Aprilll

With in the past seven months of working with Surfing the Nations in their internship/ discipleship school and then continuing on with them into staff God has been working mightily to transform my heart and mind.
So let me get you up to date on what has happened since graduating from Surfing the Nations internship. Shortly after graduating in January I decided that staffing with Surfing the Nations for the next year was where God was leading me. Surfing the Nations had recently moved to a town called Wahiawa and was going to be starting new youth program there. I was interested in the junior high aspect of the youth. With all of the neighborhood kids who would always come to hang out with us it was clear confirmation of what was to come next! So the junior high/ high school team merge together and over April have already begun to transform and get better since the beginning. Last week was hugely successful! Not only did we have a good size group of kids but it just felt like family already. I am so excited about the future of our youth program!
When I came to Surfing the Nations I wanted to get more involved in missions and a better taste of missionary work. God definitely has had a call on my life for missions. So I went to Israel, Egypt and Jordan at the end of November and through most of December. We got to go to many orphanages, hold the first surf contest ever in Egypt, and love on the Middle Eastern people. I am seeking more of what my call into missions could mean for me in the future. I am currently planning on going to international missions to Sri Lanka in June, Bali in July and Bangladesh in September. I will be telling you more about each individual outreaches in the coming months.
Let me just encourage you all that your prayers, finances and involvement is a huge part of what the Lord is doing here!

ps I am hoping on getting some pictures of the youth group up here soon!