Only a short time now!

News Flash!!

     I will be leaving Kaua'i June 12, 2010. I am headed back to the Big Island for debriefing June 12- 19^th.  I now have a place to stay from June 18-27^{th ….}I am thankful to God! Then, I fly back to Pennsylvania. It is an answer to my prayers that I now have a place to stay on the Big Island with a friend from teaching. I am also really excited to see my family after 10 months in Pennsylvania. I am so ready to see everyone (especially mom and Makenna)!
     I also have another answer to prayer. For the past 6 months I have thought about doing the second phase of Elijah House School of prayer counseling. (I took the first part over 10 years ago when I was a Social Worker). I looked into flying out to Washington State, but the cost pretty much keep me wondering if I could do it. Recently, I found that my previous church for many years (Hopewell Christian Fellowship) is running it for 13 weeks in the fall. So I am going to do it and get back involved in my home church (Storehouse Church) for awhile all the while trying to figure out where to live somewhere in-between the 2 churches and find a job that can support me.
    I hope to find a job quickly and transition well for a short season at home after catching up with friends and a potential visit to the International House of Prayer for a week. I want to continue as a missionary and hope that God will bring all the details together from all the foundations that He has made during my Fire and Fragrance YWAM training. I am taking the simple steps needed, and looking for the confirmations along the way of the exact direction to go.

Here are some highlights of the past couple weeks:

My birthday: I had “happy face” pancakes from Deb my team-mate, a nice lunch with YWAM , beautiful flowers from my neighbor Jennifer, and sunny day at the beach.

24 hours of prayer: We made it with the 3 of us running it. Who would have thought we could make it! It was a comforting and joyful experience praying with local people we have met along the way, and God ministered to us through each other in beautiful ways.

Amy visits: Our leader Amy came for a pastoral visit and we had a wonderful time visiting a beautiful canyon that looked just like the Grand Canyon. Her pastoral insight was really helpful and positioned us to finish this outreach strong as we learned to release and be flexible with internal changes.

Answered prayers:  Our team was able pray for healing in a friend who has lost his hearing, and prayerfully send off another we is headed to Israel on her own journey of faith. We have also met and connected well with many believers in the community.
Heather- my prayer partner and Director of a unique school for students AT RISK. She is headed off to Israel.

Ministry: We joyfully celebrated the fruit of our prayers in the graduation ceremony of the students of the school we supported. We have continued reaching out to kids in the community, sharing Jesus on the beach, give out bread while meeting new people, and supporting the start of the YWAM base (which will take off this fall!) We also meet with a couple that ministers to the Jewish community and learned a lot of their heart and I tried blowing the Shofar. Jessica  and I got to a Creative Festival with local youth displaying great talents Hawaiian style.

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It is sad to think we are saying “goodbye” soon not only to a beautiful place, but fabulous people we have met along the way. It all has been a learning curve and we have been able to faithfully support the various churches and ministries in the area by standing by and encouraging them to keep going!Personally, my time is coming to an end in Hawaii, but thankfully I land in PA in warm weather, so I won’t be in too much shock! God has taught me the most during this journey about trusting him and seeing him provide. So I continue to be excited to walk in peace and joy and trust that He has something in store for me in PA. (Even if I don’t know what that is yet)!

*Enjoy some of the pictures and the video below of life in Annahola, Kaua’i, in Hawaii! May God’s name be made famous and may many more know his comfort and love wherever I go!