I'm in Pasadena!!

I made it to Pasadena! Just under 3 weeks down. So crazy how time has flown by. There has been a lot to do as we are starting from scratch. But have already seen the Lord move so much!!! The Lord has opened up amazing doors with key people at the US Center for World Missions as well as local churches and Universities! He is so faithful to our hearts!

We also had the opportunity of helping out at a youth group in Laguna Beach, where I got to share my story with a bunch of middle school kids. I got to challenge them to step into the dreams of God over there lives. Every student stood up with expectancy believing that they too could really walk into greatness. It was awesome to see their reaction, and their eagerness to really go after God!

God is stirring the hearts of the youth, and they are hungry for something real. All I can say is... God, do it again! Lord send another wave of your presence to California and the west coast that sends ripples of the anticipation of salvation and freedom throughout our nation!

May this be the beginning of another Great Awakening!!!

If you are interested in being apart of whats going on here in a financial way please email me for more details and how you can help at erinluecrain@gmail.com

Thank you so much for your love, prayer, and support!! I greatly appreciate you!

Moving to Pasadena!!

I am currently staffing in the leadership track at the YWAM Kona base, and am involved with various community outreaches on and off campus, from working with under privileged kids to teaching and mentoring women. I am growing in my personal relationship with the Lord while I am building a sustainable community lifestyle.

In November however, I am moving to Pasadena, Ca., where I will be helping to pioneer a community plant. We will be partnering with, houses of prayer, local churches, US Center for World Missions and the Circuit Riders movement to train up university students with the simple gospel. I will continue to minister to and disciple women in Pasadena because it is a love of mine.

I am in need of prayer for safety on my trip home and drive from WA to Pasadena and I also will need financial support $1000 a month. Which includes housing, utilities, transportation, insurance, phone and food costs in Pasadena. Brand new start.
Thank you so much for you support!!

Summer!!!

Wow!! I can't believe that I have been here in Kona for 7 months. God is doing amazing things! I am beginning to see the promises of God being fulfilled right before my eyes. It has been such a joy to me to have the opportunity to teach women on Sunday nights. I have had for some time now the desire to see women restored and for them to walk in the fullness that the Lord has for them. There is a stirring this quarter and these women are really hungry to know God! I was created for this!  I love that I get to be a part of these women's lives in this way! They are choosing Jesus. They are choosing breakthrough. They are going to bring the Love of God to the Nations! These women are going to do far greater things than I will ever get the chance to do! I just love that!

Also I am planning on flying home for a week or so to visit family in August on my way to San Francisco, to meet up with a small team for a scouting trip.  The plan so far is a community plant in San Fran next year. Still praying into things to see what God would lead me to do, but so far I feel this is the direction. Then head back to Kona late August to finish out the summer quarter and teaching women and continuing on with the Revivalist Leadership Track.

I am physically, close to being in the best shape of my life! Praise God!! I just continue
pressing into Jesus to know Him better as well as committing to disciplined exercise. I have a 6.5 mile race that I will be running on Sunday morning August 5th called "Run Until you Ralph" hahahhah. Hopefully I won't. ;)

Thank you so much for joining with me on this journey! It means a lot!
More to come!
Much Love
Erin

I am currently staffing in the leadership track at the YWAM Kona base, and am involved with various community outreaches on and off campus, from working with under privileged kids to teaching and mentoring women.

I am growing in my personal relationship with the Lord while I am building a sustainable community lifestyle. This summer quarter I will be moving off campus and continuing with the same ministries. We are discussing though a trip to San Francisco to scout out possible places of ministry for long term community plant next spring. Right now I am in need of prayer for clarity, and understanding for what I feel God is calling me too, especially for His timing on San Francisco and teaching women in this season into greater breakthrough in the Lord.

I am also in need of financial support $700 a month. Which includes housing and food costs as well as phone, and any additional book costs and hospitality fees. Thank you so much for you support!!

I now have a YWAM tax deductible missions account in which you may choose a one time donation or monthly. The link to donate is on the bottom left of my blog under the support heading. Thank you so much for considering. I greatly appreciate whatever you are able to do.

The New Normal

WOW!!
I am overwhelmed right now by the goodness and faithfulness of God!  And I am amazed at times how I wiggle and I wimper at the first sign of change or uncertainty, but God, knowing what I need leads me in the way I should go. I just recently went on a retreat with the Leadership Track that I am a part of and had an incredible time. On the way back however my mind was trying to figure out the rest of my day and what I needed to get done and I missed out on a lot of the northern part of the island that I hadn't seen yet. I looked up and put my pen down and just let my gaze wander as I saw the countryside. It was very bright and had to let my eyes adjust as I looked at the rolling hillside. I then turned to look out the other side of the van to see the vast ocean to the right of us. And if I looked out a little farther I could begin to see the top of the next island in the distance. I felt then the Lord begin speaking to me...It isn't all clear up front but as I begin to just sit back and look up everything begins to be clear.

HOW TRUE!!! Our circumstances can sometimes be overwhelming and a little chaotic as we are trying to figure everything out in our heads in one sitting. But if we just put our pens down and look up we can begin to see that God is orchestrating something so fantastic in our lives. This is where my faith collides with hope. Hope being a joyful expectation of something good about to happen. If I can keep my gaze upward I can relish in the favor of God. If I keep my eyes on the King I will walk with the right perspective. If I keep my eyes off my circumstances and on absolute truth I can begin to see clearly enough to take the steps necessary to move forward. God is making things clear in my life and I am beginning to walk into one of the desires of my heart. Teaching!! Sunday nights I have had the abundant pleasure of leading women through freedom and pointing them to Jesus. They are being set free from bondage and being healed of past wounds as they are rising up and taking back their voices. I am so thrilled to be apart of affirming women into greatness. I just see this continuing to build into this amazing crescendo of harmonies being released into the fullness of God's heart revealed to us. I love what I get to do and am excited for more to unfold as I keep my eyes upward...

Hello favored ones!! Its been 2 months here on the island and I am a bit in shock by how fast it has gone by. I am blown away by God's faithfulness to my heart!! He never ceases to amaze me with His love. He knows what I need and graciously leads me in the right direction. So my focus has changed a bit by His prompting, and I want to keep you in the loop with what is transpiring.

I am part of what is called the Leadership track with Fire and Fragrance here on the Kona YWAM base. This track is geared to raise up leaders in their gifting, cultivate deep relationships, serve our immediate community on and off base, press us into deeper intimacy with Jesus through personal and corporate prayer and worship times, and in some cases to put us in places of leadership staffing DTS (discipleship training schools) leading and mentoring students during lecture phase and leading them on outreach into the nations.

So I was pretty sure that I was going to staff the April quarter Fire and Fragrance DTS, but I really feel that God is having me not. So I am trusting Him for this next season. I am trusting that He has my best interest in mind.

At the end of January I was invited to rap at our Thursday night Ohana (family) gathering, where the entire campus and people from in town are welcome to come. This was probably the largest group I have rapped in front of, and the most anointed time I have ever experienced. The Holy Spirit was so present during this time Its hard to really give you understanding what I experienced. It was pretty much amazing!!! Thankfully a friend of mine recorded it and I have the link for you to see. I pray that you hear the fullness of my heart in the rap. Since that time many people have asked me to rap at other venues and I'm pretty sure a door just opened, and this may be the very reason the Lord is having me shift gears a bit. I have been praying for sometime that the Lord would bring specific artists and beat guys my way to help tailor the gifting the Lord has given me. And recently met 2 guys that really want invest in my gift. So I will be working on a lot more writing, growing in my gift and recording over the summer. I am super excited for this season. (youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_PALT3zodY&feature=youtu.be)

These last few weeks have been incredible. I've been learning so much about just lovin people in the midst of life and loving them to Jesus. Its not my job to change people but to love them. Love is our greatest weapon. Love breaks chains, love heals, love sets people free, love keeps us going when we want to quit, love wins.

Please pray for me in this season that I would continue to follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit. And that I would be bold in my pursuit for the Lord and the lost.
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Much love to you all!!
Erin