Dear Friends & Family,
We've launched our school and are already three weeks in! We've been planning and praying into this school for the last year and now it is happening!! We have 7 students, 5 guys and 2 girls. We are so excited for how God is going to radically move in their lives.
The idea of a Surf Skate Snow Discipleship Training School is to use these passions to glorify God, unify our school, and to reach the lost. Already we've gotten the opportunity to go down to Brisbane for a Christian skate conference that challenged skaters to be "shepherds" of their local skate parks and to really be intentional while they're there.
Every Friday night we are going to be around some local skate parks. We hope we can apply the "shepherd" idea as we go out and reach the community. Pray for God-appointed opportunities to reach the youth for Christ.
In other news, students are getting rocked. The last day on Father Heart of God week, we had a ministry day. There were lots of healing tears, forgiveness, repentance, and healing that has set them free to more clearly see God as a loving Father. It is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. People getting healed and set free and "hugged" by their Father. There is so much more to people than what meets the eye. People have held wounds of abuse inside, hurt of absent fathers, and feelings of rejection for years. It is the most beautiful thing to see people healed and set free.
Here's a list of upcoming weeks and speakers:
WEEK 3: Hearing God’s Voice - Jason Solari
WEEK 4: Lordship - Mark Parker
WEEK 5: Prayer - John Faull
WEEK 6: Relationships
WEEK 8: Evangelism - Kevin Stickl
WEEK 9: Living Word -JD
WEEK 10: Missions - Dan Baumann
WEEK 11: Spiritual Warfare - Ravi Kandal
WEEK 12: OUTREACH Begins:
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
November 18-24: Debrief week and Graduation Night
We've launched our school and are already three weeks in! We've been planning and praying into this school for the last year and now it is happening!! We have 7 students, 5 guys and 2 girls. We are so excited for how God is going to radically move in their lives.
The idea of a Surf Skate Snow Discipleship Training School is to use these passions to glorify God, unify our school, and to reach the lost. Already we've gotten the opportunity to go down to Brisbane for a Christian skate conference that challenged skaters to be "shepherds" of their local skate parks and to really be intentional while they're there.
Every Friday night we are going to be around some local skate parks. We hope we can apply the "shepherd" idea as we go out and reach the community. Pray for God-appointed opportunities to reach the youth for Christ.
In other news, students are getting rocked. The last day on Father Heart of God week, we had a ministry day. There were lots of healing tears, forgiveness, repentance, and healing that has set them free to more clearly see God as a loving Father. It is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. People getting healed and set free and "hugged" by their Father. There is so much more to people than what meets the eye. People have held wounds of abuse inside, hurt of absent fathers, and feelings of rejection for years. It is the most beautiful thing to see people healed and set free.
Here's a list of upcoming weeks and speakers:
WEEK 3: Hearing God’s Voice - Jason Solari
WEEK 4: Lordship - Mark Parker
WEEK 5: Prayer - John Faull
WEEK 6: Relationships
WEEK 8: Evangelism - Kevin Stickl
WEEK 9: Living Word -JD
WEEK 10: Missions - Dan Baumann
WEEK 11: Spiritual Warfare - Ravi Kandal
WEEK 12: OUTREACH Begins:
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
November 18-24: Debrief week and Graduation Night
- Funding: Pray that we get continued funding for what we are doing here. The last few months have been tight as we've had unexpected expenses. Plus, funding for the outreach we will lead. We need to raise about $5,000 for flights.
- The students on the school: Pray that God radically changes their life. As one said, "I'm not really sure yet if I want to live for God, but that's why I am here." Pray God lights such passion in them so that they will only want to live for him from here on out.
Josh & Amanda