Well, I've done it again....it's been like 20 days since my last post. I don't know what to do to change that though because I've been so busy, and I'm going to be even more so as I get closer to leaving for India.
So, I just had a nice hot shower and a cup of tea, now I'm sitting in the living room surrounded by people doing their homework and listening to my friend Emily play guitar and sing :)
We did our Thanksgiving outreach this afternoon. We gave away over 200 Thanksgiving dinner boxes and turkeys! It was so wonderful to surprise people with that and just bless them!
We spent a week in Orlando, Florida for a conference and we celebrated the 50th year of YWAM! There were about 400 other YWAMers camping out with us. It was a great time of team bonding and getting to know some other YWAMers :) And I got to meet Loren and Darlene Cunningham, the peole who started YWAM!
We bought our plane tickets this past week! We leave on December 31st and come back to the states on March 7th. We also found out what teams we're going to be splitting up into....it was bitter-sweet. My team has 11 students and two staff. It's going to be good to be able to bond more with such a smaller group, but I sure am going to miss my 10 friends on the other team.
We're all starting to get excited about Thanksgiving! We are having a family dinner on Wed. night, then a bunch of people are going home for the weekend. There are going to be about 7 of us students staying here.
I have to go now, thanks again for praying!

Okay, I really need to get better about updating this thing because there's just way too much to catch up on after waiting so long. I'll do my best to remember whats happened.....
So, on Thursday Oct. 21st at RESET, one of the DTS students named Cassie, shared her testimony and afterwards they said to come forward if you want prayer. For some reason I felt like I needed to go get prayed for but I didn't know exactly what for....a couple min. later Chris said to come forward if you need physical healing, as soon as he said that I knew that I needed to get my leg prayed for (my right leg was shorter than my left one and it caused back problems and stuff), so I told Alyssa and we went out in the hall where Cassie was praying for someone else (part of Cassie's testimony is that her leg grew just a couple months ago, so I felt that God wanted me to go to her for prayer). So, Alyssa and I run out to the hall and they start praying for me.....I don't know what to say, all I know is God healed me! My leg grew!!!! Isn't that amazing?!?!? God is so good! 16 of us were physically healed that night.
God has been doing so much in my heart,and really getting to the roots of some things. It's been good but slightly painful.
Our speaker this week has been talking about pride and an "Excellent Attitude". It's been really good.
We are buying our tickets this weekend,so I should be finding out my outreach group and where we are going in India, very soon!
Please pray that I'll have an open heart to receive whatever God has for me and that I'll be able to build more good friendships. Thank you for reading, and for your prayers! God bless you

Hey y'all! I know it's been way too long, but I've been pretty busy.
Yesterday we did Front Porch, which is like a mini VBS for kids in the neighborhood. I got to help with the worship! The kids are so sweet! I felt like I was back in Costa Rica :)
This morning we went to a church to pray and set up for a worship service called RESET, that we go to every Thursday night. After praying for a while one of the church leaders said he felt like we needed to pray for someones left foot. There were two girls in our group who were having pain in their left feet. We all prayed for them, then they ran around the sanctuary without any pain! It was amazing!!! Another amazing thing is, that as we were leaving a friend of mine told me that while we were praying she started praying words she didn't know! She got her prayer language! The funny thing is, it happened in a Presbyterian church... Ha ha :) God is good!
We have the afternoon off today, then we'll be going to RESET tonight.
Last night two other girls and I had a little prayer meeting in the attic, which was amazing!
This week our speaker is talking about how much God loves us, and relationships. She is an amazing speaker!

I'm going to INDIA!!!! We found out on Friday that all of us are going to India for our outreach, but we will be splitting up into several different groups. We are still praying about which country we'll be going to. India is exactly where I wanted to go! We watched Slum-dog Millionaire the other day because Chris said they do a good job of showing what the real India looks like. It was super sad, but it makes me so excited to go there!
We played soccer for a couple hours last night and then played card games :) I love the weekend! We went to a huge church this morning, now everyone is trying to finish up homework so we can celebrate Tiffany's birthday tonight.
I'm going to go play guitar now, then do some laundry....
Have a great day :)

Hey everyone! Sorry its been so long, I don't have my own computer and had to wait to go to the library...anyways YWAM has been so incredible so far! It's been less than a week and I've already been learning so much! I know more and more everyday that this is where God wants me to be.
There are 19 of us girl students and 3 boys haha :) The leaders are super amazing!!! I don't have much time now, because I have to get back for dinner, but I will try to give more details later. Thank you for your prayers!!!
-Amber

Well, my summer with Discovery Outfitters is over....but I'm about to begin a whole new adventure at YWAM!!! I leave in 19 days.

Yesterday I shared at church about what I'm going to be doing with YWAM. I had many people tell me they are praying for me and I also received about $1,500.!!! Thank you so much to everyone who committed to pray for me and those of you who gave financially! I was very blessed by all of you :)

I'll try to keep this blog updated with prayer requests and praise reports so you guys can know what's going on in my life, and be apart of this amazing journey I'm on! Thanks for your support!

Well, I must say I have the most incredible job ever! It has been so much fun and I've been challenged in many ways I didn't expect to be challenged.

This past week I went and scouted a kayak route on the Clackamas river, took a youth group rafting on the lower Deschutes, led a low ropes course, and in my spare time I hung out with friends and jumped off a 35 ft. waterfall!

Here are a few things I've learned so far this summer:

1) not to depend on other people to fill me up, but to be filled by God.

2) sometimes you just have to do things you don't want to do (thanks Matt for teaching me that)

3) not to worry about anything.....Philippians 4:6-7

4) I have a lot of pride.

5) I've grown up in a very sheltered home (which isn't a bad thing :)

6) I don't have much confidence in myself.

7) I'm a sensitive person (I'm not the only who learned that, and he learned it the hard way....)

8) I LOVE going on adventures!

9) good communication is always important.

10) being stretched out of my comfort zone isn't easy, but it's always worth it.

11) I never want to stop learning and growing.

12) words of affirmation is my love language.

13) I have so much more to learn and experience.

14) I'm a selfish person.

15) I'm scared of lots of things.

16) sleeping under the stars is one of my favorite things in the world.

17) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

18) Oregon is the most beautiful place I've ever been.

19) working hard makes me feel good.

20) laughter is is of my favorite things.

21) a cheerful heart is good medicine.

It's so good to be home for the weekend and see my family, but I miss the rest of my team a lot! They are amazing people and they are fun to work with.

Thanks so much to everyone who has been praying for me, it really means a lot to me!