Faith

When Brent and Heather Madson (the base directors for the YWAM Mazatlan base) had only recently finished their DTS and had not yet really stepped out in leadership in YWAM, someone came looking for them to ask if they would help lead a DTS. That man was David Stephenson, or as most people affectionately call him, Steve-o. Steve-o is the director of the Newcastle base in Newcastle, Australia and I would truly call him a man of faith. He came to teach the DTS on the subject of faith and really what taught us more than anything was his life. His teachings seemed to be perfect for this point in my life and the lives of many of the students as well! He taught a bit about trusting God with our romantic relationships and said, “If you trust God with your romantic life, you probably trust God [in general].” He also used the story of Abraham and Isaac as God asked him to sacrifice his son and from that taught us about how God many times requires of us the things we value most in this life. At that point we have to have faith in Him that He will be found trustworthy with what we give over to Him.

He told us many stories about his life walking with the Lord and how he has been in cases which required great faith and come through to the other side. I was encouraged even more by him when I got the chances to actually sit down with him and listen to some of his stories and encouragements for us to keep strong in our faith. He sat down with the YWAM Mexico City base plant team and gave us some words of wisdom and encouragement as well. Overall it was a great week for my faith to be strengthened and for my vision for the future to be deepened.

We are also getting ready to go to Mexico City and we are all very excited! We have been doing some planning for the Outreach and for planting the base there. Please be praying for us as we get ready for this great adventure. Also, I still need about $1,200 for this Outreach so please ask the Lord how He would like to use you to provide for this need.