I can officially say that here at YWAM Darwin the Lord has some pretty amazing plans up ahead. Not going to lie but the last 4 months have been pretty draining. Although we have more to do now the atmosphere is lighter. I'm really excited to see God move here in Darwin and in all the places He is sending us to go.

 

My team and I have been preparing for Mission Adventures which is a 2 1/2 week program the first four days are for the students to know God and learn then they go on an outreach to experience what they have learned.

 

I will be co-leading a team to East Timor. We are going to a remote village where we have been asked to rebuild it. So our main task will be making concrete blocks and building homes. We will also be working along side the community which is why we were asked to come verse a company who can build them faster then we can. They are craving relationship and community. I know the Lord will also be rebuilding their hearts during the process of rebuilding their homes.

 

Although this is only a 10 day trip the goal is for me to continue to lead teams into this village over the next couple of years. This is something I am really excited about. So we won't be able to accomplish everything in this one trip but we will continue until it is finished.

 

My biggest obstacle right now is finances. It is such a gray area to me. I have never had to rely on others for support and if I'm short I don't know what I am suppose to do. The Lord was very obvious to me about not working here in Darwin. plus visa wise I am not allowed to. So the only thing I can do is trust in Him and continue to ask people. The asking people is very hard for me but He has spoken some things into my heart about it. I need to trust that if He is calling me to go somewhere then I am worth being supported by others. If He believes in His ability to use me then I need to fully believe it to. I had a Revelation about the importance of Jesus being spoken to people while giving them bread. If I were to give them just bread without the truth they would still be hungry. If I can tell them about Jesus and they choose him they no longer will be eternally hungry and they will have the bread of eternal life.

 

Each month I am $250.00 dollars short of what I need in order to live here and to be a blessing to others. I really need people to commit to walking along side of me and trusting in the Lord for his plan here in Darwin and where ever else he sends me .

 

In total it takes 600.00 dollars to live here a month. That is double of what I thought it was going to be. With that said the 600.00 dollars does not include trips. So my trip to East Timor is not yet paid for and that will cost a total of 850.00 dollars. I don't know what else to do except ask people and surrender the fear of lack of finances to the Lord. I have been blessed with such an amazing community and God has put extremely faith supporters in my life and I'm so thankful for them but I hate to say that I still need more.

 

If monthly supporting isn't something you think you are being called too do please keep me in your prayers, for prayer is what can move mountains. You can also give a donation for any amount. Nothing is to small. I pray that you do ask the Lord if this is something he wants you to be apart of. I am so thankful for all that has already been given and pray that you continue to put your hope and trust in him. Below is how you can donate.

 

Psalm 18:2 “The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.”

 

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Jesus is a life changer!!

Today was my last day of teaching 2nd graders about the love of Jesus. As I was talking about how we are all sinners and how we need to ask the Lord for forgiveness. The topic was brought up about how we need to ask Jesus into our hearts and repent of our sins.

Believe it or not but Kaden, the little boy I have told you about asked how do we ask Jesus into our hearts? I told him that we pray/talk to Jesus like He is our friend and ask him to forgive us of our sins and to come and transform our hearts. Then Kaden proceeds to say that He would like to ask Jesus into his heart right now. I was speechless then 9 other kids in the class said they wanted to have Jesus in their hearts too. I was almost in tears with how much I could feel the Lord's love for them.

I told them to bow their heads, close their eyes and repeat after me. I then proceeded to lead 10 kids in the Lords prayer. It was so amazing to hear them proclaim out loud how they wanted Jesus to be in their hearts. Please do pray for them to know that something has changed in them and that the enemy doesn't come and trample over them. Please pray that they experience and encounter the Lord today.

 

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

-John 10:10b

Cross references:

1. John 10:10 : S Jn 1:4; 3:15, 16; 5:40; 20:31
2. John 10:10 : Ps 65:11; Ro 5:17

 

Home

 

I find myself sometimes dwelling on missing home, however what is home? As I'm currently living in Darwin I'm finding it hard to accept that this is my new home. I guess home to me ultimately is an atmoshpere. After loosing my home physically you realize that a home isn't just about the things in it but it's the people who live in it.

I need to grasp the fact that earth is my temporary home and that heaven is my ultimate home. So I guess I should be thankful that I get to create many temporary homes on this journey God has called me on.

 

The base here at Darwin has a whole new atmosphere and I'm excited to see the new growth God has in store for us here. We have some really great missions coming up. We have mission adventures in a couple of weeks which are short term missions for students to become disciples then go disciple. I will be going along side a team to East Timor for 10 days which should be a really amazing opportunity to show the love of Jesus.

 

I also teach 2nd graders about Jesus in a local school here. While I was talking about how Jesus loves everyone this little boy who has made it very clear that he does not like Jesus, because his dad hates him, raised his hand.
Me; Yes Kaden
Kaden: Jesus doesn’t love me
Me; why would you say that?
Kaden: Because I don't love him.
Me: Well Jesus loves everyone even the people that claim to hate him.
Kaden: Does Jesus love murders?
Me; Yes he does, I just heard a story about a man in Egypt who killed 21 people and Jesus still loved him and even now uses him to tell people about that love the murder received when he accepted Jesus.
Kaden: Well I don't love Jesus now... but ... maybe someday

 (he said this while whipping a tear from his eye)

 

I thought this story was really amazing about how God is at work in the little things that He gives us to do. Kaden, that little boy came up to me as I was walking away after class and asked me for a hug. That little boy who was the thorn in my class had just received a seed of truth that changed him in a moment. He may not love Jesus like he said yet, but I believe someday he will.

 

I know that the Lord has good things for me here and the more that I focus on him the more I will be able to realize that this earth is not my home.

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?  

  - Corinthians 3:16

 

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.          

 -2 Corinthians 5:1