The Holy Spirit

"It really is an astounding truth that the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. He lives in me. I do not know what the Spirit will do or where He'll lead me each time I invite Him to guide me. But I am tired of living in a way that looks exactly like people who do not have the Holy Spirit of God living in them. I want to consistently live with an awareness of his strength. I want to be different today from what I was yesterday as the fruit of the Spirit becomes more manifest in me. I want to live so that I am truly submitted to the Spirit's leading on a daily basis. Christ said it is better for us that the Spirit came, and I want to live like I know that is true. I don't want to keep crawling when I have the ability to fly."
- Francis Chan


But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.
1 Corinthians 14:24&25

This something God has been teaching me the whole time in Honduras, and to this day he is teaching me. To stand to the power and to be made new in the Holy Spirit of God.
God gave me these wards today. The way God works blows my mind.

Remember

Today as you walk through life, preach the gospel everyday; if necessary use words
- Francis of Assisi
remember all God has done over the years in your life. We love a BIG GOD!

God has taken me all over the world

It is so humbling to see were God has called me. Over the years to share his love and power to his people.

Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 1 Corinthians 7:17

I am always in awe that God has called me to deeply love people all over the world. Because I am so unworthy, but if the God of the universe says GO how can you say no? and like my mother has always told me God dose not call the equipped but he equips the called.
GOD IS GOOD!!!!

More to come!

These storys are from the trip I was just on to Honduras. There are going to be more soon. I can not wait to sher the many ways God worked, and touched my heart.
ALL glory to our holy and big God !!!!!!!!!

we"re hoooooome!!

we’re hooooome!!

13 Jan

Party in the USA!! We’re home!!

Friends and fam, glory to the Father! We’ve made it home!! We started at 9am this morning, had emotion-filled goodbyes to our new best friends in Honduras, flew to Miami, almost missed our Miami flight to DFW because we were enjoying eachother’s company so much (woops!), and made it home safely to DFW right on time… God is so good! We are a changed people by the work of the Spirit. We have tasted and seen that HE IS GOOD. We have been entrusted with SO much and have SO much to tell! We look forward to telling you personal testimony to what we have seen, what we have heard, and what we now KNOW concerning our God and Father. You have played a HUGE part in our experience and we are FOREVER thankful for YOU and the way you’ve supported us, prayed for us, and praised God with us for what He’s done and is doing.

There is much more detail to update, and that WILL happen soon.. but we just wanted to let you know that we’re back to Dallas safely! Pray for Josh as he flies back to CO tomorrow, and for the rest of the team driving back to Tyler and then home tomorrow as well.

More to come soon! We love you! Glory to the FATHER through JESUS alone!
the woods honduras team

Best last day...SO sad to leave

best last day… SO sad to leave

12 Jan

Hola friends and family!
We’ve made it safely back to Cofradia — praise the Lord! Our day was precious and so fun… the perfect weather, sweet sweet time with our campers, and solid debrief time with our own team as well as the Hondurans. It was SO hard to see our campers drive away on the bus… but we had to remind ourselves, mid-tears, that we are simply the ones who get to plant and water seeds… and we FULLY TRUST our God to grow those kids and continue to draw them to Himself.

The fun surprise of the day was waiting for us when we got back to Cofradia. We pulled up, and as we got off the bus we were greeted by people of the church, some dressed in traditional latin dress, cheering for us Pine Cove style. We walked into the church and plated tables were waiting for us… with candle centerpieces and everything! They did a little (HILARIOUS) drama for us, we ate, learned how to dance, and got to hug the necks of the people we’ve fallen in love with while we’ve been here. It was goodbye for many of them, a few we’ll see tomorrow morning before we leave for the airport. We are SO SO blessed by the relationships and friendships that God has given us here… we are literally grieving as we leave them. However, we are excited to see yall when we’re back… there is LOTS of processing to do between now and then, so we can give you full yet concise (is that possible? haha) details on all the things we’ve seen God do here. We are SO excited to testify to His work!

We leave tomorrow (Thursday) at 9am to go to the airport, depart time is 2:10… and then be back home by tomorrow night — another update then! I really am so sorry that these are getting shorter and shorter… but know that Friday there is going to be some major blogging going on… and hopefully a TON of pictures (we have over 1500 to choose from!… woops! haha!)

We love you and are VERY thankful for the way you’ve faithfully prayed for us and supported us as we’ve been here. Please keep praying as we travel, debrief, process, and walk where God takes us! We love you!

because of the grace given us by JESUS,
the woods honduras team

Last full-day of camp...soaking it up!

last full-day of camp… soaking it up!

11 Jan

Hola and Happy Tuesday!

Wow, today has been an INCREDIBLE day – SO full of the Spirit and of SWEET SWEET time with the kids! It was our last full day here at camp, tomorrow (Wednesday) the kids leave at 1:00ish and we’ll leave in the later afternoon. We have been trying our best to be faithful processors of all that God is doing here – processing individually, seeking God’s Word, praying, and talking with eachother, and are excited for the time we’ll have tomorrow afternoon to process more…. But we are so so sad to think that these kids are leaving! It has been AWEsome to see how quickly and strong God has formed relationships with the campers and staff – solely of the Spirit! We are SO excited to tell you about how specifically God is dealing with us and revealing Himself to us. Our faith is being strengthened and our trust in Him is only growing…. Glory to HIM!

Today at breakfast one of the Honduran leaders thought it would be good to have the boys serve the girls breakfast – teaching a tangible way to have a servant’s heart to the campers. Elizabeth gave the morning devo to the kids after breakfast, and had already planned to talk about having a Phil2/Christ-like heart of servant hood – coincident? We think not! God is soo good in the way He orchestrates things! Then post-talk, Jeff lead a purposeful time of competition… girl vs. guys trash run… basura run here in Honduras J We had all the campers split up, guys and girls, and run around camp for 10 minutes to see who could pick up as much trash as possible – a way to give back and serve the camp. Maybe a small step in stewardship and Christ-like service… but baby steps are good! Our staff has had sweet time together in prayer with other Honduran staff, with each other, and over the camp and campers today – we are learning SO much about the power of prayer! We ended the morning by playing in el rio (the river) here at camp, and were all thrown in by the campers by the end of it – hilarious to see these kids carry the guys into the river!! We then had lunch down at the river… SO FUN! We got to cook our lunch over the fires… ham, cheese and beef – the kids LOVED it!! We enjoyed activity classes today too! Girls did archery, boys ventured in the world of orienteering, and we’ll switch activities tomorrow! Now it’s club/worship time, then we’re off to the ampitheatre to hear Chance’s talk, and then show the kids that when they are following Jesus, they are lights to the world (it’s glow stick time!)

Please pray for new Jesus-followers tonight… that these children would see the truth of the Gospel of JESUS as the Spirit calls them to Himself. Please pray for God’s protection as the campers, and as we, travel tomorrow. For our debrief time with our staff and the nationals, for our last night in the host homes in Cofradia, and whatever else the Spirit leads you to pray! We are DEEPLY thankful to you for walking with us as we’re here!! We love you each VERY much!

because of JESUS alone,
the woods honduras team

ps, here are a few pictures… they stopped uploading at 3… hahaha more to come tomorrow (hopefully!) when we’re back in Cofradia