Halfway There!

Hello all! These past two weeks have been pretty hectic, so many apologies for not writing. I have spent my days listening to lectures. Our speakers are so interesting and are really good at explaining things in a new light. 

Two weeks ago we had Aaron Larson speak on Nature/Character of God and Discipleship. One of the things I took from his lecture was that being a disciple is a process. Mark 1:17 says, "Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." Notice how it was not an instant transformation, but instead said become. They will become fishers of men. It is a process. So often I find myself wondering why I have not had a radical transformation so when I heard this, it really stuck out to me. Yes, there are people who have radical transformations, but for the most part people have to go through a process to change. 

This past week, we had Keith Martens speak on Spiritual Warfare. He spoke a lot about freedom in Christ. A big thing this week was freedom prayers. He shared experiences of how he has done freedom prayers and how people have been set free from demons and bad dreams and so on. I really enjoyed having the opportunity of a freedom prayer and felt freedom in what I was prayed for. 

Besides the time spent in lecture, I have had the opportunity to try surfing. I was not very good, but I did love it and will be trying it again this coming week. Living in Hawaii is the dream-I cannot explain how much I love it here. 

This week I also found out more details about outreach. I leave for India on December 14. The first city that we will be in is New Dehli and we will be there for two weeks. We have the possibility of being at the Taj Mahal on Christmas, so that is pretty cool. We are in India for six weeks and then Sri Lanka for four weeks. We finally found out what the cost of the outreach would be, and after everything it comes to $2,500. It is a bit more costly than I thought that it would end up being. If you are feeling led to donate, it is possible to get another tax deduction, and I would greatly appreciate it any donations. To be able to get a tax deduction one would have to write a check out without my name on it. Just explain on a separate note that the money is meant for me. The address for mailing it is this

YWAM Honolulu

2707 Hipawai Place

Honolulu, HI 96822

If you feel led to give, I need the money by November 26. Many thanks to all of you who have given money and who are feeling led! I appreciate it so much!