Look at your hands

As I look at my hands after mowing the lawn all day, I see blisters and redness. I take my focus off my hands and look at what I had accomplished. I see a nice lawn, first all covered in weeds and tall grass and now nicely trimmed and smooth. But all that means nothing, when I look at the lady that owns that lawn with a big smile of gratitude and thankfulness in her eyes.
Last week I was reminded what it means to use the hands that God gave me. Do you ever stop what you are doing that moment and look at your hands, questioning yourself what you can do with them, how can you can serve somebody with your hands?
I had the chance to serve an awesome people group last week. God has put the natives on my heart for years and for the first time I got to be part of a team to serve a small community in Apache, OK.
Mowing lawns, scrubbing kitchen floors, weeding gardens, praying, sowing seeds, fellowship.

And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. 1.John 4:17

Wakarusa

"Do you believe in God?" I asked Jessica one of the participance of the music/hippie festival called Wakarusa. "Yes I believe there is a God" she answered. While I was painting her face, she told me the story of how she gave up heroine to raise her son. Unknowingly to her God protected her from any further damage and blessed her with a son. I simply told her that God cares about her and prayed for her. When I opened my eyes after I finished with amen she look at me with thankful eyes and hugged me.

After sharing my testimony with a guy and a girl from Oklahoma I find out that Sky goes to a home church but does not know Jesus Christ as her personal savior and Sean grew up in a christian home but now has no time to go to church because of joining the air force. As me and a friend were trying to ask more personal questions we were interrupted by a man sitting down next to us at our table. It was sad because we could not continue our conversation because that man keep interrupting and making weird comments.
I was so mad because I knew it was not that man I was fighting against, it was the spirit in him that was taunting me. Please keep these people in your prayers....they are so close!

Expect the Unexpected!

Delight in the Lord and He will give you your hearts desires. Ps 37:4

Most of the time I get so consumed by always asking God for things and totally forget to delight in Him. I forget to be thankful for what I have, for what God is doing in my life and how He is taking care of me in ways I would have never expected it.
I am preparing to do more Outdoor Adventure stuff this year and it requires a lot of equipment that costs a lot of money. One day I just started a wish list on amazon of the things that I would need for my trips and posted it on Facebook. I didn't think much of it but I did it anyways. Sure enough an unexpected package showed up 2 weeks later with a climbing harness in it. A day later another package showed up with a climbing helmet. I am in such awe of God's provision in my life. This is just one of many stories of how Jesus Christ the Lord of my life takes care of me His beloved daughter. I believe if you love the Lord with all your heart and learn to delight in Him, get to know Him on an intimate level and give Him back the life that He has given you He will be more than delighted to give you your hearts desires.

Purpose?

Don't forget to enjoy life!

What does it mean to live life to the fullest? The most given answer would be to live life with a purpose!
My purpose first of is to love God with all my heart and love everyone as myself and to serve God with every thing that I have and am. I have taken a risk to live out my passions and sharing the love that God shows me every day with the people that I am surrounded with. Yes, at times it is very uncomfortable walking up to a stranger and asking them how they are doing or even asking them if they need prayer. About three years ago I would have laughed at you if you would have told me that I would become a missionary and travel around the world and fully trust God to provide for every need that I have.  
See, God is a faithful God and He has a time line for everything, all we got to do is trust Him and let Him take over.
Do you have a purpose and are you letting God take over?

London the city of many nationalities...

As I walk through the streets of London I notice so many different people groups....Pakistani, Indian,

Iranian, Caribbean, Jamaican, and so many more. God has a heart for all of them. My team and I got to be part of a big project this year; Megacities. This ministry focuses on one big city a year and reaches out to every sphere of their society. We focused on family ministry and street evangelism. From working with local churches to reaching out to the muslim community, handing out free hot drinks, prayer walking through the streets of London to leading a mini discipleship training school for a youth group.With the Olympic Games in London

this year God is ringing the bells and asking the churches to gather and pray for the unreached!

Coming up this year....

When I was in Austria I spent a lot of time out in the mountains. I discovered my long lost desire for the outdoors. Seeing God’s creation in nature is so wonderful and adventurous at the same time. This year I will be helping out with the Outdoor Adventure DTS. Going on scouting trips, staffing the discipleship training school, going out on backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing trips!
A while ago God has put on my heart to honor his Temple. To be fit and healthy. And so I am taking action!
How would you like to partner with me? This is what I need:
Need $
Day Pack 50
Sleeping Mat 100
Sleeping bag 200

Kitchen Corner

This is an article I wrote for our Newsletter that we just sent out! It's a new school with new students and new challenges! It's hard to believe that I am now coming up on three years of working in the kitchen here. Two students are assigned to help me with dinner prep each week day. Typically, the girls who help me begin their time in the kitchen with little to no idea how to cook. I am able to come alongside them and teach them basic cooking skills. This is a lot of fun because I have had a long history of cooking. Ten years back, when I was eleven of age, my first memory of cooking involving my brother Danny and I. Together we created the ultimate birthday cake for our grandpa's birthday. This involved us mixing in everything that we could thing of that we would want in a cake. As the years went on I learned how to make a real cake and how to regularly cook for more than fifty people. From cooking at home for our guest house to helping cook for 200 pastors from all over Europe to taking culinary classes in school to cooking for 400 people at a Christmas party last year, I've had a great education in the kitchen and love that I now get to teach others and serve people. Teaching others how to cook can be very challenging, especially during moments when an assisting student accidentally burns me with a hot pan or pot. Other times I've had flour explosions in the kitchen, and other times have involved glass measuring cups shattering on the floor. Still, moments of pain, messes, and chaos are made worth it because I know that my time in the kitchen is more that just "work." It's part of my ministry with YWAM. I'm able to minister to the spiritual and emotional needs of the girls who assist me and together we're able to minister to the physical needs of each person who enjoys a meal on our campus. So if you're ever in the area, swing on by for nutritious and delicious meal, topped off with the godly fellowship of the residents of our campus!

Ox foot, Pig intestines and Cow stomach…

Just some of the delicacies that I have tried on this trip.

Why would I eat ox foot, pig intestines or cow stomach? Because the Asian culture is very hospitable and the hosts watch everything we eat—or not eat. Of course we were asked many times to eat up everything that was served, which was not easy with 15-course meals served. Our hosts took us to very nice restaurants and
we also got to enjoy some home cook meals when we were invited to homes.

We left for China on the 8th of June and arrived in S-city 3 days later. On our last trip there we started to connect with a church, but were very limited to the number of people allowed to come to church meetings and teach. So I only got to go to one prayer meeting.
This time it was very different. We had traveled 3 days, just got settled in our hotel, went out for lunch and started to rest when Barb heard a knock on her door. When she opened the door it was the leader from the local church that we had met last time. Barb and Vincent were asked to teach at a Bible study.
They both still had dripping wet hair from the shower and no time to prepare. After that they were asked to teach at various church meetings every single night, sometimes twice a day. We never knew where we were going until we got to our destination.

Before we got to S-city we had a real short orientation at YWAM Hong Kong. Joe, a YWAM staff member, had said that many teams go out to China on Outreaches from Hong Kong. The first thing they ask a new believer is if he/she wants to hear God speak to them. So we took that example and followed it, with success.

One personal experience was at an English Corner for Kids from 1st grade through
college level. After we had gone through our program, the little kids left. (In China you are not allowed to witness to children under 18) That’s when Barb put aside the microphone and started sharing the gospel. Two boys and a girl came up to me while Barb was sharing and asked me if I was a believer too. So I got to share my testimony. I told them that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and that we communicate. I asked them if they wanted to hear Him too and they agreed to pray with me. I asked Vincent and Melissa to help me pray for them. After I while I asked if they heard the Lord speak anything to them, and they girl said:” I’m not sure if it’s me or not but I heard "I’m here. I’m here." All three gave their lives to the Lord that night.

God had planned this trip from the beginning. He had planned out every detail.
All of us had to come up with the finances and yet God made sure we had more than enough. We hardly had to pay for any food. (So we gave our food budget money, plus some extra, toward helping the poor and needy there.) Each of us had enough prayer coverage to hold back the works of the enemy. Jesus Christ had set up multiple divine appointments ahead of us, and it was as if we just walked right into them. The doors were that wide open. Praise God!