Typically summer is the best season for us to take a little break and spend some time on the mainland with friends and family. This year we felt the Lord leading us to stay put. I really had it on my heart to be a student in the first quarter of the Chronological SBS and it has turned out to be a fabulous decision. We are in week 8 of the school and I have learned so much! No one ever regrets setting aside time to study the word of God. It is hard work but to be honest it has been a season of rest for me just to focus on learning and studying the nature and character of God through the Old Testament narratives. I would love to continue and finish the whole Bible but we have too much coming up for me to do that right now.
Chris has been diligently working and carrying the load of our other responsibilities. He has been planning and working out the details of the next year for the D.T.S. as well as the other random stuff that inevitably comes up every day. I am so thankful that he has given me the room and time to study, while he pretty much takes care of everything else. In just a few weeks we will transition back into crazy DTS mode.
Upcoming Dates
Aug 28- Bangladesh Team returns for a week of debrief and graduation.
Sept 1st- April DTS Graduation
Sept 2nd-6th- Sept DTS Staff Training
Sept 9th-13th- Sept All Staff Conference
Sept 17th- DTS Students Arrival Day
We are looking forward to a big September quarter. Our 9 month School of Biblical Studies will still be running, as well as the School of Missions and Evangelism and of course the Discipleship Training School. This will be the first time in many years YWAM Honolulu will be running 3 schools simultaneously. We are needing to find classroom space off base, this is a great problem to have!
Of course the most exciting part of our summer is the much anticipated blessing of the growing baby in my belly. Just today I got to hear the heart beat and we will find out the gender in 3 weeks. Can’t wait, although I think I already know...
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| 9 Week Ultrasound Pic |
Prayer Points
*First and foremost that we would honor God in our leadership. Everyday many decisions big and small are made and we do not want to get ahead of God or rely on our own gifting to lead the ministry.
*Health for our growing baby.
*We are in need of more financial support. We feel out of ideas on how to generate more support, so we are praying God will open our eyes to how He wants to provide and that He would lay it on people’s heart to partner with us in ministry.
*Our upcoming schools would be fruitful for the students and the the people they are reaching out to.
*We would grow as a ministering community to love the Lord and each other well.
Thank you for all who stay connected with us. We so appreciate the love and support and could not continue in full time ministry with out it!!
