Dear family and friends,

Already two months have passed since we got back from our trip and I haven’t been able to sit down and write you a proper update until now. Have we forgotten you? Absolutely not! We have just been running from the point the plane landed in Kona. Now it is labor day holiday, so I have no excuse today for not writing you an update, so here I go:

Impartation
The first two weeks of July Jackson and I staffed the Impartation Advanced Leadership Seminar. This seminar is open to both YWAMers and Non-YWAMers and aims at training those operating in the different spheres of society how they can make an impact. We received participants such as Pastors, Businessmen, Lawyer, Educators and so on. Darlene was leading the seminar and there were several key speakers sharing their experience in missions and in discipling the nations through the Spheres of Society. Jackson developed relationships with the different participants and I mostly spent time with Hope and doing the behind the scenes administration of the course. The seminar once again emphasized how vital and key every person in the body of Christ is. We all have a mandate to preach the gospel, and you can do that with words and with your lifestyle. God’s heart is for saving the Lost and discipling the nations (Matt 28:18-20). This has to be done by all of us in the positions of influence God has put us. That could be in your business, your home, your church, your family etc.

Anneke
After Impartation “normal life” started again. When I had my meeting time with Darlene she told me that since Loren’s assistant had left due to personal reasons, there was a vacancy. And she wanted to propose if I could consider being his assistant as well as her Kona Assistant. She thought that this would expand my learning experience here in Kona, looking at our preparation for Nigeria, and she said that her Kona work was decreasing so my “old” job would not be as big as it was. Apart from this being a tremendous honor, I was aware that this was a big responsibility and I didn’t want to operate on excitement alone. As I am also taking care of Hope I needed to have a clear word of the Lord before I said yes to their invitation. So I spent some time praying and I really felt the Lord saying “yes” I should accept this offer. So in the weeks after Impartation I started working for the both of them. Focusing mainly on the correspondence and administrative areas. As you can imagine this has kept me rather busy, but I am enjoying every second of it. Loren is involved in many different things and thus I am learning all kinds of principles as well as things about the Mission we work with. They are both such humble people of God and are very gracious to me.

Jackson
Jackson started his Graduate Directed Studies Internship in the Natural Farm & Food Machine area. Right now he is experimenting which agricultural system of planting vegetables has the highest output. He is testing different types of gardening methods such as: the Key Hole Gardening method, African Mountain Gardening, Aquaponics etc. One of the challenges he is currently facing is with insects. In the

night he caught a lot of beetle looking bugs eating all of his corn crops. He is therefore now testing different natural pesticides and so on. He loves being outside and expresses so much creativity. The other staff members in the farm are very excited with these experiments and we all are looking forward to the results.

We also had a great birthday celebration for Jackson for which we want to thank all of you involved for making it an unforgettable day!

Hope Shekinah
Hope is now 11 months old, she has 8 teeth, is able to stand up without holding on to anything, and is a fast crawler. She says “Mama” and “Dada”. She says “fish (Sh..)” and “Cat (At)”. She will try to repeat words after you which is a lot of fun. She is developing so rapidly and becoming more and more independent. She loves dancing and already has moves that Jackson nor I can imitate as she is very flexible! The other day I went swimming with her and she found the metal railing at the steps of the pool which made a nice sound if you hit it. So she started hitting the railing and then dancing to her own music. It was adorable.

To give you a idea about our typical day as a family on this campus, it looks like this:

6:30-7:30 Hope wakes up Jackson takes her for a walk in the stroller till while I sleep a little more and then get up.

7:30-8:30- Dress up, have breakfast

8:45- I walk down to the office with Hope and Jackson goes to the farm.

9:00-12:00 Hope and I are in the office. She plays and takes a 1hr 30 minute nap while I work and play with her.

12:00-1:00 Lunch time where we meet Jackson at home

1:00-1:30 Hope’s playing time

1:30-3:00 Hope takes her afternoon nap while I work/rest at home.

3:00-5:00pm Jackson comes home to play with Hope, go to the playground, the swimming pool.

5:00-5:30-pm Dinner time in the dining

5:30-6:30- Hope’s playing time, reading books

6:30pm-7:00pm bathing time, milk bottle, night time prayers

7pm- Hope’s bedtime, Jackson & I finish our jobs (Jackson has to water the farm in the night and I usually catch up on some e-mails), then we rest.

In the weekends we use Saturday as a family day where we love to go to the beach and rest. On Sunday we go to church. On the campus there is a corporate worship meeting every Monday and a corporate gathering every Thursday Night (sort of like a church service). I love these corporate meetings as it is a wonderful time to worship the Lord together with about 600 other people!

Visit
As you may have read already last month two friends of us visited Kona to participate in the Summer Surge program: www.konasummersurge.com Fleur & Lars came and worked 4 days a week in exchange for free room and board. I have known Fleur closely for about 5 years now and it was so exciting to show

her the place that I live, and the way campus life is here in Kona. I would definitely recommend you read her story (just go to the archives on our site) so you know what her experience was in Kona!

In September we are going to receive another lovely couple: Soraya & Hans whose wedding we attended while we were visiting the Netherlands! They will be coming on vacation here in Hawaii and staying in the guest house we have on the campus. I am very much looking forward to showing them around this place and giving them the experience of YWAM and a life in missions.

That does bring me to mention that if you are interested in the possibilities of visiting us at the YWAM campus, please send us an e-mail! There are many options such as coming as a tourist or coming as a short-term mission volunteer for example. And if you would like to know more about the 6 month life changing Discipleship Training School (DTS) we will also be happy to help you.

Looking Forward
In the months to come Jackson will finish his internship and then start a school in Primary Health Care which is aimed at learning basic medical skills you can apply in the remote areas of developing nations where there is no hospital or medical center nearby. I will continue assisting the Cunninghams together with Hope. In January 2013 Jackson is going to lead an intensive outreach in Cameroon and Nigera focusing on water as well as medical. The plan is to have a one week intensive in Nigeria running a medical clinic and then a one week intensive in Cameroon, digging wells as well as running a medical clinic. If you would like to know the details, you can send us an e-mail at thuisfrontja@gmail.com

We want to thank you for your continued prayers and financial support. And look forward to hearing updates from you on how you are doing!

Blessings,

Jackson & Anneke and Hope Shekinah