Iowa-Home Away From Home

I saw lot of corn fields. And even eat some Iowa corn. 

This last week I was given the best opportunity ever, I got the chance to go to Iowa and hang out with some of the coolest cats on the block. For the last two springs I lead a group while they were here at YWAM SF and just made some of the strongest connections with them ever. I really made some strong relationships with the students and even stronger relationships with the leaders. These relationships will be forever.
During my time in Iowa, I took every chance I could to just relax and hang out with friends there. I finally got to see what Big House looks like. Got to hang out with the students on their territory. On my last night there, we had a BBQ/Bonfire/ SF Reunion at the home that I had been staying at for the week. We hung out at the fire and played 'star gazing'. 
I couldn't of asked for a better time for this Iowa trip. It was just a refreshing time that I had. Just being in a place where I just felt at home and was surround by people who I consider family. When I was getting on the plane to head back to SF, I started to cry. I wasn't just crying because I was sad to leave, even though that was true, I was thinking about how I was no longer going to be on staff at YWAM SF come to the end of February. I wasn't going to be the person leading my family around the city. Would I one day be replaced by someone else? It also hit me, that I was going to be moving from my YWAM family. People that I have grown close to. People I have laughed with and cried with. People that love me for who I am. And they know my flaws and weakness, but guess what.... THEY STILL LOVE ME. And that is how my Iowa family is. They got to know me and my story, and they still love me.
It was really hard for me to leave. I didn't want to but knew that I had to. Hopefully I will be back there in December, if not, I will be seeing most of them in March. I will take that 5 hour drive to SF to spend the week with them!

[Sorry, I don't have any pictures to share with you guys. I am normally good with taking photos, but for some reason I didn't this trip. But I took a photo from google.]

Here is the Iowa Family. This was taken this Spring. 

The Power Of God

Every Thursday morning we have intersession as a staff. But this Thursday morning YWAM Kona joined in with us and wanted to pray for us. One of the girls came up to me and just started praying for me. One thing that stuck out to me when she was praying, was finances. She prayed that money would be coming in from places I didn't know and that I would find random checks in my mail box. And when I shock peoples hands I would find money in my hand. Right after the prayer meeting I went up to my room to grab the only two dollars in my wallet to by myself and John Chovan (a friend from the streets) a donut from Happy Donut. As I grabbed the two dollars there behind it was a fifty dollar bill. I was screamed and wanted to cry all at the same time. 

Later that day I went to go and talk with our finance guy about how much I was behind in rent, I haven't been able to put money towards rent in about two months. He pulled up my fill and told me I only owed money for the month of September. "WHAT THE CRAP!" I said. I could not believe what I has just heard. 

God has once again shown his faithfulness to me on how He will provide. And all I have to do is believe and have faith like a mustard seed. 

Isn't God just wonderful? 

The Call

“Gather to Me my consecrated ones, who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice . . . call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you” —Psalm 50:5,15

“Elijah repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down . . . then the fire fell.” —1 Kings 18:30, 38

This last weekend I was given the privilege to go up to Sacramento to go to an event call TheCall. 

California and our nation are in a desperate ned of the presence of God. The 10th anniversary of TheCall DC, we came together as one body, for two reasons: to worship Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world and invoke His Presence with abandoned adoration. On Saturday we gathers for 12 hours for worship, fasting, prayer and repentance, for the Church, for California and the nation. We believed God for a mighty spiritual awakening and cultural transformation. We took our stand at the Capitol of California calling on Jesus, the King, to influence the affairs of our state and to raise up righteous leaders in every sphere of life. In Sacramento we gathered around the sacrament, the body ad blood of Jesus, in divine moment asking for a great undeserved mercy to be unleashed through the cross. 
Going up to TheCall, I didn't know what to think. I had only just heard about TheCall three weeks before the event. I had a friend who was staying with me, who made her way up from SoCal to NorCal doing pre-Call rally stuff and, then she was going to do 21 days of prayer up in Sac. She told me little about it, and thought, "Why Not." I told myself I would only go if things feel into place. The car fell into place, money was given and housing was found at the VERY last minute. I would have to say that it was such an amazing experience. 

Praying for a Revival