walk in freedom

"I will perform my vows to you, O God.
I will render thank offerings to you.
For you have delivered my soul from
death,
yes my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life."

February 2010

This past month has been incredible and I am so very thankful to be here. The staff team God has put together is so awesome and the students are really great… totally hungry to really know the Lord…it is such a privilege to walk with them in this time. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I am really really excited for what is next also!! God has been showing us where we are to go on outreach and has been confirming it to me specifically! We are splitting up into 3 teams… we are more than 30 in total… 10 staff and 21 students + 4 kids. One team will go to Haiti/Costa Rica, another to Mexico/Costa Rica, and one through Central America: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. I am on the Central America team, along with 4 other leaders and we’re so so very excited about the vision God has given us for this outreach. One of passing the torch to the other YWAM bases in Central America… reigniting and joining our flame with theirs… coming together to support, encourage and strengthen… as we work with, and support the local ministries in the communities… with a special focus and heart for the youth of Central America: calling them out and sharing with them the true living water and real, satisfying bread of life we have been given. (Isaiah 55… + 49:8-12; 50:10-11).
ALL thanks and praise to Him ----time around is completely different… not just the school in general but for me as a leader and also just as me. I am so thankful for this summer and how much He gave me and taught me. Gosh I feel like I have so much to say about too many different things…


The last week of February we had the privilege of Kenny Peavy as our speaker. He teaches on the Kingdom of God and truly living as children in the Kingdom. It was an incredible week, not just because of him and obviously all that he imparted, but we got to go to the beach for baptisms!! Thursday morning three car loads of us left at 7:30 for Manuel Antonio. We had an incredible time celebrating together the victory He has had in the lives of those who were baptised (around 12 people!) there is actually a video on Facebook; maybe I can attach the link.
One thing Kenny spoke about that really challenged me was our everyday choice to defend our reputation or to walk deeper in relationship with the Lord. Dying to ourselves daily requires choosing to live in obedience to His voice rather than according to what others think of us. In seeking Him, with the intention of listening and obeying we must realize and be surrendered to the fact that it is no longer me living for me any more, but FOR HIM! It is no longer I who live, but Christ in me! And there is such freeeeedom in not being hindered to LIVE as He desires without thought to the thoughts of others… not only does it give freedom to you, but watching others live in freedom is so contagious and inspiring for others to also live and walk in this freedom… we need to make this choice to live freely for Christ if we are going to make His love known in all the earth! Because it’s not about me! It’s about Him! And I need to die each day to myself, to my pride and my fear of failing or looking stupid because I’m going to make a million mistakes when I speak Spanish, because I am compelled by the love of Christ. I want to walk in this freedom continually and for that I need to continually seek Him and His heart for that day, others and myself. He is so good to us, and again, I am so thankful to be here. It has its challenges for sure, living in community always does… but I wouldn’t trade this time for anything! Thank you for your prayers and support!!
PS. Prayer request! We’ve started our fundraising mission for outreach! We need to raise $21,000 for the 3 separate outreaches…of which $12,000 is for the team going to Haiti! If you have any ideas for fundraising or want to help please contact me! mynameisjaymie@hotmail.com
Also we are going on a mini outreach from March 12-21st… to renew visas and also give space at the base for teams to come in… please pray for this time! Also we’re realizing how this cuts into our practical fundraising time so please pray for God’s provision and crazy inspiration for us to do the possible and him to do the impossible!




"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me His own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:12-14