Some of my ministries

Some of my ministries

What a crazy week its been.

Homes of Hope Build Team & Family

I've been able to be part of several ministries as well as learning and growing so much. I have been part of a Homes of Hope house build team where I helped to build a new home for a family of 7. They had been living in a "house" made from 4 garage doors and some plywood, their roof was made from an old advertising banner. 
It was such a blessing for me and all the team to be part of this and to see the family blessed.

Circulo

I also had the chance to be part of a Kids ministry called Circulo. Circulo works with kids in an area where many Homes of Hope have been built and is part of the follow up ministry. Its purpose is to encourage the kids in the good aspects of their lives, Guide them towards a relationship with God and teach them how valued they are. 
I helped run a fun day for them which had loads of games and a performance from some clowns who also shared the Gospel with the Kids. We then got a chance to pray with the kids too. 



Prayer Needs: 

Please pray for strength, protection and energy for me and all they guys here as God is working in us all in such major ways right now. 

Please pray for finances, I need around £500 

Please pray for more outreach opportunities too. 

OUTREACH

OUTREACH

¡Hola! So I now know where I will be going on outreach! 
Around the 18th of December i will be leaving Mexico and travelling to......¡PANAMA! 
I will be in Panama for around 2 months, in Panama City for the first half and then moving across country to the province of Chiriqui. 
The first half of my outreach will be heavily focused on Music. We are currently writing new songs (in spanish and english!) that we can take on outreach as well as learning already popular songs.  We plan to go and play in the Coffee Shops, Bars, Streets, Churches or anywhere we can and take Jesus into those places. 

The second half of Outreach we will be working out of the YWAM Chiriqui base and doing work in various places. We haven't confirmed exactly what we will be doing yet but the hope is to do some work in Orphanages and with the Indigenous Tribes.     
This stage will be less focused on music but hopefully we will also be able to use our music skills while we are there. 

The cost of this outreach is around £2000($3000) I have about half of this but that means I don't any money to live off after I have paid it. I'd appreciate it if you would consider being a part of this and help support me. If you feel led to support me in anyway please message me at joshua.d.brown@live.co.uk or on facebook and i'll give you the details for donating. 

I also need some equipment such as a Hiking backpack for my outreach so if you feel led to support me in that way please use the same email as above :) 

Prayer needs:

• Please pray for strength, protection and energy for me and all they guys here as God is working in us all in such major ways right now. 
• Please pray for my Finances and that I will be confident in trusting God in this.
• Please pray for guidance as we plan our Outreach ministries. 

Here I Am In Mexico

Here I Am In Mexico

So i've been in Mexico for 3 weeks now! Sorry for the lack of updates but the WiFi has been broken on base. my time here has been awesome but also challenging so far. In my room there is 7 guys from 6 different nations which is so cool, luckily they are all totally awesome and we've all become really close friends already, making community living a bit easier to get used to.
Here's a picture of us all with our DTS leader Nick:

The first week we had an introduction week with the DTS staff telling us all about the DTS and what the next 5 months will look like. We also had the YWAM San Diego/Baja Director Sean Lambert and Ensenada Base Director Tym Kemp speak to us. During the first week we also started our lectures, We had some teaching from our amazing DTS leaders speaking on DTS Foundational topics this already started bringing up some challenging things, they spoke about:

• Discipleship
• Culture and Communication
• The Person and Character of Jesus
• Bible Study and Quiet Times
• Prayer and Intercession
• The Fear of the Lord
• Jesus as Lord
• Hearing the Voice of God. 

We also all gave our testimonies during the first week and its amazing to hear what God has been doing in everyones lives, as well as being able to talk about my life and what God has done for me. 

Here's basically what my weekday schedule looks like for the next few months:

7.00 - Devotions

7.30 - Breakfast

8.00 - Base Clean-up (I Clean the Toilets)

8.30 - Morning Meeting or free time

9.30 - Lecture

12.30 - Lunch 

1.30 - Spanish Class / Small Groups

2.30 - Work Duties / Music Class / Outreach

5.30 - Dinner/free time

10.30 - In rooms

I'm learning spanish here also so that I can communicate better with the people and also to try and respect their culture. I've had 2 classes so far and although very basic its been a good start for me. We get saturdays off and Sundays I'm going to be going to a Mexican church, I went last sunday and it was great even though I didn't understand anything! Hopefully this will help me along with my spanish though.  

We've had some amazing speakers here the past 2 weeks, Kay Charlotte McClurg who really challenged us with some no holds barred teaching on Identity In Christ. this past week we had John Ray speaking on the theme 'Character of God'. His teaching has been soo good and has challenged the way that I think and a lot of my preconceived ideas.  

Prayer Needs: 

• Please pray for my Finances as I still dont have all my money for outreach or really have much money to live off but im trusting God for his provisions! 
• Please pray for spiritual strength as I go deeper into the lecture phases!
• Please pray for my spanish to improve! 

Thanks =]
Josh