News, new friends, and Thai food?

Another season began last on October 1st, as the students for the Eagle Rock DTS rolled in here. We are now up and rolling as a family in the Mountains! It's been incredible already, with more excitement and growth, possibly with come challenges to come.

We have 27 students up at ER, and 14 staff. With each new DTS, we see very different personalities, even as a whole. For example, the Base DTS is all pretty chill, quiet, and shy, and our ER DTS is very outgoing, very loud, and most of them have probably never been shy in their life. So it's most definetely been an adventure this far! A good one!

Ted has three guys, Tony (23) from Arizona, Brent (22) from Florida, and Robert (26) from Texas. All very different guys, but with the same common heart...to serve Jesus whole heartedly. Ted's actually out right now playing frisbee golf with Brent. I have Veronica (22) from Indiana, and Corrie (20) from New York. (I had a third girl but she couldn't make it due to a visa issue, she was from Nepal). My girls are both very different, but they both have a lot in common with me, so it has been a blast! So far, we have all hung out at a local coffee shop, and talked about identity, shared our testimonies, watched some movies, and played games.

It has definetely been challenging here and there learning to balance everything, but for the most part, it has been incredible. Especially to see each of them already grow in who they are in Christ. Last weeks teaching was on the Father Heart of God, which spoke to my girls hearts deeply, as well as Ted's guys.

On a more personal level, many of you know, or maybe not, that Ted and I were in a car accident a little over a month now. Well, the guy who hit us, claimed fault, and his insurance is going to help us get a new vehicle. Which honestly for an accident, this was the most "ideal" situation. (Actually the most ideal situtation would be not to have the accident but...). Anyways, it still is in the process of us getting the car to them, handing over everything like the title and such, and recieving the money. Please pray that this will go smoothly, and God will hook us up soon with a good, reliable vehicle.

Our car was VERY good, so its sad to see it go, but oh well. Also, one awesome praise report is that we are (as of right now) living up the mountain, rarely needing a car. If we had been living down the mountain right now, we would be in a lot of trouble. So God new, and worked things out for good huh?

Another prayer request...with the accident, i unfortunetly wasn't wearing my seatbelt. (My mother, and father, and grandmother, and husband, have all LOVINGLY talked some sense into me since of course). I'm not sure why i chose not too, but just to let you know, i now buckle up the very second my bum hits the car seat. Anyways, I did end up hurting my back in the accident, and even though the insurance and police knew i wasn't wearing a seatbelt, since the guy claimed fault, they are covering my "medical" bills. Not that i've done anything yet. I did get it checked out, and the doctor said, i pulled muscles in my lower back, adn nothing else. So nothing super serious, but i am in alot of pain doing normal activities. So please pray that God will heal this up quickly. I DID very much so, learn my lesson.

ANOTHER thing, sorry this is so long! Ted and I are officially going to Thailand! We leave with the whole DTS on or around December 15th! We will miss Christmas which is hard, but we are very excited. I will write later with more information on what we will be doing in ministry there as well as the dates and places we will visit while in Thailand!

Alright, well i must go! Love you all!

Be blessed!

Jami (& Ted)

(PHOTO: Ted surprised me one night and took me out for my favourite food: Thai. If you've never had Thai before, i encourage you to try it! My favourite is the Spicy Pad Thai, try it out!)

"Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades.

Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame,

And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise,

From the inside out, Lord my sould cries out!"

A new season arrives!

Hello from Eagle Rock!

We are now settling in the mountains about 45 minutes drive away from the YWAM Denver Arvada base. Ted and I were asked to be on the DTS staff up here, at our mountain campus, Eagle Rock. It is incredibly beautiful up here; soon I will post some photos, so you can share in this beauty with us.

Well, where to start…the number of staff up here is only 14, which is low compared to the 100 and something at the base, so it has been really peaceful, and rather nice actually. It seems the smaller the number, the closer people seem to become. It has been like living with family, already in our first weeks stay. Ted and I will be living up here for three months starting on Monday. We are excited to get away from the craziness and noise of Denver.

Students will begin to roll in here on Monday! We are so thrilled! Ted has a small group of four guys, so he will be incredibly busy this quarter. He has amazing wisdom, and revelation so I know that God will use him immensely in this season. I have a small group of two. I had three, but couldn’t make it. I was sad, for sure, but now I am excited for my two girls to get here! I can’t wait to meet them. One is my age, and one two years older. I am honoured to be able to be there for them in encouragement in this season.

The Eagle Rock DTS will have 28-30 students this fall. We are all pretty anxious to meet everyone, and start this DTS out right, and with a bang! Please pray that this season in each of the students lives, will be one like they have never know. One where they experience God is ways they never have. Also pray for a teachable heart and spirit. That is always nice too…J.

Ted and I have the main “responsibility” of being small group leaders. (I don’t really like calling it just a responsibility but rather an honour really to lead these students to a deeper understand of who they are in Christ.) On top of our small groups, we also will be running other areas around the base. Since we are short on staff, this means we will be putting our hands in a little bit of everything here. It makes things fun and interesting for sure!

Ted is the maintenance director, as well as the worship leader. He is excited to get a chance to lead worship again. It is an incredible gift God has given him, and we see this as an opportunity for him to use this gift. I am running the hospitality department again! I am very very excited about this, because I have done this before and it stretches me a lot! I am excepting to grow in this season. I am also the receptionist off and on. That…doesn’t really stretch me, well other than learning to not be so antsy. Which is good.

Well, a few prayer requests for us. For Ted and I both to be able to find a good balance of alone time with God, time with our small group students, and time with each other. I have heard that this season can be rough on married couples, (and been told especially if were newlyweds) but we are excepting the best for this season. Not the worst, or something rough. We are determined to just walk in who we are in Christ, and in Christ, where could we go wrong…right?

Also for Ted, confidence with leading worship. And that God would continually reveal to Ted new things about identity. For me, I seem to try and resurrect my old man, and live through him. I am weary of walking this road, placing my identity in the things around me, or how I am treated. The old man is dead, and dead is where he belongs. Nothing I can ever do will resurrect this man, ever. I know am a new creation. I know am in Christ. So just prayer that I will not live through me own strength but through Christ in me.

Well we love you all and we’ll post another blog soon!

Love,
Ted & Jami



“For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Colossians 3:3

You are hidden with Christ in God!

Visiting

We are coming to visist Good Shepard Bible Chapel, this coming Sunday! It's been a few months since we've seen alot you (those who are there). So it will be nice to see everyone!!

Can't wait to see ya!

Ted & Jami

Labor Day Camping Trip

Mom took a photo of my lovely camping pjs early in the morning hence the hairdo.
Ted pretending to be ashamed of my outfit. ;)
The woods, its was very beautiful and peaceful there.
They were starving to chewed on some trees.
Ted trying to start a fire for us.

Inside the man made "shelter".
Ted still trying to start the fire.
The enterance to the shelter
Due to a storm away from our campsite, we had to quickly build a shelter for everyone. Turned out we didnt need to after all, and we all walked back to our campsite.

The camping crew (minus my mom)
A tree branch.
me and Chey by the gorgeous lake
Ab, Me, and Chey pretending to eat wild mushrooms.
Our feet!
(Some of the photos on here are taken by My madre, or chelsea, or Abie and me.)

More photos to come of camping and the ride Ted, Chey, and I took to get there. Also our honey moon photos are on their way!!!

Love, Jami (& Ted)

Random Photos of the "Crazy Couple"

Um, i don't know...:)
Ted playing foosball with Kaden.
Ted and I on swings, one of our favourite past times

A "lovefeast" last summer. I was Japanese and he was muslim.
Last summer, at Chelsea and Abies softball games
Our most recent couple photo for the YWAM Denver staff board. Ted wanted to hold the caution sign from the grass. So that would somewaht explain why its there...

Ted leading worship for a DTS graduation this summer.
Ted and I strolling to our car.
Teds feet

Me, and my favourite pokadots. Me and Ted at the base before he left for Mexico.

Colour of Love

Its moments like this
When we feel such peace
Believing that you love us
Knowing that it's true

Even moments of the silence
We know in our hearts you are here

Though we cannot grasp
How wide, or how high
How deep, or how far
We've come to realize
We dont need to

All we need to do is accept
This colour of love
Period.

You spoke into the darkness
To call us by name
You quickened our hearts
With a glance of your eyes
And we know without a doubt
We never want to look back
For now that we have experienced these colours
We shall never be the same!!

Accept this unfathomable love!
For this is the t r u t h!

Love, Jami Joann

Amazed with much excitement.

The past few days have been really incredible so I wanted to share! In June we were panicking about August and how we would pay for our bills, car insurance as a married couple, vehicle registration. . . and honestly it seemed impossible.

We were in need of gas in our little station wagon last week. The whole week, we were wondering when the car would run out. But it continually stayed on E, without ever failing once. Then thursday rolled around and Ted decided to go ahead and put $10 of gas in our car. Saying, "I just put gas in with faith God will provide. That same day we checked our mailbox to find someone from our home church sent us 5 dollars over the amount placed in the car! We were so excited!!!

Then Friday when I was sorting the mail, I found two letters addressed to us, from my mother-in-law, Anisa. One for Ted and one for me. Inside was money, enough to help us with our car insurance! And in my card was a sweet card that literally sung, singing about how God is with us in the storms aaaand...a starbucks card!

Yesterday Ted and I sat in our apartment talking about what was to be paid next. Our electric bill is due the 28th and our vehicle registration ends the same day. Ted just said what he always says, "Lets just wait and see what God does." So today we came to work, and as we sat in staff meeting, a lady on staff came up to us, handed me a card, and said, "Im so sorry this is late, but this is for your wedding." We opened the sweet note, to find enough to pay our electric bill!

The again, yes, i know this is totally amazing! Today we recieved support from a very dear friend of Ted and I. For enough to pay for our final "worry" this month. Our vehicle registration!

God amazes me with how in the very exact moment of need, He totally comes around and provides!

Just thought I'd share a bit of the excitement!! Holy Moly!

Love, Jami (& Ted)