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.

The First week is over and needless to say I don't have very much free time, if any. The last week has been outstanding. It was the introduction week to all that this SBFM course will discuss as well as the heart behind why it is they are running the school. ( If you would like to know more click the SBFM resource link.) This week is Bible survey - Looking at the big picture given to us by the Old Testament. The whole point is to get a clear picture of what the biblical answer is to life's most basic questions:
- Where did we come from?
- Who are we?
- Why are we here?
- Why are we the way we are?
- Where are we going?
- How should we live?

God bless you. I look forward to telling you of what I learned next week.

Here is a picture of me and my school chums!

This school has already proved to be everything I have been waiting for, praise the Lord for his perfect timing! I am already being SO challenged by both God and the Teachers here. Please pray for widom, revelation, and understanding for me as already we have been assigned 3 books and the first 25 chapters of Gensis to have read by friday.

I love you all so much and I am praying for you all daily

SO I am here in Maui. Here is the story: 3 days ago, after me and Daniel's going away party at my house, I begin to count and get ready to go to the beank with all the money I have been donated over the past two months while back home. So $945 dollars donated to me at the party, $200 from my mom, thank you mom, $600 from a long term supporter comes to the grand total of $1745. And wouldn't you know it I found another check for, you guessed it $30 dollars in my bible bringing me to the WHOPPING total of $1775 3 days before I need it. Praise the Lord. I made it here and am going to start the school Monday. I can't wait, thank you all for the support and prayers. If it wasn't for you all I wouldn't even have left my bedroom let alone come all the way to Maui in the name of Jesus.

Support

God has been doing some even more amzing things in my life since I have been back in California. I have been growing closer to him while I has this time off to relax and see what he has planned for my life (the next step anyways) and help my family with whatever they need.

The Lord through his body provided the money that I needed for the fist half of tuition on the DAY that I needed it. PRAISE THE LORD!!!. Thanks to all who helped. Nothing I do can be done without you.

I still need the other half tuition. A whopping $1,775 by Sept 12, 2007 which is now less then a month away. Please prayerfully consider any support you wish to donate. But more importantly please keep me in your prayers. I have given my life and included in that, this trip to the Lord it is his to provide for, and I am trusting in him for all I need. God Bless.