the epic garage sale.

So, this post is very late. I think this event was at least 6 weeks ago already, but since it was so epic, I wanted to still share it. I dont even know if anyone reads this much now that Im home...

Okay, so I have been an extremely pathetic blogger. I actually didnt realize anyone really read my blog until I got back home 2 weeks ago and people keep saying things like "I feel like I know you,...

bye London town.

So in 1 day I say goodbye to London...this part of outreach is done. We ve already said most of our goodbyes and as usual, I got too attached to people and had a really hard time with this. They...

London photos

sight for the 2012 OlympicsThe girls! Here are a few quick pictures of my London outreach!! My time here has been amazing. Lots of ministry that I have loved...unfortunately no photos of that. Our...

LoNdOn....

greetings from London!!Its been almost 2 weeks now since I attempted to board the plane in Perth to come here to London, only to be told that my flight had been unexplaineably cancelled. And yes,...

27...

So...this week I celebrated my 27th birthday. 27. Officially cant get away with saying Im in my mid twenties anymore ;) apparently weve moved on to late...so strange!!! But each year of walking...

one season over.

Okay, so we are in week 11 of the FCM. Week 11. I feel like I just got here, but next week is the final week of lecture phase here in Perth. Why is it that just as I start to settle in and open up...

An uplifting study session... ;)

Courtney and I enjoying an afternoon at a local coffee shop. We had to laugh when we noticed our very depressing topics of book choice. In our defense, they were for our research project. this is...

on Saturday...

So, as a Counseling school, we leave for outreach to London and Cambodia in 4 weeks, and have roughly a million dollars to raise before then (slight exaggeration). We are trusting God to do it, as...

Loved.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love...." Jeremiah 31:3

Blessed.

staff/students of FCM 2011So again I must apologize for being so slack in the update area. I really am trying, but between morning chores, worship, class, 1 on 1’s, work duty, small groups,...

Australia.....

Okay so I thought its probably time to update, sorry for being so slack. So Ive been in Perth, Australia for a whole week now and am feeling pretty settled in...Loving being back in the Australian...

a little bit of Tauranga life...

Heres a few photos of Tauranga so far. I got to teach Inductive Bible Study to a group of dts ers, and it was so much fun! Ive never experienced a group of students before who caught on to the...

teaching tomorroww.....

So tomorrow I teach Inductive Bible Study here in Tauranga at the Marine Reach base. Please pray for me, Im very nervous! and pray for them....for open hearts and being receptive to learning this...

outreach = over.

So, its with mixed emotions that I inform you that our Pacific outreach is completed. We had a great time...many ups and downs but mostly ups :) I learned SO much as it was my first time leading a...

Update from Samoa :)

Talofa lava from Samoa!Our team arrived here in Samoa about 2 weeks ago. I haven’t updated until know because, quite frankly, there wasn’t much to say that would’ve been positive and I didn’t want...

1 week left in Fiji!

thanks for all the prayers, things are going good here in fiji. we moved to Suva which is a bigger city. we have been so blessed by the people here (and fed very well :) lots of teaching, and thats...

Team Pacifica Update!!

We arrived in Fiji last Monday and were welcomed by the current leaders of YWAM Vunayasi which is about 10 to 15 minutes away from the city of Nadi. We had a warm welcome from the Vunayasi staff,...

let the teaching begin...

So today i taught Bible Overview for the first time to the most precious group of Fijian women at a church on the top of the most beautiful mountain. Gods presense was so strong and that made the...

Fiji :)

So Im here!! dont have long but just wanted to update that I arrived here safe and sound. We are staying at a very random village in the middle of nowhere with a pet goat...it is extremely random....

Goodbye Kona...hello Oahu.

So I left Kona on Thursday. Packed up my apartment, handed back the keys, sold my moped, said what felt like a thousand goodbyes, and got on the plane. It was sadder than sad. But also exciting. We...

Outreach team

I leave for Fiji on outreach in 1 and a half weeks!! I’m getting excited but also nervous of the unknown…Here is a picture of my outreach team. From left: Mike, Catherine, Simon, Jill and me.We’d...

2 Peter/Jude

teaching.... my fan club Anna and Janice Thank you to all who prayed for me while I prepped for 2 Peter and Jude. I learned a lot and actually had a lot of fun. Even though i didnt feel as prepared...

Home sweet home

our room bathroom kitchen living room kitchen view from the living room...its a rough life. This blog post is for my sisters. They were wanting to be able to visualize where I live. So now that Ill...

Is it June yet?

So I think May has been one of the most challenging months of my life, in every way possible. To those of you who read my blog, I’m asking for prayer.I teach 2 Peter and Jude in less than 2 weeks....

Life...

So I’ve been informed by various family members that I’m lame because I hardly update my blog anymore… to the point where you don’t even bother checking it! J (Neil) This IS a crisis. So here’s my...

Spring Break

Spring break is here. Its been an amazing semester, so hard so many times but so good. Learning so much. Had my last small group with my 3 girls today...as of next quarter we will no longer have...

Kauaii

my lovebeautiful sceneryloved these baby chickens everywhere!Ben invited me to the beautiful island of Kauaii for his good friends wedding on the weekend. So we took the short flight over there and...

Snow in Hawaii??!

So Ben and I were driving a few weeks back and came across an actual snow man on the highway! It snows up on the mountain every now and then, and I guess someone mustve brought some down in coolers...

re entering the world...

sorry for my absense this last month. Ive been preparing my first big teaching on the books of Habakkuk and Obadiah.....ahhh its been a crazy, busy time but so relieved its over! I taught this...