Preparations and Sudden Changes

We are coming to the end of summer but also to the end of preparations for the France YWAM National Conference. The conference begins on Monday the 20th of August. We are excited but there is still so much to get done. We are casting our cares on God because He cares for us. All year since the announcement of our base hosting this years conference I have had this excitement, anticipation and expectation in my heart. I am hoping we are releasing this into the atmosphere as 160 YWAMers from all over France will be converging to our little town. We have had much favor with the town which is a testimony in itself. We prayed for helpers to come along side of us to help and we currently have 10 volunteers with us. Most volunteers come 1 maybe 2 at a time, this is answer to prayer.
As I reflect on all God has answered this year so far I am excited to see as I prepare to visit the USA this fall that God will be opening the doors for me where to share what I am doing and whom to meet with as I ask for prayer and financial supporters. I know He will provide in the end. I am also excited to be in Denver and to be able to share the love of God with the people in the neighborhood I will be living in. It is my key people group.
In all of this next season I will also be planning and preparing for the DTS I am pioneering this winter. Yes, we have changed the dates of the school and will be starting the DTS January 17 to July 19. Back in the spring as I was praying for the next DTS I kept feeling winter but that wasn't offered. I am learning more and more that I seem to not put much into listening to that still small voice. After a few weeks of being attacked about listening to God's voice it is always good to have God confirm that I do hear His voice and it is that simple to follow. This was just one example.
Thank you all for praying. :)

Busy!

Summer is a busy time for the base. As you can see from my last newsletter date I have been busy with guests and volunteers coming and going. I do the communication with those stopping by to visit the base. It has been so good getting to know people and realize how much we are a base that is a place of refuge and rest. How God uses us in these times to just listen or to be a part of bringing a word of encouragement into peoples lives. We are blessed to have so many people come from the nations to our small town in the South of France. Even when I mention the town to French people I have to name larger towns near-by so they know more where we are located.

Our town, St Hippolyte du Fort, is just as busy in these summer months. When my mom was here this winter she thought it was a deserted town because there were rarely people walking around in the bitter cold or at the weekly markets. In the spring, summer and fall the town has come to life. Markets are full filled with many more products and stalls than there were in the winter. Tourists flock to the south all summer. It is a season and soon the vollets/shutters will be closed and the town with go into hibernation and a slow paced life with cover us once more.