Last Juan

Hello friends and family! Our last two weeks in Sarajevo were amazing!

Each of us were able to meet up with our friends from the city and God did some powerful things through each one of us. We also spent lots of time at the skatepark hanging out with all of the skaters. One thing that I noticed was the difference in unity of the skaters. At the beginning of outreach they had their own little groups and crews and since we have been there everyone starts to hang out and interact together which is sick! We always said hey to everyone, and when the skaters noticed we didn't hang out with only one group they realized they could do the same! God has brought some really amazing changes in the atmosphere of the skate park and around skate culture. 

We also had to say goodbye to our amazing friends Kip and Erica Copland and their kids. They were our hosts in Sarajevo and they are some of the most amazing people I have met! Their house is filled with the Spirit's presence and is so peaceful and relaxing. It felt like home even though it was in Bosnia. 

Thank you everyone for your support and prayers during outreach. God did some awesome things in Bosnia and Croatia and I can't wait to tell you more when I'm home. I safely arrived back in Switzerland on Friday and have been reunited with the other team which is fantastic! We now have two weeks left of lectures before graduation. 

We will be doing a bunch of debrief and recap of our outreach as well as all that we have learned over the last seven months. It's will be a lot of reflection and processing. 

I officially come home two weeks from today on the 19th. Thank you again everyone for the love and support you have given me. 

It's amazing how much you can learn when you specifically set aside time to devote everything to God. That is when he has all of me to work with!

See you all very soon! 

Much love, Nick 

Week 23&24

Hey friends. So the last two weeks involved preparing for kids camp, setting up kids camp, leading kids camp, taking down kids camp, and sleeping. The week before camp we planned skits and games as well as took some time to pray and ask God about what we should teach on. So our actual week at the camp was not entirely kids camp, from Monday to Thursday the kids were age 8-15 and Thursday to Saturday the kids were 15-18. For both weeks the theme was fruit of the spirit. The first half of the week was done completely in Serbian. So we did skits based off the fruit of the spirit, but they were all translated. Translated humour always adds and interesting element to things. We played lots of games with the kids which they loved because we speak English (even though they don't). I learned lots of new Serbian words this week because the kids love to listen to me speak in "Serbian". I think me speaking Serbian is funnier to them than my jokes. 

It was amazing to make friends with kids and youth from the city we stayed at because after camp we saw them around the city! 

For youth camp each one of us on the team taught on a different fruit of the spirit. I happened to get gentleness, which was actually harder for me to talk about because I have never actually thought about it before. If the fruits if the spirit are traits of who God is then of course he is gentle! It was cool to pray into what God wanted me to speak on and even cooler when he began to speak to me about what to share. Having opportunities to teach others has been something I have really enjoyed throughout outreach. Sometimes it's easy and other times it is not as easy, but I am excited for God to grow me in my intimacy with him and continue to learn and share what I learn with others! 

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support! We now are back in Sarajevo (still in Bosnia) for the last ten days of our outreach before we head back to Switzerland. 

Much love, see you soon. 

Nick 

Week 22

(I look pissed but I'm not) 

Hello all this week has been fairly relaxed as next week we are preparing for kids camp and the week after, camp starts! So it's about to get busy. 

This week we worked on a project for the church we are staying with. They had a bunch of doors and door frames that needed to be sanded and painted. So we spent a few days doing that. We also cleaned out and organized a storage container that the church owns. 

Our time in Banja Luka has been fairly chill but it has involved some cool worship times where God continues to speak to me and confirm what I have learned. It's weird that we have 3 weeks left of DTS! It has gone by so fast. God continues to speak and teach me and it blows my mind how much he wants to interact with me. Thank you so much to everyone who have been sending me messages and supporting me! I miss home lots but I am looking forward to what God will do in the last weeks! 

Much love

Nick

Week 21

Hey guys! I trust everyone is doing well! We unfortunately left the coast and had to leave Croatia behind. We are now in Banjaluka which is in the northern part of Bosnia. It's also the Serbian part, so there are less mosques and more cathedrals! We walked into one and it is SO beautiful! No photos allowed tho. 

We arrived here on Tuesday of this week. 

We have been doing some orientation and did a scavenger hunt around the city! I had to take a load of pictures of Tanner in front of monuments and random things around the city. It was good times. We also have been going to a children's home/orphanage to hang out with kids. It's amazing there! There are around 30-40 kids that I have seen, and there are more around that I haven't met yet. We did a photo booth with them, played lots of soccer, and they got to watch me fall really hard on the cement off my skateboard. They also have never really tried skateboarding so the kids lie down on them on their stomachs and crawl around. Those kids have way too much fun on them. 

They don't have a skatepark in the city but there is one main area with lots of ledges and open space for flat ground tricks. That is where the skaters congregate to skate and most definitely sit around too. The skaters I have met so far are older dudes and really down to earth. They were telling me skate culture is a safe place for them where they are free to just skate and make good friends which is really cool. They are also open to hear about what we believe which is sweet. I think God will give us some cool opportunities with them as we are here in the city for most of June! 

That is just a quick little update! God continually meets us where we are at, teaches us new things, and we love him more and more each day. Thanks so much for your prayers and support! 

Much love, Nick

Week 20

Hello friends! Sorry my blog is a little late, we have had some interesting internet situations the past week. I hope all is well in Canada! 

Croatia has been so amazing! Out if my adventures so far it's made it's way to the top of the list of my favourite places. Pebble beaches, beautiful mountains, some unreal skipping stones, and exquisite fast food! The people here are so friendly! We have met lots of Croatians and their families through church events and connections we have here. This week we were able to do some beach clean up in the little town we are staying. Even though the people we spoke to loved it, it really surprised them! It was cool to be able to tell them that we love the people here and love the town and wanted to bless them! Later that day we went into a high school English class and talked about YWAM and invited kids to a youth night that we were hosting!

We were also able to do some cool work in Split (the big city) with some churches! The youth night at one church had around 25-30 kids, Andrew our leader shared his story and it really touched the hearts of everyone there. Then we were able to tell them about YWAM, what we have been doing and of course show them some of our silly footage from last season of riding. They loved it! We played a bunch of games which was loads of fun trying to figure them out in English and Croatian. 

We also went to a church service where Aleah and myself were able to share what God has been doing in us over the past weeks/months. It was so fun to be able to tell people what God is doing in my life and challenge them to go deeper and discover more of who God is and what he has in store for them! 

We had a cool prayer time in small groups after the service that was really powerful. I love, trying, to worship in other languages...lol. It's amazing to hear the passion and excitement the Croatians have for what God is doing in the church here. The Holy Spirit spoke very clearly during our prayer times and we were able to bless the church, and they also blessed us! It was such an amazing time. 

We had another opportunity as a team to do some work for a few elderly people in a church we visited last week. We cleaned out one back yard of trash, metal, wood, massive rocks, and loads of other unknown things. It was nice to use our muscles again and get some stuff done! Then in the evening we went to anther woman's house to help her with some small projects and cleaning. Then she gave us an unreal meal at the end! Her English was fairly broken, but she was able to share her story with us and pray with us. This was really encouraging for her. Especially the fact that we were young people investing in the generation above us. 

(We found a lizard) 

Our time in Croatia has been filled with a lot of adventure and relationship building! I am most definitely coming back here some time in my life because it is so peaceful. God's presence here is all about peace and rest. This makes it pretty easy to be lazy, but it also gave our team lots of opportunity to rest and spend quiet time with the Holy Spirit. 

Thanks again for your messages of encouragement and prayers. I miss you guys tons.  It's insane how fast this adventure is going, we have 8 weeks left! 

We would love continued prayer for unity and for God to keep speaking so clearly to our hearts. 

Much love, Nick 

Week 19

Friends, I hope life is fantastic! 

This week we made it to Kaśtela Croatia on Monday! It has to be one of the most amazing places I have ever been. But it's kind of a secret, I don't want everyone to tell their friends so when I try and come back it's full of tourists... However, we are staying in a classic Mediterranean house 5 meters from the Sea. We are doing some work with Ywamers in town who are working to start a sailing dts here eventually! We went to the big city, Split, for street ministry which was really cool! We made balloon animals and gaven them out to kids as well as playing worship music. I also played soccer with a bunch of little kids, it was great to play in the middle of all the tourists! The old European men loved when the ball rolled to them so they could kick it back and re live some of the glory days. On Friday night we went to a small local church and shared our testimonies and what God has taught us throughout dts. It's so cool to see the Holy Spirit work in their hearts as they listen! 

(Found a cactus on an abandon roof) 

We have done a bit of debrief as a team this week because we are half way through outreach, just to reflect on what we have learned. It is amazing to think back to the beginning of dts and see how much God has done in me. God is always going to have something to teach me or reveal to me and I think that is so amazing! He will never run out of places for me to explore, people to meet, and truths to discover. 

This week while we had some free time we went skating in Split and Tanner and I ran into these two Swiss guys. They told us they are on a 5 month  bycicle trip around Europe! Typical Swiss people biking for days. It was cool to hear their story and pray for them. They were quite surprised that skaters were wanting to pray for them, but they still thought it was really cool. 

A highlight of the week was sailing on the Mediterranean! The YWAMers here are going to be starting a sailing dts, so today we went out on a chartered ship to pray, learn how to sail, and obviously have some fun. It was sick to hear what God has placed on these people's hearts and the vision and excitement they have for the upcoming dts. 

Tomorrow we are going to a center for kids with disabilities to bless the workers and play and pray for some kids! We are looking forward to it. 

Thank you for your messages and encouragement! Miss you all! 

Nick  

Week 18

Hello all! This past week has been so awesome! We continued working with the ywam Denver team and started off with cleaning up the fort above the city. It was sooo full of trash, and the group of us, including the Gubler family (our base leaders), were able to clean up almost 15 bags of trash. The difference is amazing! While we were up there two students who run the networking for Bosnia's top internet magazine were there chatting with our team members and took pictures! They are writing a story about us and what our teams are doing in the city. That was a pretty cool connection. 

For the rest of the week we were in the residential part of the city. For three days we hung out at the park all afternoon playing frisbee, soccer, and doing crafts with the kids there! It was so fun to be able to just hang out with the kids and show them that we are care about them! Some kids challenged us "Americans" to a soccer game which we lost on the first day by one point. The second day we won which raised all our spirits! These kids were 12-15 and unreal at soccer. This was no child's play. I have some gnarly turf burn and blisters from burnt feet from the hot ground. Good times playing with children. Every morning before we went to the park we had a worship time with both teams and God consistently showed up. One morning he put it on our hearts to pray for each other, ask for prophetic words etc and it was amazing! My favourite thing about this place is how easy it is to pick out what God is doing. 

(I'm not sure if you can tell but that kid is mid spitting a loogie at my phone)

We were also able to have some ywamer bonding time last weekend. Both teams, our base leaders, and our ywam contacts from sarajevo all hit the local pool to have way too much fun. We didn't even get called out by the lifeguard which was a miracle in itself! 

The ywam Denver team left on Friday morning and our team is now preparing to leave to Croatia for a couple weeks of debrief and ministry. We have an apartment by the sea and are looking forward to hopefully some warm weather, meeting some new friends, and bringing God and his amazing character along the way! Our time in Sarajevo has been life changing to say the least. It really changed my outlook on who God is, how he shows up, and how powerful he really is! I'm so thankful for everyone's prayers and support. I miss home a lot, but I am so thankful for the amazing opportunities and adventures I am having. 

Much love, Nick

Week 17

Helllllllo people. I hope everyone is enjoying the Canadian spring. Miss you guys tons! 

Last Sunday we had the opportunity to go out with this dude named Merle. He does lots of ministry through adventure sports like climbing, repelling, and rafting! We went repelling and climbing with him and a bunch of locals who go to a church in the city! It was amazing! Repelling off the 70ft bridge definitely got the adrenaline pumping! And climbing on real rock is always exciting for me lol. It was a long day in the sun building relationships and encouraging local believers. 

On Monday night the Ywam Denver team made it to Sarajevo. They're super cool! Making new friends from all over the place is so much fun. It's also been awesome to combine as a team to worship, and some ministry! We are looking forward to a cleanup project as well as kids ministries this week! They're a super fun crew and we are all thankful they're here! This week we had lots of time to be at the skatepark and hang out with the guys. I can't even count the number of thank you's we have received since we installed the rail! It's a huge blessing to the skatepark and the skaters. 

This week Reto and Judy (our DTS  leaders) and their kids came to visit and do a pastoral visit. They are here to come along side us and encourage us which is super cool! We are psyched to hang out with them and their kids! 

God is continually doing crazy things here with our teams and in me too! Thank you so much for your prayers! 

Much love, Nick 

Week 16

Hello all! This week in Sarajevo has been amazing! At the beginning of the week we decided to make the conscious decision to really press into the Holy Spirit and seek him for what we should do this week, and it has been so cool. Starting on Monday we decided we would pray for everyone we talked to this week and just see what the Holy Spirit decides to do when we step out. It's been pretty interesting, we have seen the Holy Spirit do some amazing things through us praying for the people we meet! We has worship times as a team almost every day and this week we decided God was just in a "funny mood", which made these worship times so fun for us! He would point out funny verses in the bible to simply make us laugh! The holy spirt was so evident to all of us as we got words and visions for one another and the city. 

On Wednesday we decided we were going to take trash bags to the skatepark and clean up all the crap that's there. But when we got there someone had come in the same morning and already cleaned up the majority of the trash! This was crazy to us and also somewhat discouraging. But while we were picking up the little things or bottles that got missed God hit me with this thought, "Through our worship times we have been praying for the people of the city and that they would begin to realize that they actually do live in a beautiful place and that they can take care of it! We are now seeing the result of our prayers!" This was really encouraging to us because our prayers for an entire city actually made a difference! We were discouraged at first because we thought we could only make a difference by physically going and cleaning up the trash. This really taught me how powerful prayer actually is! Never again will I underestimate the power of me talking with God. 

Yesterday (Friday) was a really cool day. We went up to the apartment where another YWAM team is coming to stay for two weeks and had a worship time. There is an American couple who live here with their kids that host teams like us and we have been able to build a really cool relationship with them. We hang out and worship together and speak in English together which is really nice too! So we went with them in the morning and just proclaimed God's kingdom, and the authority we have over the house for the other team. It was an amazing time of sitting in God's presence and to also get excited about what God is going to do over the next few weeks! 

In the afternoon we were able to get to a welder to have a rail built that we are going to add to the skatepark. Everything finally came together for us to transport everything, have it welded and get it ready to be installed. Hopefully we put it in tonight! The skaters are stoked because we have the equipment to bolt it into the ground so it cannot be stolen! 

That was just a quick update on what God is doing in this city and in our team! Thank you so much for your prayers, never underestimate the power you have in being able to talk the Creator of the universe! 

Sorry for the lack of pictures. I have taken zero worth posting on the blog! 

Much Love Nick

Week 15

This week was so much fun! We worked with a team in a city called Zenica (pronounced zenitza) who run a few different ministries in the city. One is a daycare for kids with social and psychological problems. They are able to shower, they get a hot meal, access to washing machine etc. The kids at the program have so much joy and are amazing to play with! Even though we can't communicate with most of them we still had loads of fun. They loved our skateboards! 

The other ministry is similar to a half way house for young guys. But it is a farm! The farm is in a beautiful valley just outside of the city. There are sheep, goats, chickens, and a few cows, and twelve guys in their late teens and early twenties. We dug trenches, planted trees, and drank a ton of coffee with these guys! I think we freaked them out at the beginning of the week but by the end of the week we were having so much fun together! They loved speaking English with us and just hanging out. We were able to have some meaningful conversations with them and challenge them on what they believe which was amazing! Something we noticed as a team is that we laughed a lot! The joy of The Lord was so evident as we went to the city and God was just revealing it to us throughout the week which was amazing to see him work. The city itself is just as beautiful as Sarajevo with less up hill streets which was a nice change! 

We would love continued prayer as we move into the coming week of kids ministry. We are back in Sarajevo working with a local church and their kids program and we are so excited to be able to sow into the younger generation of kids in Sarajevo! 

Thank you so much for your prayers and encouraging messages! It means a lot to hear from you!

Much love, Nick

Week 14

Hello from Bosnia! It's been a pretty chill week for us because of the crappy weather. We had planned for this week to do some skatepark work but it snowed for the first half of the week. Do not fear, we still managed to have some fun! Andrew had a connection from last year who had some crazy gear for us to use to go riding for a day! So on Thursday morning we drove out of the city 45 minutes to the mountain and rode for a few hours which was super fun! We also have been able to hang out at the skatepark for the second half of the week. God is giving us tons of connections to build relationships with people! 

We have also had some unreal worship and prayer times as a team! The spiritual atmosphere in Sarajevo is very heavy. The people are spiritually drained from the war and depression that came from it 20 years ago. This has some interesting affects on us as a team, but when we pray and invite the Holy Spirit to come the atmosphere instantly changes! The contrast of the Holy Spirit to the rest of what is going on is so tangible and brings so much life and strength to us! God is showing himself to us in new ways and through lots of visions it is amazing for all of us!  We would love continued prayer for favour and for us to be able to keep loving people and changing the atmosphere of the city! There has already been a change since we have been here praying and prophesying over the skatepark. Especially in the last few days it is literally tangible! 

This week we are headed to a city an hour northwest of here called Zenica. We will be working with the YWAM team there. We are waiting to hear our schedule once we arrive! We are looking forward to serving the team in any way possible! 

Miss you all! 

Much love, Nick. 

Week 13

Since I last updated you all a lot has changed! Last weekend both outreach teams left our home in Davos made it safely to their outreach locations! The South Africa Team had a long adventure but they made it to Johannesburg and we Arrived in Sarajevo Bosnia on Monday night. The city here is amazing! It's so beautiful and such a different culture than I am used to, which is fantastic. On Tuesday we hiked up to an old fort from a long long time ago. It was beautiful! Minus the spray paint and garbage, it's such a cool site. We climbed up on the walls and looked out and ate our lunches and prayed over the city. There is so much opportunity for us to make a difference here and over the last week God has been showing us the best way of doing that! 

Sarajevo is a beautiful place and also a very spiritual place. It's cool for us to be walking through the streets claiming the authority we have and living in the freedom of a God who loves us and always hears our prayers. While we are here we will be doing some kids programs, cleanup around the city, and lots of relationship building. The culture here is all about relationships. People will sit over a cup of coffee and talk for hours and it's amazing to be able to talk to people and get to know them! Already we have connected with some skaters and I even got to climb with a guy and talk with him about Jesus and stuff. 

We would love continued prayer for safety and for favour as we begin to meet people and build relationships. I'm so thankful for everyone's encouragement and prayers!

Happy Easter! Enjoy celebrating the life we have in Christ! 

Much love, and happy Easter!

Nick 

Week Twelve

Week twelve 

Hello all! This was sadly our last week of lectures! It was still amazing! On Tuesday the weather was coldish and cloudy so we decided not to ride (we have gotten quite spoiled with conditions). So we decided to stay home and skateboard which is still just as fun. Our base has a bus stop just outside the parking lot and continently one kilometre down the hill there is another bus stop. We have timed it perfectly so we can bomb down the hill on our skateboards and then catch the bus back up the hill to take us home! Thursday I worked on our outreach T-shirts, which are quite fantastic if I do say so myself. We have an unreal t-shirt press at the base so with Reto's help we designed some kickin shirts! Then today (Saturday) was our last day in the park. It was bluebird and not too warm so the snow was perfect. We all had loads of fun riding together for the last time in the Apls. Carlos the cow also made another appearance which was quite amazing. 

Our speaker this week was unreal! His name is Mountain Man Martin. A Norwegian ski touring/running/unreal beard growing professional. He was talking about the father heart of God and we had so much ministry time this week. It was amazing for us to receive healing, prayer, and to hear how much our Dad, meaning God, loves us so much! My favourite part of the week was God showing me how my earthly dad parallels how God cares for me. My earthy dad is amazing and I am so thankful for him. It's crazy to me that God loves me more than I can comprehend. The bible says his thoughts and plans for us are more numerous than the sands on the shore! This is crazy to me and I don't think I will be able to fully understand it until I get to heaven. 

Our lecture phase has been so amazing. Twelve weeks of teaching and ministry and opportunities for growth have changed how I see God, myself, and a whole lot of other stuff! The major thing that I have learned is how much God wants us to have a two way relationship with him. He wants interaction and wants us to tell him our dreams and our desires because he put those dreams and desires in us! He is just waiting for you to ask him to help make your dreams come true because the dreams we have from our hearts are there because God put them there! The other thing is that the Holy Spirit is always surrounding us and is always present. "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings."(Proverbs 25:2 NIV) this verse is God saying to us "Common lets play hide and seek!". As believers we are the kings the verse talks about. God hides stuff specifically for us to find it! Maybe it's time to start looking...

We leave on Monday the 30th for Bosnia and our team is beyond excited! Tomorrow (Sunday) is a full cleaning day. We are going to be scrubbing every inch of the base hopefully to Reto and Judys satisfaction! Then Sunday night the South Africa team heads out to catch their flight. It's mixed emotions leaving half our crew to go to South Africa. Saying goodbye is never fun but we are all psyched to see what God will do through each team and the testimonies we will have. I'm so thankful to have been able to spend the past three months with the students and staff at YWAM Davos. Each one has made a huge difference in who I am and I am so thankful. I have made loads of memories and friendships that will last a lifetime and we're only half way through! I am so thankful for everyone's prayers. I love hearing from you how life is back home. Miss you guys tons! 

Much love, Nick. 

Week Eleven

Hello friends it's week eleven and pretty much summer here! We spent two or three afternoons in muscleshirts and shorts! Im also starting to get a nice Goggle tan too! Since its so warm it makes riding quite interesting. The regular runs are pretty terrible, but I decided I would go up to the top of one of the mountains to pray and hang out with God. The two of us had a pretty fun time! 

Thursday a few of us went up to the park to mess around in the slush and had an awesome time too! Then on Saturday I decided I would borrow some skies and go up to the park. I actually didn't do so bad! I was landing ski slides through kink boxes and just having a hilarious time! 

For lectures this week we had this amazing dude named Kayle Mumby. He talked about the Holy Spirit and how we need to learn to train our minds and hearts to be listening because God is always speaking to us. One challenging thing he said this week was "those who are hungry will eat...". This was cool because he was talking about how we get out what we put in when it comes to our relationship with God. If we really want to find him we will! Jeremiah 29:11-4 talks about that, it says "You will call on my name and I will be found by you."  This was awesome teaching! 

Seven days until we leave for Bosnia!!!!! We officially have all the money in for each team member which is so exciting. It was amazing to see how generous people are, and how faithful God is. When he says he will provide, he will! 

We would love continued prayer for our team as we do the final preparations this week and eventually take off. 

Miss you guys tons! 

Week Ten

Hello friends and family! Missing everyone back home lots! I hear it is finally warming up too! It's been warm here and it is looking like it will be warm right until we leave for outreach! Riding this week was quite average. On Tuesday I crashed really hard and hurt my shoulder and lots of other things, so Thursday I just stayed back at the base and enjoyed the sun! 

On Sunday Tanner and I had loads of fun. We decided that we would try to skateboard, snowboard, and climb in one day. We were probably more tired than after a day of skiing but it was still a hilarious day! 

From Monday to Wednesday Reto and Judy taught on Spiritual Warfare. Wednesday morning we had three groups go to the summit of each mountain to declare and bless the city of Davos. We had a really powerful prayer time for leaders, local churches, and loads of other stuff too! Then for lectures on Thursday and Friday we had Robi, who is the pastor of the local International Christian Fellowship church speaking on spiritual warfare as well.  Robi's teaching was amazing! We talked about apologetics, unpacked the story of David and Goliath, and also talked about the story of Jesus calming the storm. Studying this story closer was amazing for me. The first thing I took away was how well Jesus knew himself when he needed to take a break. Even when there are so many people who need healing he decides he needs to go to the other side of the lake to rest. He knows that he will burn out and needs to spend time alone with God. This amazed me because Jesus is Jesus! Why would the most amazing man on earth need time to rest and recuperate? Then it hit me that Jesus is 100% man while still being 100% God. We looked at it from a really unique perspective. Jesus understood that to effectively change the world with a three year ministry time his connection with God would need to be unparalleled, and it was! Jesus understood that when he took time by himself to worship, pray, and seek God the more intimate their relationship would be. The outcome was that Jesus ability to heal people that he met was so great! His connection with the Father was so perfect, but because he was just as human as I am he still needed to deliberately set time apart.  This was the coolest thing for me to realize. I can have that exact power to heal the same way Jesus did, I just need to seek God the same way he did. Obviously easier said than done. It was just a really cool revelation for me that even though Jesus was 100% God, he still needed to seek God and spend time praying and listening because he was also 100% man. 

That's just a tidbit of what I learned this week!

Friday night was also amazing. A group of five of us went over to a family's place to prophesy and encourage them. Every time we pray for words or pictures for other people it always amazes me how willing God is to speak directly to their hearts through me! When God speaks it is always spot on. Maybe you are wondering what all this prophetic stuff is. It's just God speaking to us through people. It's all new to me too so don't be weirded out but check it out in the bible for yourself! It is always interesting because often our prophetic prayers or explanations are translated, so sometimes I have no clue of what is going on. I only know that God is speaking directly to someone's heart which is life changing! Throughout my time here we have been given many opportunities to prophesy over one another in the school as well as for different individuals and family's. It blows me away every time! I am so excited to learn more about the prophetic and to develop a deeper discernment for God's voice! 

And update on outreach: we now have our flights booked! My team flys to Bosnia on the 30th of March! This gives us only 17 more days of skiing in the beautiful Alps :'( But as a team we are getting so excited for what God is going to do!) There are still a few team members that are in need of finances and I would love it if you would continue to seek God if he wants you to give in any way! 

I am so thankful for everyone's support and prayers thus far, thank you so much! 

Happy almost spring!