The Holidays

It has been over a month since my last post. Which is far, far, to long. God and I have been doing so many things that free time has been in short supply. Through it all God has been showing himself faithful, caring, and oh so hilarious.

Thanksgiving;
80 people = 160 pounds of turkey, 35 pounds of stuffing, 40 pounds of mashed potatoes, and 30 pounds of sweet potatoes. We simultaneously cooked 8 turkeys in different ovens, house, and even towns! Let me say that I am now a thanksgiving master and yes.... I am more than willing to do it again.

4 day weekend;
A bunch of guys and I decided that the long weekend was a glorious opportunity to do some good old fashioned camping. I say old fashioned because we kind of forgot simple things like.. a grill, fire wood, food.. Although the out look seemed a little grim, it was the best time I have had camping. We were up in the beutiful poli poli recreational park on the south side of the local valcano.

here is where we slept

We hiked and goofed-off like only men can do for two whole days. Priceless memories and definitely no pictures *wink*

Christmas;
I am going to be in California on December 18th - 3rd of January. I have no idea what I will be doing so call me up and we will go from there.

God Bless

The Waterfall

Some have been asking to see the waterfall specifically... So here is a picture.

Living Life

God has continued to be faithful to me. Over and over again He comes and provides in each situation of need. Thank you all for your prayers and support. As of today I have every debt paid. And I am relying on God for continued insurance payments as the months of recovery and eventual surgery are on the horizon.

I also have been considered as DTS staff for the winter quarter. Which means I will have the opportunity to be placed in charge of a team to disciple and eventually take overseas.

Your prayers and support are the only reason that I am so healthy, so well provided for and so positive. God is with His people. He is with you as you pray to Him. We have not because we ask not. Prayerlesness is something that He has been convicting me on in these past weeks. God is the only one who can change a man's heart. He alone can change a hopeless situation around. I have been so broken in this area of my life. Do you love your family enough to actually change their lives for the better? Will you fight for your friends who are going through a ruff time? Will you rely on the sole provider of your life for all the things that you need?

I worry about money, drama in my family, painful situation with friends; God stands opposite with His promises having altready been spoken - I will never leave you nor forsake you: I will give you the desires of your heart: I will work out ALL things for the good of those that love me.

"So do you trust me?" God asks. My response was a scared and painful," yes." And here I am having all that I need.

What do you choose?

God Is Really There

Its been only 4 weeks

But God Is faithful and His mercies are truly new everymorning.

Here I am

So there was an accident

Last Friday me and the guys were going on a midday excursion to the jungles of Maui. I happened upon a waterfall and while trying to jump decided to trip and fall about 20 feet. Pin-balling on the way down.





Everything has gone great! I need serious help however with prayer financial provision. Insurance is being difficult and because of being asked to live this life by God i have no money to pay for anything with.

God has been teaching me so many things through this time, but because of my wrist its super hard to type anything. please please call me. 714 454 7332

The School is HERE!

Thank you all so much for your prayers. They really do change everything. Over and over again I have begun to see God be Himself. Because of my position as kitchen head, I get to see how God provides for this base through the simple thing of food. All of us worry about things, and now a days the price of food is creeping up on our list of things to worry about. Well, have I got a story for you.

I serve people food here at ywam maui on $2.00 a day, that is right, breakfast, lunch, and dinner; $2.00 dollars A DAY. With that requires an incredible acrobatic feat of budgeting and more faith in the Lord being our provider than I have ever needed before. With that said, here is what happened.

I was in Costco looking at my list of things to buy. Every week I make a menu and write out my list of things that I need for each day. Today I had $433 dollars left to spend here at Costco but I had that sinking feeling that it wouldn't be enough to get all that we need for the 90 people I serve here on base all the meals for an entire week. But I know that the Lord is who He says that He is, so I just go and start grabbing what I need. I keep a running total of how much I have spent to make sure that I don't go over budget. So, about half way through I realize I am not going to make my budget and I begin to skimp on things, I need 6 cases of eggs but I I cut it down to five to save an extra 12 dollars, and I continue shopping. Well, about 3/4 of the way now I KNOW I am not going to make it but I continue to shop anyways. And finally, here I am at the last item, 7 bags of tortillas, prie if 8 dollars a bag. As I do the math and begin to add it to my running total I fight back tears standing in the baking aisle at our local Costco. The total..... $421 and right at the moment God speaks so clearly to me and tears begin to fall, he says,"How many times must I tell you who I am." Still fighting back tears and slowly walk back to the cold section and grab the $12 dollar case of eggs that I had not boughten because I didn't think I had enough. Bringing the grand total of everything that I needed down to the very last thing to $433. God is who He says that He is.

Wow it has been an interesting few weeks. We have been getting prepared for the 28 new students coming to participate in our fall program. They all come from different walks of life, but each and every one has been brought here by God for a specific purpose. I am so excited to see what God has got in store for them during their time here with us.

So, in preparation for the this school, I have been doing everything from scrubbing my kitchen floor to doing tune-ups on all of our big green vans to making sure all my paper-work is filled out perfectly. In short I have been ridiculously busy.I have some pictures of my escpades as well as pictures with some of the new staff and students, that I will post today as well.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Quote of the week," There is just one problem with prayer, God ansers it."

Kitchen Times

Times are beginning to speed up around here. The 5 person summer school is about to leave on their outreach and the 45 person fall school is winding up. That's right.. 45 people just in the school which puts me at a grand total of right around 100 people to cook 3 square meals a day, 7 days a week, for three whole months. In case you were wondering that is 27,300 meals! And you thought it was hard for you to whip something up for dinner.

So many things are beginning to kick off now that we are settling in for the busiest time of the year. New staff have come in and I have begun training them for the task that is ahead of them. They are such an interesting group; God sure has some creativity. And I would like to introduce them to you.

Ashley Montgomery

She is a hilarious young women from Colorado that loves the Lord and, Lucky for me *wink* LOVES to bake!

Ray Latronica

This Young man is from Northern California, laughs at almost everything and is back here on staff to train others to seek after the Lord and hope in Jesus as He does.

Life moves on. We grow deeper with our friends and family. And for us out here on the Maui frontier we have set our eyes on Jesus and nothing will hold us back. Please be praying with me that these new staff will grow closer in intimacy with Christ, there savior and King. Thank you.