Why Not

One of the Joys of YWAM is that it seems no matter which YWAM base you go to your are going to meet people who know some friends of yours, its just something you come to expect. For example, a couple of weeks ago the DTS went to Worcester, SA to the base there. Aside from the base leader having spoken at my DTS in Denver, the speaker that week, from Argentina, had closely worked with our base leader from the Denver base many years ago.
The Worcester (pronounced “Wooster” to us Americans) base was very nice, it had more of a ‘typical’ YWAM feel to it. And by that I mean you could really tell that everything they did was specifically geared toward missions training or getting closer to God. Sometimes I think you can lose your focus on God when your stuck working with media, or technology, or work in general. It was nice just to go to a place where the feeling of the presence of God didn’t need to be sought after. He was just there, plain as day. I think it would be hard not encounter God in that place.
The week at Worcester was quite restful, it was the DTS’s last week of having a speaker before outreach prep week and then off to Uganda. Sadly though this week fell on the week I usually like to do my updates, so if you were thinking this update is a little late, you are right.
One thing of note that week I really wanted to bring up is a phrase that ended up becoming the unofficial theme of the week: “Why not?” or “¿Por que no?” since our speaker, Alejandro, was going through a translator. And what he meant by this phrase “Why not?” is that if you feel God telling or leading you to do something, if it does not go against what he says in the Bible, just say to yourself “Why not?” Or maybe it isn’t something you feel specifically ‘led’ to do but you just had an idea that you think might reach people or glorify God. Again, if it doesn’t go against what God says in his word, just say to yourself “Why not?” God can do amazing things if you just give him room to move.


As I type this letter, my right hand is absolutely covered in white paint. Back home I am used to working with latex paint, which can be washed off your hands with water. Well I had temporarily forgotten that I was working with oil based paint and went to go wash the brush of in the sink and squeezed the brush. I am painting an old bathroom next to one of our classrooms, the School of Radio Broadcasting starts on Friday and we are converting the bathroom into a small radio broadcasting room.
The DTS left on Monday morning to Kitwe in Southwest Uganda. I am both sad and happy to not be with them. Sad in that I really want to go to Uganda and happy because I get to work with the radio school and with a few other things that I am really excited about.
For one it is really awesome to be working with a school that actually requires some expertise on the subject I’ve spent the last few years studying. This in and of itself is an amazing testimony of how God knows the plans he has for us. (Jeremiah 29:11) When I was originally planning on coming to Africa I was sure that I would be laying down recording and music. Then I end up almost falling into a place that fits my talents and experience exactly.
I say this as an encouragement to anyone who is scared to follow God. God has better plans for you than you ever could. And I can guarantee that life is better following God than any other route imaginable.
The example of this blessing is that this week with the sound room, it is a challenge and exciting to be able to condition a room for sound, I know its nerdy, but its a new challenge for me. I am really looking forward to working with this school and what the next phase of my time in Media Village is bringing.

Thank you all so very much for your prayers and support. Things are definitely a little less stressful this past month, thank you all.
God Bless,

Prayer Requests:
The DTS is in their first week of being in Uganda, that God really blesses and they can adjust and reach the new culture.
That the School of Radio Broadcasting and School of Communication starts well.
That I can adjust to the new schedule, aside from the school I am working again with the production department and there are some other projects I really want to be involved with as well.

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Jeff