Settling In

    So blessed to be back where my missional life all started just 11 short months ago. Arriving only a little over a week ago I am almost settled in. Due to the amount of students coming for the January quarter they are asking all staff to move off of campus. The Lord blessed me with a great place to live for the month of December while myself and a group of guys look for a place near by campus to live from January-March. Looking back over this past year I am blown away by what the Lord has done and has allowed me to do. He has igniting dreams in my heart and I am seeing them unfold before me.

   For the next 3 weeks I will be apart of staff training prepping for the upcoming January DTS. The Lord has blessed me with an amazing group of people that are always pushing me and encouraging me to go deeper in my walk with the Lord. Over this past week the Lord has been showing me how to trust Him more and to really lay all fear and anxiety down before Him.

   While I was home visiting family, I somehow fit in time to make some necklaces during my 3 day visit. My good friend Cooper happen to have a homework project which entailed him shooting someone doing some sort of job. He asked me if he could photograph me making necklaces. During my DTS in January I sold 200 necklaces to help cover my living costs. I am working on doing the same thing while I am here now. I am still in great need of finances in order to staff in January so I am doing everything I can do personally to raise the funds. Here are some pictures of me making the necklaces. 

It is a blast making these necklaces. one of my friends makes these and agreed to let me make some to support myself while in missions. It has been a blessing. 

While in Kona we have work duties on base, I was blessed with a duty that I love. I am apart of the media team. Right now I am working on a promo video for the leadership track program, but over this past week I made this video for my friend Jeff to share with his supporters. I would love for you to watch it. Change the quality to HD, it looks way better. 

Thank you guys so much for your prayers and support!! God is doing so much in my heart and I can not wait to see who the Lord brings to DTS for me to disciple and lead. Please pray that all of my finances come in. I am still in major need in order to lead a team. Please pray about possibly partnering with me so I can continue being apart of YWAM. Love you guys!!

If you would like to partner with me financially please give me a call at 405-308-3860

Or if you need prayer and just want to hear what the Lord is doing feel free to call me as well.

Because of you!

In one week I will be moving to Kona Hawaii to start staff training for the Fire & Fragrance Discipleship Training School that kicks off January 3rd. Over the past 2 years, University of the Nations has seen this school grow from 40 students per quarter to an expected 200 student quarter this coming January. I attended Fire & Fragrance DTS this past January and my life was totally changed. My heart has been transformed from someone who just believed in God to a man who will now live the rest of his life doing what it takes to see people know and experience the love and forgiveness of God. My heart is to see this generation awakened to complete freedom in Christ, to see people be delivered from false identities, brokenness and hurt placed on them from the world around them and to see them walk in the will that the Lord has for them. Either it be through people seeing the Love of God through my actions, leading of worship or conversation, this destiny for my life is sealed and set in stone. By the 

grace of God I will live as an example of Christ love. 

 In January of this year, my Fire & Fragrance Discipleship Training School had 100 students and many of us have felt the call from God to return and help train the next wave of world traveling missionaries. Through much prayer, I have decided to return to Kona, accepting the staff position to help disciple students and lead an outreach team to the nations. Lecture phase is from Jan-March, outreach phase is from April-June. I am asking for you to prayerfully consider financially supporting me during this time. 

    
Giving up one Starbucks drink weekly could be $25 a month of support. That's an incredible blessing!

My current monthly need is: $600
My current monthly support is: $100
I am still in need of $500

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Joseph Shaw
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  2012 has been one of the most life changing years of my life. I wanted to share some of the pictures that captures some of my favorite moments and thank you for all that you have done to support me.

BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT!

Lives were changed.

People heard of Jesus for the first time and received salvation.

My life was changed and I will never be the same, and for that I thank you!

Love you all!

My outreach to that went to Amsterdam (April-June2012) and served on the YWAM base and on the streets. 

Street evangelism on the streets of Amsterdam.

Serving at Crossroad Church in Amsterdam. (Jeff and I greeting every at the door) We were honored to also help teach in the children's/youth ministry. Sharing testimonies and teaching the young ones about Jesus!

Time spent in the Hospital in Amsterdam praying and encouraging the sick and broken. 

My daily work duty at the YAWM base in Amsterdam. Moping floors and cleaning bathrooms! woo

Worship and prayer in the house of prayer in Amsterdam. This prayer house is located in the heart of the red light district. Please pray for he ending of human slavery.

A picture I took of the girls on my team praying in the train station in Amsterdam.

Praying and hanging out with the homeless in Prague.

Serving at the YWAM base in Germany

Worship in the Dam Square in Amsterdam for Easter!

We were given the opportunity to clean a mans apartment in Amsterdam. He suffered from server alcoholism and depression. My crew cleaned the living room and other areas in the house. My other daring friends on my outreach team cleaned his bathroom where human feces was smeared all over the floors. After the man returned home and saw how we cleaned his home he said "I do not deserve this, why did you do this". We were able to tell him that we loved him and that he was worthy to be loved. some of our friends got to share with him about the Love of God and salvation through Jesus Christ. Because of the opportunity the Lord opened for us to serve this man, he agreed to go get help from his addiction. 

Worship on the streets of Prague

Got to travel and see one of my best friends get radically transformed! LOVE YOU KOLE

Worship in the Kona prayer room! (Fire & Fragrance DTS jan 2012)

Leading worship during pure heart week in Germany.

Worship In the Kona Prayer room. 100 students trained and sent out to the nations. Hundreds of salvation's through the sharing of the gospel Jesus Christ. ALL GLORY TO GOD

Weekly soccer outreach to the Muslim community in Amsterdam. There we were able to talk to some of the kids about Jesus and see one of them healed from knee pain!

While visiting home got to help with worship at DEEPER in edmond. Shared with young high school students about walking out in freedom that Jesus gives and sharing the good news with friends and students.

Praying over church members at the Boiler Room Church in Kansas City. Ministry with my YWAM Circuit Rider Family. 

Evangelism training (School Of the Circuit Rider) in Kansas City Missouri. 400 students were in this school and we saw over 200 salvations on the streets of Kansas City! All Glory To God!!

Worship at David's Tent in Washington DC   

some of the David's Tent Volunteer Staff (Friends from my DTS)

Leading worship in Germany during a worship burn (12hours of worship)

  

Leading worship in Amsterdam for the YWAM base