I know its been so long since I last posted! Here's an update!
The end of our trip to Nepal was amazing! Our last week spent in Pokhara was one of my favourite weeks out of our entire trip! The first few nights we went to dance bars to chat with the dancers and waitresses and share with them the love of Jesus. My group went to the same club three times to visit and talk with the same three waitresses. These girls were all under the age of 18 and were working there to provide for their families and couldn't get another job because of their lack of education. We were able to encourage them and share the gospel with them, one of the girls had never even heard the name of Jesus before! We were also able to meet with them outside of the club for lunch to talk and just spend some more time with them! For our other 3 nights in Pokhara, we showed The Passion of the Christ in three different areas. We saw many people get healed, including an older grandpa who walked in with a cane and after praying for him, he was marching around behind one of our translators saying "left, right, left, right, hallelujah!" in Nepali! The Lord truly blew our expectation of our last week of ministry in Pokhara!
I've been home now for just over a month and its been super busy! In the past month two of my best friends have gotten married! Its been a super fun month of celebrating with them and getting to love and serve them in this special season of life! I've spent lots of time helping them get things ready for the day, planning showers and parties and just offering moral support! :) I love weddings! And its one of my favourite things to love on my friends and help make their day the best it can be! Other than weddings, it has been so good to be back home with my family and friends. I been having many opportunities to share what the Lord did in our team, in Nepal and in my heart, encouraging friends and getting excited together about what the Lord's doing all over the earth! I'm getting to lead worship at my church this sunday night and I'm really looking forward to it, especially after how much I've learned from the Lord during DTS!
Since being back at home, I've decided and felt the call and direction of the Lord to return to Kona and go on staff with YWAM, continuing with the Community Transformations family! I am so excited about returning to Kona to continue to run with this incredible group of people who are wholeheartedly abandoned and following Jesus! I am committing to the base and this community for a year. It will include living in intentional community, sharpening each other, intentional discipleship, prayer room hours, serving the campus, local ministry and developing leadership skills. The year will also consist of staffing the next Community Transformations DTS starting this coming September! The DTS will run from September through March, three months of lecture phase in Kona, then I will co-lead an outreach team for the following three months, starting in January '13. The Lord has given me a heart and vision for this next generation to be raised up, in love with Him, armed with truth, and trained and sent out to make Him known and give Him glory in the nations! I will of course be very involved in singing and worship on base, in corporate sets and in the prayer room! I'm so excited to see the doors the Lord is going to open for me during my time in Kona and to fall more in love with him and help disciple and train the ones He brings to our school!
I am looking for partnership for this next calling from the Lord! I will be raising financial support with the goal of $800 a month. Please pray and consider partnering with me and Community Transformations! For more information please let me know!
Email: carlypetersen89@gmail.com
Phone: 604-724-4054
I have a paypal account link to this blog if you would like to donate, I will also be setting up an account with YWAM Canada and information on how to set up monthly support will be coming soon! I'd love to share more of my heart and vision with you if you are interested in partnering with me so please let me know! Thanks!
