God is on the move!!

I know everyone is looking forward to some pictures of my Massai visit, I will I promise but within the last couple days God has been doing some amazing supernatural things that i wanted to share bofore anything else.

So for the last four weeks I really felt the Lord just wanting me to just to spend as much time with Him as I can. The majority of my mornings I've spent with Jesus reading and praying, and alot of times just sitting in His presence just being with Him. Oh how good it feels just to be with Him! So last week the youth lead sunday morning worship and during worship i felt a shift in my Spirit like the Lord was telling me things are going to change from here on as far as ministry here is concerned. I was wondering how but also I felt just a hunger and urgency in my Spirit to be led by God and to see what He's up to :) so fun!

So last friday we had an all night prayer meeting before we began the prayer meeting we watched the Jesus film then right after we began to pray and worship Jesus at about 4am or so the pastor called people up if they needed prayer and about 5 women came up and so i waited to see if other women would go up and pray for the other women and i felt the Lord prompt me to go and pray for one of the women. I apprached the women with one of my boys John who is also my translator and we asked her to what she needed prayer for and she replied " I want to recieve Jesus! So I went ahead and led her in a prayer of salvation. it was so awesome! On sunday she came to church and testified about it.

After church Lewison took a bunch of people home who live in wachange which is a small town and the lady that just got saved was one of the people he gave ride to. Myself and John and Gilbert another one of the boys waited for Lewision to pick us up so one of the leaders took us to eat at a small resturant, after we ate waiting for Lewison i kept watching our waiter for a while and I felt the Lord tell me "He has alot of plans for his future" I thought to myself why would I think that about someone I dont know and I quickly realized it was the Lord speaking to me about him. The waiter left for a while so I figured he went home so I told the Lord if it is you if he returns in 2 minutes then I will share it with him. Within seconds he walks back in and tell John to call him over cause I have word for the Lord for him. So John calls him over and I introduce myself to him and he tells me that his name is Joseph and I begin to tell him that I have a word from God for him. I told him that God told me that you have alot of plans for your future is that correct? and Joseph said yes and in my mind i was Like Yes! lol come on Jesus! and that just opened his heart t more of what God had to share with him and so I began to share the gospel with while Gilbert was translating for me. Josephs Roman catholic and so was Gilbert and so I asked Gilbert to share his testiony with him and to share what the difference is between being Catholic and Chrsitian and I had John also share his testiomy of him being Muslim and now a Chrsitian. These kids very rarly share anything if at all about their faith so it was a great door that God also openteach them how to hands on share their faith, it was awesome! So Joseph wanted to except Jesus but his work was keeping him from sitting down with us again so we gave him the address to the church so I believe I will see him again. the seed of Jesus love for him was planted!

Oh yes, so the reason why Lewison was running so late was because the lady that got saved at the prayer night asked him to pray for her because she felt something in her and she didn't feel right and at night whatever it was would mess with her at night so as Lewison began to pray for her and demons began to manifest and reveild themselves to Lewison one was trying to get her to divorce her husband and the other was alcoholism and in the name of Jesus she got delivered and set free from those strongholds the devil had on her. There is power in the name of Jesus!

Looking forward to more of what God is going to do this second half of this trip. I'm so excited and expectant! Walking with Jesus is so not boring! My sister Jen Carlson just shared this with me and really blessed me with this she said" We are jars of clay filled with His Glory!

Gods hearts desire is to set people free!! the power and love of Jesus!

Isaiah 61: 1-3

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
   because the LORD has anointed me
   to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
   to proclaim freedom for the captives
   and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
   and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
 ³ and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
   instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
   instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
   instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
   a planting of the LORD
   for the display of his splendor.

One Month Tomorrow!

 Wow! really how time really flies by. Tomorrow will make a month for me here in Moshi as well as for my other brothers and sisters on their internships who I miss very much but as I read their blogs I'm encouraged to see what God has truly has set us all up exactly where He wanted us to be. I've been meeting with my boys on a weekly basis and this past week the Holy Spirit really ministered to all of us by what was tought. I wasnt sure what God wanted me to teach on and as I began to teach God just filled my mouth and i began speak on Abraham and the testing of his faith in Gods command to sacrifice Isaac his only son. How much Abraham had to trust God to be able to go and obey but also Isaac in the same Issac was laid on the altar and there is no statement in the bible that shows that Isaac said anything of why he was being laid on the altar. Shows that it takes our trust in God that when He has us on the altar of testing to trust our Father in heaven so much that we do not reply in anger or in doubt but to be at the point where we stay silent because we trust our Father fully beleibing that He knows what Hes doing. God is so amazing! I wanted to share that cause it ministered to us so I pray that it does the same for you!

So my internship has been great I cant complain at all because I know God set me up on this one! I'm greatful. I've been able to spend most of my mornings spending time with the Lord if nothing is planned and really spending some much needed quality time with the Father. Please pray that I continue to capatalize on this precious time in the mornings with the Lord. I know a bog part of why He sent me here is because He can have me for the better parts of the day to Himself most of the time. I ask for that you would partner with me to just quality time and real depth intimacy with the Lord and out of that place I know for sure will come fruitful ministry.

God has really been opening doors to really connect more and more with the youth here. Just really loving on them, which is not hard at all. they've been spending nights at my place just hanging out. Also I'm building realtionships with the boys at the church that I've been helping with their English. As we werr just talking one of the boys asked about why Jesus got baptized. So I responded and it opened the door to share the gospel with them. it was awesome. Please pray fro more fruitful times like that.

Man the Lord really loves people and desires to set people free from the lies and bondages of the enemy. I really beleive that this second part of my trip the Lord is really wanting to meet peopls needs and for people to really encounter the love of Jesus. There is such a spirit of religion here. Pray that instead of people being trapped and stuck in religion that they would experience a real love encounter with the person Jesus Christ.

I love and miss you all!! Please check back shortly as I will update you more and I will post pictures of my Massai visit I had this past saturday and more pictures of the boys.

On with the mission!

Time is Flying By!

Hi everyone, man I can't believe that its going to be a month of me being in Tanzania already, this coming Tuesday. Great things have been taking place! For the last couple weeks I have been leading a cell group with the boys and God has been opening up doors to really build some relationships with them. Thes kids are so funny! :)

Another great thing that has begun the last couple weeks is there are some kids from the village where the church is located, about six of them who come to the church every night at about 8pm to study for school and so I told one of the boys Emmanuel who attends the church and also the study group that I would love to hang out with them and and if I can I will help them with English. So for the last two weeks I've been meeting with them once or twice a day because they also have other subjects to study as well and with me they just want to work on their English. God has been doing some good things there as well. Getting to know them and spend time with them is something they really appreciate. When you give of your time to them. they really apprecaite it. Most of these kids are not born again believers in Jesus so please be in prayer with me that the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ would pentrate their hearts. I meet with them tonight so i will try to take of picture of them.

Another awesome event that took place just early this week is the completion of the roof of the church. So here in Tanzania there is a long dry season which is the season which we are in now but is just about to end and go into a long rainy season. As you will see in the pictures below the front part of the church has roofing but the back half is covered by tarp. Then on Monday we were able to bless them with the finaces to help complete the roofing on the church. Here is what you all have been apart of.

 Thank you for all your prayers and support! It is going a long way. May you all be blessed! Stay tuned..

Faces of the ministry

Here are some more pictures of the faces of the ministry!

Here are Lewison and Jill's beautiful daughters Akaisha and Jillian          

 Here is one of the cell groups                 

  Here are some of the kids from church and the neighborhood. 

           

Here is the Temporary place for the Emmanuel Center that is being rented out for the boys  the boys to stay in.

Here is the future home of the Emmanuel Center for boys they are just at the foundation
Jill is the states with the girls dealing with a medical issue with Akaisha but also trying to raise funds for this project. 
Here's a little plug to help raise funds its 80 cents USD to by a brick. If interested in helping with this ministry please email me and I will give you more info on how to give. 

And....Here are some of the boys!!!
(Top left to right) Timothy, Emmanuel Elias, Gilbert
(Bottom left to right) Didas, Cleofus, John (my translator)
last but not least bottom center is Atanas!

 Please be in prayer for the boys and I, that the Lord would give me wisdom and clear direction as I continue to live my life around them and pour my life and what has given me into them, and that the transforming power of God would continue to change these boys and whats done here the last month in half of me being with them would be impactful for the rest of their lives and for eternity. All for the glory of God

                                              More to come soon. Stay Tuned   :)

Picture Time!!

Hey everyone I know everyone has been asking for pictures back home. I'm sorry for the delay I forgot my cable for the camera at home, but praise God one of the boys had sd card reader! yay!! I have so many pictures but here are some to get a glipse of where I am at. Miss everyone!!
                             
                                             Mount Kilimanjaro! About an hour away

                                               My Room

                                               Front of the guest house

                                             My Quiet place with the Lord

                                             Hi! My borrowed office

                                        Here is the church

My First Sunday here I had the privilege to preach my on Falling in love with Jesus!

So many more pictures to put up! the internet is slow here so please be patient i will try to post more later. I'm also creating a photo bucket account so everyone can see all the photos i have and not just some.

Be blessed everyone and don't hesitate or email me whenever you like. i would really love to hear from you all. Be blessed!