Answers to Prayer

Hello Friends! I have awesome news to share with you so I am going to dive right in! As I mentioned a few updates back, God has been speaking some awesome things over Project 61. It has truly been a year of deepening the roots of the ministry and letting God water and prep the ground for good solid growth. The thing that often amazes me is how whenever I think that I am off on some new adventure in ministry, God often does a greater work in me first so that I am equipped to handle what he asks me to do. This has most definitely been a season of equipping for me, also a season of trust knowing that God is faithful to provide everything that I need.

As many of you know, this past year I have brought my pioneering woes before you and shared some of the biggest hardships and joys that Project 61 has brought. God has spoken things over this ministry from day one and there have been times that I have had to cling tight to those promises knowing that even in the darkest moments he was shaping something beautiful to be revealed in his perfect timing.

One of the things that I have been praying for since before I was even on staff is that God would provide a team of people for Project 61, not just a ministry being led by me. A few weeks ago that prayer was answered! One of the current YWAM Pismo staff approached me, letting me know that he had been praying about being a part of the Project 61 team. So after lots of thought and prayer and seeking advice, it seemed like the perfect fit! So I would like to introduce him to you, hopefully soon we can put a video post up so you can see us and hear our hearts in an audible way, but for now I will just tell you a little about him. His name is Tyler Dean, he is originally from Minnesota, and we came on staff at the same time last year after doing our Discipleship Training School together. As we are just beginning to work together, it has been an awesome time of bouncing ideas around and sharing our desires to see people really impacted by short term missions and the Nations.

I want to give you a taste of what's in store for 2010. Next year will be our launching year, so to speak, and so we will be going at this full force. The first few months of the year will be spent advertising. We really want to get the word out there, so we will be speaking at as many churches, youth groups, businesses, etc. that will let us in their doors! We want to share our hearts and also re-spark that longing for adventure and passion that God has placed in each one of us.

The summer season will be set aside solely for outreaches. We have been praying over the locations that God had originally placed on my heart and see some other doors are opening up as well. So some of those locations are looking like they may be to Nicaragua, Thailand, Uganda, and Australia. I will continue to fill you in on them as we set them in stone here in the next few weeks.

Our fall season will then be filled with planning for 2011 and doing more speaking in churches hopefully along a larger part of the west coast. So as you can see it is a full year and knowing God I am fully aware that these plans may be blown out of the water and turn into something completely different, I am just honored to be part of his adventure!

I have some new prayer requests that you guys can be lifting up as well during this time. There has been so much spiritual opposition over this past year and I have no doubt that it is the enemy trying to make the bottom fall out of all this. Although it would be great to think that it may get a little easier, I am prepared for things to get increasing more difficult over the coming months; but I see this as something to take joy in because it means that we will be walking in obedience to God which always causes spiritual opposition. All that to say if you could be lifting up things like my health, safety, and finances as well as the simple things such as that my car would remain functioning, I would really appreciate it. I also am in need of lots of direction and wisdom for Project 61 as well as that God would continue to impart leadership, teaching, and discipleship to me.

You guys are beyond awesome and I am so grateful to have such a beautifully strong support system. If you have any questions or comments or any prayer requests please send them my way!

In Need of your Help

Hello friends, I have had some struggles hit me recently and so I just want to take some time and share them with you. There is major power that comes when we surround each other in prayer and so I would really appreciate your prayers in these areas over the coming weeks.

I had the opportunity to visit home to surprise my family and spend a quick couple of weeks with them this last month. While I was home I had a rather unfortunate health thing hit me and had to go into the emergency room because of the intense pain it was causing. The past few months I have been going to the doctor for various tests trying to track down the cause of the pain I seem to be in and they narrowed it down to a possibility of kidney stones, ovarian cysts, or ovarian cancer. Thankfully they ruled out the cancer and told me that unless I wanted some very expensive tests done that I should just assume the pain was a cyst. So after being pain free for a few weeks it came as a shock to me that I would wind up in the hospital. While I was there they did an ultrasound of everything from my heart to my appendix to my ovaries and decided that it was most likely just another kidney stone.

I was also tested for some food sensitivities and found out that I have high sensitivities to wheat, anything corn related, and dairy. So as I have drastically changed my diet I am beginning to slowly but surely feel better again.

I know that many of you have been praying for me for several months regarding my health and I truly appreciate this, I know that it is because of your prayers that I have seen breakthrough in my health, so thank you!

I have another prayer request that has recently come up regarding finances. Because health insurance is so costly I have not been able to afford it, and so when I made the trip to the hospital while in Colorado, they told me that I couldn't apply for the state's financial assistance programs due to the fact that I am no longer a Colorado resident. When I received all of my various hospital bills they came to a total of $2664.45. On top of which my car recently needed some unexpected maintenance costing another $370. I do set aside money each month for emergencies but it is no where near enough to cover these huge costs. I am currently applying for various other financial assistance programs for the hospital bills, and hope to see the bill be reduced. But after a lot of prayer I felt God ask me to bring this before you guys, my family and friends, and ask that you pray about giving a one time financial gift to help me cover these costs. I know this is a huge thing to ask of you guys especially in this time of tough economy where I know that many of you are struggling financially as well. But any amount is helpful, so if you feel led to give would you send me an email at Jacque17lyn@aol.com and let me know.

If you would like to mail a check please do the following:

1. Make it payable to YWAM Pismo Beach

2. Attach a note saying it is for Jacque Gowing

3. Mail it to: YWAM Pismo Beach

791 Price St. #119

Pismo Beach, CA. 93449

I will continue to keep you posted letting you know if my hospital bills get reduced as well as give you updates on my financial status as money comes in. If you guys could continue to keep this in your prayers that would be great as well, it is cool to see what happens when we rally around one another in prayer and so I am excited to pray and contest for a financial miracle with you guys! If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me at Jacque17lyn@aol.com or 970-310-0971.

Love ya,

Jacque

Visit to YWAM Richmond

As some of you know, I headed straight from Colorado to Richmond, Virginia to not only visit my friends and fellow staff members, Brandon and Kirsten, but to experience a little bit of another YWAM base. It was a great trip, very relaxing and refreshing. I was only there for a few days but as you know God can accomplish a great amount of things in just one day!

Richmond currently has a Discipleship Training School running and so I was able to sit in on a few of their lectures. One of the speakers, Troy Sherman, also spoke on my DTS about Identity and Destiny, but God used him to speak to me in a new and different way this go around. I won't go into too many details, but God really spoke some encouraging things regarding Project 61 over me as well as taking me back to the roots of why He first called me to missions.

I also was given an hour to talk with the DTS students about life after their school. It was very cool how the Spirit led everything from that week's topic to tie into talking about the student's futures. Because every base runs differently and has different ministry opportunities; I was able to share with them how we are structured and the various ministries that YWAM Pismo offers. I also shared with them my heart and passion for short term missions and how God has brought forth Project 61 from that passion. There were a few students that asked lots of questions and showed some definite interest in coming on staff after their school is over; so please be praying with me that those who feel that they have been called to long term missions would really let God begin to prepare their hearts, finances, and families for this change. I will keep you guys updated as well and let you know as God begins to bring people on staff that have a heart to join forces with me and the Project 61 ministry.