Summer Update!

Hey everyone!!! Sorry it has been so long since my last blog. So much has happened since Cleveland. Being in Cleveland was so good! I got to hang with Matt Scap and his family for a few weeks. We went and poured into 4 or 5 house churches that really had the same DNA that we saw on our road trip (small communities centered around the presence of God). After that I spent a week back home in South Carolina. Matt came with me and we had a blast hanging out with all of my family. It was very refreshing being blessed with the opportunity to spend some good, quality time with my family before coming out to Hawaii. I am now back in Kona, Hawaii with all of my staff members and friends. We are one big family that loves Jesus and loves seeing lives transformed. We have started staff training and it will go until the end of June. Training consists of people coming and speaking on practical tools that we can use when we are on outreach, leading small groups, to leading out one on ones. It is definitely not a waste of time like some people thought it was going to be..lol. God has really been pulling up some junk in my life in order to get it out and get healed. He is revealing selfishness and pride is a bunch of areas in my life. Be careful when you pray the scary prayers like : God humble me, or God have your way..lol. These prayers have changed my life but it comes with a price of dealing with all of your junk. No matter what kind of ugliness God is uprooting out of me, the Lord always pours a peace over me letting me know that I am right where He wants me. He is so good to us!!! Sometimes we can't see it in the moment, but He is always watching and always faithful. During this season, ( and probably the rest of my life) I am digging deep in who I am as a son of The Perfect Father. When I pray for the revelation of who I am as a son, guess what God does. He brings up areas in my life where I am finding my identity in other things other than my sonship!! lol. So, God is really doing this with all of our staff this month, and we are really going after it. It can definitely get messy at times but it is so worth it. Our students arrive July 7th. And, I have also committed to taking a team back to Cambodia!! I am SO excited about going back and I think it is just wise taking students to a place where I know the ropes a little bit. So, bless all who read this and I will be making sure to keep updating y'all during the summer. Thank you!