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    Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers. I hope this Mother’s day finds you well and blessed. Know that you are appreciated by all but especially your children. Mom, thank you for all you do for me that goes overlooked. I cannot imagine my life without you in it.

    I want to take some time and update you all on the past few months. This spring I have been working with the Multicultural DTS. It is a group of 8 boys and 8 girls from all over the world here to do our Discipleship Training School with a bit of a twist. We spend extra time teaching our student’s how to learn and appreciate other’s cultures and to see how unique God has made every culture. We have seven eight nations represented between our students and school staff. I am the only American small group this quarter and it has been an amazing experience. This school is one of the most unique schools we have ever run. Many of these students come from a very broken past and have been basically going through a “Follower of Christ 101” course.  It has been neat to be apart of speaking truth into their lives in very basic ways. I have a small group of four girls. I am blown away at how much the Lord has done in them in this past five weeks. Many have come in with deep rooted depression, drug abuse, self image issues, as well as many other difficulties. As they learn more and more about the character of God they have opened up the door to healing in every area of their lives. In two weeks half of the school leaves for the Around the World outreach. These students will spend the next 80 days traveling from here to San Fransisco, San Fran to Tokyo, Tokyo to Mumbai, Mumbai to Mozambique, Mozambique to San Paulo, San Paulo to Bogota, and Bogota to Toronto. The focus of this outreach is to help the poorest and most destitute in the world. The other half of the school leaves in 5 weeks for Costa Rica to help in hurricane relief.It is exciting to see these students embody the principle of being “broken healers”.

    This week also marks the end of the road for our teams that our currently in the field. We have 46 students and staff returning from Panama, Thailand, and Mexico. These teams have worked in safe homes for child prostitutes, orphanages, shanty towns, feeding shelters, and slum ministries. This upcoming week we will get to hear from all of these teams about their work.

    Thank you all for your prayers and support. I am still building my financial support and am overwhelmed at how faithful God is. Thank you all for your generosity, prayers, and encouragement. Thank you for being apart of bringing HOPE to a dying world.