Mayreau Pictures

Just some pictures from our move to Mayreau and our prayer and dedication time.

Here in Mayreau

Well we are here in Mayreau. Much has happened in the last ten days since we left home.

We had a YWAM Regional Leadership meeting in Barbados from the 17th to the 19th and it went very well. We were encouraged and we were also able to encourage others.

We flew into St. Vincent on the 20th and ferried down to Mayreau on the same day. The following day we spent from 6:30 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon prayer walking around our property on Mayreau dedicating the land to the Lord. We pounded stakes in with the fruit of the spirit written on them and we would stop and take communion at different spots. We also would symbloize cleansing of the land and annointing of the land by sprinkling water and olive oil on the different boundary markers around our cactus and thorn infested property. I think i sweated a pound or two that day. haha.

Praise the Lord there was a house that opened up for rent for Shawn, Annie, Renita and I. Its a real blessing right now. We do have water by rainfall. We have about 1,000 gallons right now so please continue to pray fo rain to fall on Mayreau. It is a nice three bedroom house. This really was a testimony for us of how the Lord provides. Renita and I came with a tent and a camp stove in our luggage beacuse we were not sure whether a house would open up for rent or not. Praise God he is our Provider!

We also got to speak in the church here on Sunday which was awesome! We each shared a little bit and we really felt the excitement of the church. The Lord is moving!

We tried fishing last night for our dinner. Unfortunately we only caught three fish and only one was really big enough to really eat. We still very much enjoyed our evening.

There is a lot going on right now on the mainland concerning our shipment of the container and truck for the building project so we appreciate your prayers for the details to be sorted out with the government officials concerning it.

Renita and I are doing great. The Lord is greatly encouraging us in this time. Continue to lift us up in your time with the Lord as it is greatly appreciated. We love being here in Mayreau and we are so blessed to see with our eyes how the Lord is so greatly moving in Mayreau!!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Wow three more days till Renita and I fly out!!...

This past two months being home went by so fast and yet were so meaningful and refueling. Seeing family and friends has been very meaningful for Renita and I.

We did get a lot accomplished while we were home. As many of you know Renita and I are moving to Mayreau in 4 days and with that comes a decent amount of work like building our house and having to get all of our supplies there. We do have a building committee team that has really helped Renita and I with the building of the base. Ron Weaver aka Papa Weaver has really given a lot of his time to helping us get a container loaded and ready for shipping as well as a truck. We have really worked hard the last two months with all of this and with Gods grace those two items will arrive on Mayreau in a month and we will be able to unload and focus on setting things up for our work teams in July and august.

Well since we have been home we also have been able to do things like set up a YWAM St. Vincent and the grenadines website, this doesnt mean that the site is functioning yet but we are slowly chipping away at that. We also got the accounting set up for the base and Renita is being mentored on how to run quick books. We as a ministry team (Bill and Val Landis, Annie Bobb and us) sat down for a couple days and sought the Lord for more vision and direction which lead to creating our Vision Statement, objectives and goals for the next five years as a mission. This was so helpful for us as we can now more clearly see what God is trying to do with YWAM SVG.

The next step is leadership meetings in Barbados for 4 days (may 16th-20th) and then we have a prayer and dedication time on site in Mayreau. And then from there on out we are putting our hand to the plow i guess you could say in lots of different ways. Our primary objective this year is to really focus on building relationships in Mayreau's small 250 person community with which includes aout 50-60 kids under 15. We are also going to be building our first staff house in July and August of this year and we are thinking about sending another team down in the winter of 2011 depending manpower and resources. So we really appreciate your prayers. There is a lot going on and sometimes if i really step back and think about all that is really going on i have to look up and say "Lord this is Yours because you know i cant in myself" So please be encouraged that The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob is alive and moving in the earth. His heart is to set the captives free so pray that just that will happen. His Kingdom Come, His will be done on earth as it is in heaven is what i think Jesus told his disciples to pray. Thank you for following us on our blogsite. Any e-mails or words for us just e-mail us at thelapps@hotmail.com. Be blessed!