Happy New Year to you all! I pray that in 2010 God will pour out His blessing more abundantly upon your lives. I also pray that God will overflow you with his JOY and blessing in your businesses, jobs, and/or studies, and all other spheres of your lives!
It has been about six weeks since I returned from outreach and it is good to be back on the base in Perth and to be part of the base activities again. The first two weeks following my return, I took holiday (or, vacation). On my holiday, I stayed in Perth and was able to really relax and enjoy God—seeking Him and meditating on His words. It was so wonderful to just spend time with Him and in His presence.
After my two weeks off, I got back to work immediately. I became very busy teaching our Island Breeze dances to our new team members and preparing for more performances. My team and I performed twice on Carol by candle light (Australian Christmas Celebration) in 2 different places. We did a couple more dances on our base property during a base fundraising night. In addition to performing, I was also involved in helping to prepare things for our YWAM family Christmas celebration.
One of the base ministries (in addition to the numerous world-outreach programs that the base hosts) includes evangelizing weekly in the city of Perth. So, each Thursday night, all members of the base (staff and students from every ministry) are assigned to one of many different locations within and around the city of Perth. In each location, we form a large group and worship together (usually led by someone playing an acoustic guitar) and then pray before we begin evangelizing. When we evangelize, we either break into smaller groups to disperse throughout the area and meet people individually and/or our group remains in one area and we take turns publically proclaiming the Lord’s Truths to the crowd in love. In addition to the Thursday night base evangelism, my Island Breeze ministry regularly does this evangelism activity in the city on Tuesday afternoons as well.
Through this weekly evangelism ministry we have seen God move in incredible ways in the city of Perth. My Thursday night Evangelism team alone has had the privilege of leading about 4 people to the Lord recently. And, combined reports from all base groups show that last month at least 10 people in/around this city accepted Jesus! This is extra encouraging because we have experienced Perth to be a closed city (“closed” meaning unwilling to hear the Gospel) for many years, and this is evidence of the Lord answering our prayers and spiritually breaking through!
Right now, my Island Breeze ministry team and I are preparing for our next outreach which we expect will be from April through August. We hope to travel to South Africa, South Korea, Mexico, and the Philippines. Considering our far outreach destinations, our team leader has informed us that our outreach fees are going to be at least $5,400 (US). Meanwhile, I need about $360 (US) per month to continue as a YWAM staff member to cover my living expenses (e.g. housing, food, and basic needs). Please pray with me as I trust God for this money.
I currently need one-time support for my upcoming outreach as well as monthly support for my ongoing staff fees. I humbly ask that you pray for me and pray about supporting me financially. I can't do this by myself; the reason that I am able to reach out to the nations for His Kingdom is because you have sent me to go. Please send me to Go again, I am willing and eager.
Thank you for your time, thank you for praying for me, and thank you for your generosity. May God bless you so much more from what you have invested to His Kingdom. God bless you.
