We had extremely blessed times with family over the holidays!
We surprised Bill’s mom for her birthday and had an early Christmas celebration together with her, Bill’s sister, brother and niece.
Then we flew to New Mexico and spent Christmas with Julia’s family. Another great time together!
Back to Work!
Bill immediately continued work after the holidays with Impact World and GX International. One church held their annual all-invite youth event in February and it was a great pleasure to bring GX to perform for them. The altar call was given and 99% of everyone there came forward, around 150 youth! Then, Coordinating continued in full force to train the volunteer teams needed to Impact Jackson County, Kansas. The tour was a big, huge success! There were five shows in five days in Hoyt and Holten, Kansas. It was great to see the people in the area united and working so hard together and even though the three Catholic churches were not officially on board we had several members of their leadership involved with the volunteer committees. Never had there been such an unprecedented display of community working together for Jesus! The bar had been raised. Julia spent the week with Bill in Holten as prayer support and helped transport some IWT equipment. The Gospel was preached to 2,467 and 746 decisions were made to commit their lives to Jesus! Many, many more went unrecorded. Bill was also able to use his tech skills to work the lights for one of the Team Xtreme shows and is now working to help put together outreaches for Southern Johnson County, Kansas which will take place this Fall. Please, much prayer is needed as this is one of the most wealthiest counties in the country. We are projecting to reach 40,000 people with the Gospel of Jesus during our time there.
Not many left in the stands during the altar call!
Julia jumped right back in with GX International in keeping and sending out staff notes for meetings and leading the GX Women’s Bible study that meets once a week. On top of that she has been asked to do office time management consulting with the staff. The process began just before the recent outreaches and will continue now that everyone is back.
It was a difficult winter for Julia as she was sick a lot with the flu, sinus infection, flu again and allergies! Now that spring is here there is a new outlook on life and the feeling of sickness is behind her! She is continuing to develop ideas for the Genesis 1-1 art ministry and the 6 Days of Creation Art Curriculum is just about ready. Please pray for open doors and direction as to where this can be used to reach out to children in the city. We also plan for it to be used at the Home of Hope orphanage in Africa. There is a team heading there the end of this month. The curriculum is designed to teach children about God’s purpose and plan for their lives as they learn about God's creation through art and creative expression. Another vision for Genesis 1-1 is to have an “Open Studio” day once a month where artists can come together to work on their art, connect, get inspired, share ideas, help one another and learn from one another. The idea is to ultimately reach out and connect with the local art community. The open studio day will be another avenue in which to share the Gospel locally but with a paint brush. Please pray as we are searching for a location to do this! We may meet at someone’s house and different locations to start.
Thank you for your prayers and support! You mean so much to us!
Love, Bill & Julia
Our wonderful hosts in Hoyt! George & Clovie
Great times of prayer and ministry after the events!
Some of Julia's recent art:
Colorful Coffee Table
Hand Painted Prom Dress
Currently working on
finishing the cow painting!
Prayer Points:
●Coordination for the Fall outreaches in Southern Johnson County, Kansas: A huge need is for volunteers! Pray many people will hear the call of God to help reach people in their community by getting involved by giving their time.
●The Days of Creation Art Curriculum for kids: Pray for the right doors to open for where this can be used to share Jesus with kids.
●Genesis 1-1 Open Studio: Pray for the right location to open up for people to be able to come together and discover Jesus through creating art together.
Partner Monthly with Otterness Missions!
GX / L3 International and IW are all ministries of Youth With a Mission. No one in YWAM receives a salary. Everyone needs to raise their own financial support. We are currently and continually looking for people who would like to be a part the ministry by partnering with us financially. If you would like to support us in this way you can do so online through l3international - Click here. All donations are tax deductible.