Summer 2009

What an incredible, busy, full, powerful, exciting and moving summer I have had. I would like to say a huge thank you to Oklahoma, Northern Missouri, North Carolina, Indiana and North Texas for allowing me to share in the camp experience with your students.

Camp is an incredible opportunity in the lives of every student. I am always blown away by the testimonies of God's grace, love and peace each week at camp. This summer was no different. Each week there were dozens who responded in the altars to commit their lives to Jesus Christ; hundreds were filled with the Holy Spirit and dozens of physical and emotional healings.

I will never forget during the altars one night in Northern Missouri a young lady walked up to me holding crutches in her hands. I noticed her right away and recognized that she had been walking on those very same crutches all week long. With tears streaming down her face, she said "I've been healed! I've been healed!" I rejoiced with her and then pulled her up on the stage to give a testimony. As she stood before her peers and testified to God's great power to heal in her body, there were many others who began to receive the healing touch of the Lord in that room. It was truly a powerful sight!

Hosea 7:6 says, "Their hearts are like an oven, they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning in blazes like a flaming fire." This summer I watched God spark and smolder a passion in the lives of hundreds of students. Paul commands us to ..."fan into flame the gift of God inside of us"... My prayer is that we would continue to fan into flame an intense burning passion for the presence of God. That this generation would be the generation that would live with an unsatisfied hunger for God! Father, let this be the generation!

My first time speaking in Spanish

I'm sitting here in the airport in Guatemala City waiting for my flight back to the states. I'm reflecting on the last two weeks here in Guatemala. Latin America has truly captured my heart. There are so many incredible things that have happened in the last two weeks, it is hard to know where to start.

First, I graduated from Grade B and moved on to Grade C in my Spanish studies. I find the burden to learn this language deeper than ever. It was great to see missionary friends whom I haven't seen in a while again. I had the pleasure of sitting down over breakfast with Wayne Monson, who is a missionary here in Antigua. It was great to hear his heart and hear testimonies of what God is doing in and through their ministry. Ministering alongside Jonathan and Alicia Farrant is always an honor and was a highlight of this trip. They are great friends and it is always a pleasure to get to hang out with them and work alongside them.

The school assemblies were indescribable. For the first time ever, I spoke in a school assembly completely in Spanish. I cannot even describe the excitement that I felt. Ever since I have been making these trips down to Guatemala for language school I have dreamed of being able to speak and preach in Spanish. That dream is finally beginning to happen!

God is opening up a tremendous amount of opportunity for me here in Guatemala and I have a great deal of anticipation for the future. Below are some pictures from the school assemblies yesterday. Check it out!

Guatemala June 10, 2009

Hola Mis Amigos,

Wow, what an incredible day of ministry here in Guatemala. Today I spoke in school assemblies in Chimaltanango with Jonathan Farrant (the missionary here). Together we impacted the lives of over 1700 students. The youth team here from Minnesota performed drama's and gave testimonies in the assemblies. It was an incredible day. We saw hundreds of students respond to commit their lives to Jesus Christ. I will never forget watching the tears stream down the faces of dozens of students as we shared the hope of Jesus Christ and they found healing.

Here are some pictures from the School assemblies...

Guatemala Update

I have been in Guatemala for just over a week so far. Last week I was studying Spanish at Christian Spanish Academy in Antigua, Guatemala. It has been a tremendous trip. I took my test for grade B and am into Grade C now. I'm super excited to think about preaching in Spanish soon.

On Monday a team of 29 students from Minnesota flew down to work with us. The past few days we have been diligently preparing for some incredible school assemblies here in Guatemala. Today we did an assembly in an orphanage for a couple of hundred students. There was a great response as many students responded to the message and the drama's. Tomorrow and Thursday we will be doing three schools each day, speaking to over 2,000 students. I am thrilled at the opportunity before us. I know that we will see hundreds come to know Christ.

Here are a few pictures from the Orphanage today...