How can I explain to you all the Journey that I am on!? When I titled
this blog, “An Incredible Journey” I
never imagined that name could be underestimated! But what a God I serve! I
think it impossible to overestimate Him.
Over the last few years He has taken me
through law school, Articles, across oceans and into His Heart. He has proven faithful
and very recently, so exciting! Words cannot capture the breathtaking precipice
I am looking down from, the only thing that comes close is that instant when,
after steadily advancing to the peak of a roller coaster’s first dive, you hang
suspended and wait to be swept away! Except instead of a coaster’s track ahead
of me there lies only the open expanse of His unending, unyielding wild heart
of Love.
God willing, I will be called to the bar
in September, which means that I will be an official lawyer and another chapter
will begin. I do not know where I will be working, and that is part of the
landscape beyond the precipice. But until then, I have a Summer of Strategic Adventure.
Part of this Adventure is a Mission Trip
to the Czech Republic. Many of you know my sister Esther Haveman, a link to her
blog can be found here:
She has been in the Czech Republic since March 2013 and has asked me to
consider coming out and finishing her time there together. After a lot of
prayer, I have felt released, or rather His spurring to GO! And so, for the end
of July and into August, I will be working alongside my sweet sister with
Fusion Ministries.
A
Little about Fusion
Fusion, which operates under Josiah
Venture is a youth ministry that comes alongside churches, training them to run
musical outreach ministries. Fusion is not a music ministry. It is a relational
ministry that uses music as a tool. The ministry is a pop/rock/gospel choir
that is open to high school students and rehearses weekly. As the choir prepares
for upcoming concerts the gospel is shared, many non-believers attend the choir
and hear and see the gospel week after week. Every summer, each Fusion choir
has a week-long camp. I will be a part of the Czech Republic's Central Camp for
a key week – the week where multiple start-up Fusions come together. Overall, I am to act as a catalyst; drawing in
Czech non-believers and connecting them with national Christians who are in a
position to continue in on-going relationship after I have left. I am also
there to build up, relieve, and support the Church so that evangelism and
discipleship can happen. This is my most exciting part; as much as I love and
long to reach the lost, I love
ministering and encouraging other Believers.
Fusion also plans to make full use of my
administrative and organizational skills, I will be ensuring people know where
they need to be and when they need to be there, helping the Camp run smoothly
and ensuring the message stays on Jesus and isn’t lost in cumbersome coordination. I will be setting up and dismantling
activities and will most likely get to sing in the final choir!
A link with more information can be found below:
I long for the chance to share Christ
and testify to the Gospel! My life is an open testimony of God’s healing and
grace and how He can change any heart that is open to Him. His faithfulness and
creativity, His joy and hope, His playfulness and merry heart are calling to us
all!
Support
Above all, I covet your prayers. The powerful
prayers that will release the Spirit’s power in my life and into the lives I
brush against. I can do nothing without Him and I have seen the effects of
prayer, I am a sold out believer in it. I also need financial support. It will
cost approximately $2,000.00 (CND) to go. And unfortunately, Fusion cannot
issue tax receipted donations. If anyone has an idea of how I can accept
donations and get the donators receipts, please let me know!
Please consider donating, I appreciate
any amount and am trusting the Lord for provision.
Please
make cheques out to Jocelyn Haveman and send them
to:
Jocelyn Haveman
c/o St. Clair
Community Church
P.O. Box 114
Sombra, ON N0P 2H0
P.O. Box 114
Sombra, ON N0P 2H0
Or you can use email transfer to jocelyn.haveman@gmail.com. Any questions you may have can be sent to this email address :)
Psalm 16
1 Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
5 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Chyeah!!
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