I am now in my 7th week, we are learning about cross cultural communication and it is hilarious. We are being given the tools to analyze cultures and settings so that we may properly present the information we have to any culture within the culture, without trying to change it or impress on them our own. Its fun stuff, learning gestures and mannerisms.

I am doing fantastic, the lord is drawing me into deeper relationship to him, he has been getting so close that I almost don't want to breath. He has been teaching me about his presence during my quiet times and hearing his voice. And I mean actually hearing his voice not feeling his voice. He has taken down my defences and has been speaking to my heart. Thank you all for your prayers and support, it is only you and Jesus that can keep me going, my strength was left in the dust long ago.

Please be praying for me that I can keep on going, diving headlong into his heart and plans for me. I would also ask if you read this today to pray for my extended family, a lot of us are on island here and we are all going out to lunch today with my Grandpa. So pray that we have a great time and that Christ is shown through us.

You are his beloved people, he came down and let himself be subject to death for your sins. For while you were still sinners he loved you and died for you. That is true love, that one man would lay down his life for his friend. I love you all, God bless

God of Miracles

The computer is now ok, we prayed over it and its working great. amen.

OH NO!!!

My computer decided it had taken its last email and suddenly died on me! Please pray for the computer to either start working again or the money for a new one and fast. This is the worst time for my computer to go down as all my projects were on it and they are all do soon. This is an obvious attack and please help me come against it in any way. The lord has something up his sleeve. ;-)

The Beaitudes week has been so deep and intimate. By expouding the words and meanings of the original greek an entire new sense of what it means to be a "kingdom kid" to use the word loosely. I have not fully digested and processed the content of this week, homework pile is getting a little daunting. I am not sure when I will get through it all. Please be praying for my brain it has been on a crash course of christian information for the past few weeks and enjoys its breaks, ha! I miss you all and am praying for you too.

Also I mentioned that the ministry we are going to in the philppenes for outreach is call "Hope For the Island" here is their website. We got some more updats today about outreach. it still looks like its going to be around $3000 dollars and we think we will be leaving on the 14th to thailand for 2 weeks, we will be working with YWAM bangkok, and then down to the philippens for the remaining 2 -1/2 months. So far that is all I know. Love you all!

Philippines Flag

This is now the 5th week and the topic is the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) it opens and unpacks in a word by word study the meaning of things like "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs in the kingdom of heaven."
Thank you all for your prayers and support the Lord has provided $1800 dollars for outreach, which means I only need $1200 more by December. Once again the Lord has shown himself to be faithful and loving. It is so encouraging to see all the pieces of the puzzle God has placed before me being put together and the picture coming into sight. It makes me almost giddy to think of it all, so I try to take my time on each thing not to lose my head, Ha! I am thankful for all you men and women of God who pray and support me. I really can do none of this without you, and God keeps reminding me almost hourly, we cannot do any of this without him.

I am now in week four. And it has been an intense ride. Homework is getting longer and more interesting, to say the least. I have begun to develop a dependence on caffeine, HA! But physically I am doing good, thank you for the prayers. I get to go on outreach to the Philippines! It is going to be about $3000 dollars round trip for three months and I am scheduled to leave in December. We are going to Surigao to work with a ministry called "Hope for the Islands"

While I am still here though let me tell you a little about what has been going on. The Lord has been teaching me some amazing things about himself and the world around me. For instance, the bible says that The Lord holds everything together, have you ever thought about the implications of that? That means that not only did God create the world out of nothing, but that out of his unconditional love for us He continues to sustain it, keeping the natural laws of gravity and inertia and such going simply because of his love for us, if he forgot or didn't want to anymore they and we may not exist. How often I seem to think that this world is just a machine run by laws that cannot change. Even though this world is not a part of God it definitely shows us parts of His character and exclaims his wild and crazy love for us. And I have been standing in awe. maybe a better word is dumbstruck.

Take care, and I am praying for you all daily. God bless you.