California Update

Some people may have been wondering about what has been going on since I moved away from Charleston.  I havent really been able to keep an updated blog until now so I will fill you in on whats been going on.

I left Oceanside Ca towards the end of the month of January.  I left for Yorba Linda where I would be staying with friends and doing work for them to help pay for the Dream Center.

At this point and time I had no idea how I was going to pay for the internship at the Dream Center.  All I knew is that God provides and that I was walking on faith in this one.  Its very difficult to explain your situation to people when they ask what you are doing and why you are doing it.  When they ask what your plan is all you can tell them is to wait on God.  Most people lose faith in your ability to reason like a logical human being after this point, that is until God shows up.

I filed my tax return and I received the exact amount I would need for my internship.  How amazing is that!  I also took my test to get a California driver's license which I will have soon.  Now I can establish residency and get to go to school and not have to pay out of state tuition costs.  Well, thats just me getting side-tracked, anyway...

I finished all the stuff that I needed to finish in order to be taken care of for the Dream Center.  I was running out of time at my friend's house and I needed to move onto my next step of my life.  This is where my other friend comes in and sets up an interview with a pastor to help move things along quicker to get this internship started, and also a place to stay until it does.  Like I said, God provides.

Thats basically where I am at this point, waiting for the next step to happen.  In the mean time I am connecting with amazing people from all over the country.  These people have a great love for God and for doing ministry.  I finally feel like I am in a place where I can be used.  I will be trying to get involved with the Skid Row ministry this upcoming week.  I want to talk to the people on skid row and learn their stories, write them down and share them with the rest of the world.

I feel something big is about to happen, and I cant wait to see what it is.  One thing I have learned in this trip is that God calls all of His people to be sold-out for Him.  We need to be living for Him and dying for Him every single day.  There is much more to be said, but I will have to save that for another time.

Until then, take care.