Faith Without Borders

Dear friends and family,             Sorry it has been a while! So much has been happening here I don’t even know where to begin. We are over halfway through with the Discipleship Training School (DTS) and it has been cool to see how much the students have grown. Every other Friday night we all go out and do some street evangelism, so far the students and staff have been able to share the gospel with many different people and have even seen two people come to Christ and others return to the church. As some of you may know I have had a pinched nerve by my right shoulder for over a year now, which has caused me lots of pain and discomfort. A couple months ago now someone asked to pray over it and the pain instantly went away and I have not had problems with it sense, I have been healed, God healed me!!             My job as Director of Maintenance has been going well, I ...

Hey guys, I hope you are all doing amazing! Here is a mini update; so some big changes are headed my way. First off my job role has changed yet again while being here. I am no longer assistant to the base director, personnel or office manager. They have transferred me into being office reception, outreach coordinator and head of maintenance. Pretty crazy change I know but they did it for a good reason. That reason is because I will no longer be working with YWAM Redding after this coming December 2014. This means I will no longer be going to Hawaii in November or working with this base after December 2014. Originally I was maybe going to be assistant leading a discipleship training school (DTS) in January, but have felt uneasy about that. I took a week to fast and pray and God revealed to me that I was not supposed to lead the DTS. Instead I will be moving to Nepal for a year to work with Beauty for Ashes (BFA). BFA is a non-profit organization that provides jobs for women wh...

Dear friends and family, I hope this finds you all well. First, sorry it has taken me so long to get this out to all of you. Some reminders; I am currently working with YWAM Redding helping them to pioneer a new base of operations. This means that we are literally starting from nothing, but also we get to see amazing ways of God’s provision in our lives. For example until about three weeks ago we were all working out of the living room of my house, but God provided a new office and home for us and we have been slowly getting established in the office space. My role has changed somewhat here. I am the assistant to the base director as well as head of personnel and now the office manager, God has given me new skills in order to work and thrive here but I will only be working in these roles until December. Some recent news since being here we have gone out and done some street evangelism a couple of times. One group saw a man accept Christ right away (Amen halleluiah!!!) other g...

I have some exciting news to share with you. This past April I finally graduated college with a BA in Intercultural Studies, (basically a missions degree) from Columbia Bible College. This August I will be going back to serve with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and this time around I will be assistant leading a Discipleship Training School (DTS) that is called the Frontier Missions DTS. This school focuses on those wanting to see transformation and revival in some of the least reached places of the globe specifically focusing on countries in central Asia. Phase one of the DTS is focused on the students getting to know God in a more intentional way, learning more about the Bible and equipping them for the mission field. The first six weeks of the school will take place in Kona Hawaii while the last six weeks of phase one will take place in Redding, CA. Phase two will take place in central Asia, the students will still be learning but they will be putting their knowledge to use in a mor...

Well this is it my last day in Nepal! I cannot believe that it is here! These past two weeks have been amazing. We were able to work with my friend and her nonprofit organization that helps provided a better life and income for sexually exploited women. Every morning we would do prayer and devotion time with them and it was amazing to see how much God has been working in these women’s lives. These women who have gone through so much trauma and hardship can still find the strength to smile and love others regardless of what has happened in their past. God knows how hard is must have been for them. My team and I did a lot of organizational stuff for them and I know it was a blessing. In my opinion our time with them went by way to fast. Our last week was debrief week. Some of our time was spent in Chitwan National Park but was cut short due to a transportation strike. While there we were able to ride an elephant and a dugout canoe and do a jungle walk. These were pretty relaxing b...

After Birtamod we headed to Pokhara. We actually flew from Birtamod to Kathmandu in a small airplane, the flight took 45min. if we would have taken a bus it would have taken about 17 hours, which should tell you something about the roads here in Nepal (hint: they are the worst roads I have ever been on). The flight was pretty safe, I was able to do some homework, get some complimentary coffee and by happenstance see Mt. Everest from the air, so I was pretty happy. We then took a private van to Pokhara which is about 6 hours to the West of Kathmandu. In Pokhara we worked with another YWAM base and helped out with their slum kids, street kids feeding program and men’s drug rehab center fellowship time as well as general work on the base. One highlight for me was working with the street kids. These were all boys who for various reasons had to live on the street. Once a week a Christian man named Ram would feed them, give them a place to clean up and provide basic health care for them....

Since my last update my team and I have traveled to both the Far Eastern border of Nepal to an area called Birtamod (pronounced bit-a-more) and the West to a place called Pokhara (pronounced poke-a-ra). In both places we had the privilege and honor to work with some YWAM bases and partner with the different ministries they have. In Birtamod we got to hang out with some students currently involved in a Discipleship training school (DTS). This week was more of a time for us to relax, enjoy the heat and help out on the base in any way possible (e.g. cooking, cleaning…). For a couple mornings we lead worship and prayer times and got to share what God has been doing in our lives recently. In this area there is a very small population of Christians with the majority being Hindu. We were able to witness to some of the neighbors who invited us over for tea and on one occasion for dinner (which was a treat from the normal food we had to eat every day twice a day). One family had many que...