Hi family

This was when my mom came to visit me.. It was so good to see you.. And I had a great time just talking with you and la mama and don Domingo..

We went to the one of the nieces volcano here called Arenal, and we also went to some hot springs right next to the volcano

DNA Conference

This conference was a YWAM event they have every year. But this year it was in Costa Rica so we were privilege to host it this time. It was not just us but us and the San Jose bases as well. What this conference is about is mainly to get people together, talk about what YWAM has done and where YWAM is going in the future, and also to give us encouraging words
We had Loren Cunningham, founder of YWAM, speak to us for the full week, and David Hamilton who was the one who started YWAM in Chile and who has been there for over 20 years.
We were there from early morning to late night for the week. In our first session Loren spoke to us about thinking God's thoughts, pray His prayers, feel His feelings, declare His works, and do His works. In our 4th we brought out this huge map of the world , and I mean huge. In this session we interceded for the world. We also stand around the map and worship and pray for about 2 hours. Then they gave us sticky to put on a country we felt God was calling us to. Which was incredible to see where God was putting desire in peoples hearts. Countries we woulsn't think of. With this map we were about to see the 4k omega zones which mean 1.5 million people = 1 omega zone, so there is 4,000 omega zones in the world, and then also is which areas haven't been reach. So that was so amazing to see people wanting to go to the unreach. For more information on that here is some websites you can look at:

• www.4kworldmap.cop
• www.joshusproject.net
• www.call2all.org
  

Our goal by 2018 for YWAM is open 1000 new bases around the world. We also talked about being generous. and in our last session we talked about innovations: 1) Look up, 2) Reach out, 3) Ask Questions, 4) Cross Borders, and 5) press on. And just hang out with people who are thirsty for more... And every time God something for you, just say THANK YOU JESUS, BUT I WANT MORE!!!!!...

Me in the Eastern side

Then I'm in the westside

Shannon's heart is to be in Africa..
Which we'll be there in a month and an half.. :)

The girls in Hawaii

Sweeping the world Clean.. Literally

The different flags

Costa Rica's Flag

When we were praying and worshiping for the world

This was when we where walking over the world having spiritual warfare for it

We where standing on the sides and praying

We had culture dance and this guys where from Panama

The guys always playing their drums

When we first laid out the map

This are our YWAM t-shirt

This is Loren Cunningham

The boys

Representation of the flags

Previous Classes

Well its been about a month that I haven't wrote.. I've been really busy with things over here.. We had this conference last week that was everyday from early in the morning to late night. But before I talk about the conference which would be an another post just because I want to give you a brief update on the other classes we had that I haven't wrote about and I dont want to make this post super long..

The classes I haven't wrote about was "Spiritual Warfare", "Kingdom Of God", and "Evangelism."

On spiritual warfare we learned that everyday is a battle. We are to be responsible for our thoughts, words, actions, reactions, and motive, for this is were the battles start. Satan knows what God says, but he likes to twist things around to make you doubt. We also learned was of the devil, for it's always good to know your enemy. Just like in sports, you study the opposite team to see where their weaknesses are, to use it against them, and then you find their strength to go around it.

We did a study on the angels too, and that the angels seem to have ranking on their position in the spiritual realm just like the ways the military is here. And for the most part from reading a few verses. It seems like when God had some important message, he would send Gabriel. But also angel are here to minister to us (Hebrew 1:14). And we have assigned angel with us (Matt 18:10). Even though angels are here to serve us, we still have a bigger authority over them.
We need to know who we are in Christ. We need to realize that through God we have the authority and with that said we need to know who God is, so we can fight the battle. One of the marks of a warrior is when you have good solid soldiers of God (friends) standing by you no matter what just remember Ephesians 6:10-18 "The armor of God." We need to have truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, the word of God, and pray in spirit. ALWAYS BE READY TO FIGHT.

Now in the "Kingdom of God." Our main points where: What is the kingdom of God? Why do we extend the kingdom? And what is the kingdom of God in my life? With the first point, the answer is the kingdom of God is a sovereign kingdom over all. He is the king of kings. Our purpose in the kingdom is to first glorify God. Then to spread it to the universe so that everybody becomes part of God's family. God intension was not to have kings, but in the time of Samuel is were the people ask God for a king. So He was like alright here is your king, but I'm the king of all. But God is a creator more than a king.
Our second point on why we extend the kingdom is for love, for obedience, so we won't be judge; Because Jesus will be coming soon, and for future joy. Now this is not the only reason why, as a class we named so many more that where good but this were the ones we went over. The way God loves us, we should love others that we want to share it to others. Hw is sending us out to the world, for there is still hope for those that are lost just as we need to hear about His love, the unsave need to hear about His love as well.
The 3rd point, the kingdom of God in mu life... "He is mu king and I'm His servant. When He speaks, I will stay quick. When He calls me I will go..." All this can happen when I let Him be my kingdom. The kingdom will depend on mu will each day. 5% depends on my decision and 95% is what I make my will based on that decision. I have to realize that my action can cause others to sin. s]So I have to be careful with the things I do. Are my action pleasing to God? The most important impression in my life is the last impression I leave, but everyday should be mu last impression.

"Evangelism" was a pretty intense week... But I think the teacher was an intense teacher because he spoke with so much authority and conviction to us. First he spoke about some statistics about the church. The church has a goal to win 1 billion souls for Jesus and open 5 million churches in 10 to 15 years. Then he mention 4 greatest movement in the church: 1)was when the disciples went out to evangelize to the world. 2) was in Europe with Martin Lutero, John Wickliffe, and John Calvino. 3) The world evangelism with missionary of Europe and United States. 4) is in the latin world. If we finish our job well, we will leave a foot print in the world, no one will erase.
There are 3 things that identify the church in their testimony of evangelism: faith, authority, and vision. Faith is standing over the property of the Word. Authority is not use to condemn but to have mercy on people. And vision is to define a solid goal, an image of the future.
Couple of things he gave as to evangelism is to 1st: ask the Lord for guidance. 2nd: who am I going to evangelize to. 3rd: With whim am I going to do the works. 4th: How do we do the work. 5th your got the resources. 6th: When do we do the work. And 7th you get results. Also make sure you pray. Pray to keep the team together, prayer will speak to the hard hearts, is the grantee of the work, it will make us sensitive to the people's needs, and it will also take away the evil influence.
Also one important thing I will mention is when you speak to people, you have to be careful the way you say things. Don't condemn the person because of their sin. Don't argue with the people. Don't obligate them to believe. Don't judge the person and also just remember the gospel is not a change of religion but a change of life.
So this is just a brief summary of those classes and my next post will be about the conference.

Going Away

I wanted to put this pictures for sometime already.. But i hadnt had the chance.. I wanted to give you something more familiar to home.. So i hope you enjoy and thank you for all of you that went to my going away party.. I love you and miss you guys..