New Thing #1:
The school has begun and God has already fulfilled all of the prophetic vison He had given within the 4 months leading up to the school. The most prominent vision that God handed to us was being in the presence of God. I have mentioned this in blogs past. Basically if we can effectively lead this group into the presence of God, God will bring conviction, passion, empowerment, character change..He will speak identity, destiny, encouragement, etc.. And what we have found is that we have a couple amazing musicians, but not only musicians but ANNOINTED wroship leaders, who I actually believe when discipled and sent home are actually going to edify and transform the Body of Christ in many ways. I believe they will be names you will hear nationally and maybe globally. They have such an annointing and to have them looking up to me, and receiving mentorship from me, coming to me with prayer requests and questions is a humbling thing. But God is giving me wisdom and power to disciple these guys powerfully.
What has come from God giving us some powerful worshipers (in His grace) on this school, is we have never been short of the presence of God. And that is just one small example of God fulfilling prophetic vision. Psalm 84 is the specific vision God gave to the school, all about being in the presence of the Lord. The first weekend we had three powerful and encouraging Holy Spirit worship times, where the Lord ministered to us, but more than anything we lifted our voices and actually ministered to the heart of our Father.
As you can see I've attached a picture with some of the students on this school. This is on the bus to our first weekend road trip to get to know each other. This was a powerful weekend of sharing testimonies, hurts, pains and getting open and vulnerable with each other. It was beautiful.
New Thing #2:
About 8 months ago now I finished a relationship that had a lot of potential, but we analyzed it and decided that we actually were not heading in the same direction in life. She wants to be a school teacher...most likely in Canada, and I still feel heavily called into frontier nations, specifically India. We had not had time to get really very close at all, so this was a relatively easy decision based on the reality of what God has in store for us. Now eight months later I have met another girl and after 4 months of building a really amazing friendship and figuring out where exactly she is headed and what her heart is, we 
have decided to pursue a relationship. Her name is Hanna and she is from Germany. She is physically, emotionally and spiritually beautiful (as you can see). She has worked as a midwife in Switzerland for 6 months before she originally came here, and now wants to get some further training and take that education into the mission field seeing the need for it there. I feel called more to working "with the church" (meaning the body of believers) and she feels called more to catering to some of the physical needs of the people, although we will both be involved in both it brings an amazing balance and we are praying through possibilities for our future! Its an exciting and amazing 
thing. She speaks amazing english, and I speak three phrases in German, so I'm catching up to her. (We're working on it). Anyway, here are a couple pictures, one is from my Leadership School graduation and the other from a Beach to Bush road trip. I've also attached a picture of me giving the Leadership School graduation speech!
have decided to pursue a relationship. Her name is Hanna and she is from Germany. She is physically, emotionally and spiritually beautiful (as you can see). She has worked as a midwife in Switzerland for 6 months before she originally came here, and now wants to get some further training and take that education into the mission field seeing the need for it there. I feel called more to working "with the church" (meaning the body of believers) and she feels called more to catering to some of the physical needs of the people, although we will both be involved in both it brings an amazing balance and we are praying through possibilities for our future! Its an exciting and amazing 
thing. She speaks amazing english, and I speak three phrases in German, so I'm catching up to her. (We're working on it). Anyway, here are a couple pictures, one is from my Leadership School graduation and the other from a Beach to Bush road trip. I've also attached a picture of me giving the Leadership School graduation speech!So thats the NEW's in this life of mine. The NEWEST thing in my role as school leader is that there is no such thing as rest. I'm sure pastors experience this all the time. But when I take my "rest time" I find my phone rings uncontrollably, and I am the only one with answers to some of the questions being asked and can not just ignore it. Its almost impossible to find refuge except in God. I'm learning a lot about drawing into God. I love it! Pardon me my phone is ringing as we speak! (actually happened!). Bless you all and thank you so much for your support! Its never taken for granted!
