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!
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