Here's the latest:
I have a visa and thank you Jesus that it came so fast!!! The next step is to buy a plane ticket!
Lectures start June 28, which means I have a few weeks left before I cross the pond!
I still need monthly financial partners who will be willing to start giving in July. If you feel led to be one of these partners send me an e-mail. I would love to meet with you and answer any questions that you might have.
I'm going to be sharing at Evangelical Covenant Church on June 27th at the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services. I will also be available to answer questions at that time.
Blessings,
Christi
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Support Letter
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I am writing you to share with you my heart for the ministry and training that God has laid out for me to pursue. I was privileged enough to have participated in a short term training school last year, and since returning to Lafayette, God has made it very clear that I am to return to Youth With A Mission (YWAM) located in Perth, Australia and join staff full time. A passage of scripture that God has used to encourage me is Jeremiah 1:4-19 where God calls Jeremiah into ministry even though he was young. God has used this and other things to confirm his desire for me to spend my next two years committed to his purposes at YWAM Perth.
I am committing two years of service in YWAM Perth. During this time I will be on staff, hopefully staffing two Young People Discipleship Training School’s (YPDTS) and completing a leadership school that will run in conjunction with staffing. Upon returning to Perth in late June I will jump right in to staffing and continue to learn and grow in a place where I will have many opportunities to expand my knowledge, be encouraged and to grow deeper in my relationship with God. During the time that I am not staffing the YPDTS I will be assigned a position in a ministry located on base to support the overall ministries of the base. While on staff, I will participate in all base activities such as weekly times of worship, intercession, shared meals, evangelism, staff meetings, times of fellowship, chores, accountability, attend weekly leadership lectures and work through a journal for a quarter of each year.
At the same time, I will be preparing and being equipped to staff the YPDTS that I was blessed to be a part of last year. This school begins in January with three months of student training. During the lecture phase of staffing a school I will participate in all base activities while attending the students lectures, planning school activities, school staff prayer times, leading a small group of girls, and meeting with each of those girls weekly for a time of prayer and processing. The lecture phase is followed by three months of outreach to the nations. During this potion of staffing a school I will be co-leading a team into a different nation and working with local churches and helping wherever there is a need. Throughout the whole school I will be making disciples and sharing my faith with these students, while working with them in a variety of different ministry opportunities. I am very excited to come alongside the students in their faith, encourage them in their walk and give them opportunities to grow. I am preparing for a very busy two years filled with lots of personal growth.
I am praying for a support team during this time. If you feel lead to be a part of this team please jump right on board. I am in need of a solid prayer team and finances throughout the whole two years. My need consists of a few different numbers about $3,800 to get me there, $450 a month during both years, and $10,000 for the outreaches when I will lead teams out into the nations. My hope is that if you feel lead to be a financial/prayer supporter that you understand that through you and I working together God’s work is getting done!!! All special gifts may be sent to Evangelical Covenant Church with my name attached. If you would like to be a monthly supporter please let me know the amount you would like to pledge by phone or e-mail, this is all tax deductible. I am planning to leave in the end of June or beginning of July to make it there by the beginning of my leadership lectures, it would be great if you could contact me by the end of May that would be very helpful.
I’m going to be sending out updates through Facebook, and I’m going to be keeping a running blog of my experiences too. You can find my blog at http://christianarose.blogspot.com/. Let me know if you’d like to know more or would like to meet with me, I would love to share with you. I hope and pray that you will be encouraged and inspired by hearing what God is going to be doing on the other side of our world, as I will be to tell you! Also since we are a team I hope that you will send me prayer requests and updates in your life so that I may also lift you up in prayer as well.
Abundant Blessings in Christ,
Christi Hawkins
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