Obedience That Takes Tremendous Courage

This title is of the message that I have been preaching this summer. Its a message that the Lord gave me a couple years ago. This summer it has become the primary message I have speaking on with a fresh authority.
Phillip and I feel like so much of what God currently is calling us and those around us to live in is a greater place of obedience and dependency on God that requires a greater courage that comes from only Him and knowing Him. Psalms 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
I wanted to send out a short update on what is currently happening in our lives right now but t also to ask for your help in a few areas. 
On a personal level Phillip and I are in the best place we have ever been in our own lives and in our marriage. We are both so thankful that God has blessed us with each other and called us both as a team into missions!  Its been such a sweet season in the midst of the craziness of our leadership responsibilities and my travel schedule. It feels as if the Lord has poured out a richness of love and personal growth as we have said “yes” to Jesus with our obedience at a real cost to us. As alway’s, His ways our higher! 
We are both living in the realms of “without God this is impossible to do”! 
Phillip is leading the charge on the Kona campus as the Director of Campus Development. This September we are preparing for the largest quarter we have ever had. We need so many miracle’s to happen in the next few weeks so PLEASE be praying for that breakthrough. We need permits to go through and increased favor with the county of Hawaii. But our greatest need right now is more skilled builders to come and work. With all of this building we need an increase of finances to keep it going. I have never seen Phillip alive and over his head at the same time. Its great!  
As you have seen in the news we have been dealing with an active Volcano on the Big Island. Our campus is far away from the danger of lava but the VOG really effects us. In the midst of building and preparing for the largest quarter yet, we have also agreed to take some evacuees who lost their home’s due to the Volcano and house them on the base for the summer. 
I am on a wild travel schedule right now. Some of these ministry trips where planned a long time ago (my life has to be schedule out way in advance) and at the time we planned them we thought Phillip and I would be together on some of these. With what is currently happening on camp and Phillips leadership role, he really needs to be present every day, so he is presently not traveling. We prayed about it and we still felt like I was meant to go to the places I had committed go and minster at. I am currently in Norway for the third time this summer, where I am teaching at national YWAM gathering called "Go Fest" where I am speaking this week. 
Some of you know we suddenly had to move out of the house we had been renting since moving to Kona, due to the owner selling it (which was never told to us when we rented it). When we where looking to rent a new place the volcano had not gone off yet so the rental housing market was insane. One house I applied for had 43 applicants. We only found one place we liked for a couple hundred dollars more then where currently paying, but the manager choose another couple. We continued to feel like it was the only place we wanted, well the other couple fell through and we got the house! Praise Jesus! Its much closer to campus, and its bigger and better. Very funky style, but we like it! We had to move our stuff into storage and then went on a trip, came back and moved in and then I took off for another trip. Thankfull for all the YWAM’ers that helped with the move. With no exaggeration, its been a bit crazy, but we are thankful! 
I am apart of the leadership of the Kona Campus and with that role I also agreed to take on our Crossroads DTS. This is a DTS for people over 25. It usually tends to be people from the age range of 30-80. We are in a season of needing more experienced, skilled, mature people coming into missions. The Lord spoke to me about the urgency over this and so with that we are restructuring the Crossroads DTS and I am leading a school this fall and continuing to bring oversight for the next year and half or so. This is a huge undertaking and I really need a breakthrough in finding staff to build that team. 
So as you can see there are some areas we really need breakthrough in and increased prayer. Spiritual warfare is real and we need more covering! 
As I write all of this I also want to make our need made known. We have been continually working on raising our committed monthly financial support but still need to see a breakthrough in that. But even more that, right now we just need some extra finances to come in. Being a leader in YWAM it is important for me to go to some of our larger international gatherings. In a few weeks I will be going to Cambodia and then Thailand for some of these gatherings. This has ended up being quite expensive and I tried to wiggle my way out of going but the Lord has made it very clear I need to be there. This is costing us $3000 for me to do these two gatherings. We also have had some unexpected medical expenses come up and we will be having more. All of that, with the cost of moving into a new place etc we just really need to raise some finances to cover these bigger expenses that have come, along with still needing $2500 more a month.

So below are a few things we need your help with! 
We need financial provision right now to cover current ministry expenses and medical bills. We also still need to raise our committed monthly support.
If you want to be apart of giving toward our current need or want to be a monthly supporter you can go to Forward Mission. All giving is tax deductible. If you don't need a tax deduction then you give via PayPal or cash app $amylward If you prefer to give through our YWAM account you can do that as well. 

We Need Breakthrough 

We need financial provision right now to cover current ministry expenses and medical bills. We also still need to raise our committed monthly support.
If you want to be apart of giving toward our current need or want to be a monthly supporter you can go to Forward Mission. All giving is tax deductible. If you don't need a tax deduction then you give via PayPal or cash app $amylward If you prefer to give through our YWAM account you can do that as well.

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WE NEED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

If you or anyone you know who has construction skills and would want to come donate their time and skill to help us build and prepare for this next quarter we are now in a crucial time and really need help! Anyone with these skills that wants to come volunteer this summer we will take care of your food and housing on campus. If your interested E-MAIL PHILLIPlWe will also be taking volunteer's after the summer as the building will continue on.

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WE NEED TEACHERS

The Learning Center, which is our campus K-8th grade school is in desperate need of teachers for this coming school year. You don’t currently have to have a teaching degree although thats a bonus. If you or someone you know would want to come to Kona for this school year as a volunteer school teacher please E-MAIL ME We are currently need teachers for all grades and subjects. This can be a great opportunity for those that are good with children and have a desire and gift to teach in a multi culture christian missions school.

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