I've been back in Hawaii for the last few days debriefing with my school, meeting friends again who have gone on outreach all over the world and telling each other crazy stories of what God did.

One of the biggest things I've learned is in the shift of my outlook on life.
I have realized that my life is not so much about the job I have or the things I do, but it's about living in the Kingdom of God. My biggest passion is to fall more in love with Jesus and to share that love with others.
I can't stop telling people about the ways Jesus has shown me his love and how he has transformed my life.
Living in Mozambique really took all the complexities of life away and my team had the priviledge of living raw Kingdom life for 8 weeks. We didn't have all the material things to distract us, it was just us, God and each other and experiencing the crazy adventures of a naturally supernatural life!
Living for Jesus is so rewarding!! I am not the same person any more!! How can I ever go back to my old life? Having seen and experienced life in Africa and the unity and family life of Christ centred community, I can't ever go back to the way things were before.
It is only going to get better and bigger from here on!!

Leaving Africa was hard. My heart is there and will probably never leave. I am so excited to keep pouring into the relationships that started there. One thing I learned is that relationships are eternal. Investing into people is investing into eternity!! And just because I leave one place and don't see people for a while doesn't mean I'm not in relationship with them.

I do sincerely apoligize for not writing more often.  I would have loved to share so much more about my time in Pemba. We didn't have internet most of the time so it was hard finding time to write updates. And then so much was happening on a daily basis that it was hard to know what to write about! How do I tell about all that happened in the last 2 months?

But I'm going to attempt to give you some glimpses into my experiences by highlighting some things to you.
Our school had an evening of testimonies and worship and ministry time last night. We invited the whole leadership track team, the new Fire & Fragrance school and the photography DTS. My whole DTS was there as well. I had the priviledge of sharing my testimony with them. 2 people from every outreach team from my school shared testimonies. To make it short, I ended up preaching and the fire of God filled me that while I was speaking I suddenly felt like I was back in Mozambique during our team worship sets on the back porch of our house. We had a time of worship with all the schools and ministered to the teams in prayer before they go on outreach. And then we had a dance party.

One highlight of my outreach was to see how God moved through me when I yielded to him. I remember praying for a whole bunch of kids during one particular bush bush outreach in one of the villages. I was so possessed with the presence of God that I felt like Jesus was coming out of me. I would look into their faces and their countenances would light up with joy. All self consciousness was gone and it was just Jesus and the prayer in that moment. So many people got healed that night. We never knew what people got healed of because we didn't speak the language and because there weren't any doctors around to diagnose people's conditions. But we just prayed in faith and if the person's pain left we figured they were healed! We saw people walking on their feet again, stomach aches left, headaches left, eyes opened, ears opened...and the most amazing miracle was when they gave their lives to Jesus! I was in a time of reaching personal breakthrough with fears and during this particular night I was really fighting against it and praying the whole evening and keeping on pressing into God. As I stayed yielded to him I saw myself break out in crazy intercession! I will never forget these moments. I also remember how George, one of Heidi's adopted children who is now grown man, was ministering with us during this night, and how he moved with such faith and authority. I remember looking at him while he was ministering to people in prayer and thinking 'I want what he has!' He would start praying for a person and speak with such authority and the person would get healed instantly. Wow! That's someone who knows who God is and who they are! He showed me how to pray for the sick and I got discipled that night.

...to be continued...