Wednesday, March 29, 2006

El Salvador


Oh man, I am terrible at updating ya'll on what is going on in my life.
EL SALVADOR! It was wonderful. I had such a fun time with my dad and the team. There were 8 of us ranging from 27 to 55ish years old. the team built 2 houses while we were there as well as installing water filter's on 5 huge water tanks that are for use by the community. I didn't do alot of the physical work on the house but spent alot of time just talking to the local people in the village and translating for the other team members. My brain was so full of spanish by the time the trip was over! Ok, that was just a very quick update for now. More soon. Peace my friends!

Saturday, March 04, 2006

A New Home

God is the coolest all the time! Last week as I drove to college group at my church in Boise I told my mom over the phone that she needed to pray for a place for me to live up in Cascade because I would be heading back up there 2 days later and still had no where to go. I got to college group which is held in the house across the street from the church. This house is the parsonage of Boise Valley Christian Communion (BVCC), my church. As people were milling around in the living room, pastor Montie came in and made an announcment that they needed someone to come live in that house free of rent for the next couple months. My heart lept at the thought of living in Boise with all my dear friends and everyone else seemed to think it was a good idea as all eyes turned on me. To make a long story short, I checked with my leadership and everything has worked out perfectly for me to remain in Boise for the time being. I am able to do the work I need to through phone and email and driving up to Cascade once a week for staff meetings. Being able to live in Boise is freeing me up to get involved in a few things I have had on my heart since I first moved to Idaho, one is the Boise rescue Mission, and the other is my church here in Boise. I have already been able to help out at the church a bunch and am looking forward to getting even more involved. I have also talked with one of the men that runs the Boise Rescue Mission and it seems there will be alot of opportunity for me to serve them during my time down here. For more information on them and their ministry, check out www.boiserescuemission.org . Other than that I am busy working on the next YWAM Idaho newsletter as well as following up with prospective DTS students for our fall school. It has been so nice to have alot of tie on my hands to be in the word and read, read, read. I love it! So praise God for once again taking care of all the details better than I could ever hope to do.