Newsletter!

Ok after I have tried to send my Newsletter per E-mail. I had decided to just blog them because it's to much work and most of the people I have tryed to send them they could not receive them.

Hey Everyone!
I just wanted to give you an update, of what I’ve been doing in the last few years!
This is for everyone! People who know me really well or people who just know my parents or haven’t seen me in a while!
I am working with an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). YWAM’s mission statement is to KNOW GOD and to make Him KNOWN. This ministry began in 1960. The main focus was giving young people opportunities to demonstrate the love of Jesus to the whole world, according to His command in Mark 16:15. Today, we still focus on youth, but we have members (known as “YWAMers”) of almost every age. Many of our short-term efforts have grow into long-term endeavors that have left an impact in lives and nations. YWAM encourages new vision and the exploration of new ways to transform lives through training, conveying the message of the gospel and caring for those in need. We are currently operating in more than 1000 locations in over 150 countries, with a staff of nearly 16,000. A prerequisite to joining YWAM staff or receiving further training is YWAM’s Discipleship Training School (DTS).
Now back to my Story!
I first heard about YWAM when I had just turned 5. A YWAM group came to stay at my parent’s guest house for a few months. When I was almost 18, I took a job at a guesthouse. Located inside the guesthouse was a small YWAM office, plus my boss was a former YWAMer. Isn’t it funny how God clears our path before we get there and prepares the way for us?
I still didn’t know much about YWAM until my brother Johannes, a YWAMer himself, sent me an email. He invited me to join a DTS starting at the end of February 2009. I had committed to work at the guesthouse until the end of March. “No big deal!” I thought, “I’ll just take the DTS starting in the fall.” But my brother insisted on me coming to the DTS in February. I am not a risk taker, but I took the challenge. I had 2 week to decide if I should go. This meant: praying about it, talking to my boss, buying an airline ticket, and getting over my traveling fears (I hate traveling on my own). God managed everything; he really wanted me to go! I got laid off, I found a cheap ticket and God gave me peace. March 1st I was in a plane on my way to Ozark Arkansas!

The first three months of my DTS I spent time learning about Jesus and the way He feels about me. What a time of transformation!
After 3 months of life changing experience, I went to a communist country in Asia for two months. A country where no one is allowed to teach the gospel. A place where people are stacked on top of each other, because there are too many people and not enough space to live. It was a hard experience, but helpful to see the world from a different point of view. Living in a different country makes you different. Now I see things through different eyes. Let’s just say God renewed me through and through. HE scrubbed me real clean! =)
After my DTS, I decided to stay and work as Kitchen Staff on the Campus in Ozark, Arkansas. During my entire DTS I had a hard time deciding what to do after. I worked in the Kitchen as my work duty for the first 3 months. And I really enjoyed it! It seems like God instigated for me to stay here because the former Cook just had her second child. There was no way anyone else had the time or knew how to cook for 30 people every day for 2 meals. So I decided to stay. I have been working here as YWAM staff for 6 months now. I have made a year commitment.

……….my Story is going to continue.
What you are going to read in my next letter is: My life in YWAM Ozarks as a Staff.

God bless you
Angelina

P.S: We, at YWAM Ozarks, would love to pray for you! Let me know if you have any prayer requests, and we will either pray for you during one of our campus intercession times or I will keep you in my prayers personally!

My Life!

After a long time of silence I have decided to blog again! (Finally) I have been kinda busy the last few months. I have been put in charge of the kitchen for 2 months because Jen (my BOSS =D)she left to go on Outreach with the dicipleship training school (DTS). I really enjoyed beeing creative and cook freely! But another respossiblity came up and that was having a 16 year old to be talking care of. Let me explain. My sister lilly came for a visit and stayed with us for a month. Since we are a Non profit organisation she had to work in order to life with me. Ok lets recap: 16 year old sister, working for a month= no freedom for her (that's what goes on in a head of an 16 year old). That's how it was! I mean I totally understand that when you're 16 you don't want to understand everything and do what ever you want to. I have been there and lived through it! Well I had to treat her like a grown up and she didn't like that although she said she wanted to be treated like a grown up. Lets just say it was a lot of work! On top of all this I had no brother that helped me out (he was on Outreach too). I was so glad that I still had somebody I had that lifted me up. Somebody that told me "you are not alone I am with you". God just comfort me and took me into his arms. Now everything is almost back to normal. I have my brother back which makes me really happy and we are about to move in to our NEW KITCHEN!!!!!!!! I'm so excited! See you soon!

I can't tell you how much I enjoy working here at YWAM Ozarks! Yes it is hard and yes it is a lot a work but if you do it with the love God you can do everything!
This weekend we had mission exposure and 35 kids came up and participated. I was in the kitchen all weekend. It also seems like everyones birthday is in October I just made a sachertorte for one of our Students and tomorrow is another birthday. This is going to be my fourth birthday cake!
Ohh well!!!!
God is good and he is with me and he blesses me with so much. All I can do is Love him back. In Psalm 103 it talks about Praising God and what an awsome God he is. We can worship him all the time it is our honor to praise the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I have to ask a favor can you pray for my grandma she's in the hospital. She's not a christian yet but please pray that she gets saved before she dies!!!!!!

Great summer is over!

Ohhh what a wonderful summer I had! I was finally able to relax and enjoy the rest of my summer. It was weird not doing anything (well I did help my grandma a little).
I spent a whole month with my Brother Danny and my Sister-in-Law Krystal. My brother thinks he is a Redneck and tries to talked like an arky and dresses like a cowboy.=D
It's really funny!!!!
All I'm doing is wait for things to happen and for guidance!!! I pray that this new school is going to go smooth and with God's Protection.
Hey if you want please just write me a short e-mail and tell me how you're doing! Can't wait to her from you and what you have to share!

I'm back and alive

Hey everyone if you believe it or not I'm back and still alive.
Two months are over and in these two months God has done so much in me.
It's been interesting and adventurous and a lot happend.
I can't tell you to much because of security reasons but I can tell you a little story about me.
It's been hard and I kinda went through a depression the whole time and I had to go through a lot of attacks from the enemy. My leaders came up to me on evening and said:" we can see what you're going through but we can't help you out, only God can help you." So I prayed for freedom. A week later we got invited by church to a prayer meeting. I started praying and God gave me a song into my heart. As I was singing my One-on-one Bekah started burst into tears and then I cried. The whole time I was so mad at her and in my mind I though, I forgive her and then I'm like NO I have to say Sorry If been really selfish. Jesus set me free this night he broke my chains.
Psalm 118:5
In my destress I prayed to the LORD, adn the LORD answered me and set me free.

Last Week before Outreach

OMG!!!! I can't believe that this is the last week before I leave for Outreach! I wont be able to cantact you for the next two months.
It's gonna be really tough but you'll survive!
Well I think the Lord wants to show me somthing.
This week your theme was the gifts of the Holy Spirit (1.Cor 12, 1.Cor 14, Rom 12, Eph 4)
Amazing stuff!!! You should really read it and study it! It'll blow your mind and Spirit!!!!
NOT only this week I heard about the gifts of the Holy Spirit but also a few months before and this sunday in Church the pastor was talking about the gifts. Isn't he an Awesome God? Don't we have the most loving, most intelligent and most greatest GOD in the whole universe? I think so!
I got two words from the Lord this week and if been praying for them for so long and now God has answered them. PLEASE PRAY for my team and me!!!!

Outreach and pride and humility

Well my Outreach is only three weeks away!
I can't wait. Well last week we had a great teaching about pride and humility! When I think about it, I need to pray for many things because I'm really proud of myself. I hope that I can control my tongue a little and watch what I'm saying. In the New testament James talkes about controlling the tongue. Since I'm here in this DTS I'm thinking a lot and I'm praying for forgiveness. Things I said to others and my anger. Well now to other things I'm planing to stay in Arkansas after Outreach and take over the kitchen work. I'm really enjoying DTS so far and I can't wait for the challenge in Outreach.