ENVIA.....

ENVIA?? What is this I hear you asking, well let me explain, I am going to do a few entries in this blog of my ministries that I am involved in right now, ENVIA is one of them that I am staffing!!

This is a 12 week school that is run 3 evenings a week here on the base in Tijuana, but it is for the local people who can do a DTS for 5 months. We meet these people through our family selection for Homes of Hope Ministry, we meet them in the Colonias when we do church visits and when we run weekly the Circulo kids ministries.

It is such a fun school, we have 15 people who come and they are all very lovely, we have a mixture of pastors and youth leaders and mums and dads from the Colonias (the poorer communities up in the Hills.

So Monday, Wednesday and Friday we drive our van up into the hills to pick up our friends and bring them back to the base for the classes. The classes run for 2.5 hours, which is a lot after they have done a whole days work and fed the kids and come out for the school, but this is how hungry people are to learn more of God and to grower stronger in him!! This for me is so humbling, i think of so many times that i would struggle going to a prayer meeting and i would have had a nice car to drive and nice food to eat and then go for a bit and then come home, but sometimes that was a real effort, but each one of the students work like a 10hour day for not much money at all, have their families to try and feed and take care of and because they live in wooden, or boarded little houses that are more like a garden shed, they are cleaning every day too, and they are so excited for the classes..!! It humbles me!!

We are seeing people grow and get new revelations, one man and his wife have been in a very difficult time, where 2 months ago their father died and then 1 month ago their baby died, so they have had a very difficult time but they are still running towards God and taking on ll the challenges that life is throwing their way and they are still committed to God and serving the young people in their community!!

Please be praying for our friends in ENVIA as it is a very exciting time for them all to grow and learn more and they in turn can take this back to their families, communities and churches!!!

Transformation is happening........

How can such and small little boy, have such a big impacting story.....

One day we visited an Orphanage here in Tijuana, Mexico, it was such a good time to be with the children there are 34 little boys from babies to like 15 yrs old kids. There are about 12 girls too, in another building.

We got to play with the kids, sing and dance with them, it was such an good time to just really love them and show them how precious they all are. By the end of the visits many of the little children had curled up on our laps for a sleep.

So I met this little boy he is like 3 yrs old and I asked why is he there what happened to his family? And the reply was that his mother died 3 months ago and his father left him alone too. He now has no one, no family to visit him or care for him.

He is such a precious little boy he is so cute and so interested in life, and liked making new friends. This really hit me and challenged me.

This made me see that all of us have a place to play in the lives of people we meet.

Even when we are not family to people and they are looking for love or a hug or an ear to listen to them we can be there we can be available like Jesus was.

He never said to anyone "Oh sorry i don't have time" no he would stop and he would listen he would sit with the people that no one else had time for. Or no one else wanted to be associated too.

This is the challenge for me and the challenge i will carry every step i walk in every place i go, It is something i just sometimes get caught up in my tasks or my own world but i hope and if not you can keep me accountable.

But really there is hope for each one of these little children so pray with me that they can find families and people who will love them unconditionally!!!

A day of Dreams, hopes, Visions and Nations coming together for the Kingdom..........

Our community....

This was a significant day....... We had the chance to focus on the future and not just want his happening today

Its exciting when i arrived here in Rio about a month ago now i was met at the airport by 3 friends, so excited to see them and be back home here in Brasil........ One of my first conversations was with my friend Giselle, she was so excited to share here vision and things that God has been showing here, we talked in the airport and it was incredible because her vision inter twinned with my vision and the vision of others i know......

Today we met, we were missing four people because they are working and in school, but we all shared our visions and callings that God has put on our hearts and it is incredible how God has spoke the same sort of vision but all with a slight different role in it.......

Our team with one dream

As i sit in a room listening to the incredible stories and ways in which God spoke to all of us, i am amazed at Gods greatness and His hopes for this community......

This is the start of Gods Kingdom  coming, hearts to be healed and dreams to happen, for complete transformation and we all play a part and God guides the way.....

We got to pray around a building that has been shown to two people in a vision and we are trusting God for his will

We await his timing and his prompting, we walk daily submitting all to him and we know with confidence He will make something beautiful out of this..........

So Daily we have been in the streets, with the school kids talking and doing life with them, building friendship and sharing life stories with them...... Some of the homeless people live in this plaza too and so we have been talking with them buying food and helping with some medical needs with them.... We are loving this and so thankful to be able to be here........

Our new friends in the Plaza!!!

Living for a Reason..........

Teachings about missions in this cute church!! 

The more i am here the more i am seeing gods confirmation and his doors opening for the future plans he has for his kingdom to come.....

We have been teaching and equipping churches with the tools of tidying the word and having the foundations that don't shake and that are for ever and ones that will not shake!!!

Seeing people understand and have their eyes opened to what they are reading has been such a blessing......

The little baby from the family 

We have been having cool opportunities meeting people in the streets, praying with then and sharing food and drinks and hugs with them and prayers. We met a little family who had a baby and 2 children on the curb, they were sitting outside the house with all their belongings, we went out to speak with them and they asked for food, the mum and dad were deaf and mute so we communicated through the little girl and writing!! They have had to leave there home as it is really not safe for them to be there, we could only share food with them and pray for them but please continue praying for their safety and protection and Gods provision to......

Vaccinations

We have been seeing God's provision and his hand guiding us, we were praying to God to Manaus as you know whilst we were here as we have some incredible opportunities to teach and train. We went and got our Yellow Fever vaccinations in faith that we were going!!!

But we had no money for it, the other day i looked at prices and it was like $500. Me and Luis were like what the heck??!!! I was thinking now we won't be going, but we prayed and said " God if you want us to go then please take the price down to like $200 then we can go" So anyway, i was thinking what do we do, just stay and see what God does.....

My home for 2 weeks... favourite place 

The next morning Luis and i walk to get bread and Luis says " What do you think about the trip to Manaus?" I was like "I don't know really we just see, what happens i guess" Luis said i think we are going we just wait!!

Then that morning i was studying and i thought let me check the price on line of the flights, so i look and oh my word Yes, they had gone down to $209 each!!!! I start screaming "LUIS, LUIS we are going to Manaus!!!"

So God is continuing to blow us away and have incredible opportunities to share his word and truth to see people be set free......

Some friends of mine at the homeless ministry 

Brasil: Taking the word to the Rio Favellas ..........

This is where we are(Me and Luis the bible nerds but we are very cool actually), this is the favella that we are staying in, we live in the Church with the DTS that are here too from YWAM Tijuana!!!

We are 6 days in and God has been so faithful we have been busy teaching and bringing the word of God to the churches but to the kids and teens on the street, calling them out for who they are and loving them in a way that is showing them their real value and worth in life!!

We ran a small bible school workshop and we have been teaching how to study the word and how to bring it to be relevant for today!!

Then we went to a camp in the mountains with some teenagers and hung out with them sharing with them about their real identity and who they are in God that they are such precious people and they can really live a life that is full of peace and love because of God and because he is the one that will love and protect them in all things..... Many of guys have been caught up in things that have brought de value to them and brought anger and pain, and insecurity to their lives and we are showing them that there is more to life and that with Jesus there is so much more for them!!!

We have been walking the streets of the favellas and praying for people and talking with them too!!!

We are so thankful to be here in such a precious place seeing how God has been changing and restoring and renewing lives and hopes......
Thank you for your support, prayers and love........

The End has come but it's really just the beginning…..

This has been a long, intense, but incredible 9 months of my life where i have experienced walking through each verse of every book of the bible, battling with fears of failing, fears of disappointing people who have been investing, fears of not understanding and being stupid to having my heart changed brought into freedom from them fears, from them unbelief's and the lies that have been a part of me for years and now…….

Daily i can live in the truth of who I am, I can know that I am adopted son of the Creator God that, I can trust him 100% in his character, i know that He knows me, He knows my every need from how little that may be to how Big that may be too!!

So here is a short story of His Goodness………

It was my friends Birthday and we wanted to go and have breakfast to celebrate as it was her first Birthday away from her family. So we go to a little Mexican Cafe to have breakfast and we are enjoying our conversations and having a nice time…..

So we ask for the bill, the lady brings it over and we all start to work out our amounts that we need to pay and I am short by a few pessos and then my other friend is too but we are thinking we will work it out….

Anyway the waitress comes over again and places another Bill on the table and it is blank except it says "Dios Es Bueno" in English this means "God is Good" so we look at it…. we look at the waitress and she is smiling and smiling and she says "Someone gave me this and your bill is paid you don't need to pay any money"

We are all so in shock and so thankful to God and the generous person God used to pay our breakfast as it was such an incredible blessing to us…..

I love how God knows his children, he knows our needs and he chooses to bless us daily!!!!

I know this is the God that I live for and love…..

So in two days time i will graduate from my school and i will embark on a 6 week outreach in Brasil - Stay tuned for more stories

A Missionary…. What the heck???!!!!

For the last few weeks this has been a struggle that i have been wrestling with that i want to share with you…. I wonder if this has ever been any thoughts or questions that you have even asks yourself either about you or about my life and the decisions that i make. If you have that's ok, i want you to know i sometimes ask God the same………. 

"Seriously God i need to know i need to hear from you, i don't understand how being a missionary for you works, i am a year an a half in and i am so unsure that how every day i trust in you for my everything, for laundry powder, for money for gas to do ministry and all things like this, for when my computer breaks and i don't know what to do when i don't work and i don't make my own money. Am i being irresponsible or is this really possible is this really real that i can do this that i can really trust you for all these things and that you provide that you will give me everything that is needed. Can you keep giving me the strength to lay down my rights my wants and my dreams to pick up yours? 

God, should i just come home and work and provide for myself, be there in England with my family that i miss so much everyday and love them for everything that they are." 

This is the reality that i have been questioning in my mind for the last few weeks but you know what one night i got my answer…..

God broke in and spoke so much to me, i felt settled in my heart that i was in the right place that this is what he made me for that this is the walk that he has called me to right now and he is taking me on a deeper journey of trusting and having faith in him and in him alone and not in other things around me. 

That he said "I have made you to love across borders, I have made you to see past divides in society, I have made you adaptable to all cultures that you feel at home in all countries and this is how he has created me, this is how I call you to be I ask you to love the people that are forgotten, to love the kids that have no value or identity, that don't have any safety or boundaries that are being sold that are being prostituted and to bring love to them that is pure that is real and that is ever lasting, wow God ok really this is hard this is not easy and I need you God to do this in me, I need you to guide me everyday…."

So with this being said he has given me a deep peace and grace to take each day as it comes to live on the edge with him everyday, to be learning to become more like God daily and to life content wherever I am in the world and to be available to love serve………