It was a chilly Thursday afternoon. A group of us DTS students had gone to a bus stop to love others and share about Jesus by handing out free hot chocolate and praying for people. As we were doing so a man with a limp approached us. His first words to us were, “Why are…
Continue ReadingSpain. The moment I hear this word, my heart and mind are flooded with memories and images of this precious country. I remember her bright colors and her music, all filled with the intricate strumming of the guitar and the piercing voices of traditional flamenco singers. I recall her love for celebrations full of good…
Continue ReadingLift up your head, O Amsterdam! Cast off your shame like a cloak; Let it fall from your shoulders As the shadows fall from the trees under the noonday sun. Let your righteousness shine like the dawn; Let your salvation blaze like a burning torch. Too long have you lived in oppression; Too long have…
Continue ReadingRussia. What went through your mind as you read that word? Bitter cold? Putin? Siberia? Incredible figure skaters? Each of us have feelings and emotions that are associated with certain words and places. When I hear the word “Russia,” the things that go through my mind are a bit different. My future home. Dreams. God’s call.…
Continue ReadingBack in November 2017, I was given a very sudden and special opportunity to join a team from YWAM Sarasota on their very first scouting trip to Japan. This trip was an answer to sixteen years of prayer, and the fulfillment of a promise the Lord made to me when I was six-years-old; a promise that…
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