Back to America...

I have made it safely back to America, and it feels good to be back. We flew into Boise on Valentines day and on our way back up to Cascade we stopped at a Carl's Jr. for dinner. Hamburgers are so delicious!

This week back has been pretty busy. We've had some teachings, prayer times, and we're also preparing for the DTS graduation that is happening on Sunday. So there hasn't been much time to relax, but there will be soon. On Monday I'm catching a ride with Josiah (a fellow staff member) to Las Vegas. Then on Wednesday I'm flying from Vegas to San Antonio. My mom has been living in Texas to be closer to her mom and I'm going to visit. It's been a while.

Overall this DTS has been so amazing. God totally provided for the outreach and it went really well. I have so many stories of God's faithfulness and love from the past 6 months. At the end of the month I'm going home (Payette) for a couple of weeks. While I'm at home I am planning on having a night for my supporters and friends. I want to let everyone know how this past DTS went and what my plans are for the future. So stay tuned for more info....

January Update

Hey everyone!

I'm still alive and kicking in India. God has been good and our outreach has been amazing. For the past week our team has been split into two teams. Half went to Varanasi and the other half are in Agra. I am in Agra leading this half of the team. Our time here has seem slow compared to the village work we were doing around Aurangabad. We had no contacts in Agra so we've had to work to try and meet other Christians. We've spent a lot of our time praying for the city, the locals, and the tourists. (Agra is where the Taj Mahal is located) Today we took rickshaws around town and stopped at a few churches to pray for them. We have meet a few pastors and went to a local church last Sunday, but it just seems like there is no life in the church. So we've been praying that God would bring back life and passion to the church here. YWAM Idaho has a heart to see a YWAM work started in Agra. It is a perfect place because of the thousands of tourist who come through here and because the city is lost. So our team is here to cover the city in prayer and try to make contacts.

On Sunday the other half of the team will be arriving in Agra and we will stay here for another week. On Feb 9 we head to Delhi to start winding down and then on Valentines Day (Feb 14) we fly back to Idaho! Yay for cheeseburgers! My time in India has been so great and I've been reminded of why I loved it so much 2 years ago when I came.

Thanks for all of your support. God has heard your prayes fo me and it has really made a difference.

Prayer Requests:

* Safety as we wrap up our trip and travel.
* A deeper more intimate relationship with God.
* Adequate finances.

December Update

India-

What can I say about India? Well I can start by saying it’s amazing. I’m totally loving it here. I’m getting to experience things that I didn’t get to do the last time I was here and it’s been really good. The food for the most part has been delicious and the YWAMers we are working with are great.

Our time in India started out slow, but has picked up. We’ve gone to village churches that were started by YWAMers here, played with kids at a daycare that will hopefully soon be turned into an orphanage, visited gypsy villages to share the Gospel, helped with medical camps, prayed for lots of people, and we even went to a Christmas party.

I really have enjoyed the villages a lot. It’s so neat to see how different people live and how God made all of our cultures different, but beautiful. The world really is just this huge piece of art made by God, and now more than ever I’m seeing that.

For those of you who don’t know, I am currently in Aurangabad which is located in the state of Maharashtra. Soon we will be going to a small city called Sillod which is where our host family, Shivaji and Manisha are planning to move to do church planting in the surrounding villages. After that we will be doing more work in villages, and then to wrap up our time in India we will go to Agra (which is where the real Taj Mahal is located). In Agra we will do a lot of intercession and worship. YWAM Idaho has a heart to see a base planted there so we are trying to lay some of the ground work.

This outreach has been so amazing. God has really blessed us in more areas then one. You should all come with me the next time I come back! That would be fun.

Needs-

I just wanted to let you know where I am at spiritually and financially. Spiritually I’m doing pretty good but I often do feel like there is this wall up between me and God. I also realize that is normal in a place like India, but I really just want to draw closer and closer to God.

Financially I am not doing so well. Over the past couple of months my support hasn’t been very good which means I haven’t

been able to meet my needs. This has been a big burden on my heart because I don’t like owing money. I also feel really bad because I left for outreach not having all my money and I still owe that, so I feel like I am hurting the team. So please just keep me in your prayers. I could really use them.