Here we go again.

okay so my eagerness to write weekly obviously was not brought to action.
Between business and the fact that I spent the last month and a half in the Amazon Jungle i have a semi-legitimate excuse for not writing more.

So the question is "Where do i begin?"
there has been so much over the last 2 months that has shaped, stretched, taught, and amazed me.

Let me start in the Jungle.
So on the 21st of January my team and i left the capital city and traveled to Leticia Colombia. Leticia is a great little tourist town right on the border of Brasil and Peru. It is right on the river and it actually has no roads to it, you have to fly or take a boat to get there. It is quite a nice place full of indigenous people from all over. Besides the high prices for those of us with white skin and the hot temperature/humidity it is actually quite a liveable place. We stayed at the YWAM base there and would take 10 day trips out on the river to different indigenous communities and villages.
Our first trip was mainly in a community called Buen Successo (good success) which was 3 hours down river in a VERY fast boat. In a normal boat that most people would use it would have taken 9 hours to get there. To our benefit God blessed the YWAM base with their own boat for trips just like ours. This community was in Peru and so we got some interaction with the Peruvian people.
An average day in this place would look like so....
wake up and eat a delicious breakfast-usually eggs or arepas with coffee-which was made by our amazing YWAM planner/worker woman Monica.
Then in the morning we would hang out with some kids, sometimes visit homes and pray for families. Whether they were sick, needed some sort of provision, or just needed to be encouraged we prayed up a storm. Jungle life is pretty low key and there is never really a plan.
So each day looked different.
Everyday had lots of kids, one we called Porker (a little chubby guy who was probably around 3 and would just run around like crazy) and everyday usually had a swim time in the river to cool down and play with the kids.
Every evening we would have church service where we would do worship and share something that was on our heart. By candlelight as we were swatting at misquitos we would pray for people and ask God to change their hearts.

During our stay in Leticia we visited many communities and did a variety of different ministries. These included prison ministry, old folks home, a week in Brasil in a church there, and communities within the town.
Our second adventure down the river into the Jungle had quite a different spin on it. We went to 3 different villages in 10 days and our lovely YWAM friend could not join us....we were on our own. It is interesting how long it takes to cook supper when you are making it over a fire that first you have to make....oh ya and the wood is usually wet. It is also interesting how a 3 hour boat ride on our day off to see pink dolphins can turn into a day on the river with sun burns, fire ants, little food and few dolphins. It is safe to say that life in the Jungle is not always the easiest but it is sure worth it to get to know those people. There are definitely some people i met there that i will never forget, that have touched my life, and that i hope to see in eternity someday.

Throughout my time on this trip i was blessed with amazing students. Students that wouldn't complain when their legs and arms were covered with misquito bites, or the fact that we didn't have malaria meds. Students that were willing to do anything, be flexible, and laugh when those long days came. Students that always had my back, respected me, and were falling more and more in love with Jesus everyday.

Wow God sure knows what He is doing eh?
I am so thankful for the people God put me with to spend the last 3 months with, to teach me and support me. Thank you Colombia team. You are the best.

Now though that has come to an end. After a week in Kona debriefing the students have left, gone on their own seperate paths, hopefully with new perspective and revelation. I am also left with a greater depth of love, faith, and expectancy.
A lot of people see this time as an ending. An ending to a great faith journey, or God experience, i figure it is just the beginning.

Having the last few weeks to rest, reflect, and process what i have learnt the last 6 months has made me realize how much more i have to learn. My time with YWAM has come to an end (well for now, you never know what God might do in the future)and i feel ready for what is next. I feel confident in who Jesus is for the very unfamiliar and perhaps uncomfortable life i am transitioning into. There has been a time over the last 3 years of being involved in YWAM where God has wooed me, He has proven himself to me, and He has captured my gaze forever.
If there are two things that i have come away with from this trip to Colombia and these last 6 months in YWAM it is this.
#1-God is who He says HE is. Whether it is Yahweh, Adonai, Emmanuel, Rapha, Jehovah, Abba, Prince of peace, Lord of Lords, or The Great I Am. I believe it. I have seen it. No matter what the circumstance is, the fear is, the excitement is, or the unknown is. HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS.
#2-Jesus would rather have 1 person fully devoted, totally love stricken, and fearlessly pursuing Him, then 30 people luke warm who have prayed a prayer and go to church on sundays. There is so much more. If one person can find that, can witness the real raw Jesus and want nothing more in life then this life is worth it.

On December 13th 2010 i was in the prayer room on our campus praying because i was leaving for colombia the next day. As i was praying for my team, the country and people, and all the worries that i had God said something to me i will never forget. He said "Beloved. Beloved i have something for you to take hold of. I have fire in my eyes and i want to run with you." During the 3 months that followed i prayed into it. Asking God for more revelation on what that meant, and i heard nothing. Until one day the 27th of February to be exact. 5 words that are going to possibly shape the next 5 years of my life.
"YOU ARE READY. LET'S RUN."
So that is what i am doing.
Running.
Waiting.
Trusting.
For this next season, this next part of the journey, this next step i am running. Everyday ir is more clear to me what that looks like. Everyday there is more vision. Everyday there is more excitement. Everyday there is more love.

The plan is this. Serving at SABC this summer and running the Teleios program this summer as i did last summer. Taking youth and showing them real, raw Jesus.
Then i plan on going to the University of Lethbridge and gaining knowledge about people, cultures, and history through Anthropology. This will be very different for me. Studying, reading, writing. It shall be interesting.

Well one thing that i just want to say in closing is that i am in love with Jesus. There is nothing that i want more.

One verse that has been on my mind for the last 6 months is Psalm 27:4
I ask only one thing from the Lord, only one thing i desire. To dwell in your house for all my days, to gaze upon your beauty night and day, and to look with my own eyes at your temple.

As i get to know Him more i fall more and more in love with Him.
He is so loveable. I just get caught up with Him.

I can't wait until tomorrow, for tomorrow there is more of Him.