remind me NEVER to wait so long before updating again :)

carrying the flame forward. 50 years of YWAM


Loren and Darlene :)



the map!


some stuffing for the thanksgiving baskets!




Hello my long lost people! I sincerely apologize for my lack of keeping everyone posted these past couple of weeks. we've been outrageously busy getting ready for our thanksgiving outreach coming up this sunday! [side note: this year we are feeding 250 families in our neighborhood thanksgiving meals. We are delivering on Sunday, so please pray for opportunities to not only physically feel them, but also spiritually feed this precious people that God loves so much. That they would have a hunger FOR OUR SAVIOR.] Soooo pretty much i have A LOT to share with you all, but if i shared everything this thing might not ever end, so here goes nothing (for all that i leave out, i will share with you in....oh FIVE glorious days when i am officially in TENNESSEE again!)

Let rewind life a bit, and start with week before last when we went to orlando for the southeast YWAM conference and the 50th celebration! Yes, that's right YWAM has been in action for 50 years now. That's simply amazing to me. So the conference was really great, it kind of made of for the fact that i was missing the missions conference at home. Plus the best part is that the founder of YWAM and his wife, Loren and Darlene Cunningham, were the guest speakers. It was such a privilege for me to sit and listen to the very people who were obedient in what God had called them to do in order that I am where I am today. My favorite part of the entire week was the last day, where we all split up with our bases, and had communion together. It was such a special time. And then there was a giant map and all the ywamers and people there came together and signed the name to the place they feel God has called them to GO. What a beautiful picture it was to see all my brothers and sisters in Christ seeking God's will for their life and for the nations. It was incredible. (the picture at the top is the map) So to wrap up that week, i'll say this: The mission God gave us when he left us with the Holy Spirit was to carry the torch to the nations. To never let that flame Go out. I think it's time that we do just that...get off our butts and GO. We've got souls to save, let's not let the enemy win the battle over their lives. It's time to fight like we've never fought before.


Ah, now moving on to this week. I have NO clue where to begin except to say that this week i have experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit more in my life than i ever thought possible. The biggest thing i will take home from this journey thus far is this: that God is limitless. He CAN and WILL do whatever he wants, whenever He wants, however He wants to do it. In this western culture that we live in, we put God in a box. We don't experience spiritual warfare firsthand, nor do we experience the Holy Spirit in His entirety. But this week, i have seen a glimpse of what i've been missing out on for the past 19 years. I really can't put into words what has happened, nor is the a specific thing that i can pinpoint to illustrate this. All i can say is that this week i havent just simply experienced God. I have had an encounter with the creator of the universe firsthand. This week our guest speakers were Christopher and Jenny Hopper, and let me just say this- i've never met anybody quite like them. God used them this week in such a powerful way in my life, that i will remember this week as a mile marker in my faith forever.

My notes from this week are so long and extensive that i could never just pick one thing out from it, but i will say this. I am seeing God in a new light, a way i've never seen Him before. He is real. He is in me. And as i sat at RESET last night worshipping, I realized this simple thing: My only desire right now is that i may see so much of Jesus here on Earth that is possible, that the only way to ever see more is to be in heaven. I want to be so familiar with what He looks like that when i get to heaven i won't even hesitate in recognizing Him. For so long i've known about Jesus. I've had so much understanding about God and what He has done. But now i don't just want understanding, i desire experience. I don't just want to know about him, i want to know him. I want to come home from this season of my life and be unrecognizable because it appears as though i've stepped off the mountain of the presence of God, just like Moses, and my face is glowing with his glory. That's my desire. That's all i want. For the first time in my life i can
actually mean this when i say:

You're all i want, you're all i need. You're everything, Jesus.

I wish i had so much more time to write and share what I'm learning. But when i get home in march i'm gonna type up all my notes and make a notebook and then i will be happy to share EVERYTHING i am bringing home from this.

ALSO, a PRAISE! we have officially purchased our tickets to India. We'll be leaving December 31 (Yes, i will be in NYC on new years eve...hollaaa! and YES! i will be in the air when the clock strikes midnight!) I'll be in India until March the 7th. But Thank you all for all your support, it means the world to me to have so much support back at home! this is NOT possible if you hadn't been available and open for God to use you in such a special way in my life. i love each of you very much, and i can't wait to hug your necks!

TENNESSEE HERE I COME!