We have 7 short days until the outreach is over and the students go home!

We still have to teach a worship team, lead worship in church and at the YWAM base, preach at the YWAM base, perform secular songs during the coffee bar opening hours tomorrow night! Still pretty busy!

As part of some down time and fun we were able to go to Vienna, Austria (only a 3-hour train ride away) as a team for 2 days, it was incredible, here are a couple pictures:

As we look back on the last 7 weeks and all the things we’ve accomplished; all the people we’ve spoken to; all the times we’ve lead worship and prayed for ministries and cities, it has been such a refreshing experience and we are confident that God has used us and that our students have grown.

Our time in Budapest is flying by! Here’s a look at our schedule coming up:

Monday: (am) prep (pm) metro ministry (eve) worship & preaching

Tuesday: (am) prep (pm) worship at prayer house in town

Wednesday: (am & pm) intercession at coffee house

Thursday: (am) prep (pm) metro ministry

Friday: (am) prep (pm) intercession at coffee house (eve) Coffee house open

Saturday: off

Sunday: leading worship in church

During our worship and intercession times in the coffee house we are reading the whole bible out loud! The building has such potential and when it’s open full time (not just Friday nights) they will see SO much fruit from their ministry there. It is so exciting to be a part of what God is doing, helping to lay the foundation for something that will last for years and years.

Here are some pics from the last week:

We prayed over the city at a high place where you could see everything

We play music and share testimonies for 7 hours a week in metro stations

The building are amazing, photos don't do them justice at all

We made it to Budapest safely with all of our luggage! We’ve been settling in and orientating ourselves around the city. We live about 40 mins from Rezkigyo Kavezo (The Bronze Serpent) coffee bar where we will go most week days. It is in the heart of the city and we’ll post pictures next week!

We are staying at YWAM Budapest’s ‘King’s Gate’ house which is really nice – Theron and I have our own apartment at the front of the house which the team uses for meals, meetings, and hanging out. We are loving being together without the distraction of other teams and people constantly around like on the ship. The ship was great but our team unity is already strengthening!

Please pray for the bus strike to end ASAP – it is disrupting so much of the city and as we have to get the bus everyday it is a huge inconvenience. What should have taken 20 mins when we first arrived took about 2 and a half hours! It was a crazy scene trying to get on a bus going in our direction.

This morning we played music in a busy part of town for 2 hours and the DTS team did a drama, it was pretty successful and we got to speak to a few people about Jesus

On Thursday afternoon we leave the ship and head back to Barcelona. We will sleep in the airport and fly to Budapest, Hungary early the next morning. On Friday we will officially be living on dry land again!!

Here’s a picture of our team in Spain:

A few ministry pictures from the last few weeks:

L-R Theron talking about YWAM in church; a skit at the old people’s home; our team leading worship in Spanish in a church

Christmas Day:

L-R Opening Presents; Christmas lollies and a cool hat!; playing football on the beach

The amazing sky from the boat in Palamos:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

We are currently in Girona, Spain, at a pastor’s house. 3 of our team are teaching a worship team downstairs in the main church, and later will practice songs with them to play together tomorrow in the service.

On Monday we return to an old people’s home to do another hour program singing and entertaining about 50 elderly folks.

On Tuesday we do our second street concert in the middle of Palamos – last week it brought the opportunity to tell a teenage girl what Christmas was really about, she had never heard of Jesus and had no idea the reason behind the season.

The weather has been mostly calm although yesterday the swells after a storm got the boat rocking pretty hard and we felt pretty sea sick!

The team are doing really well and we have been having worship and devotions each day. More news later

The School of Worship lecture phase ended with our last Song Cafe, last test, graduation dinner, commissioning night, and lots of hugs! All 12 of our students passed and as they shared testimonies and encouraged each other we were so proud of them, and so happy that God used us to help guide them through this school and see changes and breakthroughs in their lives. What a privilege!

Graduation Dinner

We are now in Palamos, Spain, on outreach during the second part of the school where we put into practice the things God showed us. Our students will step out in leadership and lead worship and devotions, as well as teach and preach when needed.

Our newsletter will be out soon with more info, but for now we are sitting in a cafe that has free internet drinking ‘Fanta Limon’

Thanks for praying and believing in us. We couldn’t lead this team and step out in taking on the leadership of the School of Worship without friends and family behind us. We are so blessed to be used by God in this way.

Here is the ship we’re living on: The Next Wave

Speaker Quote of the Week:

“Our passion for Jesus is the fuel for our worship.”

- Kevin Norris

Topic: Passion For Christ

UPDATE: We just checked our mail box and there was $110 in cash and we needed exactly $110 so now we are at ZERO. YEAH!!!! $2,500 came in the last few weeks and we are so blown away!! God is SO amazing!!!!

Thank you SO much to everyone who prayed and gave, we really appreciate you!!

Our tickets are booked and we leave next Wednesday!

- Pictures and updated outreach info coming soon! -