Athens, Greece....

After a 12 hour bus ride....followed by a 12 hour ferry ride I can now say I am in Greece!After waking up covered in marine mist and ferry soot, my friend Grace and I ran to the showers and quickly became human again...while laughing at our hair...that even without a hair clip would stay in a ponytail.....needless to say the ferry ride was interesting..and created many good laughs and memories :)





We were greeted by our Korean host who was the pastor of the church we would be staying with while we were in Athens :) we made some quick tourist stops in Corinth where the book of Corinthians was written!! it was so amazing to see the bible come alive! After that we went headed into Athens.....We were staying in what was called the "redlight district" of Athens where about 50 yards around where we were staying was considered "sin city"....with tons of prostitution and drug use....but dont worry mom and grandma we were 3 stories high above all of this lol :) and God really protected us :)

Our performances consisted of various street performances...one of them was in a park about a block away from where we were staying which was a huge hang out for many Muslim men....who would occupy themselves with all sorts of destructive pass times.....it is true that idlnesss leads to destruction....many of the people who occupied that park were refugees from the middle east.....so they found themselves out of work and kicked onto the streets with no hope....and no motovation besides they highs they felt from temporary sources....It was eye opening to say the least about how people can live so much of their life in sin....the devil is truly out to kill and to destroy us....Our performance there showed how hard the devil tried to win the performance for his glory that day....but our God has long had authority over him and though he fought hard he did not shadow the message we brought to the people in the park that day......The biggest revelation that I got through out that week was that people are desperate to hear what we have to say.....the harvest truly is plenty....but the workers are so few....

We also did a feeding ministry at the church we were staying where 150 people came and squished into a small room where we did our show for them :) also did I mention that it was record heat in Athens the whole week we were there! so it was very interesting and a little smelly....but it was amazing to be able to serve such a diverse group of people :)

We were in Athens for about 5 days then we moved onto Olympios which is the town that is at the foot of Mount Olympios...where many ancient Greeks believed that the gods would do their "god buisness..." what ever that may be....but to many Greeks today...it is still a sacred mountain...and many believe that it still holds power among its historic mark in Greek mythology....

We traveled by train over night in a cramped yet quite comfortable cabin compared to some of the other passengers that were on the train who were forced to sleep along the isles and in small cramped corners...So we were thankful for the excxuse to sit down....along with the air conditioning!! which has become a rare occurance since we have been in Europe...! did I mention that while we were in Athens they had some record tempertures for this time of year......so we had become very used to sweating all the time.......

We were told that we were going to be camping in tents when we got to Olympios...and were pleasently suprised that we got little bungelows with running water and electricity....the camp that we are staying at is conveniantly close to the beach....so we can shower in the beautiful ocean when ever there is no water left in the showers :)

We have joined with another Greek church for our outreach in Northern Greece and are performing every night for the next 10 days! It has been very physically straining on all of our bodies especially me and many other of the dancers...so please keep us in your prayers so we can fully give all that we can give and not get sick or get hurt...Thank you all somuch for your continued support and love! I could not have made it this far with out everyones prayer and support!!!! I Love you guys :)

Sicily :)

I am taking adventage of this awesome internet access while I can..becasue I can't promise that I will be able to access internet at all in Greece or Egypt....but I will continue to update while I go through those countries and fill you in on all the details :)

Our time in Sicily has been awesome! We are staying on what is called a "Marine reach ministry ship"! It is a ministry that is under YWAM and has helped set us up while we have been in Sicily.....they are traveling around Italy... with a festival called the "Festival of Life" and we have joined together with churchs in the area and have used our performance and other performers from around the area to be able to reach people through the performing arts :) the amazing thing is that the 5 christian churchs in Sicily have never worked together before, and have always had alot of division through out the church....and through the Festival of life they have all come together as one body to make this festival possible.....we witnessed history....and i know that God will continue to stregthen the churches relationships with eachother....and through it produce more christian churches through out Sicily!

It has been awesome to see Gods plans for us being on outreach unfolding before us.....and i know that in Greece and Egypt He has even more in store...!!

We leave fore Greece tomorrow! We have about 24 hours of travel time overall....so that should be a good chance to catch up on some much needed sleep :) please keep my team in your prayers heavily this week becasue of all the civil termoil goin on in Greece right now and pray that God will protect us and that he will stregthen us and keep us safe and healthy! I love all of you somuch and I will update you as soon as I can!

The long awaited internet access!!!!

I promise I havent forgotten about all of you back home!! And I am alive and well ;) We have lived the past few weeks in seclusion from the internet :) I will try and be as detailed as I can about the past few weeks here in Italy...yet also very precise...because I could probably fill an hours about the awesome things that God is doing here in Italy....but I will share some of the highlights about what we have been doing :)

We finished in Switzerland and took a 12 hour bus ride to Rome, Italy...I have learned to love traveling because it gives our whole team an excuse to sit and do nothing! and I have really come to appriciate being confined to a bus seat with absolutly nothing to do but rest and process all the things that we have learned...and also prepare for all of the things that we are going to learn in Italy! It is truly amazing how different Italy is compared to Switzerland.....there is trash on the ground..and they dont have the same emphasis on cleanliness like their fellow neighbor...but the biggest shock to me was the people....The Swiss are more quiet and reserved...and the Italian are everything but....!!!It has been so cool to see the diversity in not only the geography but a difference in perspective showcased through out the people!

Moving onto Roma! we spent the first three days doing some sight seeing through out the ancient city! The first day We toured all the major tourist-y places like the Colosseum, The Trevi Fountain, many ancient ruins!!, The Roman Opera House and the Spainish Steps (one of the most romantic places in Italy ;)......And this was only in the first day!!!

The second day was our biblical history touring day which God used so powerfully in my life.....

The whole day our main focus was of Paul's travels through Rome and eventually where he was beheaded....Our first stop was the Water channel that was masterfully engineered to allow fresh water to run all the way through out the city....and in many parts of the huge aquaduct would still be able to function, because of how intrecatly they were designed! They said that the area surrounding the aquaduct was a market place where they said the Paul preached shortly after he arrived in Rome.....

Our next stop was the oldest road in Rome.....It stretched hundreds and hundreds of miles and was the road that Paul walked on and preached....it was also one of the main reasons for Rome historical success as a empire...because it allowed many merchants and travelers access to the empire....while increasing Romes power through out the surround in lands....We walked for about an hour along this road in silence to allow God to speak to each of us individually...and He really did.....The biggest revelation I got was that while walking on the road I felt so close to God....His precence was overflowing onto each stone that formed the road.....And he said that this is how He is all over the world....His presence is overflowing on this earth....many just arent receptive to it......He wants to poor out His love and presence over all of us....but it is our human nature that always seems to find ways to distract us from feeling Him in every breath we take.....it was so beautiful and I feel so blessed to have the operitunity to walk in the footsteps of and apostle of Jesus.......

Our next stop was the Roman Catacombe where hundreds of Christians took refuge underground for 300 years while they were being pursecuted!! I was so humbled by their sacrifice for their faith....to give you an idea of how big the Catacombe is there was a japanese couple that was touring and they wandered off and got lost...and they have never found their bodies......it was insane, and a little scary how huge it was....

After that we went to Saint Peters Vasilica! I was in absolute shock......I have never seen somany roman staues in my life.....We were able to see all of the Popes memorials underneath the Vasilica...and where able to witness and appriciate ALOT of Catholic history :)


Those were only some of the awesome things that we were able to see while we were touring Rome...God is dramatically transforming my world view each and every day that I am on outreach...and I know that He will continue too for the remaining days on outreach :) Please keep me in your prayers for I feel all of your love and support each and every day :) I love you all and I will write another blog to inform you of our outreach in Sicily!!! :)

Our impact in Montreax...

God is so good! He has been so faithful to us while we have been performing at the Jazz festival! It has been so amazing getting to perform in front of an ever changing audience...

it has proven to have its challanges though....because of the impact that we are having on the festival....there has been alot of spiritual warfare that has been affecting our team....including some ridicule by people in the audience..and many of our team members getting reallz sick with a flu like illness that keeps them in bed for almost a whole day....

but these things can not over shadow the wonderful things that God is doing while we have been in Montreax....we have had about 15 people make desicions to accept Jesus Christ....and over 100 people prayed for and over hundreds that have seen and witnessed the Holy Spirit through our show....it is truly such a blessing to witness the Holy Spirit at work with all the people who didnt expect to be encountered....and get to see the fruit of our labors and sacrifice right before our eyes....

thank you somuch for all of your prayers....i truly feel angels protecting me and my heart while i am here and I know that God will continue to be faithful to my team and me :) I am sorry that i have been slow at writing....but we perform till about 11 at night and by the time we get home it is past twelve... so if there is anything else you are wondering about when it comes to what I am doing or you just want to talk to me... I would really love the conversation...and the advice :) also if God has been speaking to you about anything about my team or me while you have been in prayer...it would be really encouraging and I will share it with my team....:) I love you guys! and I am so thankful for all of your love and support of me :)

"He is my strength when I am weak...."

This is the verse that is keeping me alive here in Lausanne. For the next two weeks we are going to be performing at the Montreax Jazz Festival which is a world wide festival where about 20,000 to 30,000 people come to experience a variety of cultural music and dance. It has been so awesome to see somany different people from all over the nations come to one place! Our company is performing every night of the festival and are soming in contact with not only the Holy Spirit but with many people of all different backgrounds and cultures! It is such a beautiful thing to witness :) One of the most vivid revelations I have gotten about our time here in Montreax is that God is bringing the Nations to us....! and that he is breaking down all cultural barriers between the people, so they can all experience the love of God through our show!

We have performed twice so far....and already have so many testimonys about what God is doing in peoples lives! before every show we pray two by two around where we are performing.....my biggest prayer was that the Holy Spirit would annoint not only our performance....but the ground around us 50 yards in each direction.....from where I was sitting and praying I observed that every person who pasted by our venue stopped......looked around(with confused looks on their faces) and I knew that the Holy spirit was there touching people as they walked past our stage.....it was so beautiful to see! and he has been anointing our show from the beginning and He will continue too as the weeks go on :) there are somany more testimonies that I will continue to share with all of you, but as prayer requests go....please pray for the health of our team! about half our team members are sick with a heavy flu(one of the the joys of community living...) ....that has caused many to stay in bed for most if not all of the day...so just pray for healing for many on my team, so we can all go forth strongly as a company and represent Christ at are absolute best :)

I will upload some more pictures of the festival with my next post :) thank you all somuch for your faithfulness in prayer for me and I love you all :)

The Swiss Alps and Cheese :)

So if you didn't already know...Switzerland is BEAUTIFLUL!!! God has blessed this nation with somany natural beauties, as well as a rich history...and cheese and chocolate :) But it is the people that truly make this nation peaceful and secure.....yet since I have been here I have realized that the people are comfortable....too comfortable...once this nation was built on Christian principles and was an example to many other nations on how peaceful a nation can run when God is at the center....yet over the years Switzerland has bridged into the modern age....and had created another bridge that proves to be further and further away from God....But God is going to revive Switzerland and they will turn back to where they once where :)

We took a gondola ride up to the Swiss alps yesterday! along with a visit to a cheese factory :) it was out of a book! some of the picture is look at...and they dont even seem like they are real! we went up about 2, 502 meters in the gondola where we could walk around and explore all of the amazing views ;) We witnessed how cheese was made....and it was actually kind of repulisive.....but it tasted good in the end :)

our first perfomance was in a beautiful theater with over 700 seats....We advertized well for the show but had no idea the kind of crowd that was going to show up....and every single seat was full!

It is truly amazing to see how faithful our God is !! Our next performance had a similar turn out as the first....there was about 300 in the audience and over 20 people came to accept Jesus Christ that night! It was so touching to see the Holy Spirit move through us and into peoples hearts that night :) honestly I am speechless at how wonderful and awesome our God is...

We are preparing to perfom 7 days in a row at the Montreal Jazz festival starting on Thursday :) God has been doing crazy things so far and I know that he has alot planned for the next week in Montreal :) please continue to pray for the people that are going to be seeing our show next week and that God would be able to move powerfully through us! also pray for health in our team because many are starting to get sick from all the traveling we hve been doing....thank you all somuch for your devoted prayers for me :) I love you guys :)

First official blog post from Switzerland!

The reason why this blog post was so late in coming was because I wasn't able to get a successful internet connection till now! but I am safe, happy and sound here in Switzerland! I will try and catch you all up on the past few days here, including some of the traveling details :) at about 8:40pm in Monday morning we boarded a flight from Kona, Hawaii headed to LAX international Ariport....about 5 hours later we landed in LAX at about 5 o'clock in the morning.....(shortest night of my life)....when we landed in LAX I had the pleasure of seeing my family for about 15 min, before I had to get back through the security line to be able to make our 8 o'clock flight to JFK international airport....I was hoping that I would be able to sleep on the way to New York....but no such luck.....:(
we had about a 5 hour layover in New York where I was able to meet my best friends Grace's parents! It was fun to have parents at both airports we landed in on the way ;) After that we boarded yet another Red Eye to Zurich Switzerland!! I was lucky enough to get an empty seat next to me on the plane, and I was hoping it would help me sleep....but it didn't :( except the night from Kona to LAX was nothing compared to the night from New York to Switzerland!!! about 3 hours past and the sun was rising over the ocean! I couldnt believe it! we lost about 6 hours from New York to Switzerland so none of us got any sleep.....Once we got in Switzerland the first thing that I noticed was how clean it was.....and how quiet it was......it was almost erie to an extent! I couldnt believe that I was actually in an airport and not a library...After one of our team members nearly lost his passport........we made our way to the charter bus that would take us about an hour away to a small village outside of Zurich. After we pack our rediculous amounts of luggage into the trailer we headed off to our destination. What I love about Switzerland is how much history is stored into this small country....and how they are so up with the digital age! I fell in love with this country at first sight :) When we arrived at the church that we were staying at....we quickly unloaded our stuff and I immediately fell asleep once I hit the pillow at about 1 in the afternoon and slept till morning! I found that I woke up at 5 in the morning nautrally...and so did a few other girls...so we all decided to be shutter bugs and take our cameras downtown and explore :) Everything looks like it cam straight out of a storybook!! I am not joking when I saw that I should have been wearing ball gown...while dancing through the street in song! It was amazing! every street had its own unique smell....it wasnt just an odinary smell...you could smell the history of the whole town....hundreds and hundreds of years of history had lived on the cobble stone walk way that we were strolling on.....It was such an unexplainable serinity that swept the streets at that hour in the morning....to say it was peaceful would not do it justice....after our walk we went about a day of resting and trying to catch up on about 12 hours worth of a time difference....I ended up falling asleep fairly early again and woke up the next morning very refreshed and excited to start another day :) We went to a water park which was about a mile away from where we were staying! It was alot of fun :) I will write another blog tomorrow i promise ;0 but it is about 1 in the morning here and i am still a little jet lagged....but i love you guys and i will fill you in tomorrow on the rest of my first few days here :)