Settling Into a New Rhythm

We all live in seasons.

Seasons of parenthood, season of schooling, seasons of the year, seasons of life.

In YWAM our seasons typically go by quarters of the year.

YWAM Lancaster has started a new quarter with over 20 students in three schools (DTS. DBS. WISE) plus our HUB Learning Center with 28 students!

The past year has been a lot of transition for our family. After another month of transition, our family is finally settling into a new rhythm and it feels SO GOOD! This season we are so blessed to have a wonderful schedule for our family and we feel like we are able to pour out in ministry while also resting and pouring into our family!

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HUB LEARNING CENTER

We are over a month into our YWAM kid's school (the Hub Learning Center)and it’s going so well! I have 10 students in K&1 grade and it’s incredible to be back in a classroom again after 6 years! My favorite part of each day is during morning meeting when we spend time asking the Holy Spirit to speak to us, and the kiddos are learning how to know and recognize their Father God’s voice! It is seriously the best!

I absolutely LOVE having the freedom to teach in a "hands-on" environment, freedom to go on field trips and explore God's amazing creation, freedom to stop in the middle of the day to pray and "reset" our attitudes and day, freedom to listen to God's voice and read missionary stories.

This past week we read the YWAM publishing Hero's of Faith story about Amy Carmichael who was a missionary in the early 1900's. We spent time afterwards asking the Holy Spirit to show us if there was a specific nation or people He is calling us to.

My dearest Ellie felt the Lord put Afghanistan on her heart and she said "God told me to be a missionary in Afghanistan!" I cried such tears of joy that God would speak to my daughter and reveal his heart to her in such a beautiful way, calling her to a nation that is so desperately in need! I pray we can go to Afghanistan together! Now we are beginning to sow into Afghanistan through prayer and listening to what God wants us to pray for that beautiful nation.

Another seven year old student heard God calling him to preach the Gospel in China! Another heard Australia, and another student heard God calling him to "help people."

THERE IS NO JUNIOR HOLY SPIRIT! I felt the call into missions at age six, and by simply preparing the space for the Holy Spirit to move, God is calling his children into a love for the nations NOW! THANK YOU JESUS!

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Kid's Missions Track

Every Wednesday afternoon, we take all the HLC students over to the YWAM base for a Kid's DTS time.

We usually have a teacher from the DTS or WISE school teach the kids for an hour and activate the kids in what they were teaching the adults that week!

The first week, JC Alzamora from Harvest Net came and spoke to our students about prophecy and then took time to prophesy over each of the students! It was such a impacting time! Then we took time praying for JC and asking God to show us encouraging words for him.

We are so grateful to be apart of a community culture that values kids and believes God wants to use them even at an early age!

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Update on Josiah’s role:

Our plan was for Josiah to take the Discipleship Bible School at YWAM Lancaster as a staff student from the end of Sept-Dec.

After much prayer, the YWAM Lancaster leadership team prayed and felt that for Josiah to take the DBS this fall as student staff would require too much from our family as the DBS is 60 hrs a week. With me helping pioneer HLC, We felt God’s confirmation and we are honestly a bit relieved that we won’t have as heavy of a schedule this fall. We are so grateful for a leadership team that seeks the health of our family!

We love that in YWAM, families serve together, so we are able to split the normal work week hours! What a blessing!

Josiah's role in this season is serving the mission of the YWAM Lancaster base by serving in maintenance and food prep 2 days a week and I am teaching the other 3 days. With all of his skills, he is a great resource!

He has also been able to get more involved in worship and it's been such a joy to see him minister to the Lord and lead others into His presence!

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THANK YOU!

We were SO BEYOND blessed by the generosity at our yard sale and sub sale! God provided $5,316! Glory be to God! God has also been providing through you as we are at 70% of our monthly support!

Thank you for investing in us and what God is doing in our region as we walk out in simple obedience!

We appreciate you so much!

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