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 :)

And the Lecture Phase has come to a close!

As hard as it is for me to believe....I have been in hawaii for about three months now...and in about 2 days I am headed off to Switzerland to start our 3 month tour to the nations! Looking back on it all...I can hardly recognize the person I was when I first stepped off the plane in the Kona airport....I was excpecting radical change...but I didnt know it would be this radical....my biggest hope and prayer was that Iwould learn how to love God and love others with all my heart and I feel like I have achieved that( or am well on my way :))God's timing was so perfect in sending me here...because I could not have handled everyday life....and the life that Christ is calling me too without this process! I just wanted to say such a sincere thank you for all of you being so supportive in what I have been doing...I could not have done any of this growth or change without your diligent prayers and support! You guys have shifted the heavens with your prayers and I have felt so protected by the Holy Spirit since I have been here :) Internet connection will be a little bit iffy overseas but we should have a decent connection in Switzerland and Italy so I will keep all of you posted with my travels through blogging and pictures( thanks to my lovely mom I now have a beautiful camara :)) so I will keep you as close as I can while I am on tour :) Continue prayer for our travels and that all of our baggage would be kept in order and that none of it would get lost or stolen while we are traveling for 38 hours.....again thank you all somuch for your support and I love you guys!!!! Blessings :)

A call for Prayer!

I am calling everyone who is reading this blog pray tomorrow on behalf of my finances for my missions trip! Our prayers truly shift the heavens and all of your prayers are heard by our God!
I need 3500 dollars by Wednesday and I know that through our prayers and faith he will abundently provide! :)

Here is a video updating you on how I am doing :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ZKxBEKJmU



feel free to send it to friends and family to get the word out about what I am doing!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!! also if you would like to donate I broke it down so the amount doesnt look as intimidating....

I would need 700 people to donate 5 dollars....

and about 350 people to donate 10 dollars....

and 175 people to donate 20 dollars......

so every dollar counts!!! If God is burdening your heart about supporting me financially please email me at surfr_grl180@yahoo.com and let me know the amount you are wanting to send and I will let you know where to send it to :) thank you guys somuch!!! and I love youall :)

God provides :)

Let me start off by saying that our God is a good God who provides for the big and the little things in life! it is so beautiful the things that happen when you listen to Gods still, small voice....He is so amazing and He always works in the ways that you least expect he will!! Praise the Lord for He is worthy of all our praise! Sorry if it sounds a little crazy....but I am just so overwhelmed with how God seriously comes through everytime even when you think He wont he will!! even when I have hardly any faith He still provides and loves me just the same! It is truly amazing the God we serve and I am so in awe of His power and His love for me....wow....i cant even understand why a God so perfect and amazing would have somuch love and affection for me....when I have done nothing but sin against Him....it blows my mind......But he is a faithful and generous God and He will always provide with not only just enough but a little bit more....just like he fills us up not to be just full to the brim....but to overflow onto others so they might feel the love that Christ has for them for themselves :) I dont really have much else to say that can top how good of a God we serve....but I am really starting to get insanely excited for outreach and I know that god is going to contiue to fill my cup with His love.......I Love you guys!!!!!! May God bless you all so abundently :)

Rehersal, rehersal.......and more rehersal.....!!!!

I apologize it has taken me so long to write this week! I have been in nonstop rehersal from the beginning of this week....but the good news is that we are going on outreach in 2 weeks!!!! I am getting so excited to finally go and share everything I have learned here and be able to grow somuch through all the amazing things we are going to do on outreach :) I am blown away at how awesome the production is so far! our leader keeps telling us we are the best DTS she has had yet :) I am sure she says that everyear but it still makes us all feel good :) This week in lecture we had a speaker named Jason Mae who felt a huge calling to the Asian nations for his life and shared with is how many radical things are happening in the asian continent right now! South korea is sending out the most missionaries in the world right now....and it is spreading rapidly through out its communist neighbors. It was such an awesome week to get to be enlightened of all the amazing things he is doing in the asian culture! Our speaker had to leave on thursday, so this morning we had a man named Dan Baumann come and tell us a little bit about his story of getting imprisoned in Iran for 9 weeks! It was such an amazing story of Gods power and pervision! I was very moved and inspired :) He had a very compelling story about a vision that he got from God when he was in an airplane into Afganistan....as he was nearing the airport he bagan to feel his heart filling with fear about what he was going to encounter when he was in Afganistan....as he was praying God showed him a vision of Jesus waiting at the airport for him...rocking back and forth with excitment.....he said that he saw Jesus talking to a man about how excited he was for Dan to come and spend time with him.

And that Afganistan was the best place for Dan and him to become really close friends. And it hit me at that moment that that is exactly how God feels about me going on outreach! I welled up a little at the thought of Jesus being like that for me.....and eagerly awaiting my arrival in Switzerland in a few weeks...He is calling me to all those countries because he know that those are the places that I will be able to fall more and more in love with Him! I am so ready for that relationship to blossom :) A really cool quote that he said was the key to bringing the light of God over seas was "To fall deeper in love with God....and let others watch". This quote was so simple yet is struck such a deep note in my heart......all we have to do is love God and he will do the rest!!!I am so excited to fall deeper and deeper in love with Him through out this next season of traveling!!!

Here is some information about when I leave and when I come back :)

I Leave Hawaii on June 28th and come back to Hawaii on the 15th of September but I will not be back in Ventura till around the 19th of September.

We start off in Switzerland and go to Italy from there, then to Greece and Egypt.

Some prayer requests are simply for the Nations we will be going to along with overall finances for our team......I know that we are going to be able to see many miracles in these next few weeks with everyones finances....but continue to pray and ask for Gods pervision for everyone....as hard as it is for me to say I still have about 3,500 left for my outreach but I know that God is humbling me and teaching me to rely completly on His pervision...He has provided for me this far, and I am confident that he will provide all that I need and even more for my team and staff memebers :) If you are interested in donating to my outreach please email me at surfr_grl180@yahoo.com and I will let you know who to send the support to :) thank you all somuch for your continued support! I could not do any of this without you :) I love you guys!

Do what you can do.....and God will do what you can't do......

All I can say is God is moving through somany people on this campus! I participated in a fundraiser last night and did a dance that was sincerely directed by the Holy Spirit! I am going to post the link from youtube so god can speak for Himself :) ENJOY!

Lyrical Dance to "Everything" by Lifehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uud3v2Li4Xk

Fire and Fregrance!!!!

Wow......I sincerely don't even know how to give an acurate discription of all the amazing things that have happened this week!! I have been released from the stronghold of passivity and have been filled with boldness......I have also been released of the stronghold of rejection and I have been filled with acceptance and contentment! We are serving a real....moving.....and powerful God. And He is coming sooner then we are all thinking.....and I am so pumped!

Tonight I was ignited like I have never been ignited before....
Our night consisted of worship lead by a 16 year old girl.....and her 18 year old brother asked holy fire upon the room......and it came!!! Not only did we feel it but we smelt a physical fire burning in the room......a smoke that I have never smelt before.....and it was insane!! I found myself completly eclipsed in his prescence......and the next thing I knew I was jumping and laughing like I have never laughed before!!!! the smell resenated in my nose and I continued to smell it for the rest of the night!! God is so good!!!!! He is real and he is moving so powerfully through his children....I feel that know that I am free from everything that was holding me back from fully excperiencing God....the He is going to give me new radical...and refreshing experiences with Him :) I cannot even contain my excitement right now!! Everytime I think about it I get chills down my spin in sucha good way......!!!!!!

For everyone who is reading this just know that god wants to connect with you like this too......I am no more spiritual or special then you are and he loves you just as much as he loves me............he will come to you if you go to Him........:) I love all you guys somuch and I cant wait for you all to be ignited in Christ :)

This is going to be a good week :)

Let me just start our by giving observance to our countries memorial day since our school could not afford to take the day off from rehersal.....so we celebrated with our dances ;) It was an interesting day because all the other schools on campus took the day off...as well as most of the staff on campus...so it was hard to come back from dance and have all of my roomates taking naps when I have to head straight back to dance... but it was still a good day to say the least :)

Our lectures this week are going to be so amazing! The talk is about spiritual warfare.....with an emphasis on realesing strongholds in our lives. Our speakers are from Tacoma, WA and their whole family comes and joines together as a team to speak to our group(as well as all the other schools on campus). When I first heard them speak I knew it was the voice of God through them! It was so awesome becasue even today they have already delivered our team of somany strongholds...I felt God preparing me for this week over the weekend and now I know why.....Just pray that I will be able to let go off any of the strongholds that I am carrying in my life right now...and just pray for my entire team...because I feel that god has alot to do in their lives through out this week as well :) It is to amazing how all of the week lectures have flowed to perfectly together....I feel like one topic and speaker just flow into the next....it is so awesome because it all feels connected instead of in scattered pieces. Also continue praying for funding because I and my team need the entire outreach paid in full by the end of next week....Just pray that God would abundently provide for our team and our staff members who are coming on outreach with us :)I will definently try extra hard to keep my blog updated this week because I truly feel that this week is going to be a break through week for not only me, but for my entire school! thank you somuch for you devoted prayers and I love you all somuch :)

And another week has begun!

So it is the start of yet another week :) and I can already feel that it is going to be a good one! this morning we started with corperate worship which was such an answer to prayer...I feel that I have been craving just a simple and awesome time of worship for the last couple weeks and I finally got one :) After that we had a women from Tajikstan share her testimony with us....and it was amazing! She grew up in a muslim home and came to know Christ through her Martial arts teacher and began to thirst for more Jesus in her life. Her father was a elder in the town mosque and told her that if she didnt renounce her faith then she would be disowned from the family.....and she did not renounce her faith so she was denounced by her family. She was going to an underground Christian church, and terrorists planted 4 bombs in the church and she was standing right next to one as it went off....she was burned from head to foot and her skull had been completly cracked open exposing her brain....she was dead, and told us her experiences of talking with God....He asked her if she wanted to go back and she said that now that she has seen the glory and the splendor of the Lord that she had to go back and bring more people back to Jesus...so he sent her back...and her story moved me to tears.....also she had faith that God would heal her of all scars from the burns on her body and she doesnt have a scar left on her body! It was so inspiring and I feel so blessed Iwas able to witness her testimony :) I know God is going to do crazy things this week so just please pray that God would go into the deep places of my heart and change the small details of my chartacter! I love you guys!!

Can it really be Friday all ready?!

Let me start off by saying that this week has gone by do incredibly fast I can hardly believe that I have already been here for 5 weeks!! I apologize for my lack of blogging this week....:( I have hardly had enough time to breathe! Our talks this week have been equally as exhausting....in an awesome way! Our focus this week has been on our individual world views in relation to Gods world view. I think that the greatest part about this week was figuring out what my world view is and how different it was in comparison to Gods....things I didnt even know had an impact on our world view turned out to be some of the core issues...and that a shift in world view takes years and years of active pursuit to see even a slight slope of change. We watched a movie about Egypts world view and it got me so excited to be able to witness to a world view that we are so different from! the overall week was great and it started getting me really excited for our outreach :) another thing that I have realized this last week is how awesome our DTS staff is! I feel so comfortable and loved around all of them and it is truly such a blessing to have when you are around so many people 24/7 as well as the insane schedule I have! there has been a little bit of home sickness this week for me :( I guess I just miss having a little time to myself....it is such a selfish thing to miss I know....but with 6 other room mates I find myself longing to just have a night to myself, but I feel so blessed to be in the presence of somany amazing people I would never trade it for any other situation :)

Today I had one of the greatest adventures of my life! A bunch of my friends and I went to Waipio Valley which is famous for its 2000 ft. Water fall ands as well as its black sand beaches! I had heard rumors that the hike was quite rigerous....including parts where you had to be neck deep in water, while following a lush and over grown trail! The moment we started the hike there was a look out spot where you could see almost the whole valley(minus the waterfall) and I knew that this was going to be a great day! The hike began with a very windy, steep road and ended in a lush and tropical trail that looked like it could have been straight from Jerassic Park! There was a river that we were following that had alot of thick foliage and vines surrounding it. I tested the theory of swinging on the vines like Tarzan......let me just say do not try it at home....and never trust a cartoon for trying to swing on a vine in the jungle....:) After that we headed to a part where the trail went through about 5 ft. of water! We all were carrying our backpacks over our heads neck deep in river water! it was straight out of a movie! I loved it :) I felt like a true adventurer! from then on it was alot of slippery rocks as well as some big rocks that we also had to climb! But once we had scaled all of these trials we finally got to the waterfall.....and it was absolutly breath taking! As soon as I turned the corner I thought that this must have been what the Garden of Eden looked like! I could not believe its beauty! When you looked up from under it all you could see was the water shimmering from the sun, and ending in a beautiful clear blue pool! I was simply eclipsed in Gods overall creativity and splendor!! It was great and I will put pictures up soon :) After that we headed to be black sand beach that also looked like it was straight from a calander! i do however think that I might prefer white sand beaches simply because of the fact that it looked like you layed in charcol everytime you layed down in the sand! It was still so beautiful and I feel so blessed to be able to bask in Gods masterpieces all day :)

Some prayer requests for this next week is that God with continue giving me strength for my days seem to be getting longer and longer....as well as health because numerous people here are getting sick from both stress and exhaustion I feel. Thank you somuch for all your prayer support! I feel so blessed to have somany awesome people behind me as prayer warriors through this time in my life :) I Love you guys!

The end of another week.....!!

As crazy as it is I can now say that I have been here for 5 complete weeks!! I can hardly believe that I have been here that long and that I already completed one quarter of my DTS :) The craziest thing to think about is the transformation that I have already made, and the crazy things that God has done in me is only going to multiply over the next few months :) On Friday I had my 'one on one' with our speaker to talk about some on the pain that I have stored up in my heart. I found that I had alot more then I thought and found myself feeling lighter after I out of the session. It is a really good thing that I really didnt think would effect me as positivly as it did :)
Following my counseling session a bunch of my girls in my DTS decided to have a girls night equipped with twizzlers and other forms of delicious yet unhealthy food! It was so fun to have such great bonding time with some of the girls on my team :) Saturday was also a fun day of team bonding! It has been so great because I feel in this past week I have really been creating such a good bond with the other people on my team....maybe it was because of all the tears we shared last week together last week...or just the realization of how perfectly God brought us all together! it has been great to finally be growing all the relationships I have made and know that many of them may last a life time :) This week we also found out our flight schedule for our outreach! We leave on June 28th at 8:40pm and fly all night with a stop in LA for about an hour....then we head to New York and switch planes to head to our final destination of Zurich, Switzerland!! So keep me in your prayers for the preperation for that :) Other then that the past 2 days have been very rejuvinating and exciting :) Please continue praying for financial support for our entire team and me as well, and also praying for our teams health over these next few weeks becasue many are getting caught with a bug that is going around :( You guys are awesome and I cant wait to see what God has planned for the next week :) I love you guys!!!

Finally a break long enough to write a blog!

Let me start off by saying that I am so sorry for not writing these past few days! My schedule has become pure insanity over this past week and I had no time even to breath hardly....But to catch you up on some of the things we have been learning these past few days I will start with the over all topic of the week which has been "the pain of the Heart". I have been realizing that I had a lot of pain stored up that I didnt even realize...and am now in the process of freeing that pain so I can fully surrender myself to God and his ultimate plan for my life with out anything holding me back. Our speaker is very different then the other speakers we have had...Yet he brings the kind of gentleness and compassion you need to truly be able to get people to deal with all of the pain stored up in your heart. One of his biggest points is that experiences that you have as a child...shape the experiences you have as an adult....and also the way that you handle certain situations. For many people he said that their earthly father has a lot to do with that pain that is deep in their heart. He shared with us many testimonies about children who were abused or outcasted by their father and how many ended up commiting suicide or turning to drugs and alcohol. His point was that we need a father and that should be God. And when people come from broken families where they had a negative father figure in their life...they tend to put their earthly fathers face on Gods face.......And this act could take years to reverse....It is really awesome because he is meeting with everyone on my DTS for a 'One on one' session to truly be able to talk about the pain that we may have in our heart and he will coach us through how to give that to the Lord and not be held back anymore. I have my one on one tommorow so I will let you know how that goes :)

On the perfoming arts end of the scale....I am dancing pretty much 4 to 6 hours a day.....which is awesome yet extremly exhausting :) We are working on various dances and are already perfecting a few of them! It is really coming along and I am so excited for the performance :) We also got our departure dates for our outreach today! We are leaving on June 28th at 8:40pm heading to LA, then we are off to New York, then to Zurich, Switzerland! our final destination is Zurich and not LA or New York :) I am already so excited for outreach and we still have a month and a half to go!! But spreaking of outreach our airfare was due today and I was able to come up with 2,220 dollars which is about 280 dollars short but they said that they would still cut me a plane ticket so I dont have to fly to Switzerland by myself! Just continue to pray that the $280 with come in some time in this next weeks so I can be assured that I have my plane ticket paid for :) thank you somuch for your prayers and it is so amazing how God is providing for me and the rest of my team :) I love you guys somuch and may God bless all of you so abundently for your willingness to support me through this journey!

Oh Mondays...

After a rather uneventful...yet productive weekend 6:30am came way to fast....The start of a new week seems impossible, yet I am so excited to see what God is going to do in my life this week :) Our lecture topic this week is about pain in the heart...and how to heal it. I feel like it will be interesting to see the transformation that is going to happen in our team this week...simply because I feel that there is alot of pain in alot of our hearts. Our speaker is part of YWAM Greenland and showed us some pictures, as well as some cool facts about Greenland. I found out that Greenland is the largest island on earth, and there is only 100 communities in all of Greenland with no roads to connect them together....You have the option of plane or boat...and thats it...Even the process of getting around the island (which is 80% ice) is a feat in itself. the process of just planting a church takes years and years of hard dedication to make thrive. Our speaker felt called to tour to different churches talking about the pain hidden inside the heart and has seen many signs and wonders from God when people are freed from this pain that they hold in the deepest places of their heart. I am very excited fro this week and will continue to update you on my progress :)
Some prayer requests are for finances again, not only for me but for my team...there are a few people who are having a really hard time with trusting that God will provide the money in His perfect timing. Also pray that I can have an open heart and an open mind to what God is going to try and tell me this week...as well as keeping me free from any distractions that may come my way. Thank you somuch for all of your prayers for I truly feel all of them :) I love you guys :)

Another busy day :)

So as Thursday has almost come to a close...I find it so hard to believe that I am almost done with my 4th week here! To think that I have almost been here a month is so mind blowing....one because I feel so at home here....and two because it has already been that long. When it comes to the awesome friends I have made I feel as though I have known them for somuch longer then I really have! And I know it is because we all have a unity as sisters in Christ and we can be so blessed with the comfort that we already feel around eachother :) I apologize in advance for some of the grammatical mistakes I will make as I continue to write this blog....for my thoughts are not going through my head in a grammatical fashion so I humbly apologize......

Anyways.....To fill you guys in on what God has done in my life today I will start with out lecture topic in our morning lecture. Our speaker was talking about how we as Christians tend to put our selves in boxes....not physical boxes of course but metaphorical ones created by 6 different strongholds. Things like critisism, comparison, egoism, fear, arrogance and control all can turn into different sides of the box. And it is our job to bring them to Christ for him to be able to cast it out. For we can not truly give 100% of ourselves till we realese these different strongholds the devil has on us. He then had us pray individually and decide which ones had the biggest hold on our lives. My first was fear, and the 2nd was comparison. I feel like I have always been fearful of what my future is going to look like....is it going to be in a nice house with a nice car? or is it going to be in a foreign country not know where the next meal is going to come from? And through this week I have learned that I shouldnt fear any of those things because either way I will always have my relationship with God and that is all I truly desire out of this life. Today in lecture he told a very inspiring story about his daughter.....he said that he was laying on the couch and his daughter came up and asked him to snuggle. He grabbed her into his arms and was so comforted and delighted just simply to be able to hold her and be in her presence. and as he started praying for his daughter God spoke to him and said that even before you had her.....ever since the beginning of time I have been waiting to hold her in my arms.....and the words I heard from god were that is how you are to me....he told me he had been waiting for me to run to him and for him to hold me in his arms. This truly broke a part of my heart to think that I am valued by God as not only a friend but a daughter.....And that he cares for me like a father would his own daughter....I really felt Gods arms around me for the rest of the day and continue to feel covered and protected in his love :)
I have a few prayer requests....the first being finances, I have a complete peace that god will provide in His perfect timing but simply pray that it will be soon. I have a payment coming up by the end of next week and it would be great if you could simply pray that God will provide :) and also pray for me and that I will be overwhelmed by his peace that he will abundently provide the exact funding I need to go on outreach :) thank you somuch for all the prayers and support you all have given me and I feel your prayers working in my life :) Also I know many of you were wondering why it wouldnt let you comment....and I am pretty sure that I fixed the problem...so try it and see and if it doesnt work then I will investigate teh problem more :) Also if you want to become a follower and you are not a member of the sight you are free to do that as well now :) I think it will ask you for your email address so it can send you an update whenever I post a new blog :) I love you guys :)