The Discipleship Training School (DTS) that I (sarah) am small group leading is going really well. As the students learn from the different speakers that come each week, i'm learning things as well. I love watching God speak to the students and hearing what He says to them is always amazing! I'm hearing Him speak more to me in different ways too because i'm listening more! If we all would seek the face of God, we seriously would change the entire world. As a friend of mine said, "The most beautiful being of the universe says,"look into My eyes!"" So let's receive that!! To go along with that Ryan and I were asking God if we were supposed to go on outreach with the students and a couple other leaders, God gave me a picture of a huge hand pointing to street children and said, "GO!"So were going to listen and go, yay! We will be heading to London for 2 weeks & Morocco for 6 weeks this April as a family. Our first responsibility will be to provide leadership to the students as they share their faith in a country that is mostly Muslim. We will be coordinating with the long term missionaries so that we can best come along side what they have been doing in Morocco and continue to do after we leave. Sharing Jesus in a closed country can be very challenging! Will you please commit to praying for our family and the team as we finish the school and head out! We will be trekking through the Atlas Mountains to visit unreached people groups of the Berbers. The Berber people have never heard of the Gospel before! As we spend time in their village and home we will build relationships with them. After our trek we will be in the cities of Marrakesh and Agadir to develop relationships with the university students through english lessons and coffee shop ministries, so that when we share Jesus with them we can do it authentically. A practical example is to gather and sing worship with a guitar. They love music and will want to know what the lyrics are about and why we are singing, which provides an open door! To do this we need your help! For our family of four to travel there we will need to raise $9,855 to cover plane tickets and our expenses while there. We are strongly believing that God will provide this!
Ok, I know this is a lot of good stuff all at once but, there's more great news!
This is the DTS that I'm small group leading!
Willow and Jude going to the park
I attending a YWAM Nashville School of Worship (SOW) in June. As a student, I will be trained in music theory, instruments and vocals, as well as learning why music plays such an important role in worshiping G
od. I'll also be trained in the understanding of the biblical concept and mandate of worship and how to teach and impart those truths! As this school gets closer I'll let you know more about it!
After my SOW, our goal is to start raising funds for Thailand!
So those are our plans so far..crazy awesome huh?!
William & Jude are doing really well, very healthy and energetic! Jude is sleeping through the night now..YES! He's also trying to sit up by himself at 6mos and trying real hard to crawl. William is so curious and adventurous! Ryan took him into the woods that we have near our apartment and william came back telling me all about the trees and how he was running! He loved it! Ryan is also doing well..he's working in the accounting office at YWAM and also staying home with the boys when i'm with the DTS students.
Thank you all for your love & support. We appreciate and love you!! Please always let us know what is going on in your lives as well.
-Sarah
