Tuesday, January 31, 2012

For we are SURELY alive

Luke 15:31

"Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours."

Rest in that this week. Step and walk into the inheritance of the King. You are the sons and daughters, so that we do not live in a mindset of poverty, but of a different kind of abundance that He gives.

Have fun :)









Monday, January 16, 2012

week one.

Well. After all the anticipation of the students coming... they have now been here for a week!!
We are past the awkward, "I don't know you" phase, and have moved into living life together. It is in some senses exactly what I expected, but in some ways so much harder than I thought.
I am already learning patience, and to be moldable myself. I'm being asked questions far beyond what I know- which is fun to have Holy Spirit teaching and correcting me in every situation. I love that!

If you are my friend on facebook or follow me on instagram, i'm sure that you have seen the pictures from EVERYDAY here. I love getting to document this journey that is not only theirs, but one that I get to experience with them.

Here are a few from the past week, just in case you missed them:


Me and Aleesha shopping for ONE WEEK of groceries. Insane. 


Our staff student wall, that Jael worked so diligently on.


First day showing their new territory (Shell Beach)


Teachings...


Sing along with kazoos!


My new pet fish: Aashi :) and the little boy at the pet store who helped me decide which one to get


Worship and Intercession



Cracked windshield! No one was hurt, just a crazy freak accident of the hood flying into the windshield. 

surf's up dude! two of our staff teaching the students how to surf


beach volleybal 

smores delight 


SKYPING WITH LEA!!


and in the midst of the school, also planning a trip to India. Joy to my heart!


a little place I like to call home.

I am so very excited to see what else Jesus has! It's going to be far beyond what we ever thought.
And i'm not sure if I had mentioned it or not...but for outreach, WE ARE GOING TO SOUTH ASIA!!

More stories to come :)

Friday, January 6, 2012

Bringing in the new year!


This was the view from the plane ride back to California. mhmm.



And we traveled back the night of New Year's, so I spent it with these crazies. 
We celebrated in Eunice (my car).





My art is FINALLY hanging in the community! I have filled all of Higher Groundz in SLO.




We also were able to take our trip to Modesto! It was incredible. 
We saw our good friends (Marvis and Evelyn) and then the girls above (Sophia and Marie).
More stories to come on that!


So our school starts... Sunday!!!
We have been spending countless hours in prayer and preparation for these students, and to finally have them here is outrageous to think about. In a good way. We are just honored to be able to live life alongside them as they are about to experience the fullness of God for their lives.
I will be keeping y'all updated about the school, and just ask for continued prayer for this whole school!


We had to prime all the walls in the bathrooms of our new DTS house. It was a task, and our bodies didn't know how to react to all the smells. So we turned out a little weird.




As Jacque was cleaning, she found a flattened rat! FLATTENED. So Jael decided to conquer her fear of rats. She scraped it off and threw it AWAY! 


This is our drive to and from the DTS house. Praise Jesus.