week#4 video blog

out:reach

As of tomorrow, we will have known our outreach locations/teams for one week! ... sorry for the delayed update here, but better late than never!

Together with my co-leader Chelsea, I will be leading a team of four students to ...

Chelsea and I are so excited about the opportunity to lead a team to Nepal! We have been praying about this location over the past month-and-a-half and feel that we are just beginning to understand the love that God has for this nation.

We are still in the beginning phases of planning the outreach and getting in touch with local ministries operating in Nepal, but we hope that in our time there, we will be able to work with victims and people at risk of trafficking along with a variety of opportunities to work with children. We will also have our team be trained in Justice Water which is a ministry that provides and trains locals in clean-water technologies and hygiene, which can reduce water-related deaths by 45%...

Another possibility, which we are all very excited about, is the chance that we may be able to hike into remote villages and discover unreached people groups. There we will help both presently and eternally, by providing clean water while sharing our stories of how God has been faithful in our lives.

Chelsea, myself and the team are all so excited about what God is going to do in and through us during our time in Nepal!
Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support as we continue to prayerfully plan this outreach!

week#2 video blog

journey

This week we had David Gava speaking on the Nature & Character of God.

One thing that has really stood out to me was how he broke down our Journey with God. It's based off of the story of Elisha and his apprenticeship to Elijah...

Step 1: Gilgal (1 Kings 19:19-21 & 2 Kings 2:1)
~ Being taken out of a place of bondage ~ Surrendering the things of this world, for the calling of God.

~ A place of salvation & making God Lord of your life.
~ Giving your heart to the Lord. 

~ Repentance. 

"What you are hungry for is what you will pursue... 

So, what are you hungry for?"

Step 2: Bethel (2 Kings 2:2-3)

~ A place of making decisions.

~ Are you going to decide to really go for God? 

~ A place of separation from hindrances.

~ Will you go back, or will you go forwards?

Your calling will cost you EVERYTHING.

"Whatever will hold you back from entering into God's plan for you,
is an IDOL in your life."

KNOW THE TRUTH . KNOW THE WORD . KNOW GOD .

Step 3: Jericho (2 Kings 2:4-5)

~ A place of warfare.

~ Being trained for battle and knowing that your victory is won through Christ.

~ Knowing who you are in Christ!

~ there is NO turning back.

Testimonies require testing.

Step 4: Jordan (2 Kings 2:6)

~ A place of the supernatural.

~ We don't run after the supernatural, it runs after us. Seek first His kingdom.

"If you want God to move in your life,

you have to give Him permission."