Back In Georgia, Soon to be in Florida

Hey everyone! Well, I am officially back in Gainesville, GA for a few days before heading down to Cape Coral, FL for two and a half weeks. I am here in Gainesville until the morning of March 1, and will be back again from March 19 until the 30th. So, for those of you in Cape Coral, I hope to see you sometime between March 2 and the 19th!!!

Well, to let you all know my future plans. While in DTS God revealed to me two specific things that He desires for me to do in the next several months. The first thing was for me to go back to YWAM Denver and to complete a secondary school called Phase 2. Phase 2 is a leadership school that prepares you to lead in any aspect of ministry that God may lead you into, as well as, it is a required school for anyone desiring to become staff at YWAM Denver. Phase 2 is a three month school that will be from March 30 - June 19. There is an optional outreach for Phase 2 students; however, I do not feel that God is asking me to do the outreach at this time. The second thing that God revealed was His desire to send me to China sometime after completing Phase 2. There is currently a group of married couples and singles who are in China doing work (coffeehouses, workshops, etc.) and sports camps as a way of ministering. They are also currently working on ways of getting teachers into the university as a means of opening up doors for clubs, etc. One of the married couples (and also the ones leading the group in China) will be in Denver next month to have their second child, so while they are in the States, I will be sitting down with them and openly discussing with them all the things that cannot be discussed in an email. After that point I will be able to share with you more details of what the need in China is, and how I will be able to help this group. It's not a coincidence, though, that God laid on my heart to contact this couple while in I was in Colombia considering I only knew their names and where they were in China. And then to get back to Denver and find out their association and what type of work they are doing was unbelievable. Not to mention that one of my classmates' sister and brother-in-law are one of the married couples on this team. Small world, huh? No, that's just God!!

Well, I know that was a lot to give you in a short updated post, but hopefully I will be able to speak to many of you in person and share more about each of these next phases of my journey.

I have also posted pictures from Colombia for you to enjoy and they are in several different categories (food, places we stayed, etc.). Remember to click on the sunset on the right side of the page to access the pictures.

God Bless and hope to see many of you soon.

Coming Back to the States

Hey everyone! So ministry is officially over for us in Colombia. We did our last church service last night, and have had our debrief sessions (time of discussing strengths and things done well during outreach) with our leaders today. I know I personally have had a great time here these past seven weeks. It has been kinda hard leaving the friends we have made at each place, but we know that we have fulfilled all that God had for us here.

I am definitely looking forward to getting back to the states and enjoying the food there. The food here has not been bad, just sometimes lacking flavor. And I probably will pass on rice for awhile considering I have had it for every meal since being here. What I will miss though is the bread and pastries the most. I don´t know anywhere else that you can find a loaf of cheese bread for $1, and pastries for $0.10. And it was nice too that there was a bakery practically on every corner.

Well, the Argentina and Mexico teams leave tomorrow (a day ahead of us) to return to the states, so it will be a nice reunion of the entire DTS on Saturday night when we arrive. Sunday morning our team will be returning to our assistant leaders´church to do a follow-up service for them, going out to lunch as a team, and then doing the necessary laundry that has been building up. And then Monday - Thursday will be spent in a classroom discussing how to acclimate back into your own culture after being gone, sharing with the current DTS (that started after we left for outreach) our experiences, and then graduation on Friday. So a full, but somewhat relaxed week too.

I look forward to updating you in the next week or so of my future plans after DTS, as well as the times that I will be in Georgia and Florida visiting.

God Bless and keep on persevering.