Update from Kona. Here I Come Europe

     The past 2 months have flown by so fast! I can't believe in 23 short days my team will be heading to Europe. I never would have thought I would be heading back to Amsterdam so soon, but we serve such a fun God and He knows where I will be used the best for the kingdom. Getting to know my students has been a blast! Every tuesday morning I have all of the guys on the team meet for breakfast at 6:30am and we all preach to each other. Some of the topics have been, faith, intentional discipleship, worship, prayer and much more. We call these mornings, MEN OF GLORY MEETINGS. It has been such a fun time of sharing amazing cultures of the kingdom of God to each other. Everyone has become so much more comfortable sharing to groups of people and in turn will help us all share the gospel of Jesus easier and more effectively to everyone while on outreach.

     We will be staying at the YWAM Amsterdam base for 4 weeks, partnering with the base through serving with work duties, helping the base run. Also while we are there we will be leading times of worship and prayer for the base. Throughout Amsterdam there are several city squares like this one .

This square is called Dam Square. Thousands of people pass through every single day. We will be spending lots of time doing street evangelism/street worship here. Once someone is lead to the Lord we will have information of local churches to get them plugged into as well as setting up times for us to meet wit them and start intentional discipleship. We long for the lost to meet Jesus and learn how to live  for Him! We intend to see this happened. My team has been working so hard, learning the core essentials of the biblical truth behind salvation, justification and sanctification. They can share their personal testimony of coming to the Lord, the gospel of Jesus and several cultures of the kingdom (love, faith, joy, peace) so clearly and I know that through this we will see so many come to know Jesus!

        We will be spending time at the Tabernacle of Nations which is a house of prayer in the heart of the red light district of Amsterdam. Prostitution has been legal in the Netherlands from 1815. According to statistics there are now over 25,000 prostitutes in the Netherlands. Spending time at this house of prayer is a privilege. We worship the king of kings in the midst of this red light district praying for his love to break in and bring freedom to the oppressed men and women who frequent the brothels. Our heart is to minister to the women in the windows, but due to already established ministries in the city, we want to honor the relationships that have made with the women and pimps. Since we are in Amsterdam for such a short time we can not risk damaging the unique relationships that these ministries have made with the women in the windows and the pimps. Our hearts to see these women restored and brought out of this must be battled through prayer. 

We will be going after the Johns that are walking to and from the Red Light District. Pray for open hearts and that the love of God will be received.

A picture I took last time I was in the Tabernacle of Nations. Praying for the ending of sex trafficking.

We will spending 4 weeks in London as well! For a few weeks we will be serving on the YWAM London base! During out time there we will be going to Cambridge University and doing evangelism amongst the students. We hope to get connected to some on campus ministries and setting up some open air evangelistic events. A time to share the gospel of Jesus! We are believing for amazing doors to open for our team and I know that we will see hearts restored and revived by the love of Jesus.

AWESOME TESTIMONY!!!!!!

A friend of mine was in a horrible moped wreck last week that left her with a broken thigh bone, a shattered ankle, and fluids leaking behind her bladder. she was taken to the hospital in kona, hawaii and x-rayed, prepped for surgery, and told she might have to be air lifted to honolulu for further repairs. the doctors had screws and metal plates ready to repair the damage done to her legs... however, a crazy thing happened!

We began to pray - in the name of Jesus - over each specific thing. when mariah (the girl who got in the wreck) went in for surgery, doctors discovered she no longer had any broken bones or internal fluids leaking, and that she merely needed some stitches in her legs! 

Our God heals!!!!! She is now out of the hospital.

    During my time here in Kona I have been making necklaces and working for a moped rental company in hopes to cover all of my monthly bills and cover my outreach, but unfortunately I am still about $1000 short. I already have my round trip ticket bought and over half of my housing costs covered, I need your help to make this happen. Please consider supporting me in order to make this outreach a reality! I know the Lord has called me to go to Europe to serve and love the people in these two cities. It would mean so much to me if you partnered with me.

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Love you guys! Your prayers and support bless me so much!!!!