Category: Life’s Happenings
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“When predictability is high, impact is low. In other words, when the audience thinks they know what you’re going to say, and you go ahead and say it, your words make very little impact. On the other hand, when an audience is surprised or intrigued, they will think long and hard about what they’ve heard….…
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Imagine being nearly blind, where you can see shapes and colors, but not defined features. Your world is fuzzy. That is what you knew and how you lived your life and didn’t know better. A life lived where your view of the world and path in front of you is never very clear. Reflecting back, I see now…
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Not knowing what the next step is, is honestly, stressful. “When I first heard The Lord speak to me about going into the mission field, I wanted to know exactly what His long-term plans were. My desire to understand what was in store for me soon blinded me from His desire for spontaneity. It took…
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Based off of my current busyness with serving as Purser on the s/y Next Wave, co-founding new training programs through YWAM’s University of the Nations for the ships ministries: brining hope and healing to the forgotten coastlines and island of the world, and coordinating and staffing the School of Navigation and Seamanship and the Bluewater (Sailing) Discipleship Training School (DTS), I have…
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For some people it is kind of unclear or confusing what I do as a Missionary with Youth with a Mission (YWAM). I have heard things like, “He travels a lot!” or “Sailing? What does that have to do with being a missionary?” all as a result of not knowing what my current role…
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Life is complicated, busy, and there are too many opportunities to even think about merely doing one! I absolutely love what I am doing, and it helps that I have an amazing boss; Jesus! As mentioned below, I am pretty busy, but there are always things that I would still love to do, but there…
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Twenty-nine days at sea really makes you appreciate the life of a landlubber. The sweet feel of stable ground beneath your feet. The plethora of food options. The aroma of nature. These everyday things can be sorely missed when you are isolated on a ship in the middle of the ocean! The YWAM Ship,…
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Our muscles were tense as the ocean spray hit, causing our clothes to become damper than we intended when we dressed that morning. The perpetual bobbing of the watercraft nearly caused the lifejackets to take flight in the wind. We were soaked. How were we to know that we would be wading up to our…
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The ways God works never ceases to amaze me. He orchestrated the YWAM ship the Pacific Hope to be moved to the Caribbean months ago, and now there is a huge need for hurricane relief in the same area where ship is going. Through the continuation of developing the new ministry for training missionaries to…
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It has been nearly 365 days since I have left the United States of America! The Lord is so good, and His presence in my life is overwhelming! I have travelled 27,000 miles, personally seen over 60 people healed, ministered in 9 different countries, pastored or preached at over 18 churches, and seen around 125…