Hello friends, family, and random blog readers! I started this blog in an attempt to try and keep everyone updated on what's going on in my life. So here we go!
In September of last year, after much prayer and thought, I decided to move back to Spokane Washington and go to school for Small Business Management in pursuit of my dream of owning my own coffee shop and music venue. I moved the beginning of December and began school the first week of January. On January 21st both of my grandparents were killed in a car accident and I returned to Montana to be with my family. I had to drop out of school that quarter but returned to school the beginning of Spring Quarter in April. In May I had to drop out a second time because I was unable to deal with everything going on in my life.
In June I came back to Montana unsure of what I would be doing at the end of the summer and if I would go back to Spokane or not. I had already decided that I would not return to school but had no clue what I would do. The day after I got back to Great Falls, a worship team from YWAM Lakeside at our church. It was then that things clicked for me. I prayed about and decided that I was going to apply to YWAM. For those of you who don't know what YWAM is, go here: http://www.ywam.org/contents/abo_wha_ywamexplained.htm
At first I was confused about why I would feel God leading me to go to Spokane and start school just for me to have to drop out and move back to Montana. I have come to realize that God was in fact leading me in that direction but it was for a different reason that I would have thought at first. The reason why I needed to do that was to realize that the dream of owning my coffee shop and music venue was my dream, not God's. It was only through that experience that I realized that God is not calling me to pursue that dream, He has something bigger for me. If I had not gone to Spokane and gone to school, I would still be holding onto and pursing that dream and I would be missing on what God has for me.
I have almost completed my YWAM application and hope to hear back from then within the next two weeks. I am confident that I will be accepted as I really think this was God leading in my life. There were a lot of things pushing me in that direction for several months and I finally began to listen.
Once I am officially accepted, I will begin fundraising. I will have less than two months to come up with almost $6,000!! I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I know that God does. If this is in fact, what God is calling me to, He will provide! And that is where you guys come in!!! :)
I will be sending out support letters to EVERYONE I know and in those letters will be explaining what YWAM is and what I will be doing during my five month DTS (decipleship training school, the first step in YWAM). I will asking people to help me. Yes, I will be doing the dreaded and asking for money. WIthout the financial support of friends and family, I will not be able to go. I know that the economy is not doing well and many people are feeling it but I also know that God owns "the cattle on a thousand hills" and that he will provide for me and He will also provide for every person who is obedient to Him. IF you feel that God might be speaking to you and calling ot help me out financially, please let me know and I will give you more details on how you can do that. If you don't, that's okay because there's still something you can do to help me that's even more importanat than financial support. PRAY! I can't do this without lots of prayer.
Please be praying that I will keep my eyes firmly focused on God during all of this. I have a tendency to focus on my circumstances and when I do that, I limit God's ability to work in my life. I want my goal to be to please and serve God, however he calls me to. Please for God's provision, not just financially but emotionally and spiritually as well.
Thank you for taking time to read this. If you want to know about this, please let me know and inclued you're email address or phiscial mailing address. Feel free to send me an email at lyssajane@gmail.com to ask any questions or to say anything else you'd like!!
