This is my last week here in YWAM LA. So many amazing things have happened here at the base. For landscaping I built the composting sections in our Aquaponics farming area. We are still fine tuning our tangible missions (aquaponics) to bring a self-sustaining farming system to 2nd & 3rd world nations that don't have the soil to grow produce in their countries. "If you give a man a fish he can eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he can eat for a lifetime." This will not only help us build a relationship with other nations, through leaving a tangible impact on different communities in the world we can also bring the love of Christ to these nations as well.

I also got to attend an international missions festival held at C.O.T.H.(Chapel of the Hill) in Sunland/Tujunga where our YWAM LA create track and a traditional Jewish dancers entertained us. There were also booths of the different missionaries around the world supported by C.O.T.H. and to invite other to share in supporting the different ministries in other countries. What an amazing day learning about what is going on in Japan, Romania, Spain, Panama, USC, and church planting. There is something so amazing that happens when we give what we have been blessed with to use it for something so much bigger than ourselves to partner with those making an impact globally :)

On November 17,2012 several of the DTS students and myself volunteered with Praxis (Christian Assembly Men's ministry) to get involve with our local community and help at one of the local middles schools Florence Nightingale Middle School. We spend 6 hours doing a variety of things, we had 6-7 diffent groups of Men doing different projects, from painting, sprucing up the gardens and replacing rail ties. It was so much fun working and building friendships with the Men from CA and being involved with a local church to help the community. What an awesome group of guys.

Lastly my final project here with YWAM LA has been working in the tree lot raising money for the base so we can not only bless our community but also put funds toward our tangible missions and other vehicles ans things the base needs to be sustaining. The tree lot is an amazing opportunity for us as a missions organization to get involved with the community and care for not only the tangible needs of those around us but also the spiritual need of those who need to be comforted and someone just to listen :) On the weekends our outreach teams come out to raise money for their special project overseas. What a blessing to be able to connect with out community on so many levels, wow!!! God sure does amazing things. I will be here until Dec 19 when I head home for Christmas. I look so forward to connecting with some of you before I leave for Costa Rica Jan 3. Thank you so much for reading my blog and for those of you who are praying for me you are such a blessing I will be posting again in the New Year. God bless :)

I can't wait to come back on staff here next September and see what I have been called here to do. Thank you YWAM LA you have been such a blessing to me and in the transformation I have noticed since I have been here. I will miss you all!!! Goodbye for now see you all soon :)

The arrival to YWAM LA to see what is in store. At my arrival I am so ex-tactic to meet so many new faces. Not only am I arriving but the Transformation DTS for the fall quarter is arriving as well.

This is a little to the base. I have been pretty busy with daily duties I haven't gotten around to taking more pics of the base. Nonetheless it was an amazing arrival. The first 2 days I was here, God confirmed that I am heading where He is leading me and to just trust ans wait on Him. I absolutely love the community here. I am so blessed to be around and apart of such amazing young people with a heart for the city of LA, the nations and to see them grow deeper in relationship with God. Ooooh so good :)

The first picture is of the other 5 mission builders that are here on the base, and we help with maintenance, landscaping, and special work duties. from left do right (Simon, Sabrina, David, Theresa, and Nicole) What an awesome group mission builders with hearts to serve both the base, staff, and students. I work landscaping, lunch prep during the week. I have been so blessed to clean up the base by trimming Palm trees, pruning/hedging plants, cutting down trees and serving lunch. We even had time to go to church on Saturdays and Sunday mornings. Our worship time from 8:30-9:30am Mon, Tues, and intercession (to pray on behalf of those who need prayer and what God has place on our hearts to pray for) Thurs, Fri I absolutely love this part of the day where we come humbly before such and amazing, gracious and mighty God. Who made a way for the DTS students to be fully paid up by providing $11,000 by the end of Friday Oct. 19. Manhattan Beach

I think that after 5 days of serving around the base for the first week, and blessed to enjoy a heat wave Cali style....It only seemed fitting to go to the beach and hangout with 2 DTS students and 3 mission Builders. I got to check-out the little museum they had on the pier which was awesome :) Just so everyone knows I have been blessed with the opportunity of helping with the YWAM LA Christmas tree lot this year and will be home Dec. 20th. Love you all, serving for His glory, Joshua

To YWAM LA I left for YWAM LA Friday Sept 28th from YVR. After finally waiting for my invite letter so just in case I needed it to go through customs just in case. I had an interesting time going through Immigration, I got swabbed down, then my shampoo, toothpaste, and shower gel were oddly confiscated because they were too big. Nonetheless I was allowed to go through to customs. (unfortunately it's not a great idea to take pictures going through immigration or customs....dang it ;p) Any how I ended up needing that invite letter. Wow does God ever work his timing perfectly :)

This is the last view of British Columbia I get to see until maybe mid December depending on the doors of opportunity that do open up here in LA.

This is the view I got from the plane at 37,000 feet in the air. The view on top of the clouds is so absolutely breath-taking I couldn't stop staring out the window.

looking at this view I thought I was flying over snow on a beautiful sunny day. Then I realized after a 20 min. nap that I was still on the plane :) I had an amazing 2 hour flight.

This was the view from the plane as we arrived in Burbank, California at the Bob Hope Airport. What an amazing view of the local hills or Mountains as they call them here in Cali. I have met so many amazing people thus far and have had such an amazing time. God has been moving and breakthroughs are happening. The DTS students and experiencing the freedom they have never had in their lives before. The SLAM students and CSBS students are so full of wisdom and insight. I love the openness that everyone is willing to be open and share the struggles that they are going through and now one here is afraid to pray for another or in front of large group (that is one of the breakthroughs I have personally experienced). This community of brothers and sisters with a passion for LA and the nations as well as for one another is just absolutely is just amazing, encouraging, loving, compassionate, . I have experienced such amazing breakthroughs myself. Meeting so many new people and learning about so many different cultures as well as the different walks of life that the staff and students come from. We are all here with one focus to know God and make Him known. I really can't wait to see what God has in-store for me and everyone here as well. It has been an amazing week and I can't wait to see what the Holy Spirit does through all of us. Love and miss you all, serving for His glory, Joshua

Eagles Nest Ranch

In these pictures is the main building where the office, nurses station, Chapel (dining hall) serving area, kitchen, and staff sleeping areas. Most of my time was spent in the kitchen making breakfast and lunch :) the other picture is by the horse coral where for the first 2 weeks before going into the kitchen for breakfast I had some very interesting conversations with those critters =D

this picture is of the yellow tower where I spent the first 2 weeks taking the campers off of the zip-line which was an awesome way to meet and hangout with the campers and build friendships with them. Was the coolest part, now had I known I was going to blog this I would have totally taken more pics =o oops lol.

This is the top part of the amphitheater where we had campfire Sunday-Thursday nights after chapel. The most favourite skit by far was bus stop. There were so many laughs and good times had here :) like before I have come to realize I take a lot of unimportant pictures lol.

My adventure at Eagles Nest Ranch

On July 4,2012 I embarked on a journey with God and on my way to YWAM LA, I was blessed to be able to travel 22 hours by bus to Medicine Hat, Alberta. I wasn't really sure what to expect and what God had planned for me.

I was amazed at how beautiful Alberta really is and the vastness of farm land as well as how breath taking the sunrise was. We reached Calgary at 6am in the morning on July 5th. Coming from British Columbia to another province of my own, I just committed my Albertan adventure into God's had to do his will and follow my commander. At 8am I boarded my next bus going from Calgary-Medicine Hat via Lethbridge and was kindly ask why I had taken the long way to Medicine Hat, so I just said I wanted a scenic tour of southern Alberta and enjoyed my travel. Finally after 6 hours from Calgary to Medicine Hat, I was greeted by my brother in Law who picked me up an drove me out to Eagles Nest Ranch 45 minutes south east of Medicine Hat a.k.a. "The Hat". Eagles Nest is in Dunmore, Alberta 20 minutes from Elkwater which I would find the best ice-cream :)