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Sunday, April 24, 2011

It's Easy


The Lord is so faithful. I have always known that, but I guess it just is becoming more of a reality to me every day. My team and I have been out in the city of Reykjavik for around 3 and a half weeks. We have seen Jesus move powerfully already, and it is so encouraging to see. It is amazing to see because we came out here with almost nothing planned, and now we have almost too many opportunities with different churches and youth centers. The Lord is so faithful.
I say it over and over again, but the pursuit of the knowledge of the Lord is so key in seeing His faithfulness. When we love Jesus and we let Him love us, everything falls into place, and we can then begin to see the Lord's faithfulness through the lens if simplicity.

We haven't seen some of the fruit out here that we may have expected or wanted to see, but we are seeing the Lord's love being released in ways that we have not yet seen. It is about Him, not about us. Therefore, the seeds we are planting will eventually grow and produce lovely fruit, whether we are around to see it or not...because He is that faithful. Stakes have been driven into the ground of Iceland from long ago by many believers praying and crying out for revival in the nation. We have the privilege of driving them in further. The Lord does not forget. He is raising up this generation to begin to have faith and to spring up the wells of revival to see the Lord's faithfulness come to pass. As we begin to do that, His faithfulness will not only be made known in the nation, but it will be made known in a deeper way in our lives. He is always good to us.

This week, our team was hit with a nasty sickness, hindering most of our ministry time. We are all getting better, but if you could, please continue to pray for full healing as we continue to press in for the things that the Lord has for our team and for this nation. Revival is coming...His faithfulness will be made known in this nation. Continue to pray that the rest of our time here really falls into place and that we are able to hear the Lord so clearly on what He would have us do as we ask Him each step of the way. Breakthrough in salvations!

Thanks!

-Daniel
--York

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Be Alone


It seems to be a recurring theme in my life, but I can't seem to get over how important it is to have deep intimacy with the Lord. It is something I am learning because it definitely isn't something I have perfected by any means. But I guess in this season of my life, the importance of it has really struck my heart. As me and my team have been ministering out here in Iceland for a little over 2 weeks now, we just understand that this point of ministry truly does have to come out of the pure and honest overflow of our hearts, which we will get no other way than being alone with Jesus.

I feel like the importance of it all struck my heart when I began to lead this team of six. I realized how essential it was in my heart and now that I have been placed as a leader of these student's lives, I want them to taste and see the goodness of the intimate times with Jesus. So it has become one of our main priorities.

This past week has been a time of receiving from the Lord. We were able to truly work from the overflow of our hearts. Last thursday night, we ministered to the Bethel young adults group. We took charge of the whole thing, and the Lord totally showed up and moved throughout the room. It was such an encouraging time of worship and receiving the spirit of wisdom and of revelation.

It has been a week of much relationship building. We have had many opportunities to pray for people. We had a day where we all stood outside with a sign that said, "spiritual readings". People would come up to us, we would receive the Lord's heart for them, and then unleash the words we got from the Lord over them. It was powerful and we saw many people be truly touched by that. In the small victories, the Lord is made known!

Thank you guys for your prayers and support. If you could, please continue to pray that the rest of our time out here really falls into place and that we would see heaven come down and touch Iceland like they have never seen before! We are so expectant and trusting the Lord for His faithfulness to be made known.

-Daniel-
--York--

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Eldur Guðs


Greetings from Iceland.

It is such a crazy privilege to be out here in the nation of Iceland with 6 other fiery men and women proclaiming the good news while worshipping in the streets. Our team has been out here a little over a week now and it has been so raw and exciting.

Iceland is such a beautiful nation. It is cold, but lovely. Right now, the weather varies between 30 and 40 degrees each day with possible chances of rain. But it is perfect for bundling up and going out into the streets to share about Jesus. We have an amazing opportunity to partner with the cafe out here called Cafe Rot, which is run by the YWAM base. Is basically gives us such a huge opportunity for relationship building and discipleship, which is what we are all about!

We have been going outside, worshipping Jesus, striking up conversations.
We have been going into cafes, drawing prophetic art and giving them away to people with a piece of God's heart in it all.
We have been going out late into the nightlife, providing hot chocolate, going into nightclubs and praying for people in the clubs.
It has been such a raw and pioneering outreach so far, but we know we are scouting out the grounds for more to come, and it has been so exciting!

We have seen the Lord break out into this city already, shedding light over all the darkness and brokenness. We have seen healings break out in such an amazing way and people becoming hungry for their one true Father! The Lord loves this place, and He desires to pour His love onto the broken people who live out here. It is definitely a place of apathetic, broken people, dwelling in the midst of a religious spirit. But we know that as we go out and worship Jesus in the streets, light breaks out and floods into the people's hearts. It is a powerful thing to see!

Thank you all for your prayers and support so far! Please do continue to pray that the Lord would have His way and that things would start falling into place. Again, it is a raw and pioneering outreach, so things can tend to get a bit crazy! The team is doing great. Please do continue to pray for grace as we all learn how to love Jesus together in the midst of the darkness!

Fire of God, touch Iceland!

-Daniel
--York

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Bless


After around 30 hours of flight time and around 15+ hours worth of layovers, I have finally arrived in the nation of Iceland. I got here 2 days before the rest of my team so that I am able to scout out the land so that when the team gets here, we can all hit the ground running. It has been cold and rainy, sort of lonely, and jet-lag has not been my friend since I have been here, but it already has become one of my favorite places I have already been.

In the times that I have had alone, the Lord has met me powerfully. Every part of my day, it was just me and Him. I could either choose to recognize my loneliness, or choose to recognize the fact that my Father is with me, and my everyday life can be truly walked out with Him. He has so clearly spoken to me about many different things. I feel like my dream life has really come alive, and it just seems really easy to hear His voice, when that is the only thing I can even rely on!

My team finally arrived after being here for two days, and it is amazing to have them all here! We are so excited to just start running, even though we really don't know what we are running into yet. The YWAM base out here is amazing. The people are so hospitable and welcoming. We love it here already.

How often do you get to say you are pioneering something new? That you are setting the foundations of something larger to come? We know the Lord has so sovereignly brought us together here in this specific nation for something larger than we can probably comprehend. Although in all its uncertainty, we know our God is faithful and He will show that to us in this time. That may be the thing I am most excited to see!

Iceland: Where the fire of God meets the land of ice. Jesus, captivate your people!

Thank you all for your prayers and support. Outreach has just begun, and it is going to be a wild ride!

-Daniel
--York