Summer Plans

Hey All!

I am so excited to write this! I am going to give you a little bit of a background on the story, so stick with me and hopefully we can be excited together.

I have been home now from a tour with YWAM Denver since February, looking for a job and trying to figure out the next step. I have been toying with several ideas, but in April, one Sunday night in church, God put in my spirit that I was supposed to go back to Hawaii. I had no idea how to go about doing that so I assumed I should go back for a school. I had a friend visit and she told me to seriously think about the school of counseling to make sure that was what God wanted, and although I wasn't totally satisfied with it, I decided to do some applying. I got a free $100 from Kona to apply, so I thought that would suffice. Needless to say that was not the case. Last week I went to Colorado to visit and my friends Nathan and Sharae got married (it was my priviledge to be a bridesmaid) and Nathan's Aunt and Uncle came to the wedding. Well, his Aunt and Uncle just happen to be the couple (Dawn and Pieter) in charge of the Compassion DTS that I staffed in 2007. They asked me if I would considering coming back this fall 2009 and staffing again as they lead this new school, as well as pray about leading a team to Colombia for an outreach.

I had been asking God to have someone come and ask me to participate in ministry for a couple of months because I was stuck and not really sure where God wanted me, and also one of my options was to go back to Colombia and serve there. When Dawn asked me to consider staffing, I was blown away! I have prayed about it this last week and have a peace about going and staffing with them this next quarter, as well as a determination to finish my one year committment to the Hawaii base. PRAISE THE LORD!

Now here is the hard part. I have not had a steady job in the last four months and with the calandar filling up the summer, I will not have the opportunity to work. God has provided in sooooo many ways, but not enough to support myself in Hawaii for the next year. I know that you all have been supporting me with prayer and love and even monetarily in the last two years and for all of you I am grateful beyond words. Would you however, pray with me again that I would get the needed support and maybe consider in what way God could use you in achieving that goal?

I don't know all the details, but it will be about $1500 a month for me to live in Kona and work with the students and the school.

Again, thank you guys for your past prayers and support and the prayers that carry me through my days. Love you all!