Category: YWAM
John 8:32
It’s not thoughts, it’s experience. No amount of journaling or thinking or praying is going to teach me anything. God brings revelation. God brings it, not me. I’m never going to come up with anything good on my own. Maybe I should stop all journaling about the unknown, and only journal about what the past.…
Pattaya, Thailand
Outreach has begun. The team has been in Thailand for over a week now, and we are settling in nicely. Our days have begun to have a kind of routine. We are working with a prostitute recovery ministry here in Pattaya called the Tamar Center. We are teaching English, doing outreach in the bars, and…
Things are not always what they seem in this place, so you can’t take anything for granted.
Who to put words together into meaningful prose? I do not know. I try to write and only come up with other peoples words. The sun was shining in the western sky as a gentle breeze swept over her skin. She lay on her back in the middle of the trampoline warmed by the blackness…
It never fails
Why is it so hard to change perspective? I get stuck in an idea or the idea gets stuck on me, and my eyes refuse to see the world as it ought to be. Then for a brief second, I step out of my shoes and I realize how oblivious I’ve been to the truth.…
We believe…
Four more weeks to go… It’s hard to believe. The students continue to be amazing: working hard in continued earthquake relief and pressing into to get the most out of each lecture. We just finished a week on the “Lordship of Christ.” This is a big we for the students. On Friday we have a…
Be Strong and Courageous
We are working our way into week two, but already it feels like we’ve been here for months. I love all of our students already. The students have been loving going into Christchurch to serve the earthquake relief efforts. We have been shoveling “liquefaction” (silty mud), delivering meals, handing out earthquake relief fliers, and working…
Around the World in Eighty Days
The craziness has begun. Two weeks ago, I timidly set forth to Auckland for the beginning of staff training. The only AW80 staff member up there I really knew was my staff leader, Julie Anna. Now, two weeks later, I return with 10 new friends and a deeper sense of God’s nearness. When I look…
The Time is Now
A quarter of 2010 has come and gone. I can’t believe the snowboard DTS is about to leave on outreach. While the school has been busy in lecture, Friday night evangelism, and outreach prep, I’ve been busy at my desk watching the inner workings of a mission organization from my front row seat. And when…
Starting Again
I took off from Omaha, NE last Tuesday and landed in Christchurch, NewZealand about 24 hours later. It was a beautiful 80 degrees when I left and a cold and rainy 39 when I landed. I just keep reminding myself that I’m making up for the winter I missed last year. It is just starting…