Back in Mexico

It was once weird to think of Mexico as home for me. But it truly has become like a second home. I will always love Canada and I will always carry it around in my heart. But I have grown more and more in love with Mexico. It may be because the people are super nice, or the food is amazing, I don't really know.
I have been back for almost 2 weeks and as you know I am preparing for the Bible school coming up. There are many new faces around base. A new DTS started in June which is exciting for the base. This September is going to mark a major moment in YWAM and for YWAM San Diego Baja. This year is the 50th anniversary of YWAM and we are having a celebration here in Tijuana. Many people are coming from around the world to celebrate with us and I am looking forward to it.
We are also running our very first Leadership Training School (LTS) here in Tijuana. The LTS is meant to train people how to be godly leaders. There will be over 70 students in the school and if you add their kids that means there will be about 100 people here in Tijuana for the LTS. That means that for every meal there will be between 150 to 200 people eating on base!
God has really been working here. When I first came in 2009 there was only 20 people at dinner for a few months but now it's odd to have less than 50. God has been exploding His ministry here and I am excited to see what He will do next. Thank you all for your support and prayers! God Bless and please remember to pray for us in the future!

The Bible

As you read this I believe the majority of you have a love for the Bible. As a Christian I have the responsibility to read and study the Bible. I often read the Bible as a kid (mostly because my father, a pastor, made me)but I never really got a lot out of it. I would skim the pages in search of something for me, for then the moment. I used to think the Bible was boring and not interesting.
Now that I am an adult and I'd like to think more mature, whenever I read the Bible I read it because it is the word of God. I don't read it looking for a message or to see what God has for me now, in the moment but I read it simple because it is the Word of God. The Bible is inspired by God and I know that as Christians we often complain when we haven't heard God in awhile. I have complained that God has been silent in times when I have needed Him but what I didn't realize or fully understand is that there is an entire book full of the words of God. Those words are relevant and can speak to you in any circumstance. All I need to do is study them, read them, and do them. If the Bible is inspired by God then I should be reading the Bible for direction and growth. Of course God can speak outside the Bible but lets not forget the 1000s of years that God has spent putting together His word in one book for the benefit of us His followers.
I read the Bible today not to see what God has for me but simply because I want to hear His voice. To listen to His word and to spend time with Him. I want to read the Bible because it's inspired by God who created the world, all living beings. Who wouldn't want to read a book created by the creator of all things. He authored everything else so why not read the Bible. Their is a grand and exciting story in the Bible and I pray that I myself and all of you would have a larger passion for the word of God.