Future plans

DTS is going really well.  I couldn't have asked a better group of staff to run with this quarter in the sense of unity and seeking similar things in our relationship with the Lord.  The students have been amazing with how they receive teaching and discipleship, and they are all hungry to know more of this God we serve.  In a little less than a month this group of young men and women will go out in 8 different teams into the nations to minister to people around the world that the Lord  is crazy about but I will not be joining them at this time.

As of now, my plans are to go home and be with my family in Frederick, Maryland.  I have been praying for my next step and I feel that the Lord has told me to go home for at least the next 3 months to spend some time with my family, invest in a local church, reconnect with supporters and work to raise funds to go out into the field again. 

I'm not sure what the Lord has for this next period of time but I do know that it is better for me to obey than for me to plan out my own future.  God loves us and he is for us so I don't have to worry about what tomorrow might bring although it does feel a little strange for me to come home for a longer period of time.

This does not mean that I will be done with missions and it does not mean that I'm through with this "phase" of my life and I'm coming back to "normal" life.  It simply means that the Lord has other plans right now and I'm just following him.


I'd love to meet with you once I'm in the continental United States, so please let me know if you would like to and we can arrange a time.  I'll be flying back on Sept 23 and arriving in Maryland on Sept 24. You can e-mail me at schoi19@gmail.com and we can schedule a time. 

Writer's Block

So we're winding down to the end of week 6 and about to start week 7.  Our speaker this past week is Don Gilman speaking on missions and giving up your rights.  

For the first time since I've started my blog, I am not able to fully express what's going on.  And even though that life is progressing and I feel the Lord stretching and growing me, I don't know what to write about to give you an update on what God has been doing in my life or in the world around me.  


At this point we've hit some mile markers of breakthrough in the school.  So far the Lord broke in supernaturally in healing, being set free, and now in finances, twice.  


The DTS costs about $3,910 for the lecture phase of the program and by the first deadline which was August 5th.  During that week we had about $6,000 that we owed the campus and God miraculously pulled through for the all of the students to receive their money to stay for lecture.  The second time the Lord came and paid off fees was this week.  On Thursday, August 19, we had a time of praying, worshiping and offering and we had a deadline where each student had to have $2,000 towards their outreach amount to be able to buy plane tickets and during that time we needed about $8,000, give or take.  Again, the Lord came through in his faithfulness and everyone had their fees paid off by the deadline at 3pm.  


One personal story from me before I close.  Since I got back from my outreach to India/China I had been in about $500 in debt and recently a friend of mine, in YWAM, gave me a donation to pay if all off.  Even in my utter irresponsibility and stewarding of the money the Lord had given me he is faithful to forgive my debt.  It really isn't about the amount but about God's faithfulness always.

Now what?

So the Call2All DTS is done and over.  So now what...?

Currently, I am moving into staffing the fourth week of the Awaken DTS.  I decided to staff this DTS when I was in Mcleod Ganj after praying and asking the Lord what he thought about it.  So far so good and I'm getting a good feel for it.

Emery (left) praying for Aaron Walsh

This past week was an amazing week for the school.  We had a guy come and speak from Tauranga, New Zealand.  He runs the Tauranga House of  Prayer (THOP) now, but he used to be one of the interns under Mike Bickle who runs the International House of Prayer (IHOP) in Kansas City, MO.  Aaron Walsh, our speaker, spoke with such authority and his words were weighty as he told us that "We don't know Jesus."  He was speaking on the supremacy of Jesus, that we need to get to know the real deal Jesus, and that it's all about him. Aaron would drop such spiritual truth on us that to a degree you would feel uncomfortable with the idea you had of Jesus but at the same time you knew Aaron was right.

The highlight of this week for me was Friday.  On Friday we had a time where Aaron prayed over us.  When we started our the Holy Spirit came and started setting people free from spiritual bondages that they were struggling with.  The main stronghold that the Holy Spirit highlighted was self-hatred in the young women of the school but they weren't the only ones that were set free.  The Holy Spirit came and set free young men and women from demonic strongholds and with much weeping turning to praise they were released into freedom and the love of God.

There is nothing more satisfying than seeing people set free and blessed by the presence of the one true living God.  I can't believe its only week 3.  It seems longer and at the same time it is amazing to see God work so quickly in the lives of the students.

If you want to check out more about the school you can check out the website at www.awakendts.com.