Radio!

This week a couple of us had the awesome opportunity to share on a Christian radio station here. On my heart lately has been the need to get back to the basics and just preach that Jesus came to die for us because he loves us immensely and so that we can know Him. John 1:1-5 has been particularly on my heart in particular. In the beginning was the Word and that the Word is light and darkness can't extinguish it. So on Friday I had the opportunity to read God's word over the airways here and preach about Jesus. It was really cool. 

Here is a picture of two of our team members in the radio station.

Jesus is King!

Tonight was an incredible night of ministry! I think it was my favorite night so far. A few of us went down to the red light area here in the late afternoon feeling like we needed to go and just pray and worship God. We found the building where the Living Room, a ministry there is. The ministry is on the top floor and the first couple stories are a strip club. We sat in front of the strip club and sang and just worship God in that place, read scripture out loud, and prayed over the area prophetically. It was amazing. When I arrived my heart felt heavy but when we left I felt like God had transformed the environment. It was awesome. I am reminded if the Israelites who marched around Jericho worshipping God and as they were obedient God brought the walls down. Now to continue to pray and watch what God does in that place.

Feliz Navidad!

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas has been good but different:
A) It's warm and sunny!
B) I am away from home.
C) Germans celebrate it on Christmas Eve so today feels weird not doing something special.

In reflecting on our Christmas, last night I realized that I don't really remember most of my Christmas gifts but nights like last night I will probably never forget. For the past two days we have been using our spare time to bake cookies. We bagged them and attached little Christmas messages to them and then handed out the cookies to people last night. It was really special. One man mentioned that he had wrote on facebook how he wished he could have some Christmas cake and then we came along as an answer to his prayer. We found a group of homeless guys who I think really appreciated their cookies, and the list goes on of cool conversations that we had with people because of a small gift used to represent God's amazing gift to us. Tonight we are going to go to a different area and see where God leads us and who we ended up talking to.

Here are a few pictures from some of our activities over the past week:

Chris and I with a Bulgarian man we have been getting to know, celebtrating his birthday.

Spending a Sunday afternoon at the beach with some people from Argentina that we met.

Our Christmas feast!

Participating in a Christmas service by the beach.

Enjoying our Christmas morning prayer walk.

Have a blessed Christmas!

Week One

Greetings from the island of Tenerife! Early Wednesday morning our team arrived safe and sound on one of the main Canary Islands called Tenerife. Just after we arrived a crazy storm hit the islands. It was said to be the worst storm they have had here in 50 years. The government asked people to stay inside so our first part of the journey was spent indoors in prayer and worship. It was a good start but it was exciting when the sun came out.

 This week we did a number of prayer walks to observe the culture and way of life. We also went to one of the main tourist areas to do street evangelism. I am not very good at talking with random strangers and so it was a stretching experience. Most of the tourists here are from Europe and are older and are physically challenged. Every forth tourist is either in an electric wheelchair or uses a cane or some sort of brace or crutch. A good thing is that a lot of them speak English. They seem very closed to the Gospel.

Finding ways to connect with the locals here will be another challenge--one that even the church here has been finding difficult. I am excited for what will happen as I am believing that God will do some awesome stuff here but it is going to take a lot of prayer and a move of the Holy Spirit.

On the personal side, I am grateful that I have been able to find gluten free food here in the main supermarket. Please continue to pray for healing for me as I am still fighting an ear infection. Our team has been incredibly blessed with a really nice apartment for the girls. The church that we will be helping out is really nice and feels like home. They are open to a move of the Holy Spirit which is totally awesome.

Blessings!

Canary Islands here we come!

Hello everyone,

I am excited to announce that tomorrow my team will be leaving for the Canary Islands for our outreach. Here is a picture of my team.

This time is bitter sweet as, while it is exciting thinking about the outreach, it is also a sad time as it means saying goodbye to some awesome people whom I will see again only briefly in February for our debriefing. Please remember us in prayer, especially me as I have been fighting an ear infection in both ears that does not want to go away.

I am not sure how often I will be able to post anything here while we are gone. We have a team blog but it will be in German (there is a section called English blog...so if someone has a chance to translate it there may be something there). Photos from our trip will also be posted there if you are looking for photos under fotogalarie.  The link is: http://islandmissionaries.webnode.com/

Thanks for your prayers.
Beca

Shalom Prayer

I forgot to mention that I found this prayer on the Stone Church website and it is really cool and worth reading/praying through. You can access it at this link: http://www.stonechurch.ca/site/stone_church/assets/pdf/Shalom_Prayer.pdf

Blessings!

The countdown is on... we leave in 11 days!

I have to be honest in saying that I have avoided writing anything here over the past two weeks because I haven't had any exciting news to share. It started three weeks ago when we were learning some dramas. In one of them I played the part of a crippled person who was limping in pain each day. I felt the pain. I felt the loneliness of the character. Another evening we watched a movie documentary on healing and then we started Holy Spirit week where I felt like I had to start expecting God to heal me. People had crazy visions that matched each other regarding the things holding me back from being healed by God. They prayed for me daily. I felt challenged to start eating different foods in faith. I studied different passages in the Bible and felt like God was telling me that He is healing me. However, instead of having some amazing healing experience I felt the same old symptoms. I kept asking God and continuing to step out in faith. Instead of feeling healed, I ended up with laryngitis. This past week was spiritual warfare week which I thought to be very fitting as I have felt like I have been in a battle. Instead of improving I lost a lot of my energy and got an ear infection. The past couple days I have been really discouraged wondering why God hasn't healed me or if He has healed me and my body is just not getting the message. Today I have decided to stop trying to eat normal food until God clearly shows me otherwise. I am still believing for healing. I know that God is a miracle working God. I know He can heal and He still heals today. I don't doubt this. I just wish I knew why He isn't healing me the way I want to be healed and when I want to be healed...which is probably my problem because that sounds really selfish and demanding when I write it. The Scripture verse that came to my mind as I began to write this blog entry is: " But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33. Time to refocus. Time to just worship God regardless of how I feel and keep believing and asking for a miracle--and wait for Him to do it. 

Please remember me in your prayers particularly for quick restoration of my voice and for healing of this ear infection...and also for healing for the rest of my body to go with it.

P.S. The countdown is on. In a week and a half I will be on my way to the Canary Islands for the outreach portion of the DTS. It's crazy how fast the time has flown by so far. Please pray for vision and unity for our team and that God would lead and direct us and use us in incredible ways to accomplish His will and purpose. :)

Thank you for your prayers!