Road Trippin

The month of July for me was a whirlwind of traveling, and connecting with friends and family.  YWAM San Diego Baja gave me the opportunity to travel with the “Mobile Team,”  this team consisted of two representatives from three different bases, San Diego Baja, Denver, and Lausanne Switzerland.  This six member team traveled across the country following Christian Music festivals.  At each festival we set up a table and shared about our mission organization, but more importantly we were there to hear people’s stories and pray for them.  Both vendors and patrons of the festival came and spoke with us about their lives and struggles and asked for prayer.  Over and over again we were able to pray with people, and see people experience God.  I met up with the team in Harrisburg Pennsylvania and road tripped with them from there to Denver Colorado.  I was able to see some family and friends as we traveled which for me was something that was unexpected and a blessing.  

I arrived in Texas a week or so ago and have been visiting friends and family here as well.  It is always great to come back Texas, I love it here, but I am excited to be moving more permanently to Mexico.  I hope to continue to send you good news from Mexico, and to see what God continues to do in your life.  

When I get back it looks like I will have two main responsibilities.  One will be to help get ready for the next bible school that I will staff.  We will be looking at the curriculum and our grading system.  I am especially excited to look at these things because I will be able to use some of the skills I acquired during my four years of college.  The other area that I will be working a lot in is the kitchen.  Our base has a lot of short term volunteers that come to help support our ministries, which creates a ministry of hospitality on base that I think is very important.    

It is funny to see how God works even though I am not working as a Coach/Teacher I will be using my education degree to help teach people the bible, and my three years working with the Mustang Island Conference Center has prepared me to help manage a kitchen!

If you are close to Brownsville I would love to see you, and if not I would love to hear from you.  I hope your summer has been a good one. 

Prayer Requests

Please continue to pray for me and my work.  I am still required to raise my own support in YWAM even though I am committing to be a part of the staff.  My living costs look to be about 700 dollars a month and right now I have 300 dollars in monthly support.

Pray for the CSBS staff that we can prepare for the upcoming school

Pray for the students that are thinking about coming that God will open the doors that they need opened if they are to attend

Changing it up

Hey Everyone, 

I have gone from spending most of my time trying to finish studying the bible to traveling in a van following Christian music festivals across the country.  I was outside of Harrisburg Pennsylvania this last weekend at Creation festival North East and I am writing to you from Illinois.  I am traveling with 5 other people, two from Denver and two from the base in Switzerland.  Our goal is to talk and explain what Youth With a Mission does as well as talk and pray with people about the possibility of doing missions.  

Creation was my first festival, but the mobile team has already been traveling for three weeks.  We are using a 15 passenger van from Denver and driving cross country.  We are now just outside of Chicago, IL waiting for our next festival, Cornerstone, which starts on the 3^rd.  After Cornerstone we will be going to Minnesota.  I am especially excited to be in MN.  It looks like we will have a few days off and I am hoping to see as much of the family there as I can.  So family, friends if you are around the twin cities from the 8^th – 11^th please let me know I would love to see you!  I did not think I was going to make it to the twin cities this summer so I am pumped to have this time.  The 12-15 is Sonshine in Wilmar MN.  This festival will be our last stop. 

Main Stage at Creation day one

I get done with this outreach on July 18^th and then I will be headed home for a few weeks.  I know that it is coming quick and before I know it I will be headed back to Mexico.  I am grateful for this time, but I am also excited to get back to Mexico.  There is a lot happening there and I am so excited to be working with the Bible School in Tijuana. We have a strong team of staff including 5 new staff members who were students in the last school.  This is something that seems to be kind of rare, usually in YWAM there are a lot of new people every year, but here with this school we have a chance to work as a team after spending nine months as students.  I need to figure out how I am going to get all my stuff out there, but it will work and before I know it I will be back in Mexico and applying for my residency!  

As always I would love to hear from you guys.  How the summer is going and especially if we have the chance to meet up this summer let me know.  I will be in MN from the 8-14 and then flying into San Antonio and then working my way down to Brownsville.  I am looking at leaving somewhere around the 9^th of August to go back to Mexico.  Take care guys God Bless!