Let's just say that it's so nice to have my team back together again.  Womanistry was awesome though, don't get me wrong; it's just good to feel at home again.
Finally in Africa! The place that felt like light years away is finally here!! We've been with our contact for a week now. We are in Nakuru, Kenya! Probably the most beautiful place in Gods creation that I've ever seen with my own two eyes. **I wrote this on the 3 hour bus ride to Nakuru** Words can't do this justice. Clouds covering the mountains in the distance. Green grass, fields and trees everywhere. Bluest skies you've ever seen and it looks like it will never end. Cool breeze hitting my face through the window. Shepard's herding their sheep. Children playing. It's official I'm in love and I'm not even off the bus yet. ** The beauty alone of this land made me cry almost the whole bus ride. He's been giving me and others a lot of words about this month and it was in that moment that I knew my life was to be completely changed all over again.

We live with Pastor and his wife Ruth and their two children Tim (7) and Tiffy (4) along with Joyce who helps Ruth out around the house. It's the first time we've experienced living with a family on the race. Wow! Has it been a blessing to all of us! Plus having our family back together. It's been so wonderful!

For the past 4 months we've only had one month where we got to be with children. This month we have them everywhere even at home! The first time we went to the church to work, children came out of no where! We played with them, they helped us with our work and we just loved on them. Little Dillion has become my little 6 year old best friend. I needed these children in my life. I was becoming so dry and as soon as 10 little kids came running up to us my cup was filled again. Last night Tim asked me to tuck him into bed, you have no idea what that did for my heart. I love those two kids and this family so much. Leaving on May 31st is going to be one of the hardest events on the whole race. Not just this family and ministry but this country.
I'm in love with Kenya!

Now sit back and get ready to laugh :D
B-Squad Men.....

It's happened!!

I'm fully funded!

with the continual support of my monthly donors!

I couldn't have done it without all of y'alls prayers and financial support! 

My Daddy has a cattle on a thousand hills! This was nothing for him and his bank account! He is faithful and always taking care of his children. I think He likes to show off His power sometimes :) We serve a Father who loves and protects us, even if we don't see it. 

Thank you for being apart of this..... bringing Kingdom and His Light into a broken and dark world.......




Me and my Lupe in Guatemala at the Orphanage we worked at



Beautiful Feet in Nicaragua on Christmas with our kids in Bethel! (my favorite month)



Me getting baptized in Cambodia! 



Me with one of my students in Cambodia



Moving around from village to village prayer walking in Laos



Somewhere Beautiful traveling the world bringing Kingdom to the Nations! 

it's (drum roll please)........


WOMAN - ISTRY MONTH

What does this mean? Well it means that the men and women are separated for the whole month. The women are in four different teams and the men in two teams. Since my leader is David who is clearly a man is off with the men so he's been temporarily replaced for the month by Miss Renee Durham!! We are with four other women this month from Jeremy's team. 

This month we are with another team (Alyssa's team and Brandon's girls) staying at YWAM in Penang which is an island! How cool is that? While we are here we have several things on our schedule so we split it up between the two teams so that we can experience everything. Right now, my team is currently working at the hospital selling puppy coin purses to raise money for their heart fund that gives free heart surgeries to children who's families can't afford them. We take the guitar around singing worship songs and making up our own new puppy songs. Next we will be working at a soup kitchen for addicts and going to a blind community. Not sure what that looks like just yet. Wednesday nights we will be working with Human Trafficking.... tomorrow is our first time doing that. I'll let you know how that goes. 

This month is all about who we are as women of God and worship! We are entering into a level of worship that we've never experienced before and it's amazing!!!

Guess what?!?! AIM has given us an extra week to make our deadline!! I need $700 more to make this deadline!! Would you please help!!! if I don't make it they WILL SEND ME HOME!!! Please help me out! Thank you all for your support and prayers! I couldn't do this without you!

This month is woman-istry and man-istry! Which means that the men and women are seperated for the whole month. So this month Renee is my leader (YAY!) and we have 4 other girls from Jeremy's team.... Kat (Jeremy's wife), Laura, Jaime and Kelly! The 8 of us are having so much fun together and experiencing God is a whole new way!

I had the honor of sharing my 23rd birthday with Jeremy & Kat's 4th Wedding Anniversary. We called it our "AnniBirthAry" creative, right? I decided not to have any expectations because it's the Race and you never know what can and will happen. I woke up to Kelly's beautiful bubbly face wishing me a Happy Birthday! I walk out and Kat & I have our own chairs full of cards, candy, gum and cokes! Good start to the day, right? Then we headed to ministry, first day working in the hospital! We had our orientation and tour of the hospital. With two teams here we decided to route the different ministries. For 8 days my team will be selling puppy coin purses to fund free heart surgeries for children who's families can't afford them. Next we will work with a soup kitchen for people addicted to drugs. Also with a center for the blind. On Wednesday nights we will work in the red district building relationships with prostitutes. Also, there's an IHOP here! I'M SO EXCITED!

After ministry we went out to celebrate Kat & I's Annibirthary at Chili's!! Yes, Renee found a Chili's for us to go to! Can anyone say real coke and QUESO!! We all ate way too much! LOL! We got home and started team time. While listening to a podcast, all of a sudden Alyssa's time comes in singing Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary with a HOMEADE CAKE!!! It was so good! and so unexpected! Thank you all for such a wonderful and memorable birthday!

Now to make it an even better birthday I still need $800 to be fully funded! I need your help to make this happen!! Click on the support me tab under my photo to help me bring Kingdom to the Nations!

 

Disclaimer: If you choose to watch the video above, you are making the choice to open your heart and ask yourself, "What can I do to help?" This may require a little sacrifice and we have no way of keeping you accountable but we ask that you give generously.. Thank-you and Enjoy!

Half way has come and gone...

Adventures have been lived...

Relationships have given us purpose...

The Spirit has sent us for whirlwinds...

The Father has prepared the way for us...

Worship has left us undignified before God...

BUT...

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

This is a cry out for support!!!

B-Squad has stood together through so much and we know that we are to finish this journey together. Every member serves as a piece to the Kingdom Bringing, Life Altering, Spirit Breathing, Love Giving and Good News Preaching that this journey and our squad have to offer.

We have had the opportunity to play with toothless kids, witness miracles, see people come to know Jesus, help each other become closer in our own walks, offer our bodies to grueling physical labor, laugh with people we have come to love but the following people need your help to continue and finish the Race...

Read their blogs and choose to support and fight for them! The amount is how much they have left to raise.

ALL THESE GOOD THINGS START WITH B's

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Vietnam - Month 6

 

What exactly did we do this month? Well that's a very good question.... haha
This month was devoted to ministering to the deaf, university students and the local community. We spent time going to coffee shops and talking to the students that hung out there, building relationships. We spent a lot of time working with the deaf community, which is an outcast community because of their differences. A local ministry called Bread of Life (restaurant) employeed the deaf so we spent a lot of time there talking to them. Luckily for me I know enough ASL to communicate with them but they taught me so much more!! We also went to their church and worshipped with them. I wish you could have experienced the rare beauty, realness and intimacy of worship to our Lord without using any words! I was so moved that I was in tears! They taught us so much (without their knowledge) about how important actions are and how important our words are. Sometimes you just need your actions to express how you feel. Also, that your words mean a lot to someone, words can either lift others up or tare them down! Do your words lift people up?

Now I say this a lot but don't have expectations!!!! lol Because this month we didn't expect our main ministry to be to our contacts. Three young people, Ky (18), Thao (20) and Tram (21) who love the Lord and want to serve Him.

David, Ky and Mickey

David, Ky, Ky's friend and Nate
 

Jordan(Brandon's team), Mickey, Thomas (squad leader), Nate, Ky & Ryan (squad leader) racing to the water!

Jordan, Kayla and Thao with two young ladies we met at a coffee shop

 

We spent a lot of our time pouring into their lives. They became part of our family and we will never forget them! I miss them dearly already. Ky became my little brother, which is funny because he reminds me a lot of my brother Alan. haha He trusted me with his struggles and his dreams as the Lord gave me the words and wisdom that he needed. Pouring into his life was what the Lord had for me this month and in all that pouring out the Lord kept on filling my cup too! I grew more in Christ this month! More time with Him. more soaking, more talking, more worship, more intimacy and more of Him!


"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you, wherever you go." Joshua 1:9

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love."
1 Corinthians 16:13-14


The key to ministry is to not have expectations, allow God to move and direct your paths. Be watchful for the things of the Lord, he'll show you who and where just listen.

These two verses have been my go to lately with this final deadline breathing down my neck. Be strong, Courtney! Be courageous, Courtney! Don't be afraid, Courtney! I'm with you, Courtney! Stand firm in your faith Courtney! I've got this Courtney! I know and have faith that Daddy has my back. He owns cattle on a thousand hills and this $2,000 is nothing to him.

Please pray about supporting me monthly or one time donations. If I don't get this money in I will be going home! I need your help!!