The Week Before It All Begins....

Well, in some ways this has been just another regular week. We have worked on things around the base, had meetings, and had new staff orientation. However, this week has also been very different because we have been preparing for the YWAM Mazatlan 2011 Fall DTS. We have such high expectations for this DTS. We truly believe this is going to be different than any DTS that has come before it or will ever come after. We know that God is going to pour out His Spirit in a huge way and that we are going to experience the Finger of God as He opens up the Heavens over us during this time! We have some great plans for this DTS, but we know that He has even greater plans than anything we could ever hope or imagine!
Yesterday five of the DTS students arrived here in Mazatlan and just from spending part of the day with them we can tell already that this is going to be a lot of fun. When we were at the airport picking up four of them we had all gotten into the van to leave when Tosha (one of the other DTS staff) told me that we actually had to pay for parking inside before we left. So we told the students to hang tight and that we would be right back after we had payed for parking. When we got back out to the van we found that they had all circled up to pray that the Lord would really move in the DTS. It was a small thing, but it was just one more sign that this is truly going to be a life-changing time for all of us! I can't wait to see what God is going to do!

First Couple Weeks Back in Mexico

Well, I am finally back here in Mazatlan, thanks to God and all my supporters! The weather here is HOT, but God is still good and gives us cool breezes from time to time. The first couple weeks have been awesome. God has been showing up in big ways! Only a couple short days after I got here to the base in Mazatlan the whole base packed up to go on the annual Staff Retreat. The staff retreat was in a small town called Mazamitla which is a small town right outside of Guadalajara. There the weather is cool, even cold at times so it was a great change of climate. We brought in a speaker from Louisiana named Ross who definitely carried with him the joy and anointing of the Lord. He was an amazing speaker for the Staff Retreat. He definitely allowed the Lord to use him to speak into each one of our lives and his teaching helped a lot of us figure out a lot about God's calling on our lives and the areas we are gifted in. It was a great time of reflection and refreshing for me!
Now we are back living on the base in Mazatlan and it's back to work and Staff Training for all the new staff. So I have been going to Staff Training classes each morning and then I usually have a meeting about the YWAM Mexico City Base or the DTS in the afternoon. We have been planning great things for the DTS I am going to staff and I am getting so excited! This DTS is going to be a real growing opportunity not only for the students, but I can tell it will grow the staff as well. I know that I will be growing in the gifts God has given me as I disciple the students of this school and as they disciple me! Please pray for this school as it starts in only one short week. Also pray for me that God would continue to prepare my heart for the great things that He is about to do in my life!

Goodbye, Indiana

Well, there is now less than one day left before I leave to go back to Mexico. My time here hasn't always been easy, but it has been good for me. In my time here I have learned a lot but one of the biggest things God has shown me again is that He is Faithful! He will never leave us and He will always come through, though many times not in our timing but His! He has provided for me in so many ways during this time in the States. Though it has been good to be back here and I will miss my friends and family here, I am excited to get back to Mexico to the work the Lord has for me there! I look forward to what the Lord has for me, I know it will be great!