The three areas that we went in China. Also, those were

the three places that separated our outreach into
three parts. Hong Kong, Liao Yang(Northern China), and
the Tibetan region which is middle China.

Saying goodbye to two dear friends, Candy and Venus.
(Liao Yang)

Bike Trip

Riding a Tibetan horse!

Riding over to a small house

Overlooking a village

Biking trhough China

Tibetan home, sharing the gospel

Look at Gods beautiful creation!
(Ark Orphanage)

Felipe with some traditional Tibetan monks

Our team on the bike trip, it was snowing!

Building a fence for a family in need

Helping out at the Ark Orphanage

Playing with some Tibetan children

Sharing the gospel to a family

These past few months on outreach to China have been life shaping and changing. Like I said, our outreach is split into three sections. First being in Hong Kong, second in Liao Yang, and third on our Bike Trip to the Tibetan region of China. These pictures above are from the second and third parts of the outreach. Our work in Liao Yang was mostly filled with powerful intercession and prayer for the nation of China and area of Liao Yang. We were called to that area because there is no known mission workers in that area. It was a privilege to be the first in that area to show the love of God and to bring his presence to that barren and spiritually dry area. The people were so welcoming to us and very kind. They easily opened up to us. We stayed there only a week up left impressions on many peoples hearts that their is a God that loves them! Two girls we met on a train helped us out the whole week, I got the chance to personally tell them about Jesus. That moment I will never forget. I also got the personal chance to minister into a mans life in Liao Yang. He was a street worker and cleaned the streets day after day. He was touched by our groups friendly love. He teared up as we left his home town, holding a bible and a christian comic book that I gave him. Very touching to me and I also wont ever forget that moment.

The seven day bike trip in the Tibetan region was a challenge not only was it snowing, but it was in total about 300 km! Riding from village to village was a humbling experience for me. Seeing in the distance the village that we were going to bring Gods presence into was incredible. We sometimes would sing riding into the village or be silently praying to ourselves. Our main goal for this trip was to show God friendly love to the people and to share the gospel to them. A typical senario would be that once we rode into the village we would start giving balloons and candy to the children walking around and playing. That would interest the parents, they would soon find that we "come in peace." Most of the time, the elders would invite us into their homes for tea, seeing us as bikers that were cold from the weather. Then we would build relationship with them, maybe do something practical for them like clean or build, and then share with them why we came! It was great and people were always so friendly! I have so many stories from being on that bike trip, ask me about them some time! It would take way to long to write on here!

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. God was with us every step of the way from our Chinese visas to coming home safely on the bike trip. No one was injured or severely sick. Gods favor was upon us AND his amazing anointing. I will be putting together a thank you letter with more info about our trip and a little overview of our whole mission trip.

God bless you and your family this holiday season!
Love you all! Its great to be back home for Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Reaching out in Hong Kong

I'm in Hong Kong! Lecture phase in Switzerland is now over. Sad! Now I get to take what I've learned and put that into practice here on outreach phase! We arrived in HK on September 22, after a long night of flying. Being greeted warmly at the YWAM base here was a blessing. We all have adjusted quite nice and are still getting used to this humility. When you think of Hong Kong, you probably think of crowded city streets and sky scrapers. The pictures above look very different from that. Hong Kong is absolutely beautiful and almost like a tropical island.
Our main ministry here has been drug rehab centers and schools, something we felt in intercession times. Since we are a sports DTS, we have been blessed with opportunities to do many sports with the people from the rehab centers and schools. Some sports like soccer, ultimate frisbee, and rowing. I have come to love all three of those sports and want to look more into them when I get home. YWAM Hong Kong has an International Sports Association that we have partnered with, God is really using sports here in HK to reach out and spread His truth. The second picture is one of a drug rehab center that we visited that had been revamped. It took us a while to get there because we had to take a speed boat to get there! It was on this beautiful deserted beach front where you could see China from the windows of the rehab center. So far we have visited three rehab centers and one international school. Our main program is that we start with worship, introduce our selfs, then do a drama that shows how the enemy wants to keep us down but when we call on Him, He will save us. After the drama, a couple of us from our team will share our testimonies and wrap up with small groups. The school we visited of about 300 high school kids was the day that we leaders and I felt led to share my testimony/message to the students. It was a great experience to see young girls come to the front of the stage afterwards for me to pray for them and many others came up as well and prayed with my team. It was a touching day and we are invited again to come next week as well.
Another ministry that has been very touching has been with the local Hong Kong church in feeding the homeless down town. Every Tuesday the church goes out and meets with the homeless, brings them food, and shows them the love of Christ! Being with them, and seeing how this church was so dedicated to serving the people was incredible. It inspired my whole team and encouraged us with their passion and compassion. We are all looking forward to the next time we get to work with that church again.
I have seen God work in many lives just after being here only a week. When we allow God room to work and lead us, He moves in the hearts of His people through His tools, US! I love being Gods tool to reach others. I'm definitely excited to see what God has in store of the rest of this outreach, I know it wont be anything less than amazing and extraordinary! Be praying for our team, for the people we have met with, and for the people we are going to meet in the future. God answers the prayers of His people, I have seen that in my own live and many others. Thank you so much! Hopefully I will be able to get back on before I'm off to China!

These past few weeks…

  These past few weeks of lecture have been life changing. They have been over The Hold Spirit, Listening to Gods Voice, and The Character of God. With a greater understanding of these three things, my personal relationship with God has grown in so many ways! Knowing about His Spirit, how He speaks, and how He works is bringing a new meaning to how I live my daily life. Its amazing to see how much different your life can be after these teachings and lectures. The two pictures above of the white posters are props we used in a skit us DTS students performed over a live video chat to a group of students in Amsterdam. Each person had a poster with a lie they believed about God that was untrue. One by one each person tore up the poster until the end, the last poster that was standing was “I AM.” God is not limited, legalistic, silent, or boring. He has shown Him self powerful and gentle in such a mighty way here through these teachings, worship times, and community relationships. The middle picture is one of me holding my Bible. The Bible is a tool to empower you and strengthen your relationship with God. But, you cant just read His word, you need to speak to Him regularly, like a best friend! Ask Him questions, ask Him how he feels about you. So many things have been brought to light this week that I’ve always known, and been taught, but I have been putting them back into practice. Cant believe its already been 7 weeks here in Switzerland!

God Bless!

Hiking Adventures

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God’s creation is beautiful! Saturday the 24th, we took a hike in the Swiss Alps! Very worth the 5 hour climb to see the end result of an amazing view of the great land of Switzerland. We took about an hour car drive to get to these mountains. Many people were either hiking or biking these trails. About half way up the climb we stopped at this little barn that had free cheese and tea being served over looking the mountains and clouds! Swiss people really are known for their hospitality and we saw that put into action, for sure. Some of us bought and shared a traditional Swiss dish. It was a base of bread with ham and fondue cheese on top. Very delicious and a great warm treat before hiking the rest of the way. As I was hiking I kept thinking of Gods creativity. The mountains, blue skies, trees, and streams all were so beautiful and brought glory to God. He is such an artist. A fun day full of laughs brought this wonderful week to a perfect close. That night we had a group movie time, we watched The Guardian. We had popcorn, ice cream, and many other yummy treats. This movie night was put on by one of the students in the SEM, School of Event Management, classes. Her efforts were a hit and we all enjoyed it. More to come! Thanks for all your comments and prayers.

Love you all. Matthew 22:37-40

Togetherness

Our YWAM DTS group has grown in relationships so much! Going on our third week here in Lausanne, we are all starting to bond and become one big family. Class room time, work duty, traveling, and ministering. We really do enjoy each others company. Here in YWAM they really focus on working together as a team and being united. Also, we have group community worship times that bring the whole base in one room to worship the Lord together. This brings all our focuses on God together as a base. We also have a staff bring a fresh and encouraging word along with that time of worship. Then after that we usually have class time in our individual schools such as DTS, SEM, and Genesis. In our class time we are learning about the foundations in ministry. Markus Steffan, YWAM Lausanne base leader, is the speaker for our class this week. He is an anointed speaker that also has a lot of wisdom when it comes to the word. I'm looking forward to hearing more of his teachings this week and also hearing from his wife. It's so nice having classes everyday that expand your knowledge of God and his word. I'm so blessed. More to come! Love you all!

John 20:21

Montruex Festival Outreach

The Montruex Jazz Festival is located in a beautiful place full of scenery, sites, and sounds. It attracts many people every year from all over the world. Perfect place to have an outreach with YWAM! Every night at 8 we put on a special performance full of dancing, singing, acting, and a lot of other amazing things! Each act is tied into the message of The Prodigals Son. I have seen this message reach a lot of people these past 2 days and with 8 more performances to come, I know that God will speak to so many more! Sharing with people about the Lord is something that is coming to me very passionately. I love telling the gospel in a loving and non condemning way. I'm excited to see more and more what Gods love will do this week. I'll keep you posted and post a blog with more pictures and praise reports in the next couple days.

Arriving in Switzerland

Traveling to Switzerland was a journey! Had to walk in faith a lot this trip with the time changes, different languages, and being all by myself as well. Very rewarding at the end of the trip to know I made it all the way here! This picture to the left is a picture I took! Thats the view I get to see outside my window here at the base! Its beautiful here, just gorgeous.


Today we started classes for our DTS. What I love is that there are so many different countries represented here at the school. Its neat to know that God called us all from different parts of the world together for one purpose, one school, to worship one God and to make him known. We all are so different, yet we have so much in common. At YWAM they really believe in making the base here like a family. We all help out, eat together, and fellowship together! They welcomed us all with open arms and a loving enviornment. The theme we have established here at the Lausanne base for this specific quarter is "Taste and see that the Lord is good." That, I think, is a perfect all around theme. Everyday day that I am here I am seeing more and more that the Lord is good and wants to bless his people.

This picture to the left is one I took after my daily quiet time with the Lord, his beauty and glory shines here! Just look out the window, its beautiful. I'm so blessed to have this amazing opprotunity to visit this amazing country and also grow closer to God and share the gospel at the same time.

Thank you all for taking the time to read! I'll try to post more pictures, We've all been doing so much since we just arrived.

Love you all and may God bless you,

Emily- Proverbs 16:3