitchen for three meals a day! It's pretty enjoyable. We have some teams here with us so we're cooking for a big group of people! Sometimes it's 20 sometimes it's 150. Anna is our cook and I part of the team that helps her throughout the day. I'm learning how to cook Mexican food.. Good Mexican food. It's pretty fun to serve the base and the teams in such a great way. There's nothing better then having good food around!
I'm doing pretty well. Being in the kitchen has taught me a lot so far and the Lord has been teaching me to slow down a little bit. I've have more time to chill, read, get feed and just be the the presence of the Lord. My year commitment here is up in September and I'm praying about what to do next. If I'll be here longer or start working to something else. There's plenty of options and I want to hear what the Lord has to say.
Finally, I'm sure most of you have heard about my brother, Bradley. He was in the hospital just over a month ago. He's doing much better now. I just want to say thank you for praying for him. It was a pretty rough time for me to be away but the Lord is so good to bring comfort. He's still waiting for results and has to take some more in the future if you could be praying for him still and the results come back with good report.
Thanks for taking time to read this! As I'm writing I'm enjoying a little bit of rain. We had a little hurrican here Friday and that was an experience!! It was cool to see something like that and we're all safe, just still cleaning up some damage. The rain is nice and cooling things down!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monthly Support
I'm still new at this bloging and I couldn't figure out how to make it a seprate page. I'm posting my monthly support here and then I'll change it once I get some help on it!! Below that I have ways you can make payments through my YWAM Account in Tyler Texas. If you would like to pay others ways you can contact me at JNHendershott@gmail.com and we can work that out.
Monthly budget
Staff Fees- $300
Insurance- $126
Credit Card payments- $70
Laundry – $20
Phone/Internet- $30
Groceries - $100
Total- $646 monthly
Goal for monthly support- $1000
Debt to pay off- about $1,800
*The goal for monthly is more then needed so I can start saving for future ministry, paying off debt, and going to events such as staff retreats and conferences.
All of my support will now be going through the YWAM Tyler base in Texas. There are a few different ways you can send money in through my YWAM account. I will list the different ways below with some instructions. Every time that you send in money you will receive a tax-deductible receipt, and a self-addressed return envelope that you will be able to use for the next month. Here are the different ways that you can send your support.
: Checks :
All checks must be written out to YWAM. You cannot put my name anywhere on the check. Instead, please write my first and last name on a separate piece of paper and place it with the check. Then mail to:
Accounting Department
PO Box 300
Garden Valley, TX 75771-3000
:Automatic Withdraw:
If you would like YWAM to automatically withdraw support from your bank account on a monthly basis you can set it up with the accounting office. There is no extra charge by giving automatically you just need to let them know how much you’ll be giving monthly. To set this up you need to contact YWAM Tyler and you can do that a few different ways. The phone number is 903-882-5591 and the office is open weekdays from 9:00am to 5:00pm Central Standard Time. Or you can email them at patrobinson@ywamtyler.org. They will be more then happy to help you out.
: Credit Card:
You can also use your credit card to send support. Just call 903-882-5591 and the office is open weekdays from 9:00am to 5:00pm Central Standard Time.
Monthly budget
Staff Fees- $300
Insurance- $126
Credit Card payments- $70
Laundry – $20
Phone/Internet- $30
Groceries - $100
Total- $646 monthly
Goal for monthly support- $1000
Debt to pay off- about $1,800
*The goal for monthly is more then needed so I can start saving for future ministry, paying off debt, and going to events such as staff retreats and conferences.
All of my support will now be going through the YWAM Tyler base in Texas. There are a few different ways you can send money in through my YWAM account. I will list the different ways below with some instructions. Every time that you send in money you will receive a tax-deductible receipt, and a self-addressed return envelope that you will be able to use for the next month. Here are the different ways that you can send your support.
: Checks :
All checks must be written out to YWAM. You cannot put my name anywhere on the check. Instead, please write my first and last name on a separate piece of paper and place it with the check. Then mail to:
Accounting Department
PO Box 300
Garden Valley, TX 75771-3000
:Automatic Withdraw:
If you would like YWAM to automatically withdraw support from your bank account on a monthly basis you can set it up with the accounting office. There is no extra charge by giving automatically you just need to let them know how much you’ll be giving monthly. To set this up you need to contact YWAM Tyler and you can do that a few different ways. The phone number is 903-882-5591 and the office is open weekdays from 9:00am to 5:00pm Central Standard Time. Or you can email them at patrobinson@ywamtyler.org. They will be more then happy to help you out.
: Credit Card:
You can also use your credit card to send support. Just call 903-882-5591 and the office is open weekdays from 9:00am to 5:00pm Central Standard Time.
Monday, April 6, 2009
A Long Time Ago..
..I wrote my last blog. For variuos reasons I have not written in shortly over three months now! We've had a lot going on at the base during this time and it's been soo busy! In January a DTS started and in the next few weeks they'll be heading to different nations such as: Brazil, Asia and Mexico. They will be on outreach for the final part of DTS for two months. It's great to see what the students have been doing during this time and where they have allowed God to take them. Such a change of hearts. Such a tribe for the Lord. It's been really great!
In February we had our Carnaval Outreach which was amazing! It's very similar to Mardi Gras that is held in the States which I attended last year. We held different ministries like a cafe, beauty salon, street ministry/evangelism, and skate ministry. I was involved with the stake ministry, Remnant, and it was so much fun! We had a great time taking out the ramps for the skaters to use. We would hangout with the, chat, listen to music, it was great. More like hanging out with friends but I like it that way, it's all about relationship the way I see it. Since Carnaval we've started a Bible study and hangout with the guys about twice a week. It's been really great getting to know them more and building that trust with them. Also, because skaters are mostly guys they sometimes bring girls along with them to hangout which is good for me! It's been great getting to know a few of the girls and find friendship in the Latin community. During Carnaval we had about 2,000 people come to know the Lord is a real way. It's so cool to see what can happen when you put a little bit of action into something.
The Hospitality Department, my role on base, has been ok. It's a great challenge that I've learned a lot from. It seems like a great lesson is learned every day! We've has guest come to work with the Homes of Hope, Remnant Skate ministry, mission builders, Interns, and some guest for a wedding! So I'm always doing laundry and making sure everyone has what they need.
Personally, I've had a hard time findind rest. My body has been more tired then normal and isn't getting better. I've been a bit under the weather with a cold and trying to fight it and get healthy again. Also, I'm in Ohio right now raising support. I've fallen behind on my staff fees and my support isn't up to where it needs to be. I have a full layout on the Monthly Support page to the left that you can check out. Right now I'm looking to raise my support to about $800 to $1000 monthly. This will help me pay off my staff fees and everything else that I need to be in Mexico. Please pray and consider supporting me. It's a great oppertunity to give to the Kingdom of Christ. This allows me to be on staff, doing what I love to do, and planting those seeds that God wants to grow for His glory. If you're interested all of the information is on the Monthly Support page and you can email me for any more questions concerning this at JNHendershott@gmail.com.
And finally! The news I've been wanting to share for months! I know my time in Mexico was ment to prepare and grow me for what I would be doing after I leave the ministry down there. The time has been a great character building experience for me most of all. I was thinking that the last year has refined me in such a way and the Lord needed me to go through some hard, challenging, make it or break it time for me to do what He has put on my heart. Once I'm finished in Mexico I will be returning home to start ministry in Mansfield! Ohio! Chicago! Washington, D.C.! Where ever he leads! But I know I will be living in Mansfield and doing a lot of things out of here from that time on, or until He brings something else to the table. My heart has always been home and the last five years have been great but I know that the time will be coming soon and I will be home again. I have a lot of ideas, passions, guidance for once I get back here. There will be more on this later!!
I know this is soo long and I'll try to write sooner so I'm not sending out a novel every few months. I'll keep you more updated from here on out! Take care and God Bless!
In February we had our Carnaval Outreach which was amazing! It's very similar to Mardi Gras that is held in the States which I attended last year. We held different ministries like a cafe, beauty salon, street ministry/evangelism, and skate ministry. I was involved with the stake ministry, Remnant, and it was so much fun! We had a great time taking out the ramps for the skaters to use. We would hangout with the, chat, listen to music, it was great. More like hanging out with friends but I like it that way, it's all about relationship the way I see it. Since Carnaval we've started a Bible study and hangout with the guys about twice a week. It's been really great getting to know them more and building that trust with them. Also, because skaters are mostly guys they sometimes bring girls along with them to hangout which is good for me! It's been great getting to know a few of the girls and find friendship in the Latin community. During Carnaval we had about 2,000 people come to know the Lord is a real way. It's so cool to see what can happen when you put a little bit of action into something.
The Hospitality Department, my role on base, has been ok. It's a great challenge that I've learned a lot from. It seems like a great lesson is learned every day! We've has guest come to work with the Homes of Hope, Remnant Skate ministry, mission builders, Interns, and some guest for a wedding! So I'm always doing laundry and making sure everyone has what they need.
Personally, I've had a hard time findind rest. My body has been more tired then normal and isn't getting better. I've been a bit under the weather with a cold and trying to fight it and get healthy again. Also, I'm in Ohio right now raising support. I've fallen behind on my staff fees and my support isn't up to where it needs to be. I have a full layout on the Monthly Support page to the left that you can check out. Right now I'm looking to raise my support to about $800 to $1000 monthly. This will help me pay off my staff fees and everything else that I need to be in Mexico. Please pray and consider supporting me. It's a great oppertunity to give to the Kingdom of Christ. This allows me to be on staff, doing what I love to do, and planting those seeds that God wants to grow for His glory. If you're interested all of the information is on the Monthly Support page and you can email me for any more questions concerning this at JNHendershott@gmail.com.
And finally! The news I've been wanting to share for months! I know my time in Mexico was ment to prepare and grow me for what I would be doing after I leave the ministry down there. The time has been a great character building experience for me most of all. I was thinking that the last year has refined me in such a way and the Lord needed me to go through some hard, challenging, make it or break it time for me to do what He has put on my heart. Once I'm finished in Mexico I will be returning home to start ministry in Mansfield! Ohio! Chicago! Washington, D.C.! Where ever he leads! But I know I will be living in Mansfield and doing a lot of things out of here from that time on, or until He brings something else to the table. My heart has always been home and the last five years have been great but I know that the time will be coming soon and I will be home again. I have a lot of ideas, passions, guidance for once I get back here. There will be more on this later!!
I know this is soo long and I'll try to write sooner so I'm not sending out a novel every few months. I'll keep you more updated from here on out! Take care and God Bless!
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