Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Hello Friends,

I have some exciting new updates that I want to share with you! I will make this short and sweet so that you guys aren't bombarded.

As you guys know, I had to make a trip to the ER in October of this last year while I was in Colorado. Because I am no longer a resident there, they couldn't give me any state financial aid, so I had to apply for financial assistance. Well after many long months of my paperwork being under review, I finally heard back from the hospital. They decided to reduce my $3600 hospital bill to $250 in total! This was a tremendous blessing and miracle to be honest. It always amazes me that no matter how much I try and have control over every situation, that so often I don't have control, and God takes care of everything and blesses me in more ways than I can imagine. So all that to say be encouraged that God does not only care, but deeply desires for us to depend on Him for all things because He is a much better provider than we could ever be for ourselves!

It was so great to be able to see many of you this past week in Colorado. Tyler and I had a blast coming out and being able to share our hearts for Project Sixty-One and also about our time in Haiti. God opened up so many incredible doors for us and gave us tremendous favor while we were there! We have the opportunity to partner with Timberline Church in these Haiti outreaches and have many interested people hoping to come with us to impact Haiti! I just wanted to thank those of you that allowed us to come and speak or helped connect us with local pastors at your church, we had one or two speaking engagements every day which was incredible!

Tyler and I are in full swing with Project Sixty-One outreaches. We have our first youth group out in San Francisco at the end of March, followed by another youth group in Pismo, then our two outreaches to Haiti, and Thailand outreach. So all that to say we are crazy busy! But we are having so much fun and feel so honored that God is calling us to lead this ministry and really expose people to God's heart for the nations. Please be praying that we would have His extended grace over us mentally, emotionally, and physically we really need strength to be able to plan and lead these outreaches at full capacity.

Also I just wanted to share a little with you guys about where I am at financially. Because I have been going and going over the past few months I really let my support raising take a back seat. I recently sat down and calculated my support and realized I have lost over $500 in monthly support. For those of you that aren't familiar with how I make my income, I am a volunteer under YWAM Pismo Beach so that means that I am required to raise all of my own monthly support. We rent houses in the community and have all of the same bills to cover monthly just like most people do and so that requires that I raise around $1600 in monthly support. So I wanted to bring that forward to guys to pray about and see if God would lay it on your heart to become a monthly supporter. If this is something that you are interested in, please send me an email at jacque17lyn@aol.com or call my cell at 970-310-0971.

Thanks for your continued prayers, you guys are so important to me!

Love ya,
Jacque


Friday, February 5, 2010

Returning To Haiti/Project Sixty-One

Hello Friends,

I wanted to give you a bit of an update as to what God is doing with Project Sixty-One. It is exciting stuff and I feel like I barely have time to breathe but I enjoy being busy so I am not complaining!

God has used our Haiti outreach as a tremendous way to open doors. We have been asked by many churches, coffee shops, small groups, etc. to talk about our stories and testimonies from our time there. So I am excited to see God's redemptive power at work already for this broken nation, because we really feel that as we speak of His restoration for Haiti that we are breaking ground in the supernatural. As I have shared with you, Tyler and I will be heading to Colorado on Thursday to speak in several different churches, youth groups, and college groups. We are beyond excited to see God's hand move as we are able to share His heart for Haiti.

I am also excited to announce that Project Sixty-One has the awesome privilege of returning to Haiti two more times in the coming months! We will be taking teams from May 16-June 3 and September 9-19, if you are interested in coming or know of someone who would be please email me at project61@ywampismobeach.org. We will be pairing up with YWAM Haiti in St. Marc again and will be helping them in whatever ways they need us to. I am beyond excited to go back, my heart is so truly connected to the Haitian people.

We will also be going to Thailand from July 25-August 8 to take a team of hairstylists (& people with a heart for sex trafficking ministry) to teach human trafficking victims how to cut hair. If you or any one you know would be interested in coming with us on this outreach please email me at project61@ywampismobeach.org for more info.

And on top of all this we have two youth groups coming out in March to do local outreaches. So we are crazy busy planning, prepping, emailing, etc. for all of these teams. We are definitely having a blast though. God has been equipping me step-by-step for this crazy hectic lifestyle which is awesome, because without Him I would be spinning in circles.

If you could be praying for Tyler and I as we begin preparing for speaking while in Colorado, I would really appreciate it! We really want our time there to be completely Christ centered and led by the Holy Spirit. We also are praying that God can use this time to really ignite a passion in people for missions, especially the young people we are able to talk to. We also need lots of prayers for strength and energy as it is really emotionally hard to share these stories.

Thanks so much for your support. If you guys have any prayer requests or any new things going on in your lives, I want to know about it! Please feel free to email me and let me know!

Love ya,
Jacque