Entry 19: Season Two - 3/26/23

     My first journal entry in over 3 months! Wow, it feels like so much has happened since the last time I posted. God has worked in my life in ways I would not have been able to imagine when I set out to the Himalayas for outreach in December. I am so excited to be back and to share of how God moved in the nations and in my heart and mind. From near death experiences to watching a paralyzed man walk to seeing relationships restored, I have seen God's character in ways unimaginable. By the grace of God I have far too many stories to share in one journal entry and will not be sharing any in this entry. Instead I would love to share with you my plans on conveying these stories over the next couple months. I will also be filling you in on where God has called me in this next season to come.

Fresh snow fall in a mountain village deep in the Himalayas

New Series

     I want to first start by explaining how I plan on sharing the miraculous, wonderful, life changing/threatening, works of God in these past three months. My plan is to have two separate Journal Entry Series. One Series sharing with you the stories of the previous season of my life and the other Series sharing with you the current season and other content like poem breakdowns and announcements. There are many things I believe God has in store for this website that I hope to steward in the seasons to come, one of which being a webshop. If you look at the corner of your screen you will see a shopping cart, it currently does nothing because I have not released the shop yet, but I am looking to release it sometime in the near future. I wanted to have the cart icon appear (though useless) because I want to stir curiosity in those viewing my website. Something that showed of great power on outreach is the currency of curiosity. When one was curious about God and asked questions it caused them to have a much deeper revelation of who God is and allowed us to help convey who God is because curiosity let down the walls of their heart that usually stood strong in the way of their fleshly desires to remain like the world. Strong comparison to just being curious about a shopping cart icon but I had to share just a little about outreach in this entry. 

Next Season

     The next season of my life is to stay with YWAM. Though I just returned home on the 20th of march, I will be taking a plane back to Kona, Hawaii to attend a Secondary YWAM School called School of Worship (SOW). SOW is the direction I feel God has called me in. The main focus of SOW is to learn and understand the heart of worship. SOW's main focus is on the musical side of worship. alongside understanding what the heart of worship is I will also be learning how to use the gifts God has given me to worship and lead others in worship like through song writing, playing the violin, and composing music. To be honest I am not otherwise fully aware why I am to attend this school, but I know it is the direction the Lord has called me in so I know it is of his will and is best for me. Like Paul said "We know in part because we see in part", I do not know fully my purpose or what God has in store for me, but I know the next step to take and in 10 years it may all make sense, though currently can be confusing. There is a quote that says "life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forward", this could not be more true. If I look back at times I did something that I did not understand but in obedience to God, I have seen that it is always for a greater purpose than I could see in the moment. To those of you who are obeying and it does not make sense I just want to encourage you to just keep pushing on because God rewards obedience and if you do not see that reward on earth there will be an even greater one waiting for you in heaven. 

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