March 19, 2009

Aloha everyone! I can't believe that this school is almost over! Just 10 more days until outreach teams leave. We had an Outreach Prep week last week getting everyone ready for outreach. It was a week with a focus on missions but also has more rules imposed to make it feel a bit more like outreach.
We are very excited for this upcoming April school and we have a lot of expectations for it already . We have 11 confirmed students but we are praying for even more.
Here are some prayer points for this week:
-Pray that all the students get their outreach fees in
-Pray for more students for the April school
-Pray for unity between all the April school staff

Sorry this is so short! I will update more as this new school is staring.


This is me dressed up as a Hindu Priest for the beginning of outreach prep week.

February 15, 2009

Hi everyone! What a great couple of weeks this has been. All of our speakers have been very intense and challenging and it has been really awesome. This past week we had the opportunity to go to Kona to hear Kris Valiton. Kris works with the Bethal School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding California. Right before we left Kona we had a baptism where I was baptized for the first time. It's something that has been on my heart this past year and I finally felt ready to die to my old self. 

The school is still going well. Only 6 more weeks until the teams leave for outreach and then the April school will begin. We already have had our first April staff meeting and we are praying for a large amount of students. It would be great if you could pray for this as well.

Well, thats all for now!

Jan. 25 2009

Hello everyone! Since my last post we got another very last minute male student (a huge answer to prayer), I was a volunteer at the Sony Open golf tournament, outreach teams have been decided, and I turned 20! Things have been going very well with the school so far. We have a varied group of students from new Christians to a couple pastor's kids. They are a really ambitious group that are diving right into the school and I think many of them are getting a lot out of the lectures.
So far we have had people from the base teaching lectures, but this next week we have Keith Martins and his team who run a prayer ministry. I hear that he is a good speaker from many who have heard him speak in the past. Should be exciting!

Curtis West

My Birthday Surprise Party!


Lecture on the beach


Surfboard on the North Shore



Tabernacle demonstration (I made the priest costume!)

Aloha, again!

Well, I have finally started to settle into the groove here at the Honolulu base again and students are now arriving so that we can have our official kickoff tomorrow. We have 21 students; 16 girls, 3 guys, and a married couple. We were really hoping to get more guys but the ones we have seem great.

I feel like these next couple of months are really going to push me. I am the only first time leader here and also younger than a majority of the students. I am really excited however to see what is in store.

Please pray for wisdom in leadership and that the staff's relationships with the students can start out on a good foot.

At the top is my least favorite picture, but the only one I have at this moment, of all the staff this quarter.

Curtis West

Hello from Calcutta

Hi everyone. Made it here to Calcutta last week and have been having an amazing time. We have worked with two similar ministries both dealing with Children, but very different groups of children. One ministry is called Kings Kids and works with inner city street kids while the other works with "ruffer" kids who are in the train station. Both ministries feed, bath, provide clothing, tell stories to, and do worship with these children. We have had the oppertunity to visit the places where these children live and it is heart breaking. The train station children have no parents to care for them. They make money by selling the plastic bottles they collect, but that money is spend on drugs, especially glue to sniff. Some of the kids even show up to the program high, but soon crash once the high wears off. These ministries are doing great things in the lives of these children who would otherwise be living with no purpose.

I am excited to leave for Delhi on Tuesday. Pray that all goes well as I am leaving by myself.

Curtis

Hi again

Working with P. Daniel has been a crazy amazing experience speaking at churches, doing crusades and a lot more. We have had a lot of fun and have really been enjoying his hospitality. Two of the members on my team left yesterday which is sad, but I still have Kat and the DTS for the next couple of weeks. On Saturday we leave for Tirupoti to work with some long termers for a short while then we are off to Calcutta. India has been beyond crazy, but it is so great. I'll try and upload some pictures as soon as I am able to do so. Thanks for all your prayers!

Curtis

Hello again

After just over a week of ministry in Chennai doing mostly childrens ministry, we are now in a large village called Dharmapuri. We are here working with a man named P. Daniels who is an intense little man who has had a crazy life. We have met up with the DTS who has been here for a couple of weeks already and will be preaching and doing crusades in the village. I am still really loving India. Please keep praying for our team and that Emily and Marlissa (my team mates)are able to have an effective last week of their outreach. Talk to you all later,

Curtis