Dear Friends and Family, October 1, 2010
Well time has certainly flown by,
and we realized that it has been a while since our last update.
We are happy to report that the
Discipleship Training School (DTS) has completed their classroom training and
are now on Outreach. These are the 13 men and women that came through
Freeman's Pre-DTS program that began in January. These are the same men
and women that experienced a catastrophic earthquake 2 days after their Pre-DTS
began. They have continued on, completing what they started, and God has
been doing amazing things in and through them. During this last 3 months
of their DTS classroom phase, they have experienced God in a fresh new way.
They have confessed sins, broken down walls of pride, broken generational
curses, and been soaked in the presence of God's Holy Spirit. Freeman and
I can only look on and feel so honored to have been a small part of this
process. And we are so blessed by all that God is already doing through
them during the first weeks of their Outreach.
Right now they are on a mountain,
in an area called Font-Baptiste. Freeman has been back and forth from
there delivering the team and supplies to their camp. The children and I had the opportunity to ride
up with him. It was especially nice for me, as I had spent a month in
that same location back 20 years ago when I worked with YWAM before Freeman and
I married. It was great to see the people and places that we worked with
back then. And to see this team, 20 years later, working in the same location.
It's a hard, bumpy, cliff-hanging 2 hour ride up the mountain. But
the kids loved it and the DTS was very happy to see us. For some of them
it is the first time they have been outside of St. Marc. It is quite a
bit cooler up there, and their teeth were chattering, but they were all smiles
and good reports. They have seen many salvations, they've helped put a
roof on a clinic that is being built, and they are making incredible
relationships with the people up there.
Next week they take a boat across
to the island that is right off of our coast called LaGonave...it's still part
of
We were blessed a couple of weeks
ago, as a mission, to be able to spend 3 afternoons in a time of reflection.
We took a look at all that has happened over the last several months, and
where that has left us, and where we feel God is taking us from here. It
was a great time for our whole staff to be able to share, and re-focus and get
perspective. At the end of it, I guess I would sum it up, that although
many things have been propelled forward at a much faster rate than we would
have believed at the beginning of January, we are still on course. Still
doing the work that God has called us to both as a mission and as individuals.
Where just a couple of months ago it seemed that our world had fallen
apart, really in the end we see that nothing actually fell apart. The
only things that have gone are those things that needed to go, and God has
refined our lives and our mission. We are still here, we are still
standing and we are moving forward.
We still cannot thank you all
enough for your prayers that have sustained us!!
So just to kind of sum up the
final "Earthquake" tally:
Our mission hosted over 900 people
helping with Earthquake relief.
We distributed 19 tons of food;
and countless other supplies and provisions.
Opened 3 tent cities; closed 2 now
by providing permanent housing to those living there; and in process of doing
some community development in the last tent city, as well as, providing
permanent houses.
Recently hosted a week long
crusade, with local pastors and evangelists, and had capacity crowds in our
YWAM arena.
But the most important things are
these, many are coming to the Lord, many are being healed and many are asking
for further discipleship. Despite what you may have heard in the news, or
through other sources, God is moving in
We love you all, and pray that God
moves in your lives in a mighty, life-changing way!
All for Him!
The Nettles' Family