One of my favorite people in the entire world

“A place is just a place without purpose and relationships.”
If you were at our support raising banquet in Feb. you probably met, Nate Bearhausen. He lives in Minneapolis and he is also one of my favorite people in the entire world. We met in college and we have been very close friends for [...]

We have an inheritance

We have been going to a Charismatic Baptist Church down the road from our base. In New Zealand there has been powerful movement of the Spirit and there are many churches here that are very open to the Spiritual Gifts. New Zealand itself is prophetic. There is a prophetic all on this country to be [...]

The Beauty of the Lord

There is nothing that can describe what is happening in our lives.  There is no words, no picture, no amount of paint, all the colors in the rainbow could describe the beauty of the Lord.  This has been a greenhouse for growth and God is doing a work in our hearts, minds, soul, and spirits.   [...]

A topical week on the base

We can’t even believe we have been here for over two weeks. Oxford is starting to feel like home. A small farming community tuck in at the foot hills of the the mountains. We are starting to see snow forming on the very tips. It is beautiful. Breathe taking is [...]

Cave Streaming

While flipping through these pictures.  Take a moment and think about your spiritual journey.

Chronicle of Narnia

Every weekend there is is an (optional) active planned for us where we can explore New Zealand. On our first “expedition” we drove 45 min south to Castle Hill where the Chronicle of Narnia was filmed! It was fun to climb and explore the mountain where there were huge boulders and rock cliffs [...]

First Outreach day in Christ Church

It was our day on the town in the City of Christ Church. We spent the entire day praying and getting a heart for the city. We started off the whole morning with a time of worship on the pier overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It was very liberating and stretching by worshiping [...]

Day 4

This was an amazing day. Today our focus was about worship. The YWAM Oxford Director taught a very sound biblical view on ministering to the Lord through our worship. It became a revelation to me that worship is the only thing we can give to God. We can’t give him anything [...]

little set back

We have had a little set back…missing a full day of classes because of a sinus infection that hit us hard today.  It was so bad for us that we had to go to the local doctor in Oxford and the Doc told us that we must stay in bed for the next couple of [...]

We made it!

After fund raising for six months, 2 weeks of traveling (35 hours and 2,500 miles) family, and 2 days of flying we are finally here. WE MADE IT! We have a little bit of jet lag but things are good…actually things are great! We flew in and were met with a warm welcome by students [...]