Founders

This week starts a week of Loren and Darlene Cunningham pouring out there faith and wisdom into us. They are the founders of YWAM and just amazing people. They've "been married 98 years, she been with me 49 years and I have been with her for 49 years" Loren. He speaks and hears God like no person I have ever been around. It's only been day 1 listening to him but his story's of faith and just trusting God is so encouraging. God is the created of the universe,
He knows the # of hairs on our head
He knows the # of grains of sand on the earth. THE EARTH! Think about it
He knows and names every star in the universe.
NOW HOW MUCH MORE DOES HE KNOW US. He created us in His own image. He loves us just as much as Jesus. Just as much as Jesus. The only sinless and perfect man to ever step foot on earth. And he loves each and every one of us that much. Give/sell/ get rid of anything that is hindering you from realizing this truth. He is so faithful. I've been challenged so much already. It's good for your growth. Everyone that's reading I want to challenge too! Love you tho!

Aaron Walsh

Our first speaker for awaken and setting the foundation for something great to just blow up in our class. He's speaking about the first and greatest commandment that Gods demands of us. Very very important to grasp. In Deuteronomy 6:5 Gods says " Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." That's the foundation and should be priority. Nothing, i mean nothing should be in front of this command. Aaron gave me a new perspective on God and how he views love. I'll go ahead and just share with y'all just the outline.
1.) first, you need a new outlook on Gods love for you! Ask him to reveal how much he really loves you.
2.) from that love for you, you are able to fully love God. When you finally get that understanding of how much God REALLY loves you, you can't help
But give your whole heart.
3.) ability to love yourself through Christ. Can't love yourself if you get you identity out of something other than Gods love for you. Wow! That's good.
4.) and through that love for yourself you are able to love your neighbor. Love the people around you the same.. You can't love people without loving your image in Christ.

Living stone church

I could get use to this kind of church..Natural a/c! It was an amazing time with some amazing people. We came to the start of a new series of the 4 sins God chose to isolate in 1 Corinthians 10. The first one, and the one he went more in detail today was idolatry. SO GOOD! Gave us some awesome questions to challenge ourselves to identify idols in our lives. Tear them down, and most importantly to replace them. Great word to think about as I went through my day. Also, I met some guy members today and they invited us to go to there men's retreat to the "end of the world" and dirt biking. Wow I love the people and relationships I build here.

This was the cup picture I was talking about on my second blog...it didn't wanna upload then through my text mobile site.. But one of my very smart ywamers suggested this blogger app. It makes blogging and uploading pics very simple and quick through an app on my phone. Soo cool. God is good! I'll be keeping y'all updated as much as I can

I'm ruined for the ordinary

Mike brown is the man! First guest speaker at our school and I can't imagine a better person to kick start a journey with God that lasts forever... Encountering him in ways i never had before. He is such a humble, courageous man. So real and encouraging to lay down my life completely and totally live for God. This is not just a cool camp I'm going to remember. But 50 years from now I want to look back and say YWAM started a relationship with God that I never dreamed I could have... That its not about me. its SOOO much bigger than me and so much better if you just lay down your life and run hard after Jesus.

Some might think it was coincidence but I truly believe God is ALWAYS trying to talk to me. He loves the little details in my life. I love that my God is so detailed In my life an I love hearing His voice. It's not how much we do that determines Gods presence in our lives. He's always there, and always active. Just try and stay conscience of God in every aspect of your life, even when everything seems hopeless and miserable. He has a higher purpose for us. A plan. He doesn't leave us alone. He doesn't leave us at all. God's in control. He's always with us! Be encouraged that we have a God that is so powerful yet is so loving.


First time in Los Angeles and this is the first thing I see when I get off the plane... I got no comment. Picture speaks for itself. Glad I'm only here for a couple of hours and off to my new home:)

I encountered and physically felt Gods presence for the first time today. He is so faithful to answer my prayers when he sees your sincere heart. Ive gotten these amazing visions and words for people that i know comes from God because i try to track back where i got that thought and I have no idea where is comes. (God spoken) BUT today i sincerely ask God " i want to feel you. I actually want to feel and encounter your presence today. I think I'm ready". He is so faithful. For the first time I actually felt his strong, loving, caring arms pick me up. The feeling and presence I was in was ridiculous and so hard to explain in words but I'll do my best! Okay here we go! Lol

It was the ending of our class and we had a time to seek His presence and I asked Him to encounter me. Everything around me got immediately blacked out, the music became so light where I barley heard it, and my fingers became to tingle. This is the point where you might become doubtful of my words but it wasSO REAL. God is SO REAL and just wants you to seek him with nothing. I mean NOTHING holding you back from the most perfect relationship. Anyways my fingers was tingling and my arms raised up to a 90 degree angle and was totally NOT me. I felt so peaceful and secure at that moment. He came from behind. God was holding me from behind. My body and mind became numb and so at peace. I visioned out to a rock cliff. I was in a crack of the rocks but my shoulders/arms where in both sides of the rock while my body was dangling between the cliff. Now looking back at it, I should of been a little scary, but at that moment I couldn't be in a more happy/perfect/secure place. I was just enjoying the view of the world being held up by someone so powerful, so strong, and loves me so much. I was held up by something that will never let me go, that will never leave me. At the moment I never ever wanted to leave. He whispered in my ears, " nate, the world is yours, it's your inheritance. Go get it in my name. I am your equiper. Just go for it with willingness and hunger for this relationship with me and I'll take care of the rest. I know the desires of your heart. Wow sounds like a pretty solid deal to me:) It was an amazing experience that I wanted to never end...
When I'm writing He whispered to me( I like to hear his voice especially in a whisper if you haven't noticed yet. That just our relationship) anyways he whispered to me, " Nate it doesnt have to end... It never has to end. You are mine for eternity. Just seek... Look for me.. In EVERYTHING during your day.. I don't leave, you just need to look.

The Start of My Journey

Wow! My first blog ever. I know, I said I would never have one but I got to admit it does sound pretty cool… “Hey you guys should go read my blog!” that just sounds smart! First off, I want to start by saying how blessed I am to have an amazing family along side of me the whole way. A family who loves each other, loves other people, and most importantly loves God. My parents have been pastors/working in churches my whole life, setting the perfect foundation for my walk with God. But I am a pretty stubborn person and it wasn’t till a couple of years after I left for college that Jesus really became real to me. Not my family’s Jesus, not my churches Jesus, but MINE! He’s my Jesus that loves me unconditionally. He is my constant companion that cares about every aspect of my life. When I finally got that through my thick head, I have been chasing after him in EVERYTHING I do, eager to learn and grow closer to my Jesus, my savior.

I’m so excited for the next phase in my life. My journey with YWAM (youth with a mission) is going to be and eye opening, life changing experience. It begins July 5^th(tomorrow)-in Kona, Hawaii and start with a 3 month Disciple Training School (DTS). During DTS we learn and discover our callings and gifts that God specifically gave to each and every one of us. It is a mix of weekly classroom teaching, one-on-one discipleship, and serving the Kona area with local outreaches. After DTS is a 3-month outreach phase where we will be taking the gospel and all we have learned somewhere in the world to the poor and hopeless, the stagnant and compromised and the broken and hurting. I am eager to partner with God in serving the world and making a difference in peoples lives!

My lord is so faithful to me and continues to take care of everything. It’s amazing to feel that freedom when I give it all to Jesus. Just complete happiness and peacefulness takes over knowing that my God, the maker of the universe, cares and loves me so deeply is all I need in life. I want to thank my friends and family for supporting me in prayer and financially too. It means so much to me, you don’t even understand, that y’all believe and invested in my life. Got confirmation last week that my 6-month journey with YWAM has been completely covered. Just that extra confirmation that this is exactly the next steps that God has placed for me. It has been a crazy and exciting journey already of just trusting and obeying. I can’t wait to tell you guys the amazing things on my YWAM journey. I’ll try and keep y’all posted as much as I can on here. (Facebook me and follow me on twitter @nathansreyes) Love you guys. Y’all are AWESOME.