Home from DTS

I am so excited to have graduated from my DTS. I have such a sense of accomplishment. I have put so much of my time and energy into discovering God, discovering who I really am through God, discovering God's plans for my life, and so much more. Although, through my excitement I am still sad to have to say "goodbye" to my friends who have become my family. I am planning on visiting the people that will be in Wisconsin, but for those who live father away - well, I am sad that I will not see them until God has our paths cross again. Tomorrow I have to say "goodbye", and I HATE goodbye's - I'd rather say "See you later", because at least with "see you later" there is a feeling of hope that you will see each other again sometime soon. I can honestly say that I love everyone I did my DTS with, as well as my wonderful leaders and staff.

I am so excited to go on with my life. I plan to do a School of Worship (SOW) through YWAM in the fall of this year. Where I plan on being away from home for 3 months and then for about another 3 months I plan to do an outreach. School of Worship is much like a Discipleship Training School (DTS) but it is focused on worship and intercession/prayer. After I do a SOW, which will be about a year from now, I do not know what I will be doing or where I will be going. I am just trying to take one day at a time. That is one of the many things that God has shown and taught me during this DTS.

By the way, tonight for my graduation I helped do vocals for worship. But before then I was feeling so completely stressed out. I had to help plan for the graduation and I had no idea why I was stressing about it so much. But it was AWESOME because after singing half of a song for worship I felt so at peace. It is so AMAZING how when you focus on God, how He takes all of your worries/stresses away.

GOD IS SO INCREDIBLE! :o)

DTS outreach: HAITI

In Haiti from February 5 - 28, 2007

well i am in Haiti now. we are 1 hour ahead of CST. we rode in a really nice bus from the Dominican Republic, then it broke down so we had to switch buses... which was just a little less nicer. then once we crossed the boarder... it went really fast and they were supposed to check our luggages, but since we are missionaries, they told us that they were not going to check our luggages. and also everyone was able to get their visa's without any problems (thank God). :o)

as we were driving into Haiti, I noticed that there was an obvious difference in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti. Haiti not as clean, has less color (everything seems to be gray, whereas in the D.R. everyone is wearing bright colors), and there is obvious poverty. it is really humid here and they say that we are staying in the most beautiful place in Haiti... which is awesome. :o)

on Saturday we are going to the beach, then the next week we are going to a waterfall, and the next one we are going back to the beach. i am really enjoying my time on this outreach, but i really miss all of you. i am excited to come home, but i just don't want to forget all of the things that God has taught me and I also don't want to fall back into my old habits. (you can pray that i don't fall back into old habits - if you wish).

i hope that when i do come home that you will all be able to see that i am a different person and that i am different in a good way.

well, that is all that i am going to write for now. please continue to pray for our team as we are in this "gray" country. also pray against any attacks that the enemy (Satan) has on this country, our team, and anything else that you can think of.

thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

DTS outreach: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

In the Dominican Republic from January 21 - February 5, 2007

Things are going great here in the Dominican Republic. We stay here until February 5th, which we will then take a bus through the mountains to Haiti. Please be praying for our team as we travel. I have good news... everyone is here with us on our team. Mandy - one of the staff members was not able to come with us to Trinidad because she did not have the finances, but she is with us now. She got here about 12 hours after we had arrived. Then Bodo was did not have her visa for the Dominican Republic (DR) in time, so she got accepted on Thursday and then she arrived here yesterday afternoon. It is so great to have all of us together again. God is so faithful!

God is doing so much in my heart as I am getting out of my comfort zone and ministering to people that I tend to be shy around, such as: prostitutes, orphans, people in a Leper colony, etc. We are ministering to many many more people. God is so amazing at the way he is using our team and also with me. I have been giving Shelby, a 14 year old girl who came with her brother and sister - because their mom is doing her DTS outreach, voice lessons for about a month or 2, and now her sister and brother want me to give them voice lessons. Then Tisha, a woman from California - who came to join us on our outreach, found out that I have been giving voice lessons and so now she wants me to give her voice lessons. Then we were singing worship songs in Spanish and English, and Shelby brought up the topic of voice lessons to a 16 year old boy - Ben... so now I might be giving him voice lessons during free time until I leave the Dominican Republic. Then just the other day, Shelby was helping her sister sing better. It is so awesome how God is using me to bless others. :o)

I thank God that I can wash my laundry in a washing machine - but I still have to hang it out to dry. I am also learning Spanish and I am beginning to develop a passion for the language. As every day goes by, I love this country more and more. I would love to come back some day and stay for longer than a a couple of weeks, but we will see what God wants. :o)

I would love to tell you stories and stories of what God has been doing, but I don't have enough time on the computer. Please keep out team in your prayers, because the enemy is always lurking around every corner - trying to trip us (not only our team - but everyone) and make us fall.

DTS outreach: TRINIDAD

In Trinidad from January 1-21, 2007

So as you all know I am in Trinidad. The plane ride and everything went smoothly. Thank God! This las week we did some team building exercises and also talking on unity. Mark - the staff member that was working with us, was full of compliments. We as a group have struggled with UNITY - so for me it felt really good to hear all of his compliments. :o)

On Saturday the YWAM base had a movie night and there were about 100 kids from the age of 4-18 years old. It started at 4pm - 9pm. we played games with them (volleyball, basketball, soccer, and supervised the trampoline) and we also did crafts with the kids. It was so much fun, and surprisingly I couldn't feel the muscle pain from things I had don't within the past couple of days. I had a lot of fun playing with the kids and loving on them. :o)

Yesterday we spoke at a church on UNITY and also did a short skit yo show how we can be unified and how we are called to lift one another up in Christ. It was so awesome! Then after church we went to the beach. :o)

I am enjoying the 80 degree plus weather along with getting a nice tan. I am learning many things such as doing my laundry by hand. The people here in Trinidad are very nice and warm/ friendly. They always greet you with a smile and i love it.

well, I only have a 1/2 hour, so i need to get going. I don't know when i will be able to get back online -so God bless you all!

A New Year - 2007

New Year - 2007

Hello everyone,

Well, I leave for the Caribbean in the early morning (tomorrow), therefore I pray that you all have a safe and Happy New Year! :o) I am not planning on using the Internet much while I am away. Therefore, I hope you understand if I don't reply to e-mails very quickly. I am looking forward to spending time in the Caribbean and meeting new people, but I will miss you all. Therefore, please pray for me ... pray for strength, safety, and good health. I look forward to sending you pictures of the places that I will be heading to, and I also look forward to writing you all and telling you of what God is doing.

Well, I need to go pack.
I love you and like I said earlier ... I will miss you.

Love in Christ,
Becca :o)

** HAPPY 2007 **