Iceland!!!!

Dear Family

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=199509&id=790062963#!/photos.php?id=790062963
If you would like to see some photos of Iceland go to this site on Facebook.com. My friend Sophia took some great photos that you can see.
Dalvik, Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland
Stykkisholmur, Iceland

These are the three places to take a look at when you get here.

Iceland is a great place, my heart breaks and rejoices over the land. God will move in unknown ways as life goes on. I met many great folks but only few were ready to truly accept Christ as the savior of their lives. The few that made that change had a real turn around but they could turn back around and God will protect them from any evil that may come to pull them away from Gods heart.

It was a lot of hard work but worth it for God. I met Him everyday and He was the best part of the trip, sharing His love with me on this trip. Before the trip I finished this book call "Christ the Sum of all Spiritual things" by Watchman Nee. This book took me back to the foundations of faith, hope, and love which is Christ. I was convicted of asking God for things, characteristics that I lack, talents that I lack, asking Him for such crap. Then He encouraged me to read this book so I did, as I read it I began to come back to Him, to Jesus as a person more then a provider of things. On this trip I was filled with jealousy and envy but Christ kept showing up as I spoke to Him, He spoke back to me encouragements to keep going and fighting for unity in the team, for the people He wants me to speak to. He was my most encouraging friend on this trip to Iceland.
How I knew God was using me and watching out for me was by faith that He would not shun me from His presence. I desired to turn from my wicked ways so I let the Holy Spirit fight to end these thoughts and desires in my heart. I gave up on trying to be the best, the most "holy", and live as Jordan-a simple man whom knows jack about life but is willing to walk with Jesus.
I did not share much of this with a friend that I was talking to but he noticed my struggle. With knowing these things about me he said this to me
"A friend of mine use to say 'I love Jesus' then my friend went through a hard time and stopped saying 'I love Jesus'. I asked him why he stopped saying that, he then said 'because I do hurtful things and when I do hurtful things its not loving Jesus so now I say, Jesus loves me.'

1 john is one of my favorite letters in the New Testament. In this book it talks about love and how love is that God first loved us (to the point of death). The gospel of Jesus is becoming clearer and clearer as I was with Jesus. I am realizing I have less to give to people as Jordan and more to give to people as Jordan a guy whom knows jack about life but is willing to walk with Jesus. Jesus is all that can be good to give to another person whether it be through tongue, works, thought, time, touch, make sure you give them Jesus.

Yup this is my internal thoughts, realizations, and break downs. God is awesome and walks with sinners that are made saints by His love and affections.

There are a few cool stories I have about Iceland.

1: On one of the last 3 days of our reach, I was talking with a friend but I knew that wasn't where I belonged. Suddenly a man was walking behind me and the Holy Spirit spoke to me to go talk to him, I thought no this guy looks shady. This man is a homeless guy with a gash wound on his noise and forehead, it was clear he was not doing well. I then followed Gods movement, walked up to him and asked this man how he was doing. His response was not surprising "Terrible". I asked him if I could pray for him, he accepted it, I closed my eyes, prayed, opened my eyes looked up to make eye contact, and he is crying. I asked him again how is he doing, he said this to me. "I walk around these streets no one looks at me, talks to me, people make away around me so they don't need to be near me. But you walked up to me and talked to me, you cared for me." I was grate full to talk with him and share Gods love with him. I stood with him and talked to him for a while, it was clear he was lonely, as I talked with him I told him about Gods love. It was cool and I am sure he is still talking with God. I was shamed and God was glorified, it was cool.

2: I was talking with some teens who are great skaters. I told them about Gods voice and how he shares things with me, talks to me, even talks to me when he wants something said to another person. They were amazed that God could talk to us present day and wanted to know this God so I told them about knowing God through Jesus. They accepted Christ to have this relationship with God. After I did not want to leave them with out having someone else pray with them to hear Gods voice so I got one of the head leaders on the team to explain it hearing Gods voice in another way and pray for them. These guys were genuine and hopefully still going for Gods presence.

I am trusting God with these people, we directed them to people who have a relationship with God and are seeking Him daily. It was a great trip over all! Iceland is beautiful so take a look at the photos on facebook. I am still learning how to follow Jesus, not perfect just forgiven, you know.
Thank you for reading.
Jordan




Thank you Jesus for allowing me to go to Iceland, see you move in the heart of Icelanders, in the J.G. team hearts, in my heart. God you are a caring God. Thank you for being great and still desiring us to be in your presence after all that we have done to you, to your name, thank you for not giving up on us. You are love and lovely.Thank you Jesus, let continue our day together.

Dear Family,

Life is going good.

I am living a life that is crazy! I am trying my hardest giving my all for this out reach. God is awesome and showing himself to me in new ways.



Thanks, BYE!

Dear Friends,

Things have been changing in my life and in many other peoples lives.

We have been sitting in prayer for the last few nights asking Jesus to move in our core so that we may bring glory to him here on earth. Yup, I have been encouraging others to love their neighbors more. I have been for once in my life apart of a healing, I was walking down the hall saw my friend limping asked "what is wrong?", he then told me about his knee with not even a thought of faith or waiting of the presence of God I knelt down touched his knee ask/command the knee to be healed. The knee was healed by Jesus.

Last night we prayed over our generations issues, asking for lies to be torn down from our generation.

The guys put a list of things to avoid to not step into sexual sin.

I am becoming more expression with Jesus, allowing myself to be free to praise God, worship him when it seems time to.

I am developing dances so expect a release of videos of dances in the fall!

Okay, I love you all. I still need financial help with Iceland so please if you can spare 15$ or more to this trip God has placed me on then please donate to me through ywamboston.org. Thanks

p.s. Iceland was almost to a close for me but by Gods faithfulness enough money came in to help me get a plane ticket. I still need 700$, please every little bit helps.

J.G.

Dear Family

J.G. is going SO great. Teens lives are being healed, perspective of God, Jesus, Holy Spirit are being changed, dedication to God is beginning to develop more! Its awesome, good things are happening.

I am being inspired to be more for Jesus and after him in new ways. I have noticed a lot of envy and jealousy in my thoughts and emotions which lead me to do hurtful things to others, I have been asking God to change these things, he has slowly been doing it. Its awesome, still a mess but totally wont stay in these bad habits forever. A change is happening deep beneath these bones.


Please pray for
`the students in J.G.
`Leaders/staff members
`Income to keep coming in
`and more lives be changed through Gods spirit


Thanks Love you. Keep seeking God its all worth it!
Jordan

I LOVE YOU AND MY LIFE IS FALLING APART BECAUSE OF IT, WHO I AT ONCE THOUGHT I WAS HAS CHANGED. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR LOVE BUT ITS INFECTING MY LIFE TO CARE ABOUT THE LITTLE AND BIG PERSONS IN THIS TINY, POINTLESS LIFE. I AM GRATE FULL TO NOT BE A HEADLESS CHICKEN BUT A GOOD THINKER, A PERSON WHO TRIES BECAUSE OF ONE GREAT BIG LOVE THAT HAS CAUGHT ALL THEE ATTENTION OF ALL HISTORY. YOUR GOOD AND I KNOW THIS.

THANK YOU, PLEASE INFECT MY LIFE MORE BECAUSE YOUR LOVE IS A MYSTERY THAT HAS ME PANTING FOR MORE.

Dear Family,

Presently, I am sick.

These last few days I have been learning dances for J.G. I am working on wordless books and other small thing for J.G.

Just this last Wednesday I went out to talk with people, pray for them, and tell them about Jesus' radical love. It was awesome! I was alone so sharing, praying for people felt more natural.

I just recently gave a lot of my DVDs to the library, I have been asking if these movies I have would benefit more in a public place then in my house and I decided-yes, it would benefit more people.

I am room mates with a guy named Matthew, he is not much like me in many ways which annoys me. I am grate full to be living with him because life is not about living for your self but for others, this moment in life is a opportunity for God to be glorified by a friendship built on Him.

Aaron Cip and I cooked cookies for our neighbors to build relationships with them. I am excited to get to know them and hopefully be good neighbors with them.

I am praying for J.G.

I am praying for my heart because I am realizing my sin in new ways that aren't pleasing to God. My lack of mercy on people, my jealousy of what others have and I have not, my lack of involvement in peoples lives which is my laziness.

All these things are changing because of the Love of God, I think Jesus has given me a social gift. When i do not flow in it I become a unhappy person. I am a sinner so do not be surprise when I write about junk in my life. By the grace of God we are called and saved, thank God because I am unworthy to be a missionary yet worthy because of Gods kindness. He is awesome.

Things I am rejoicing about, Aaron Reeves is investing in his musical talents. Lucas is my great friend in boston. Cornerstone is my home church! My roommate is Matthew, Joe is Joe. Showbread has gotten their goal for finances, YWAM Boston just got a new camera! We have Koreans on our team. The dance team has good moves for our hip hop dance. We just had a amazing team from N.H. come and evangelize with us.

Good things are happening amongst us. I am grate full for these things.

I forgot to tell you that I am making journals that are REVOLUTIONARY!.... No, not really revolutionary but different. If you want one, please let me know and I will make one for you.

Soon I will post an image..... by soon I mean in two weeks...maybe four.

Thanks for reading. I will try to keep updating this blog space.