Internet: The Hypnotist Of The World

So I've been home in the Hat for about four months now...longest I have been home in two years...and it has been such a growing time and learning time. I'm not exactly passionate about being home, or left behind while family goes to foreign countries, but I know that home is where I am supposed to be.

I have been subject to routine whenever I return home from a tour with GX International, even though I make "promises" to myself about how I will not fall into unwanted patterns once back in the Hat. Every time I have made that commitment I have come home passionate, yearning for more, and with goals, but over time those goals that I have made slowly slip away and then disintegrate. Since this has happened repeatedly frustration is bound to prance onto my life, take that opportunity to destroy the new dreams and ideas that I had and bring me into a life of time-wasting and worthless wonderings. Unfortunately...every time, until now, Satan has succeeded. He succeeded in stealing my joy, my life, and my hope of living life as God intended for me right here, right now, in the Hat, and made me prey to the repeated days, the wasted time, and the media.

This is so frustrating saying this, and it still sounds lame to me, but internet was becoming my addiction, it was what I spent a majority of my free time on. Hopping around Facebook, Myspace...etc, I would throw away numerous minutes, hours, days, for a bright screen. Instead of being creative, constructive, and pursuing my relationship with God I would bypass everything and hop on the computer, first thing in the morning and late at night.What kind of life was this? I knew full well that this life wasn't what God had intended for me. I knew that there was way more for me at home than this. I was not happy. I was annoyed, frustrated and felt so dry and worthless. My times with God were limited to a few minutes of my day, because the rest of that day was spent on the internet checking statuses on Facebook.

I am very disappointed, but also very relieved, that I just recently received this revelation from God about my time. I wish that it had come sooner but I am relieved that it didn't come any later. So since this revelation blasted down the walls of my mind I have cut off all those social networking sites, for the time being, so that I will not be distracted by wallposts, photo comments, and who talked to who and pursue the real life that God has destined me for. My life is destined for more than what I have settled for and I know that this is a fact for a majority of today's youth and children.

But why? Why Media? Why Music? Why Movies? Why Games? This bright screen is what has hypnotized my nation, media is the hypnotist that we all know is here but we chose to ignore.

For me giving up the raunchy music of my ipod was a sacrifice, now...giving up the internet is a sacrifice (thats pathetic in my eyes but I know God will take it as that). God will always request Christians to sacrifice things in our lives. Not because He is the "big man in the sky" and He'll kill you if you don't (which He won't) but because God always sees long-term, He sees the benefits and the hinderances of our lives and God desires the very best, the ULTIMATE best, for all of us.

Sacrifice are the things that we hold close to our hearts that God asks us to give up for Him. Without sacrifice there will be no fire. Just like the Bible-times (except a little less bloody), God's fire would only come down when there was a sacrifice (produce, cows, sheep...etc) on the alter. We can only advance in the kingdom of God when we sacrifice the things close to our hearts, the distractions, the little things that have stolen our focus in our lives to be capable of hearing the intimate things of our Creator.

I will be honest, sacrifice sucks, but it is necessary. Since I have given up music, internet, my time I feel lighter, like I'm worth something and I didn't just waste my days.

We (Christians) need to rise up, we need to take advantage of the time we have, take advantage of our many days but one life and live in full abandon of who God is calling us to be. He is right here and is always with us. His love is in us and the same Spirit that was in Jesus is in us. We can be bold. We can rise up. We will walk in the leadings of the Holy Spirit. We are not alone.

2 Samuel 24:24 "...I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

Stayin Put

After doing nothing but going, going, going for the past two and a half years with GX International and helping out at Eagles Nest Ranch for the past four summers God has called me to take a break. To lay off the traveling. To live my life and minister here in the Hat.

I know that God is strengthening me in this process of adjusting to staying home for longer than three months and not continually looking for the next spiritual high that will come my way to give me a "boost" through life. He is requesting me to hold out strong for Him, hold out strong when I'm not on tour, when I'm not around people with the same beliefs, when I'm not in cities or countries where I will not see people I minister to again. This time is harder than I thought it would be...with my parents leaving for ministry opportunities with TeamXtreme and my sister, Katie-Lee, now married and not around as much...I find that I am left with a lot of spare time.

I admit that the way I use that spare time could be used much more wisely and it is something that I am working on. I want to be productive with how I live my life, creative with the giftings God has given to me, and wise with the opportunities that I have been blessed with. It's so easy to slip into routine and laziness when I'm at home. But once again...I am learning and God is teaching.

One valuable yet difficult lesson that I have learned is that friends may come and go...but my relationship with God needs to be firm and planted. I know that there are seasons in life...some more enjoyable than others...and lets just say that I have had more enjoyable seasons in my life. Everything that I have gone through is for my benefit, and God wouldn't send me through this journey for nothing.

God will always be faithful to me, especially when I feel things are going downhill and much more difficult than I could handle, He will always be there for me.

I know that He keeps His promises and that He speaks love and purpose into my life daily...I just need to choose to hear it.

Live your journey with purpose and perseverance...God's love endures forever.

The Documentation Of My GX DTS Part 2

So lecture phase is now completed...no more Lar Rogate, no more teaching sessions, and no more Curitiba. It still is crazy to believe that three months in Brazil has already flown by....just another two.
Outreach so far has been...amazing. I am in love with this beautiful city on the Northeast coast of Brazil called Joao Pessoa. We have only been here a week but God is moving already.
All of the team is in host homes with people from the churches here. I have been so blessed by my host home...and apparently they have already been blessed by another GXer and I being there. The host dad, who is not a Christian, has a heart problem and suffers from depression and is bi-polar. But since we have been at their house he hasn't had any problems and he is doing really well. This family really is becoming like a family for me.
Saturday was an insanely busy but awesome day. Saturday is the day where the DTS has to split into two teams and my team went to a poorer part of Joao Pessoa and worked at this community center and church for the whole day. We basically danced all day...we did a demo in the morning...teaching dance workshops during the day...dancing at the youth service...then we had originally planned to do outreach at thsi crazy park but it started to pour rain. A huge group of people gathered under the canopy of the gas station and we were just going to get a ride back to our homes...but then we all decided that since we were all already there...people who didn't know Jesus were there...and we had a sick drum team who could play some sick beats...we may as well do a presentation then preach. Right there in the gas station.
To get the attention of those around us we got the drum team to play a beat and us dancers and breakdancers went in and danced to the beat. It was unbelievable to just do ministry right then and there. After the dance session one of our guys preached...there was so many people wanted to hear the message...and there was also people rolling their drugs when we were preaching. At the end...people made the decision to follow Jesus...it was such a cool outcome.
I can't wait to see what else God does here!


So my outreach with my DTS is going by really quickly and so much is happening.
My host home that I am staying with is so amazing, they treated me and my room mate to fresh crab on a river near by...never had that before. Let´s just say that there were flying crab legs...but it was still an experience that I loved.
Our weeks are so busy...they usually begin around 730 in the morning and end around 10ish. Our days are typically full of school outreaches, workshops, and street evangelism. Although the language barrier sadly still exists I have been able to pray for kids at the outreaches...it is so amazing seeing their lives touched by the love of God.
Saturdays...remain my favorite day of the week although they are the longest and the most exhausting. The day was full of workshops...teaching the many youth at this church and locals. I love the relationships that my team has been able to build with this church in the more sketchier part of Joao Pessoa.
At night we had a service with the youth at the church once again and it is a bigger building and it was quite full. GX danced and did a little program then I preached for the first time. In the beginning it was really nerve-wrecking but it got better and I really began to enjoy preaching in the church. I spoke on the power of the tongue and used James 3:6-9 as a reference. Once I was finished speaking...35 minutes...I gave the opportunity if there was anyone who had words spoken into their lives that were negative or if they spoke negative words into other peoples lives and need forgiveness. I was nervous to give the call to the youth that are so close to my age...but I did and many came up and received prayer.
So the team that I was with thought we were done for the night...but we found out afterwards that we were not and had an outreach in the park to do. Once we arrived at the park we did our show/outreach on this stage at the park...dancing and testimonies...and then one of the team members preached and gave an alter call. It is so awesome to see people step out and reach for something more and come into relationship with God.
So week number two was so good...but there´s more to come.


I am so sorry for being late on the updates of my DTS outreach these past two weeks. This outreach is incredibly busy and our schedule is jammed full with school assemblies, church outreaches, random outreaches on the beach...busy busy busy.
So I am trying to think back over the third week....GX was able to return to the school we had been working with for the past month, Maria Geny, and do dance workshops and discipleship with the school kids. It is unbelievable how open the schools and the government are open with the Gospel here in Brazil. In most places and circumstances we are totally free to preach and talk about God, Jesus...whatever is on our hearts to share.
The Saturday of week 3 was the last one that we got to spend with the Baptist church in the ghetto. Once again, extremely busy but so amazing...once again God spoke to the youth of that church and neighborhood. We had dance workshops all day, then performed and preached at the youth service at night. It really was sad to say good-bye to the kids that I so quickly bonded with. I am hoping to return to that church before I leave Joao Pessoa.


This week...was very different. My DTS and I went to a place called Conde in the poorer part of Joao Pessoa to work at a school started by a woman with an amazing passion and heart for Jesus and the children that attend the school, Josie. She started the school and it was in need of some repairs, the cement foundation for an outdoor gym floor, the garden turned jungle needed some major work because of the overgrowth of weeds and some colour added to the walls.
Before starting work some of us got to walk out into the community to see what the atmosphere was like...it is crazy to see what people live in and call home, it is crazy to see their smiles shine and they seem totally content with how life is for them.
Working at the school was such a great experience for me...I kind of hopscotched all over the place helping where ever...laying cement down...picking weeds with extreme paranoia of the exotic bugs and spiders...and painting on the walls of the school. I really enjoyed the painting part though...mainly because i never got to expand on that area and I got to do my swirly designs all over.
It was such a joy to see the kids at the school walk out of their classrooms and their faces light up when they saw the new designs of butterflies, trees, and swirls. I hope that I dont forget the smiles, the laughter, the precious hugs that i saw and received from these kids. So many are so hungry for attention and I am sad that I could only give my love to them for a week...they have a piece of my heart.
The final night of staying in Conde GX was able to give a performance on the very cement that we had worked so hard on that week. It is such a powerful testimony to say that we were able to preach and dance on the foundation we layed down. Around 200 people from the school and neighborhood showed up and people came to Jesus.
This week stretched me physically, mentally and spiritually...but i somehow enjoyed every minute of it...even though i think the girls and I were suffering from fear of getting lice...which we luckily never did get!!!


The first day of the week was spent at an orphanage, GX went and we did what we usually did at school assemblies, dance, skate and preach. Afterwards we split up...half of us remained at the orphanage and others went to a men´s maximum security prison. I stayed at the orphanange and we taught dance workshops and hung out with the kids that are slowly stealing a piece of my heart.
A majority of the week was spent at schools...morning, noon and night...doing so many school assemblies and workshops. Still amazing how many have come to know Jesus because we can preach freely and openly in the schools here in Brazil.
Thursday...I went to prison. It was apparently a maximum security jail but it was ridiculously slack. So we get in...and we go to this section of this dodgey jail. We end up splitting into two teams...like 30 feet away from eachother so that we could do two performances with one sound system because the men were not aloud to get out of their cells. So...I danced for a bunch of men peeking out of metal bars that are probably keeping killers, thiefs, ect.
Right after that crazy performance on rocky, uneven ground/sound/and random tree trunks we ran over to this other section of the jail for a second performance. I actually shared my testimony. Now for me I was kind of wondering why I would share my testimony in a jail full of men who are paying time...but I felt like I had something to share. I talked about how even though I didnt do much that is "technically" wrong in the worlds standards...God still saw me the exact same as the men in the prison.
Saturday team Ghetto and I went to an all women´s jail, danced and preached...and it was honestly an awesome experience. Once again...it was all women who had commited all sorts of crimes...but it didnt matter we still hugged and talked with them and I loved it. Then at night we met up with the rest of GX and did an outreach in a park.



Just a quick update for the past week...
Every week I am anticipating the arrival back into lovely Medicine Hat...but everyday here God continues to do amazing things!
This week the DTS did not have very much going on, all day Monday was spent at the orphanage. Its hard going to this orphanage and seeing beautiful children left at this disintegrating building with limited love, limited affection, limited hope. When we arrive there their faces light up and they run to us...giving us the chance to just love these kids and embrace them in hugs that come once a week. I held the most beautiful baby ever...after holding her for some time i realized that the stench of pee had overcome us both...and my arms, because the orphanage couldn't afford proper diapers for the babies. Even though the stink was awful and I could slowly feel my arm getting more wet, I continued to just hold her while she just rested her head on my shoulder. And God showed me that it is more important to embrace the kids when most wouldn't than to remain in my comfortable state of mind and neglect those in need of attention and affection.
During the day we performed for the orphans again...and when I wasn't dancing I went and sat with the kids who eventually engulfed me and were sitting by me on me on other orphans who were sitting in my lap...it was mayhem. Afterwards a group of us from GX went upstairs to where the kids all sleep...30 to a room and the rooms were not that big...and we began to draw designs on the rooms and I made some designs outside the rooms. Before we did this it was a depressing building, the hallway had cracking walls, a million scribble marks, and caked on stuff of who knows what...but after it was so much more brighter and colourful. While I was painting one girl just remained attached at the hip to me...and even though i didnt speak that much Portuguese and she spoke no english that didn't stop us. It was awesome to see one girl's face light up in pure amazement once she saw her room that was now a beautiful garden with flowers and butterflies. Somehow simple paintings brought joy to children of great simplicity.
Jails have been on our schedules lots...they are different and very strict but I really enjoy getting on the other side of the fence. We got to go to a juvenile detention center that was full of boys that had commited crimes such as rape and murder. We did 3 consecutive shows...it was so good to see quite a few put their hand up to make the decision to follow Jesus.
God is good...He's got more for the GX team and I here...but I cannot wait to get home to my family...and the food.


So this week went nothing like the schedule said it would....we´ve had so much warfare going on...with government..authorities...

and its been ridiculous.
Monday when we were supposed to go to the orphanage again was canceled when our bus didn´t show up.
We made it to a juvenile detention center which went well and many came to Christ.
And then on Thursday a small group of us returned to a prison we visited previously and did ministry once again...dancing in sand is one of the most difficult things I have done on this outreach...haha.
Team time has been whats taken up most of our time with amazing worship and prayer times.
Actually there is a prayer request I have...we found out this week that the guy in charge of one of the prisons that we did ministry in took away all of the believers Bibles and had them beaten.
Not much went on this week other than team time and workshops and a few outreaches.
I am down to coming home in 8 days and I anticipate what home holds for me...


This last week has been a week of debrief, prayer, worship...and cancellations. Because of our struggle with the government, transportation we were not able to do most of the plans in the week...which is disappointing. I was not able to return to the orphanage to say goodbye to the precious children there, no schools, no workshops. God still did some much needed work within the team and our leader here, Bill Lanterman, has done some amazing teachings this week to prepare us for returning home.

Wow how time has flown and creeped by slowly in these past five months that I have spent here in Brazil doing my Discipleship Training School. I spent three months in the farther south area of Brazil in a city called Curitiba completing the lecture phase of my DTS learning everything from the father heart of God, to creation science, to spiritual warfare. All that I learnt during lecture phase has all been a part of helping me grow and mature as an individual and as a believer. I praise God for all that He has done for me, other students, and those that we were able to reach in all our outreaches. Time and time again God continues to show me His love, grace and peace.
The second part of my Discipleship Training School, outreach phase, was spent in a northeastern city right on the coast of the ocean called Joao Pessoa. For me outreach was so amazing...but at the same time was a big struggle. We had jam packed days of outreach where we would be gone from around 7 am until late at night doing ministry in churches, prisons, orphanages, parks and basically everywhere else. Long days like that can wear a person down...especially in a period of two months. My time in Joao Pessoa has been one of stretching, growing, hardships, love, ministry and so much more. I hope that as I return home I return with all the lessons that I learnt here on my DTS...in lecture phase and outreach phase...I will continue to use when I return to my home and native land to my city, Medicine Hat.
God is truly an amazing, loving God...He has brought healing, restoration, growth and so much more. I thank Him for this journey that He has taken me on and I want to thank all of you for your prayers and support. I look forward to seeing, hopefully most of you, in the very near future.

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The Documentation of My GX DTS 2009 Part 1

This past week has been awesome for me. I am still continuing to learn so much more about God and all that He is and has for me.
My DTS had a speaker...Pastor Helder...who spoke on "the cross" and it truly was amazing.
Once again I am just adjusting to week to week happenings. Yesterday my DTS had our first outreach...and it turned out to be an amazing and hectic one. At first it was supposed to be just one performance at this outreach put on by this Brazilian ministry...but it turned into 3 separate performances.
The first was for mainly the homeless and underprivileged kids in the area. We danced in a really messy...and smelly gym but it was still amazing.The kids were so precious and beautiful I wish I couldve done more for them and at least talk to them, but unfortunately I dont speak that much Portuguese yet.
Then word got out about GX and we went to dance in the middle of this street between two Catholic churches where a motorcycle show was going on. The outcome was so great and many came to Christ!!!
We still had one more stop to make, still not knowing where or when we would perform again....but surprise surprise we end up dancing at this gas station by the most disgusting stench ever...a garbage truck...and we danced on a slant.
But no matter the circumstance the number of people who came to watch the show heard the of God's love. This atmostphere even though God was there was still intense and spiritually heavy because there was so much partying going on because of the Carnival (haha its basically an orgy in the streets party thing.)
They said that over 40 people came to Christ...so amazing...so testing...but i loved every strange twist and turn in yesterdays journey...but dang i was so tired!
Once again...thank you for your prayers and your support!

Well this past week has been quite different from the previous two weeks. The speaker was mostly just confusing, it was supposed to be on worldviews but by the end i had no idea what the topic was even about.
Although that happened i still learnt so much from God this week.
This Sunday my team didnt have outreach because only one of the teams did. I am looking forward to this Sunday because we will be keeping busy since we will be doing ministry at a church.

I am honestly blown away with how different and better the weeks are getting, but they are going by far too fast in my opinion.
So for three days of this week at my DTS we had a speaker that is the leader of Island Breeze Brazil who spoke about cultural adaption and missions. Mostly it was about doing what Jesus did...when he was with the Gentiles He did as the Gentiles did....when He was with the Jews He did as the Jews did. He didnt live in ignorance or with the mentality of my culture is better than yours...He adjusted to their way of living, their culture, their traditions...everything.
Then i learnt about Creation Science, basically everything about how the world was created to our creation and design. It was so intense and in depth...but i surprisingly enjoyed the whole science aspect of it.
This sunday we had an outreach at a church and it was so amazing. I loved every minute of it, hanging out with the families and people of the church....and attempting my portuguese speaking skills with them. We spoke and preached and also taught a dance. God is so good.


I cannot believe how fast my DTS is going and already have started on my sixth week in Brazil!
Last week my speakers were Tom and Cindy Bonham...amazing teachers and mentors! The topic of the past week was about the spirit, soul and body...it was really intense and in depth but i loved every minute of it. They really laid down a firm foundation on how God created us and intended us to be.
For outreach on Sunday my team, which is known as Team Pocket Snax, went to a church called Filadelfia. We were there from 930ish till 9 something at night. During the day we taught a dance to the kids and teens of the church....a total of 5 hours and in my opinion too much time. I really love getting to know the people at the church, building relationships I now see is so important.
Every week I learn so much....I'll keep you posted!
Oh and please pray this Friday....GX has a show at a church thats having a "Chocolate Party" (yes a chocolate party....and hopefully ill get chocolate!!!). It will be our first official show and we're hoping that its a big turn out.


This week was a really great week for teaching...it was a spiritual warfare by Jesse Fellers...a skater and leader for GX International. The whole spiritual warfare teaching was all a refresher for me but I feel like I benefited from the teaching.
On the Friday of that week GX had an outreach at a youth group who had an ALL YOU CAN EAT CHOCOLATE BUFFET. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately they served the chocolate right before we had to perform so then I didn't eat until I was bursting with chocolate.
The show went quite well...as a first performance for the team its usually a little bit shaky. I love performing but even more I love the ministry we are able to do after the show. The language barrier is still there and annoying but I've learnt that I just need to suck it up and grab one of my Brazilian friends who speak English to translate for me. No sense me moping about my inability to speak Portuguese and do no ministry. God is so good...He continually provides divine appointments for me to talk to girls. I got to speak into a couple girls lives and encourage and build them up.
That night I also got to see my Dad for the first time since he is in Brazil for ministry with TX and to be involved with Call2All ! It was so exciting getting to see my Dad there and introduce him to the people in my DTS.
Sunday part of my team....Pocketsnax is the name....went to a very small church...very small....church...also called Filadalfia. We taught dance all day then performed at the church service....the Holy Spirit moved there which is always amazing.
God is good.

Call2All happened this week and it was the most busy and hectic week of my DTS and I was so tired, drained and sick by the end of the week. Somehow this bug found its way into my system.Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth With A Mission, was there as a speaker which was really cool. The main topic this week was reaching unreached people groups...nothing I havent really heard before.
On Sunday my leaders let me have the day off to hang out with my Dad because he leaves on Monday and it was one of the only days that worked out so I got to take him and Dad, also from TX Canada, downtown to a market. Its always a cool experience but difficult getting around Curitiba because my Portuguese is just the basic. We didnt get lost so thats always good.
In the evening Dad and I went to one of the first churches I went to....I was so excited to see some of my friends that met and built relationships with the first time. I loved it and i just got to sit and watch the service.


I cannot believe how the weeks fly by....My DTS has only 4 weeks of lecture phase left!!!
So the teacher of the week was Ed....I cannot pronounce his full name and I do not even know his last name. But he was really good...he spoke on identity. Even with the translation i was really impressed and I learnt so much more than I thought I would.
GX had an outreach in a very dangerous part of Curitiba at a school with a missions team from the States somewhere. I really enjoyed the outreach...dancing and trying to speak my very little portuguese to the kids. It's crazy the atmosphere these kids are raised in...dodgy streets...dodgy people...dodgy situations...lacking in our terms so much, but their smiles still shine. One girl had two rotten teeth and I realized that some of the most basic necessities in our view is forgotten about in these peoples eyes because they cannot afford it.
Sunday...once again our outreach day my team headed out late in the afternoon to a quite big church to teach dance to the most hyperactive distracted kids ever! Running this way and that....but still so precious. I really like outreach....more than I thought I could or would. Not too much happened on outreach this week....but I look forward to the outreaches at this church to come!

Wow....only 3 weeks left of the lecture phase....unbelievable.
So to fill you in on the happenings of the week here it is...so Same as last week we had Ed from one of the YWAM bases here in Curitiba speaking on the Father Heart of God which was really good...He spoke on authority....lack of affection...correction...a

nd affection.
Then for the last two days Bram...from TX Brasil...spoke on the Kingdom of God and Evangelism. I really loved this teaching and wish we had more than two days of learning from Bram.
Friday GX had an outreach for this thing put on by the city of Curitiba and we performed for a bunch of kids. We got to dance and then preach and about 10 or so came forward...it is so amazing seeing the power and love of God touch the lives of the people.
Saturday for our DTS Easter celebrations some staff here put on a competition for chocolate...of course. It was lots of fun and just getting to hang out with everyone was so good...our Easter food consisted of chips...chocolate...lollies...and popcorn. Haha now that made me miss home's food.
Sunday was once again our outreach day but the church that my team and I are going to didnt have a whole lot planned so we just went for a few hours and performed at the children's church.


The speakers this past week have been by far my favorite, they are Dennis and Denise from Kansas City and they spoke on the Holy Spirit. Dennis and Denise focused on how to operate in the giftings given to us by the Holy Spirit and walk in authority. One point they touched on was that love is a must and in all that I do and in all that I say love needs to be my motive. My class also got to practice working in prophecy and healing and praying for each other...this is probably one reason why I enjoyed this class so much. Many people in my DTS got healed physically and we so feet come to the same length, backs that were in pain had no more pain....so much.
Unfortunately we only had Dennis and Denise speak for 3 days so for the other two we had Roga speak on discipleship...it was pretty good. He shared on the need to disciple...especially to those who are new in their relationship with God.
Friday was my Discipleship Training School's commissioning and graduation ceremony since some of the students weren't going to be on outreach with us. It was by far a fun night of memories and thank yous and releasing us for outreach. I made cheesecake...which I missed so much from home.
Later that night...like late...there was a group of us sitting in the hallway and we just started to talk about God and giftings like what we learnt about earlier on in the week from Dennis and Denise. It was crazy the excitement and enthusiasm that we all felt for the Holy Spirit and spiritual giftings. Now my DTS cannot wait for outreach....and neither can I.
As usual we had outreach at the Presbyterian church but it was only at night that we were there. Just a few of us went to teach the kids dance and then after the service we got prayed for by the church. This was our last and final outreach at this church.
We have one final week of teaching then we leave Curitiba for Joao Pessoa for two months. I think it will be hard leaving this place that has temporarily become my home...but there are new things coming my way.


So this was my final week of teachings because lecture phase of my Discipleship Training School is now done. I have two months left and that is for the outreach phase which will be spent in and around a city up in the Northeast called Joao Pessoa.
This weeks teaching was done by Nate Tanner and it was on evangelism. It was really good and was prepping us for the outreach that we will be doing.
I am on the sad side to be leaving what has become my home, I never thought I would think of Curitiba as a home. Slowly this city, this place has made its way into my heart. I hope to one day return to this amazing city...when its warmer cause its just too cold here right now. Who knew?
Over the past three months God has taught me so much, I feel as though there has been a change in my heart, a change in my thinking, a change of who I am. I never thought my DTS would influence me this much...but it has.
I will continue to send updates to all of you....well I hope you read this.
Please keep my team and I in your prayers as we are heading out for outreach. Pray for physical, mental and physical health please!