New Year, Same Wonder Working God!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! My prayer for you is that this year of 2022 has begun with a focus on Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven and the things that really matter in this life! With all the voices vying for our attention, my prayer is that HIS VOICE will be the loudest that we hear!

Jesus is MOVING ON THE EARTH and amazing things are happening all over the globe!

Praise HIS NAME for the move that is taking place in our region in Lancaster! People are being saved, delivered, set free, discipled, and sent out to unreached people groups to proclaim this amazing gift of Jesus and His salvation that He has freely given to us!

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ENCOUNTER GROUP

Over New Year's, the Encounter group had a retreat at Refreshing Mountain and I was so honored to be apart of the ministry team for the weekend! There were about 50 young adults from the Amish community and it was so beautiful to see Jesus encounter hearts and bring healing and draw his kid's hearts deeper and closer to him. We have been walking with this group for a year now and it is so humbling to what Jesus has done in and through these precious souls in their families and community!

They have truly become like family to us!

Testimony: One of the girls at the retreat was struggling with her identity and relationship with Daddy God because of verbal abuse from her father. The Holy Spirit showed me some of the things she was feeling and I got to pray with her and God did a lot of heart healing. We asked God what He thinks of her and she heard Him say that she was beautiful and He loved her!

Glory be to God for the power of the Gospel to heal her heart and take the pain away and speak His truth to her heart!

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Hub Learning Center

It has been such a joy to teach and disciple these little ones in Kindergarten and First Grade at HLC! Along side of developing a love for learning, we have been learning character development, hearing God's voice, praying for the sick, and enjoying God's presence!

I love teaching and it has been such a fun semester!

Testimony:

One of my students had an ear infection this week and the pain started to get worse for him during the day at school. We gathered around him as a class and I led the kids in a prayer for healing for him. As we prayed, the pain went down to a level 2 and then we prayed again and the pain COMPLETELY DISAPEARED! The kids saw God healing their friend right in front of their eyes and it was amazing!

God is a healer and desires to heal! Glory be to God!

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Each day we have a "leader of the day" in our class and we spent time praying over the leader and asking Jesus to show us His original design for our friend. It was so fun to have the kids practice hearing God's voice and experiencing the Holy Spirit as they spoke out words and pictures they felt God showing them to encourage their friend!

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Mission Kid's Track

Each Wednesday afternoon, we take all the students to Gateway to worship and intercede for a nation! One of the moms has started a worship team with the Middle School students and it is so awesome to watch them grow in their giftings and lead us in worship each week!

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Family News

Kayla turned 30 in December!

Josiah and our families surprised me and threw me a 30th birthday party and it was so special to get to celebrate with friends and family! I felt so loved!

::We had a wonderful Christmas celebrating our Savior's birth with family!

::Josiah finished his evening Discipleship Bible School as he read through the Bible in 3 months! He is continuing to serve the YWAM base in the maintenance department.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for walking with our family on our journey as we serve with YWAM Lancaster and see the next generation impacted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

PRAYERS

• Please pray for spiritual covering over our family and our marriage

• Please pray for continued wisdom as parents on how to help each of our girls thrive in this season

• Please pray for energy and grace and patience for Kayla as she teaches in this winter season and Vitamin D is in low supply.

• Please pray for each of our HLC students that they will grow in the knowledge of the Lord and encounter him daily

Thank you for praying with us and covering us in prayer. We have been coming against some spiritual warfare in our home as we continue to lead people into breakthrough, so we so appreciate you prayers!

We appreciate you so much!

With Love,

The Shenks