FULL House!

Our big family up here in Haiku just got a little bigger this weekend! The Summer D-School just returned from their outreaches to Indonesia and Bangladesh on Saturday. Despite their extreme jet lag, the teams were in high spirits and their excitement and the joy of the Lord was evident in their smiles and stories. It is always such a blessing to hear the amazing reports from the teams who are fresh off the field. It is so powerful to hear time and time again how the Lord is moving in the nations and how He never ceases to show His faithfulness to every team we send out!

The Indonesia team was quite excited to take a regular shower instead of bathing in the rivers as they spent most of their outreach in the remote jungle villages in Borneo. Although they endured a physically challenging outreach, they were blessed with the chance to witness firsthand several miracles and signs of the Lord's incredible power! They saw some people become healed and others delivered from demon possession. The main theme they speak of is how the Lord always came through for them, especially when they responded obediently to His promptings. One student recalled being full of fear and feeling unsure of what to do as he was praying for deliverance over a demon-possessed man. The Lord comforted him and instructed him as to what to do - this student totally surrendered and let the Lord fully use him as a vessel to minister to this inflicted man. Because of this act of complete obedience, the Lord was able to release this man from the powers of evil and bring him peace AND salvation!

The Bangladesh team faced intense spiritual heaviness daily due to being in a country smothered in oppression of almost every form. They stood firm in the authority that the Lord equips us with as His own. They took a stand for Christ and did not back down - knowing that they are more than conquerers because our Father victoriously conquered death! This team consistently spoke about the importance and the power of prayer and how the Lord met them in their places of brokenness. The spiritual atmosphere brought about apathy and depression among the team members, but by their prayers of faith, the Lord brought them renewed joy and a love for this country and its people.

Please pray for these students as they return home this upcoming week. It is always a pretty tough transition to return home after the intensity of outreach, especially when they may possibly be returning to a place where they will be surrounded by people who cannot relate to them or share the same excitement that they are filled with. Please pray that they will have countless opportunities to share with their communities about the things that the Lord has done in their lives and what the Lord is doing in the nations! -- Our mission field is WHEREVER we are, people EVERYWHERE need Jesus... Not just overseas! I hope and pray their ministry continues and even expands once they leave here!!!

But I have raised you up for this very purpose,

that I might show you my power and that

my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

-Exodus 9:16