Happy New Year!

I'm gonna be honest here. 2012 was a tough year. After meeting the Lord for real and falling deeply in love with Jesus and missions in 2010. Then, stepping out in faith and accepting a leadership role in the 2011 photogenX D.T.S. and being completely blown away by the Lords faithfulness in my weekness! After the excitment of all of that I was ready to give my life fully to missions forever. But, the Lord led me to stay in Cleveland for over a year. I know now, to deal with my broken past. So yes 2012 was emotional, raw, and very hard. I learned that the hardest mission field truly is your own home town!

Good news though, it's a new year! And the Lord has called me back to UofN Kona!!! I am currently participating in The Awakening Leadership Track. It is a program designed to train and equip Leaders  to have discipline, a strong foundation ,and sense of identity in Christ that will lead them into and through life, destiny, and calling. At first I really wasnt sure what I was getting into and saw the track as a way to learn a bit and get back into the program of missions before staffing the awaken d.t.s. in April. Since being here I feel that the Lord is leading me to wait to staff d.t.s and focus on the track for a while. 

My weeks will consist of 3 mornings a week working in the staff services office on the campus processing all the new staff that come in. Small group time to process with people from leadership track. One on One time to be discipled and learn from other leaders on the base. A preaching and teaching class. Community outreach to a local high school. Discipling high school students from the base. Two hours a day Monday through Friday of corporate prayer and worship for specific issues and or nations. Four hours a week at least of individual prayer time in the prayer room. As well as bible memorization and reading books.

Also, the leadership track is planning a 2 week trip to Amsterdam in April to pray into and prepare the way for school to be planted there in the future! So, I am praying about whether to go with them!

There's so much more to say,but, I will leave it at that for now. I'm very excited to serve and grow here this year. I already feel I have grown so much and it is only week 2! There will be plenty more updates to follow!