He is faithful.

Happy Mother's Day!

Well this outreach is now over half way done and so I figured I was due for anther update. We have 4 weeks left in this country and it's hard to believe that after 15 months this course and season of my life will soon come to an end. Now I'm reminding myself not to be too focused on that as I continue to pour my all into these remaining four weeks. 

We have been really enjoying our time in Suva and I personally am so thankful for the cooler weather. There has been lots of rain and sometimes I feel a bit like I'm in Langley. 

As far as the team we have been having quite the ride physically. Two of our girls have been pretty sick for the past couple weeks and it is a slow process on the road to recovery but we are continuing to stand confidently that it will all come to pass. We have also had a great deal of spiritual warfare on this property. There have been a lot of strong holds needing to be broken and a lot of darkness that we have been working through. We feel as though our mission of being here has gone beyond working in the preschools but also to bring freedom and restoration to the church and property we are living on. We have been using our spiritual weapons to fight the enemy and are excited as we continue to see break through. It has been exhausting and trying on us all so please keep lifting us up in prayer for that. I have never experienced battles like this before. But we are already conquerors because we have Jesus on our side. 

With the preschool we have been blessed to keep working on the projects and building resources for the three schools. We are seeing the schools grow all the time. I personally have been amazed just by the creativity that Jesus has blessed me with. Being someone who always wished to be creative but never really feeling it, I was astonished when The Lord gifted me to pick up a needle and thread and hand sew 3 different projects. To come up with ways of creating activities for the kids that I never could have without him. God is so good. I've also been able to teach Sunday school for a couple weeks and share at kids camps. All these amazing opportunities have been handed to us and we are seeing lives changed. 

God has been stretching me to at times what feels like all I can handle but then just as he always does he strengthens and provides exactly what I need, and them some. 

Last week we were praying to see more of gods miracles and a d God challenged me to start asking and expecting so I prayed that the next time I went into the grocery store I would win more than .30 cents. Now I have to explain what that means. You see we always shop at the same place and with every purchase we get a peel and save card. So we have been collecting them to save up for some treat for the team and every time I go I get .30 cents. But I prayed for more. So I went to the store and guess what, I won $1.00. But god said keep expecting greater things. I was pretty stoked on the dollar but knew god had even greater miracles for us. So two days later when I was buying some more groceries I was handing a peel and save card and then I walked out of the store. Not really thinking much of it I opened the card and kept walking. Suddenly I stopped in my tracks because on my card was not .30 not 1.00 but$ 100!!! God was multiplying. 

He is so good. His faithfulness and desire to lavish good gifts on us is amazing. 

Please pray for this up coming week we have a 2 day seminar and another 2 days of presentations. 

Keep our health And spiritual warfare I. Your prayers as well

One month left!

 here is the view of the sunset from our front porch

 just some of the projects we have made

 riding the bus

 going to town

hot and sticky

Well 3 weeks in and what an adventure it has been. Just to start I would like to make a list of just some of the craziness that we have faced thus far.

Hundreds of mosquito bites
swollen eyes
throwing up
the runs
humidity that makes my hair into a fro
bed bugs
crazy thunderstorms
being denied by taxis
migraines
Heat rash
Family problems
relationship drama
dehydration
dog fights
ants
cockroaches

All of that only3 weeks in, and yet we stand every day with smile on our faces and embrace what is next. We have not lost our joy. We have not stopped praying, or laughing or praising Jesus, because even though it has been a bumpy ride we have also been blessed with making new relationships with amazing new people, going into villages and preschools and churches to pray and bless others. Being able to preform 3 dances and multiple songs to bless our Fijian family. Countless laughing fits as we become more unified as a team of sisters sharing passion to change the world of education in Fiji. We have been helping build a preschool by making materials and projects. We also were able to pray over the building that was damaged by the hurricane in December. We taught a seminar to local teachers about becoming a teacher that God can use, and how to value yourself, and how to value a child. We saw walls come down in people lives and were able to stand in prayer and support them. I am amazed that is has only been two weeks because of the amount we have experienced and gone through already. God is shaping and molding us daily into the women and teachers that he desires for us to be. We are learning to be spirit led and to submit everything we have to Him. We are living in a foreign place with new discoveries of culture and challenges every day, but we can meet those head on and smile because God is with us and we are a unified team. I have been abundantly blessed by the girls on my team as we all grow closer all the time. We have now been in Lautoka for 2 weeks and suva the capitol city for almost a week. here we will be partnering with a few new preschools as well as hopefully setting up a mobile preschool for the villages around us. We will be teaching more seminars and hopefully reaching out and touching many more lives.

Please keep us in your prayers
HEALTH AND SAFETY, this one is huge and is being attacked almost daily

Continued inspiriration for projects and lessons

Energy despite the heat, and to acclimatized

Continued unity and team harmony

Thank you all so much for your support while I’m on this new journey

up up and away

Bula Vinaka! 

Well, I’ve been meaning to post this blog for a few days, but the pre-outreach prep ended up being a 

mix between hectic packing and trying to make everything fit, somehow balanced with capturing my 

final moments with so many wonderful friends I have made over the past year in Kona, all resulting in 

my mind being in a state of mush when trying to conjure up words that accurately describe how I’m 

feeling. 

Not saying my mind is currently sharp, but beginning to feel as through some of the mush has hardened 

enough to vocalize a little of what has been going on. First off, I want to thank everyone who supported 

me financially to bring me here to Fiji. I am currently sitting on the floor in the bedroom at the YWAM 

PTC base in Lautoka. I also am so blessed by all of the prayers that have been sent out on my behalf, and 

ask that they continue. I have felt completely encompassed in God’s presence during this whole season, 

of trying to get finances, saying good bye and the 14 hours of travel to bring me to this wonderful little 

town. Travel went well, a couple little hiccups but those only keep your heart beating. Us 7 girls are now 

settled into our little house/base here with 3 other women that share the house. We have the first 

couple days just to rest up and getting accustomed to the heat and time change. (+22 hours from 

Hawaii) our house is set up on a hill right above a school that so far hasn’t had more than an hour of 

break from some church service, or indian ceremony blasting at top volume, but it makes for fun 

background music as we eat our meals. And eat we do! So far my first 24 hours have consisted of 

sleeping, unpacking, some rugby watching, and a lot of eating. The women are very sweet and we are 

already feeling extremely comfortable here.  

I suppose my vision for this outreach is to learn in new ways what it looks like to be fully surrendered to 

the Lord, and fully used for His glory. Our days and exact activities are unknown to us as of yet, but God 

has been challenging me daily to make the most of everyday I’m given here, to look for opportunities to 

love others on my team and not on my team. To be God’s hands and feet in every aspect over these 3 

months. To be fully present in the place that I am and to have a greater faith than I ever have. He hasn’t 

said it will be easy, but He has promised to never leave. That in those inevitable moments of tears, 

sadness or frustration, to lean on Him for all my strength. I am simply His vessel called to live a life of 

love and share Jesus with everyone I encounter. I look forward to seeing the miracles, the lives changed, 

the children blessed and the personal growth on this trip. I want to make the most of this time that I 

have been blessed with, and although I know the very real reality that it won’t always be cake, but 

everything has meaning, and it is my choice as to whether or not I seek that meaning and learning 

despite the hindrances. 

Please keep me and my team in your prayers, 

unity 

health and safety 

sensitivity to the spirit  

guidance and fully capturing all that the Lord has for us.