Engaged!

As the title suggests, I am engaged! I proposed to Lexi Stevens on Feb. 21st at the National Arboretum.

During this past Discipleship Training School (DTS) I staffed, I happened to befriend a young lady who was also on staff. She was not staffing the DTS but was on staff with Washington House of Prayer (WHOP). When I began staffing at the Youth With A Mission (YWAM) DC base, I did so without the intention of walking out with a relationship after finishing the DTS; surprise, surprise, a little before the end of the lecture phase, we started dating. Following the lecture phase was the outreach phase. Usually the outreach portion would take the DTS to another country and my team would eventually go overseas, but thankfully, I spent the first forty days of outreach helping facilitate David's Tent DC. This allowed me to build more relationship with her. We would work together at David's Tent and also by preparing meals for the students during a part of the event. 

Before New Years, I went to Seattle, WA to visit her and her family. I spent a little over a week there getting to know her family. I had a wonderful time there. Although, I unfortunately dislocated my shoulder hiking with Lexi, her sister and brother-in-law (but that story is for another time). After meeting her family, we flew back to DC to start staffing together. I didn't end up staffing very long though. I needed to get a ring for her. After being back for 5 days the Lord provided a job for me. 

For a little over a month, I worked as a fire watcher. Supposedly, there is a law that how a person must be present and watching property in cases where the fire alarm system has been shut off for maintenance or repair. It keeps companies and insurance groups from lawsuits.  So I watch buildings and make sure they are not on fire. Through this job, and with help from my dad, I was able to purchase the perfect ring. 

I'm currently not fire watching but am looking for work. While we were both involved in YWAM Kona, we didn't meet until YWAM DC. June 22 is the date we have set for the wedding but after that, we don't have any solid plans yet. Lexi and I both have a heart for missions but we want to be obedient to what Jesus says no matter what. 

A short one

David's tent is over and we are now about to leave for Israel.  David's tent was successfully completed with over 1000 hours of worship logged through various bands from different states and some from other countries.  

As I write this, I am hours away from leaving for the airport. This past weekend we had provision come in as we were prayed for and commissioned out from Embassy Church. 

A quick story.  One of my students did not have his passport to go.  He had submitted an application for renewal but his passport had not come in for over a month even with expedited services.  This weekend we searched frantically for options and realized that this Monday was a federal holiday so the post office would not be open.  After praying and trying to find other options, his passport arrived this morning.  Some how he received his passport in the mail today!  God is so good!

Please keep us in your prayers as we go to Israel. 

David's Tent Outreach

Lecture phase has officially ended and outreach has begun.  I can't believe that 3 months have passed so quickly.  The last week we did outreach prep and we will go in to preparing for David's Tent at the White House Ellipse.  This is an amazing opportunity for us as well as anyone who wants to join us on the ellipse.  For this outreach we have actually moved back to southeast D.C.  We actually live in an old ministry center that YWAM DC used to run out of.

David's tent kicked off last night, Sept. 24 and will continue until Nov. 5.  Worship will be live and going for 24 hours a day.  For more information you can check out www.davidstentdc.org.  My outreach team will be helping facilitate this worship event.  We currently are on different shifts to keep watch during the tent.  My team has 1PM to 7PM and 7PM to 1AM while the other 12 hours are covered by the other teams on the base.

Although I am on outreach, I have not met my financial goals for support.  I am still in need of support for the rest of this outreach.  Part of it being in Washington, D.C. and the other portion in Israel.  Please pray for me in this area that I would be able to complete this outreach.