Dear Family and Friends!! 

We have now come to the end of our 12-week lecture phase for Discipleship Training School!  It's been amazing to see the heart and lives of our students change.   There were two special students whose change was so dramatic that just 3 weeks ago, they went from 'I don't want to be here' to 'yes, I want to see how God can use me on outreach'  God has held true to our theme of "Behold, all things have become new!"  Yes, we have all been changed this quarter...but it's not over!  

Our students are now going to put all that they learned about the heart of God by fulfilling the Great Commandment (Matt. 28:19-20) in the nations of Brazil, Europe (Belguim, UK, Switzerland) and my team to Thailand and Papua New Guinea.  Yes,  my friend Hansol and I will be leading a team (10 students from 3 nations) to Thailand and Papua New Guinea.  We will have the opportunity to do campus ministries, church ministries, children's ministries, open air and street evangelism in Thailand.  After 3 weeks, we'll be traveling to Papua New Guinea to partner with YWAM Medical Ship to help in their medical clinic and do children's ministry.  We also have the privilege to partner with my friend, Paeope's (my Papua New Guinean roommate from last year who's now serving at YWAM Baguio) church to minister in Port Morseby, where we'll have opportunities to work in children's homes, feeding the poor, ministering in the city's main hospital, and of course church ministry.   We then spend 10 days with YWAM Medical Ship form Townsville, Australia to provide medical and dental care to villages along PNG's coastline.  The final 8 days of ministry will be in a remote village.  There we will do house-to-house evangelism, friendship ministries while fishing, farming, cooking or doing other things for the villagers.  We will also have opportunities to organize evening worship services for the villagers.  Our team is full of excitement for the many doors the Lord has opened for ministry!!  Our theme for our team is GOD'S HEARTBEAT. OUR MISSION.  Our mission is to share, serve and love with God's heart for the people of these nations!  Our team verses are found in Colossians 3:15-19 "And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness your hearts to God.  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Would you please pray for our team?  Here are our prayer points...

1) Pray that we would function with God's heart!

2) Pray for unity in the Spirit, heart and mind.

3) Pray for safety and health.

4) Pray for open mouths (ours) to speak the truth in boldness and love!

5) Pray for many hearts to come to know Jesus' love and salvation. 

Please pray for me and my leadership.  Pray that I would fully rely on God for the next 7 weeks.  Pray that God would fill me with wisdom and understanding for what He is doing in our ministries, in the lives of those we meet and in the lives of students on my team so that I can be effective.  Pray that I would lead and guide the students in love and gentleness.  Pray that I would serve with a heart of a lamb but work like the heart of a lion.  Pray for strength and endurance.  And of course, pray what God would lead you to pray.  =)

Also, if you have any encouragement or prayers you'd like to send my way, please do by email.  I will have access at least once a week...hopefully! =) I would really appreciate it!  

Thank you so much!! I'll give you a report back when I get back to Switzerland on August 2012.  I'll try to post pics on FB along the way...  PLUS, I got some exciting news to share about what God has next for me after this Discipleship Training School. 

Below is a video newsletter of the last 2 months and what we've been doing in our school! Enjoy it! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUajT9CNTss&feature=plcp

Much love and gratitude,

Rhoda =)