Hello to my valued readers!
There are two new additions to my blog that I want to mention to you!
1. The comments - Previously for spam reasons, you needed an account to add a comment. NOW, any of you can comment! If you don't have any of the accounts listed, just press "anonymous" and you can comment too! I really love the feedback of comments and would love it if you would leave a comment when you drop by! I have no idea who is reading this blog and would love to have an idea by those who say hello!
2. Our Call2All Financial Partnership Target - Now you can see a visual of the funds that are coming in for the missions training and experience ahead of us on the far right side of my blog! We are so thankful for the funds that have come in already from those of you who are partnering with us and believe in us and the vision ahead of us! We need the Lord to use people in the area of provision to make it possible to walk forward in what we have heard Him say to do next.
Our needs are great as you can see and though we are super grateful for what has come in already, WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please pray about partnering with us financially! Any amount will help raise the thermometer towards the goal! We need $30,700 more and would ask that you would consider being one of our $1000 partners! The Lord has already brought 2 and we are so grateful!
If you want to partner with us, email us, call us, text us, talk to us in person, send something by mail or leave a comment here. If you want to use paypal, wander over to Shane's site and click on the donate button.
Thanks for your partnership in the activities of the Kingdom!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
YWAM Letter #1
Dear Friends and Family,
As fall approaches and the changing of season comes in the natural, changes are coming for the Farrows too! It’s been an exciting time and has been a whirlwind few weeks for us.
As many of you know, we have been investing our time, energy and resources into being a part of what God has been doing in Winnipeg in the area of prayer & worship for the last 4.5 years, through our involvement with Sanctuary House of Prayer. Now, as an extension of our obedience in following whatever the Lord may lead, there is a new chapter beginning!
Our hearts beat with desire to see the Church across the world found in the place of prayer with the Lord about the things that are on His heart. We also have hearts that beat for missions and reaching the people of the world with salvation, compassion and love through acts of mercy and justice. In the past few years we have focused more on the prayer side of things and now we are excited to have more experience where both missions and prayer converge!
As of September 28, 2010, we are setting sail for a new adventure that will further train us in the way prayer and missions join together. We are doing a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) discipleship training school (DTS) from September 30, 2010 to March 11, 2011. We are joining a specific DTS called Call2All that focuses on prayer, missions and evangelism (www.call2all.org). Our DTS starts in Kona, Hawaii for the first 12 weeks and includes listening to many lectures, doing work duties, receiving all that we can from the Lord in training and teaching and whatever else that could be planned for us. During the DTS outreach phase, we will be putting into practice all we have learned, taking the Gospel to places where people may have never heard the name of Jesus and participating in expanding God’s Kingdom. This portion of the DTS is 2-3 months long and will take place in a variety of overseas locations. Outreach activities will include evangelism, mercy ministries, teaching, preaching, intercessory prayer, Church planting, and reaching out to present Jesus in a variety of other creative ways, At this point we don’t know where we will be located, but we’re excited about the possibilities (South Africa, the Philippines or Brazil)! We have both had missions experience before but have never gone out together! Now is the time!
We are very excited to see all that the Lord will do over the 6-month period we will be away. The last Call2All DTS team shared the gospel with over 2,144 people, prayed for over 480 people to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, prayed with over 435 people who recommitted their lives to the Lord, and they saw 7 people miraculously healed from pain and chronic illness as they were prayed over. We are excited to see what Jesus will do through our team!
We spent our 6th anniversary in June in Kansas City asking the Lord for direction for the next season of our lives. We strongly desire to commit this year of our marriage, our seventh, to the Lord in a focused way. We long to use our lives in any way, shape or form that He would ask. What better than an adventure, full of faith and risk, to be trained in an intentional way, apart from the rigors of day to day responsibilities. We are excited with what the Lord will do in and through us in this intense season of training!
Back in 2000, prior to starting our relationship, Shane was planning on going to Hawaii and doing a YWAM DTS. Well, we started our relationship and God had other plans for that season of our lives. It’s funny that exactly 10 years later, when we’d least expect it, He brought the idea around full circle but now involving both of us! We hadn’t thought about doing a YWAM DTS as a couple and we only started praying about it on June 1st. It’s amazing how quickly the Lord can move sometimes and it’s only 2 and a half months later and we are planning to go in 5 and a half weeks!
Many of you have walked with us, prayed with us, supported us and encouraged us over the years and we are looking forward to continuing our friendships as our lives take this turn in the journey. Thank-you for all your support and friendship!
The steps of obedience often have a risk element involved and doing this DTS has a lot of cost and sacrifice involved. Kristi has to quit her job at the hospital and Shane will be taking a sabbatical from Sanctuary for the next 6 months. We have had many decisions to make about our apartment and possessions and the cost financially is big one! But, the Lord has miraculously provided over the last 4.5 years time and time again and so we know that what He calls us to, He will provide for!
Please partner with us in prayer and please continue to support us with your friendship and encouragement. We need it! Prayer is THE most important thing you could give us. We need a covering of prayer from many friends and family through this process.
Prayer Requests:
- All the little details that need to come together
- A stress-free 5 weeks of preparing and planning
- Finances
- Grace and comfort for our friends, family and community
- Protection and peace with traveling
- That God would prepare our hearts for all He wants to do
We also have tangible needs in the area of resources, things needed for our trip and finances. Please pray about supporting us financially on this endeavor. The Lord rewards those who partner with His Kingdom in every area, including the important step of finances. It’s through generous people like you in partnership with those going out that the Kingdom is accomplished on earth! Neither role is superior but instead we need both roles to accomplish His work on the earth. We are keenly aware of how important you are in this process. When people are saved, healed and set free with the ministry of the people you support, you are a big part of making that possible!
Here are our financial needs at this time. Note that we are not able to provide tax receipts for our DTS. We anticipate at this time a general cost of $35,000. We had just announced our news and within a day we already had over $1000 come in from one person! So, that brought us down to $34,000 left! This looks impossible with man but with God nothing is impossible! $35,000 could be provided by one person donating $35,000, 35 people donating $1000 or 350 people donating $100 to put it in perspective! In the last 3 weeks, we have had the equivalent of 3 people at $1000 come forward generously so we are encouraged that God will do great things in the area of finances! The stories of provision are incredible already!
If you would like to support us financially please email us if you have our email addresses or leave a comment. We will be sure to contact you.
Thank-you again in advance for your support, friendship and generosity. We love you and look forward to partnering with you as God accomplishes great things on the earth in this time to further His Kingdom across the globe.
Shane and Kristi Farrow
Intercessory Missionaries and now YWAM students
As fall approaches and the changing of season comes in the natural, changes are coming for the Farrows too! It’s been an exciting time and has been a whirlwind few weeks for us.
As many of you know, we have been investing our time, energy and resources into being a part of what God has been doing in Winnipeg in the area of prayer & worship for the last 4.5 years, through our involvement with Sanctuary House of Prayer. Now, as an extension of our obedience in following whatever the Lord may lead, there is a new chapter beginning!
Our hearts beat with desire to see the Church across the world found in the place of prayer with the Lord about the things that are on His heart. We also have hearts that beat for missions and reaching the people of the world with salvation, compassion and love through acts of mercy and justice. In the past few years we have focused more on the prayer side of things and now we are excited to have more experience where both missions and prayer converge!
As of September 28, 2010, we are setting sail for a new adventure that will further train us in the way prayer and missions join together. We are doing a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) discipleship training school (DTS) from September 30, 2010 to March 11, 2011. We are joining a specific DTS called Call2All that focuses on prayer, missions and evangelism (www.call2all.org). Our DTS starts in Kona, Hawaii for the first 12 weeks and includes listening to many lectures, doing work duties, receiving all that we can from the Lord in training and teaching and whatever else that could be planned for us. During the DTS outreach phase, we will be putting into practice all we have learned, taking the Gospel to places where people may have never heard the name of Jesus and participating in expanding God’s Kingdom. This portion of the DTS is 2-3 months long and will take place in a variety of overseas locations. Outreach activities will include evangelism, mercy ministries, teaching, preaching, intercessory prayer, Church planting, and reaching out to present Jesus in a variety of other creative ways, At this point we don’t know where we will be located, but we’re excited about the possibilities (South Africa, the Philippines or Brazil)! We have both had missions experience before but have never gone out together! Now is the time!
We are very excited to see all that the Lord will do over the 6-month period we will be away. The last Call2All DTS team shared the gospel with over 2,144 people, prayed for over 480 people to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, prayed with over 435 people who recommitted their lives to the Lord, and they saw 7 people miraculously healed from pain and chronic illness as they were prayed over. We are excited to see what Jesus will do through our team!
We spent our 6th anniversary in June in Kansas City asking the Lord for direction for the next season of our lives. We strongly desire to commit this year of our marriage, our seventh, to the Lord in a focused way. We long to use our lives in any way, shape or form that He would ask. What better than an adventure, full of faith and risk, to be trained in an intentional way, apart from the rigors of day to day responsibilities. We are excited with what the Lord will do in and through us in this intense season of training!
Back in 2000, prior to starting our relationship, Shane was planning on going to Hawaii and doing a YWAM DTS. Well, we started our relationship and God had other plans for that season of our lives. It’s funny that exactly 10 years later, when we’d least expect it, He brought the idea around full circle but now involving both of us! We hadn’t thought about doing a YWAM DTS as a couple and we only started praying about it on June 1st. It’s amazing how quickly the Lord can move sometimes and it’s only 2 and a half months later and we are planning to go in 5 and a half weeks!
Many of you have walked with us, prayed with us, supported us and encouraged us over the years and we are looking forward to continuing our friendships as our lives take this turn in the journey. Thank-you for all your support and friendship!
The steps of obedience often have a risk element involved and doing this DTS has a lot of cost and sacrifice involved. Kristi has to quit her job at the hospital and Shane will be taking a sabbatical from Sanctuary for the next 6 months. We have had many decisions to make about our apartment and possessions and the cost financially is big one! But, the Lord has miraculously provided over the last 4.5 years time and time again and so we know that what He calls us to, He will provide for!
Please partner with us in prayer and please continue to support us with your friendship and encouragement. We need it! Prayer is THE most important thing you could give us. We need a covering of prayer from many friends and family through this process.
Prayer Requests:
- All the little details that need to come together
- A stress-free 5 weeks of preparing and planning
- Finances
- Grace and comfort for our friends, family and community
- Protection and peace with traveling
- That God would prepare our hearts for all He wants to do
We also have tangible needs in the area of resources, things needed for our trip and finances. Please pray about supporting us financially on this endeavor. The Lord rewards those who partner with His Kingdom in every area, including the important step of finances. It’s through generous people like you in partnership with those going out that the Kingdom is accomplished on earth! Neither role is superior but instead we need both roles to accomplish His work on the earth. We are keenly aware of how important you are in this process. When people are saved, healed and set free with the ministry of the people you support, you are a big part of making that possible!
Here are our financial needs at this time. Note that we are not able to provide tax receipts for our DTS. We anticipate at this time a general cost of $35,000. We had just announced our news and within a day we already had over $1000 come in from one person! So, that brought us down to $34,000 left! This looks impossible with man but with God nothing is impossible! $35,000 could be provided by one person donating $35,000, 35 people donating $1000 or 350 people donating $100 to put it in perspective! In the last 3 weeks, we have had the equivalent of 3 people at $1000 come forward generously so we are encouraged that God will do great things in the area of finances! The stories of provision are incredible already!
If you would like to support us financially please email us if you have our email addresses or leave a comment. We will be sure to contact you.
Thank-you again in advance for your support, friendship and generosity. We love you and look forward to partnering with you as God accomplishes great things on the earth in this time to further His Kingdom across the globe.
Shane and Kristi Farrow
Intercessory Missionaries and now YWAM students
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Happy 30th Birthday, my love!
Today is my husband's 30th birthday! He's not a big party guy and so there isn't a huge celebration that some, like myself, would enjoy. Instead, I booked the day off work and we're spending the day together.
September 8, 2010 marks 10 years that Shane and I have been together whether dating, engaged or married. I am so blessed! So, this birthday means a to me. It's actually the 11th time we've celebrated his birthday together.
Let me take you back down my memory lane to August 19th, 2000. Not even 2 months earlier, I had graduated from high school and moved to the big city to work. Shane and I knew each other as acquaintances from the past and when we found out in July that we had both moved to the city, we started hanging out. There was a few of us who would get together but after a while, the others couldn't always make it and that left the two of us to get to know each other.
By Shane's birthday in August, I was still very convinced that my feelings for him were strictly friendship only. So, I suppose I deemed it safe to plan a birthday celebration for my friend. I put together a picnic in the park, mini-golfing, dessert at The St.Boniface Cathedral and a visit to a friend who was working at Boston Pizza for just the two of us. That sounds pretty romantic to me now but at the time, it was just fun with my friend, or so I told myself =) Come to think of it, we haven't gone back to that park or the Cathedral, so I think it's funny that I picked those places!
We had a wonderful time together that day and though I may have been in denial, the friend we went to visit definitely started thinking things after seeing us sitting together and chatting in one of the booths at the restaurant she was working at that evening.
If we hadn't started with a friendship, there is NO WAY I would have planned that day. That would have been way too bold for me, except that I felt safe planning a day for my friend, not my potential boyfriend.
Within the month, we would be staring denial in the face. Shane was hoping and planning to go to Hawaii to do a YWAM DTS in the fall of 2000. He didn't want to get into a relationship before then....which ultimately came down to him telling me that he didn't want to start a more-than-friendship relationship with me because he was going away. Suddenly, I had to stare my feelings in the face, but still didn't quite face it. I just thought that my devastated response, that accompanied sadness and tears, had to do with the fact that I would miss his family if I couldn't hang around the way I had been =) Hee! Hee!
Well, the rest is history! I won the heart of my Shane and we started our official more-than-friends relationship September 8th, 2000. YWAM didn't enter the picture again...until now, 10 years later. But now we're going together so it's even better!
I have been the blessed gal who gets to celebrate Shane's birthday with him each and every year over the past 11 birthdays! I love him more every year and so I'm excited about learning to love him more with the ones to come!
Happy 30th Birthday to my husband! Great things are in store this year!
September 8, 2010 marks 10 years that Shane and I have been together whether dating, engaged or married. I am so blessed! So, this birthday means a to me. It's actually the 11th time we've celebrated his birthday together.
Let me take you back down my memory lane to August 19th, 2000. Not even 2 months earlier, I had graduated from high school and moved to the big city to work. Shane and I knew each other as acquaintances from the past and when we found out in July that we had both moved to the city, we started hanging out. There was a few of us who would get together but after a while, the others couldn't always make it and that left the two of us to get to know each other.
By Shane's birthday in August, I was still very convinced that my feelings for him were strictly friendship only. So, I suppose I deemed it safe to plan a birthday celebration for my friend. I put together a picnic in the park, mini-golfing, dessert at The St.Boniface Cathedral and a visit to a friend who was working at Boston Pizza for just the two of us. That sounds pretty romantic to me now but at the time, it was just fun with my friend, or so I told myself =) Come to think of it, we haven't gone back to that park or the Cathedral, so I think it's funny that I picked those places!
We had a wonderful time together that day and though I may have been in denial, the friend we went to visit definitely started thinking things after seeing us sitting together and chatting in one of the booths at the restaurant she was working at that evening.
If we hadn't started with a friendship, there is NO WAY I would have planned that day. That would have been way too bold for me, except that I felt safe planning a day for my friend, not my potential boyfriend.
Within the month, we would be staring denial in the face. Shane was hoping and planning to go to Hawaii to do a YWAM DTS in the fall of 2000. He didn't want to get into a relationship before then....which ultimately came down to him telling me that he didn't want to start a more-than-friendship relationship with me because he was going away. Suddenly, I had to stare my feelings in the face, but still didn't quite face it. I just thought that my devastated response, that accompanied sadness and tears, had to do with the fact that I would miss his family if I couldn't hang around the way I had been =) Hee! Hee!
Well, the rest is history! I won the heart of my Shane and we started our official more-than-friends relationship September 8th, 2000. YWAM didn't enter the picture again...until now, 10 years later. But now we're going together so it's even better!
I have been the blessed gal who gets to celebrate Shane's birthday with him each and every year over the past 11 birthdays! I love him more every year and so I'm excited about learning to love him more with the ones to come!
Happy 30th Birthday to my husband! Great things are in store this year!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Wow...it's shocking!
11 weeks ago tonight, Shane and I went for a walk in the park. The Call2All DTS entered the conversation for the first time that night and we started to look into it. It just kinda came out of Shane's mouth, though we had never thought of it before.
11 weeks later, our flights are books and we are making the many preparations for the trip to Kona. Shane booked our flights this evening and the Lord provided a way to save some funds. By flying in 2 days early, we save $1300!!!! Can you believe that? So, we get 2 days to spend together in Hawaii before the intensity begins!
We're feeling pretty sober about it tonight. It's kinda surreal that the flights are booked. Perhaps I'm be more excited tomorrow. Tonight I'm feeling a little sad...
In 6 weeks from tonight, we'll be landing in Kona, Hawaii, embarking on a completely foreign season of our lives that we've never experienced before. It's crazy to think it's only 6 weeks away! Tomorrow begins the 5+ week mark! Ahhhhhh!!!!!
I think I'm in a little bit of shock! Have Your way in every way Lord!
11 weeks later, our flights are books and we are making the many preparations for the trip to Kona. Shane booked our flights this evening and the Lord provided a way to save some funds. By flying in 2 days early, we save $1300!!!! Can you believe that? So, we get 2 days to spend together in Hawaii before the intensity begins!
We're feeling pretty sober about it tonight. It's kinda surreal that the flights are booked. Perhaps I'm be more excited tomorrow. Tonight I'm feeling a little sad...
In 6 weeks from tonight, we'll be landing in Kona, Hawaii, embarking on a completely foreign season of our lives that we've never experienced before. It's crazy to think it's only 6 weeks away! Tomorrow begins the 5+ week mark! Ahhhhhh!!!!!
I think I'm in a little bit of shock! Have Your way in every way Lord!
Monday, August 16, 2010
The Light Has Shone On The Path Ahead
As I looked back on the last few months of my blogs, I saw a theme of asking the Lord for direction and desiring Him to speak what was coming next. I saw a longing for adventure with my husband and the Lord arise in my spirit after coming home from Haiti in March.
Well, the light has shone on the path ahead and we know the next step in front of us now!
It's been a time of seeking and asking and we have an answer, guidance and a plan for the next season of our lives!
On September 28th, only 6 short weeks away, Shane and I are jumping off a cliff from what we've known and into a season filled with risk and adventure! We are flying to Kona, Hawaii to be a part of the Call2All Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). We will be spending 12 weeks in training during the lecture phase of our DTS which will be filled with learning, studying and preparing for our outreach with our team. Then we're off to our field assignment for 2-3 months of missions work and "doing the stuff" of the Kingdom of God! We may be going to South Africa, the Philippines or Brazil!
I am so excited for what the Lord has in store for us! I am so thankful that we have been listening and have heard His still, small whisper of direction at this time in our lives.
This jump is exciting and scary all in one. We have stared at the hard stuff and the sacrifice over the last 2 weeks since we found out we are going and allowed ourselves to feel sadness over what we will miss back at home. The cost in the natural is a big one. When I say cost, I mean it in every area. The sacrifice involves relationships, jobs, finances, comfort, future plans, perceived security, physical possessions, etc.
Some people may think that our time away will be a walk in the park because of the location we're headed to for our training. I am thankful for the place that the Lord is calling us to, but I would not pick a place based on the natural. I want to be led by the Spirit and I want to follow where the Holy Spirit leads, wherever that may be. Regardless if we're called to Hawaii ,the Arctic or Timbuktu, there is both sacrifice and excitement, trials and joys to be had. I don't care where we go as long as the Lord is with us and guiding us.
I am going to try and use this blog to stay connected with friends and family while we're preparing for this jump and while we're away over the 6 months with YWAM. I was talking with a friend today who suggested I blog weekly. I think that's a great idea! I would like to keep our loved ones informed on what the Lord is doing in and through us. I'll start with aiming at once a week and we'll see what happens once we're out in Kona. Also, check out Shane's blog at www.quietlyseeking.com!
So many of you love us and support us and we are so grateful for you. The things that happen with us and through us are a part of your story too! Please pray for us as we embark on a new season of life. Please pray about partnering with us financially in this area of the Kingdom. We can't accomplish the work of the Kingdom without one another and we'd love to partner with you!
I'll post our YWAM letter in the next few days for you to read and please contact us if you would like to receive our updates and aren't on our list yet.
Please pray for us in the next few weeks as we prepare to go to YWAM. This week's prayer requests are:
- that the details with our apartment would come together
- that the finances would continue to flow in
- that the prices for our flights would continue to decrease (down $100 today!)
- that the Lord would continue to surround us with peace as we walk forward
- that the Lord would comfort our hearts on the days we miss Steph (my sister is in New Zealand for 6-10 months)
- that the Lord would give us vision and eternal perspective each day and especially on the days when the sacrifice is felt more than usual
- that the Lord would give us joy and excitement for the adventure ahead!
Blessings to each of you!
Well, the light has shone on the path ahead and we know the next step in front of us now!
It's been a time of seeking and asking and we have an answer, guidance and a plan for the next season of our lives!
On September 28th, only 6 short weeks away, Shane and I are jumping off a cliff from what we've known and into a season filled with risk and adventure! We are flying to Kona, Hawaii to be a part of the Call2All Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). We will be spending 12 weeks in training during the lecture phase of our DTS which will be filled with learning, studying and preparing for our outreach with our team. Then we're off to our field assignment for 2-3 months of missions work and "doing the stuff" of the Kingdom of God! We may be going to South Africa, the Philippines or Brazil!
I am so excited for what the Lord has in store for us! I am so thankful that we have been listening and have heard His still, small whisper of direction at this time in our lives.
This jump is exciting and scary all in one. We have stared at the hard stuff and the sacrifice over the last 2 weeks since we found out we are going and allowed ourselves to feel sadness over what we will miss back at home. The cost in the natural is a big one. When I say cost, I mean it in every area. The sacrifice involves relationships, jobs, finances, comfort, future plans, perceived security, physical possessions, etc.
Some people may think that our time away will be a walk in the park because of the location we're headed to for our training. I am thankful for the place that the Lord is calling us to, but I would not pick a place based on the natural. I want to be led by the Spirit and I want to follow where the Holy Spirit leads, wherever that may be. Regardless if we're called to Hawaii ,the Arctic or Timbuktu, there is both sacrifice and excitement, trials and joys to be had. I don't care where we go as long as the Lord is with us and guiding us.
I am going to try and use this blog to stay connected with friends and family while we're preparing for this jump and while we're away over the 6 months with YWAM. I was talking with a friend today who suggested I blog weekly. I think that's a great idea! I would like to keep our loved ones informed on what the Lord is doing in and through us. I'll start with aiming at once a week and we'll see what happens once we're out in Kona. Also, check out Shane's blog at www.quietlyseeking.com!
So many of you love us and support us and we are so grateful for you. The things that happen with us and through us are a part of your story too! Please pray for us as we embark on a new season of life. Please pray about partnering with us financially in this area of the Kingdom. We can't accomplish the work of the Kingdom without one another and we'd love to partner with you!
I'll post our YWAM letter in the next few days for you to read and please contact us if you would like to receive our updates and aren't on our list yet.
Please pray for us in the next few weeks as we prepare to go to YWAM. This week's prayer requests are:
- that the details with our apartment would come together
- that the finances would continue to flow in
- that the prices for our flights would continue to decrease (down $100 today!)
- that the Lord would continue to surround us with peace as we walk forward
- that the Lord would comfort our hearts on the days we miss Steph (my sister is in New Zealand for 6-10 months)
- that the Lord would give us vision and eternal perspective each day and especially on the days when the sacrifice is felt more than usual
- that the Lord would give us joy and excitement for the adventure ahead!
Blessings to each of you!
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