Beautiful Feet

I have been so stoked prepping for this fall quarter here at YWAM Kona! There's a real sense of new, like anything can happen in the air, almost like I could fly.  My feet are nearly off the ground!

I have been honored and given a really cool opportunity in training 75+ new staff how to memorize the last 2 chapters of Mark. Which is the Passover celebration through the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus. By the end of the quarter they will know the gospel word for word. In a sense we'll have a part in ending Bible poverty, as these staff will be taking the gospel into the nations.  There are many nations and places in the world where the Bible is not allowed, but what if it was bound around are necks and written on the tablet of our hearts like Proverbs 3 suggests in verse 3 when it says let not mercy and truth leave you?

I also am currently studying to get my level 1 certification for crossfit so I can be a coach in January for the new Fire and Fragrance Respect the Corners DTS, which has a crossfit focus. I will be doing a lot of shadowing of the coaches during this quarter getting more familiar with the movements that will get me ready for next quarter. This school's purpose is to raise up godly coaches and launch them all over the world to disciple and bring the gospel of Jesus to the nations. Right now leadership for the school are trekking in the mountains of central Asia distributing Bibles in the people's language, to those who have never heard the gospel. I would love to go on the next trip. What a thrill to be the hands and feet of Jesus!

There is something about sharing the good news with someone who has never known love, never known freedom, or never knew that there was more to life. People are desperate for truth and they really come alive when they experience Jesus! I am convinced that I am here as an ambassador of truth and encouragement, and I want to leave a legacy of raising up truth speakers!

May this quarter be filled with hungry, fiery eyed young people, eager to help end Bible poverty not only in the nations but in this young generation!

Stories and testimonies to come!

About to be Mind Blown... Literally

I am so excited to be sharing this update! This new adventure has been long awaited and fully contingent on the perfect timing of The Lord. I am just a pen in the hand of a skillful writer. And my desire is that Jesus would get the greatest glory from my life.


For the last year and a half I have been living in Pasadena, Ca, pioneering with a team of revivalists. We have seen and been a part of some epic moments and some not so epic. We have been partnering with houses of prayer, the US Center for World Missions, church leaders, and students from college campuses, to have training established to see a Love Revolution catalyzed. I have also been working part time, discipling women from my work and teaching the youth. All of this is very good. I'm not leaving all this to do a BETTER thing. Sometimes you just gotta drop what you are doing to be attentive to what The Lord is saying and be radically obedient to what you hear.


On my birthday this last March, I woke up from a dream that for sure has awakened a dream inside of me that I have had tucked away for a few years now. Ever since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to be on stage. I have danced, done monologues, and participated in skits of various kinds. Even though I get a little stage fright I have always loved having a microphone. I love words; spoken words. I grew up listening to my Dad read to us kids out loud. He would be able to bring us into every story the way that he read. This is a special thing that my brothers and I hold dear. We still read stories and the Bible out loud when we get together.  Most all of my family has this crazy gift of memorization me included. I never thought that there was a special reason why I could even remember so much.


I keep thinking about the parable of the talents. As the master is gonna go on a journey and he gives all his servants a talent. What they each do with the talent before the master returns is where we see the climax of the story. This really makes me think, have I been doing anything or putting to use what has been given to me? Am I using that which is the Lord's for my own gain? I know one thing for sure. I don't want to be like that one servant that didn't do anything with what has been given. I want to be a good steward of that which is not mine.


My heart is so ecstatic right now as I am typing. God is asking me to do something that I am very passionate about. This fall I will be attending a school in Kona, Hi, called; Word by Heart. In this school I will memorize one of the entire gospels and recite it word for word acting it out as if I was the eyewitness, bringing people into the storyline of the gospel. I will get to bring the gospel everywhere I go.  This is such an amazing tool to have that will open up opportunity for people to encounter the love of God. I have watched this 90 min. presentation a couple times and it has greatly impacted my life. Something happens to you when you have a revelation of scriptures you have read time and time again, but then it just clicks because you aren't just seeing words on a page, but you have a different vantage point. Awwweee! To think that I could be a part of  helping others have a revelation of the word of God, fills me with such joy!


Then to top this off, a little over 2 weeks ago I was at a women's gathering , where we all committed to giving The Lord our yes's. Whatever the audacious brave love step would be I was all in. Yes Lord! That next day I felt the Lord reminding me of the school. And I had this crazy thought: Why not learn it in Spanish? Then I proceeded to have this conversation in my head. "But I don't know Spanish" Then I heard very clearly, " Rosetta Stone". So as you might have imagined, I am currently learning Spanish, with Rosetta Stone. Here we go!!


So practically, I will be leaving Pasadena July 8th to go visit my parents for a few weeks to raise funds for the school, and then will be heading to Kona town August 1st to join the Leadership Track until the school starts on September 25th.

It's about to get wild! Please check out the videos for the school. Message me at erincrain@yahoo.com if you have any questions or if you would like for me to do this 90 minute presentation at your church, school or event in 2015, or if you would like to partner with me financially on this journey. I am hoping to do both English and Spanish languages.

Thank you all so much for believing this God dream with me!!!

How Great is Thy Faithfulness

It feels as if that every time I share with you that I start with how faithful the Lord is.... But this is so true I just can't help bragging on him. He has seen to every detail of what I have needed. And this season more than ever I have realized how key it is to see him as the faithful God.

Have you ever had anyone ask you which Bible character you most relate too? For me its Abraham. It's not the typical one people choose. I know that I am a go getter like Deborah and that I am a fighter like Jael, but in this season the Lord is really teaching me how to cultivate the gift of faith. And let me tell ya, Abraham is teaching me so much right now. He was a man that held onto the promises of the Lord like his very life depended on it. He didn't let go. He might have tried to make things happen in his own timing, which he learned later that it would really be through Sarah that his offspring would be reckoned and that God would see to it that it happened that way.

Abraham is counted in the great Hall of Faith in Hebrews as a righteous man, because of his sincere faith. One of my all time favorite verses in the Bible comes out of Hebrews 11... shocker lol.

Though Abraham was well off in years and his wife Sarah was barren, God enabled him to become a father because he considered him faithful who made the promise. Hebrews 11:11

Abraham knew in his heart that God would come through like He promised.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrew 10:23

Then there is this nugget... Hebrews 6:12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

I am such a literalist, I don't mean to be, but I am if I am really honest, I take people at their word. This can get me in trouble some times when people say "I didn't mean that literally" or "you thought I was serious?" Actually I did. So its probably easier for me to read the Bible and take hold of what is written on the pages, because I know that it is true. Every word is true.

So these scriptures are basically saying that if I imitate Abraham and consider God faithful I will inherit the promises over my life. C'MON!!!

Let me brag on God some more!! He is faithful.
In my last blog update I shared a little of my hopes to go to Wales with a team from Pasadena. I had no way of going. No extra finances, and plane tickets aren't cheap. All I had to go on was "Go to Wales with Lou" That was it. How does that work with out money? Let me tell you, when God invites, He fits the bill. Less than one week later someone gave me 60,000 air miles and I was on a plane going to Wales with Lou. Its that simple... He said go and He made a way. Wales is a place of remembrance for me. Not only remembering the Welsh Revival of the past, but a time where Holy Spirit inspired me to rap in a park behind a castle in Cardiff and preach the gospel to many drunk men who encountered the love of God. It was incredible to see God minister to those men. Lots of tears for sure. We got to go and see Reese Howells Bible College, and see where WWII ended through intercession as these simple old women prayed earnestly 8 hours a day that the Germans would not invade the coast, and these women got the victory for sure! It also was a treat to learn that this was where Rienhard Bonnke went to school. We were blessed to go to Cymbran to witness for ourselves the outpouring we had gone over to see.  The three nights were were able to attend, many were saved and healed every night. Lord you are so faithful to all you have made! Breath on that little church in Cwmbran and let another Welsh Revival sweep a nation.

When the Lord gave me those air miles he began laying a foundation in my heart truly that if He invited me to a place that He would get me there... wherever "there" would be. He etched on my heart... "I AM FAITHFUL"

So several weeks have gone by since my trip to Wales and yet again the Lord is proving himself everyday that He is faithful. 

I was blessed with a short season home to meet with some supporters which are dear friends and spent time with my folks learning where I get so many of my quirky traits. That was definitely a hoot. My parents are hysterical! I was really hoping to make a little extra cash at home to put towards a ticket for Circuit Riders this summer which would go from Lancaster, Penn, to Kansas City and back to LA.
It was a very good visit home, but honestly wasn't able to come up with any extra cash. It was a little disheartening but knowing that the Lord is so faithful I knew that He would make a way.

I haven't got my ticket yet, but I am convinced that He will provide through any means that He would like, He is God anyway. The Lord has provided in "Spectacular" ways and that is for sure!

Spectacular=

Beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way

In all reality its not about how big my faith can get or anything that I can do, but that the Lord would get center stage as we marvel at how awesome He is and how great is His faithfulness.

Your love oh Lord, reaches to the Heavens, your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Psalm 36:5

Here We Go...

I am overwhelmed by the faithfulness of the Lord. When things look like they might be a little uncertain or I am not sure about what will happen next the Lord gives me another puzzle piece. Thank you Jesus!  He so knows what to let me in on for me to say yes to his plans. And I want to say yes to his plans. I am very much in the beginning stages of all of what the Lord is wanting to do. But I am so very excited to walk into it all. 

Teaching and mentoring women, is still very much a key part of what I get to do and I love it! I have really begun to see the Lord broaden my influence and am now seeing more and more women come into greater fullness of who God has created them to be. They are walking in greater freedom and have a greater hunger to know God and make him known. I have the privilege of teaching many women at a time and also one on one. This is one of the greatest joys of my heart, am so thankful to the Lord that this a part of what I get to do. 

This summer, the team of revivalists that I get to live in community with and I are going to be ministering/training in partnership with the school of the Circuit Rider in several locations here in the states. We will be going to Pennsylvania, Kansas City, and back to LA, where we will be equipping young people and helping them prepare for long term missions. The last 2 years that this school has been going we have seen thousands of salvations and almost as many healings have occurred. We have had several opportunities to team teach in many settings here locally in Southern California and doors are opening up for us to travel to other locations as well. Most of which we will begin to see in January. Things are about to shift into high gear.

We have felt a momentum especially coming off of the Ekballo fast that we just did with Lou Engle, where we prayed and fasted 40 days for revival, for the house of prayer to be established on the campus of the U.S Center for World Missions, and a student volunteer missions movement to be birthed. On April 10th, the day after our fast ended we learned later that Wales has been experiencing an outpouring of signs and wonders, and revival in hearts. As long as the empty vessels show up to be filled, God fills them. I totally believe that this outpouring is happening because people were praying for God to do it again, and the Lord loves to pour himself out on those who are hungry. The house of prayer here in Pasadena is sending out a team to Wales this Saturday the 18th to attend a few of these meeting that are being held at Victory Church. I am really hoping to be a part of this team that goes.  May I catch this fire Lord. And may your Spirit move here in Southern California again as well. May we see another great awakening here in America. I am in for the long haul. Whatever it takes. 

Would you please prayerfully consider financially supporting me monthly or even a one time contribution to help me continue to mend the hearts of women, and minister with my team as we train and equip young people with the gospel to go into long term missions? And also would you pray about being a part of my story, whether it be this trip to Wales or just sowing into the ministry that the Lord has called me to do and be about on a daily basis?

Would you also consider adopting me as someone you would pray for regularly? Prayer is so powerful and really does release unity when we do this together. Your prayers pave a way for the gospel to be poured out. 

Thank you,
Love you so much!

Erin Crain

Believe

I truly believe that a work done in the heart; a God transformation is worth more than a thousand words. I am blown away by Jesus and His ability to never cease to amaze me. Here He goes again establishing His faithfulness deeper in me! I am convinced that He can do all things! And I am seeing that as I come out of trying times and as the Lord reveals my heart and breaks me through to a greater place of intimacy with Him, He gives me tools and words to express to women and to others how to do the same.

I have found myself recently battling areas of the mind again. Thoughts that have tried to take me out. Thoughts that have tormented and tried to snuff the life out of me. And then getting frustrated that I was struggling yet again with the matter. But in all reality this isn't a one time prayer or choosing one time to have good thoughts. This is a life time of keeping a clean house, of choosing to think on things that are true and noble and right and pure and lovely and admirable like it talks about in Philippians 4. This is a daily choosing to trust the Lord, and believing that He is the One, True, Living, Breathing, Wonderworking God who comes by fire! The KEY is BELIEVING.  I am super thankful to the Lord for His great perspective and  workings of His Holy Spirit. Clarity of my mind has truly been one of the greatest gifts that Jesus Christ has ever given me next to my Salvation. This clarity allows me to fix my gaze on Jesus and His great love for me. I truly believe that our mind is where we engage in conversation with God. And we worship God with all of our heart, soul, MIND and strength. We have to think on it. We have to believe on it. Our minds are constantly inundated with all kinds of STUFF and at times it is really hard to differentiate between truth and FLUFF. And FLUFF does not sustain. But in Hebrews 1:3 it says that "The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all
things by his powerful word." 

And in Ephesians 1:13 it says,  "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word    of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.  Having BELIEVED. Where do we believe? We have all heard that phrase "with all my heart". Romans 10:9 says that if we confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. At the end of the day we have to believe. We have to believe that Jesus is who He says He is. We have to believe that we are just as He has said. And the belief in our hearts has to couple with our thoughts that swirl in our minds. 

In Hebrews it tells us that the Israelites didn't enter into the Promised Land because of their unbelief. They didn't enter into rest because they didn't believe. I believe that God is giving us today the same invitation that He gave the Israelites. He is offering us REST and peace of mind, if we just believe, we may enter in.

This season has been marked by radicle breakthroughs in my heart and mind and I have had several opportunities to walk women through similar battles like the ones I have recently just come out of. It's no accident we go through trials. But Praise God that through it all its not for nothing. It is an amazing joy to be able to articulate what I have just been through and it helps others. May we continue to BELIEVE. May we continue to believe the TRUTH of the word of God. May we continue to believe God and not let our minds wander. 

Simply put, I am being transformed by the renewing of my mind. And by faith, like Paul, I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. The past will not dictate my future. And at the end of the day I can only please God through my faith which is simply putting action to what I believe. I am taking hold of that invitation and going to a deeper place of intimacy with Jesus, enjoying the pleasures of having a mind at rest.

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

Home for the Holidays...

Thank you so much for your prayer and financial support this last year, it has meant more than you know!!

Wow!!! Christmas has now come and gone!! I'm home with mom and dad for the holidays before I embark on another faith step. It seems as if each time I come home God is preparing me for something greater. Its been a tremendous year of breakthroughs and growth in my spiritual walk. I am so thankful for God's unending grace! I am thankful that He makes us brand new. He meets us in our weaknesses and day by day shows more of himself. He is a gracious and loving God!! AMEN!!

I have had such a privilege of meeting, working with, and living in community with some incredible people this year! I love how it feels like I have family all over the planet. It really is a small world! This year has been very fruitful as relationships have been cultivated, lives have been restored, and the youth are getting lit up for Jesus. There is a generation of young people that are being raised up to be radically devoted to Jesus Christ. I feel called to be a part of this process. I feel called to really spur them on toward love and good deeds.

I am 10 days away from stepping out again. This time I will be staffing a school called Fire and Fragrance in April of 2012 back in Kona, Hawaii at the YWAM base. It is a 6 month school devoted to teaching students the importance of prayer, worship and missions. This school has a 3 month lecture phase and a 3 month outreach phase. This outreach phase will take the entire school to London and teams will scatter throughout Europe. Outreach locations have not yet been disclosed at this time, but I will let you all know as soon as I am informed. I am super excited to be raising up the next generation of leaders. I also am looking forward to teaching and preaching more this year. I have always enjoyed encouraging others to walk in their true potential, and identity. There will be many opportunities for me to do this, this next year, as well as disciple these students.

I have officially stepped out as a full time Missionary. Wether I am home or away my purpose is to save the lost, revive the saved, and love the outcast. I am still writing and rapping for any audience, and am not turning down opportunities to record my songs. This is where I need your help. I am asking that you would take a few moments and pray. Please pray and ask God how you may be a part of supporting me in this journey. I have financial needs of $750.00 a month. This amount includes room and board, health insurance, and phone, for the next 6 months. I know that this number is a bit intimidating, but I am not asking that you cover the whole thing. 10, 20, 50, 100, one time donation or even small monthly contributions will be such a blessing. For your convenience there is a donate button on the bottom left of my blog, (erincrain.blogspot.com) and it will walk you through the process of donating. Or you can make checks payable to Erin Crain and send to the address at the bottom of this letter.

Please consider partnering with me also through prayer. Prayer needs include: financial provision for these next 6 months and beyond; wisdom and discerning where God is calling me; my health; a greater revelation of God's love for me and others; and for many student's heart's to be open and hungry for God during this training season and beyond!! God is on the move and the time is now! Let us reach the lost together. Join me on this journey. May God bless you this Christmas season and New Year!

Much Love,

Erin Crain
14416 254th St E
Graham, WA. 98338

Gettin prepaired for the New Year

What an amazing season!! Everywhere I have gone lately I have been surrounded by amazing friends and family. Amazing community! I can feel the love! God is so faithful! My heart has longed for this and now reaping the benefits of living in these amazing communities God has placed me in.

I want to tell you what God has done!!! I am overwhelmed by the love of God! I have been daily coming more and more alive! I have had the great opportunity of witnessing the Love of God being poured out all around me. What Joy!!! While I have been here I have been apart of New Song Church and helped minister to folks here, in Irvine, California, where my outreach team came for my DTS with YWAM. I have lived with an amazing family. Not going to be easy to say goodbye to them, especially their 5 year old, we have been real pals. I love this community! I could totally see myself living here, sometime in the future for sure! Lord willing. About 4 weeks ago I dove into the journey of learning to play the guitar. Its a new love! By the grace of God I am coming along very quickly, which is very fun!! I also really have been focused on not only growing deeper in my walk with God but also taking better care of my physical body. I looked into maybe doin a race near the time I go home. I found a 10k that is on the 10th of Dec. I am super excited about this. I have learned during this season, that I am a runner! Both my parents were runners when I was a baby and I am now seeing this new passion flourish in my own life!! I really enjoy the feeling of finishing a run and it was longer than the last run or a quicker time than before! I love the challenge!

Well, this season is coming to a close in 23 days. And I will go home for Christmas and then pack again to go back to Kona, Hawaii in January to the YWAM (Youth With a Mission) base to staff a school in April. This isn't the life of a vacation. Yes it is a nice place to live for a season. But I truly believe this is the road that God has me to travel down and raising up the next generation to be radical lovers of Jesus is what makes my heart truly come alive!!! I have seen this happen with many young people, but now I get to have a more of a hands on role in their lives! I love this! I love this opportunity! God is so good! This school will be 3 months of training for me and the rest of the staff, 3 months of lectures and mentoring the students and 3 months of outreach, which will bring the entire school to London to finish up lecture phase and then we will all spread out in perspective teams to evangelize parts of Europe. I am praying about bringin a team back to Orange County... Still waiting on God where I will be leading a team to. But in the mean time I am trusting God to show me everyday how to love better, and how to surrender what I think is best.

Please consider partnering with me in prayer in seeing the lost saved, the saved revived and the gospel preached to the ends of the earth. Please also consider partnering with me either with a one time donation, or a monthly contribution. Lets reach the lost together! Lets revive the saved together! Lets see the great commission fulfilled together!!! Thank you for your love and support. I am so greatly appreciative!!!
Please let me know also how I can be praying for you!!!
Much love to all!!
Erin Crain

Faith Journey

Here I sit 2 weeks into one of the greatest adventures of my life so far. I had no real idea of what I would be doing this fall. Until about a month ago and even then not real sure what it would look like. I felt as if God was telling me that this season would be a season of training more technically and really advancing my music. Yes I am a rapper. But I have also been called to lead worship vocally as well. Every one who has a desire to get their stuff out there has to really train and take responsibility for their craft, so I am doing just that. I also am taking guitar lessons and am spending more of my time growing deeper with God and writing some fresh music.

I left home 2 weeks ago to come back to Orange County where I did my DTS (Discipleship Training School) outreach with YWAM (Youth with a Mission). I really felt that it was important for me to take God at His word, and really believe Him when He said that this would be an amazing 2 months.

I am living with an amazing family! I don't think that they realize how much of an answer to prayer they are!! Will and his wife Edi are amazing!! Will is this ridiculous beat genius who is very gifted with compiling music. He can hear it, if you know what I mean? I have been praying that the Lord would bring a beat guy in my path. And He has brought me here to the OC. Will is blessing me with his beats and helping me find my sound! Plus we are workin on some music together. And he is teaching me the guitar. I'm catching on pretty quickly, gotta love that!!! Edi is such a joy we laugh a lot. She is so generous! I've been so blessed by their hospitality and feel like I'm apart of the family. Thankful for them both in my life.

From here I go back home for Christmas and then back to Kona, Hawaii in January to staff the Fire and Fragrance school at the YWAM base in April. I don't have to pay for school fees but I do have to pay $350. a month to live on campus. Outreach fees will be half the amount being staff, which means that if the students pay $6,000. I will need to pay $3000. I am so excited to see what God will do.
Please consider partnering with me monthly with a financial donation and also in prayer.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my updates and for all your support.
Much Love,
Erin Crain

Revived of Soul...

Defining moments are moments in time that radically change history... a turning of a leaf... changing of seasons... starting a new chapter in life... finishing something you have started. These moments test our character and show where we have grown. 6 months ago I started on a journey not knowing where it would take me. 6 months ago I committed to a DTS (Discipleship Training School) with YWAM (Youth With a Mission) in hopes for a great experience, in hopes to be revived, but I encountered more than that. I got hit head on with myself along the way and really had to come to terms with the reality that I didn't know me, the me that God made beautifully and wonderfully. I have had glimpses along this path of life but nowhere the fullness. I don't believe that I have the fullness now, but as time goes on I will get to know more of the delicate and beautiful facets of me that are all made in the image of a mighty God. So many times in my life have I built my house on the sand like the Bible talks about in Matthew 7:25-27.

The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

I am waiting for the cement to dry. The Lord has laid such a security in him that will not be shaken and we have laid it out together, diligently side by side in this process. What is more I am walking in the fullness and reality of "ERIN" which means PEACE. I am a carrier of peace and am walking content and breathing deep.

Hope has been restored unto me. I am finding that hope is not common. Hope is a joyful expectation of something good about to happen. I have never been this joyful expecting anything good to happen to me or let alone for me. I am entirely brand new!

This 6 months has radically changed my view on how I interpret the world and how I view my circumstances. God has given me family from all over the globe. I want to go to these places and encourage those there to continue in the hope of our God.

I grasped in Tacoma 2001 that I was the one that Jesus loved... And I fell in love with this man Jesus in Orange County a decade later... That seems like a long time to figure that out... but in the big scheme of things its how the Lord new it would happen. Oh how I love Him.

So whats next?... Even though I have finished this DTS, it just doesn't end here. I continue on in this wonderful journey of falling more in love with love, falling more in love with Jesus.

I am going back home for 2 weeks to see family and friends and then jump right back into this where I left off. I am going back to the OC for 3 months to press into training... voice lessons, guitar, piano, writing, really pressing into worship. God is really setting me up for success.
I will go back home for Christmas and then back to Kona to staff a school similar to what I just did. From there I am not sure, but I wanted to give you a little update so if you could, please keep me in your prayers.
Much love,
Erin Crain

I'm in Love with Love...

It's really happening! My heart is beating outside my chest... I am more alive and more on fire and more filled with JOY then I have ever been in my entire life! I am in love with this man Jesus!! His Spirit is tangible! His presence is so sweet! I have been rocked by His tender mercies. I have been compelled by His kindness that leads me to repentance. I have been revived of soul! I have had vision renewed. My eyes have been opened! I hear His voice more clearly than I have ever heard! He has transformed me by the renewing of my mind. He has given me a heart transplant and exchanged my heart for His. He has turned my mourning into dancing. He gave me hope when I had none. He blotted out my past. He has given me a future and has spoken destiny and greatness over me. He loves me with a love that is irrefutable, unstoppable, irrevocable, undeniable, it can't be snuffed out, it can't be taken away. This love takes risks. This love always hopes, always perseveres, it never gives up on me, it never fails. This love is PERFECT. It casts out all fear, it casts off all restraint. This love is mature and makes me lack no good thing. This love has changed me from the inside out. This Love hung on a tree, died and rose for me. This Love compels me... to love.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8

My Heart is in His Hands.

God is so good!!! He is faithful to my heart! He is faithful to the end! I am just over the half way mark of my outreach and I can't believe it! Time is literally flying by. This is by far one of the greatest experiences of my life! I am learning the importance of outreach. Its not just a period of time that I set aside just to do ministry and love people but it really is becoming a way I want to live my life. My goal at the end of this, is that it would be a cultivated lifestyle generated out of the place of intimacy with Jesus. Love responding to Love. I'm learning that God establishes his plans for me. He really knows me. He knows the ebbs and flows and my comings and goings. He knows everything. I want to live in the light as He is in the light. I don't want anything hidden. The enemy of our souls has no power when we are living in the light. In the light every lie is exposed, every weakness is made known. And the best part is, is that my King knows whats best for me. I love that! He knows what I need. He knows me. I may not know all the details of whats going to happen next or where I will live next or how provision will come in. I don't need to know that. Everything to the very last detail will be accounted for... Because He simply is that good. He is a great and mighty King!

I can tell you though what is on my heart...
I want to be apart of abolishing the sex trade industry, however that looks... and see the little girls and young women that have been taken from their homes and sold, brought back to the original design that the Lord intended over their lives.
Whether this is in Mexico, Orange County, Hawaii, Thailand... I want to go... first hand and rescue these ones.
I want to go to the nations... wherever the door would open, bringing as many young people with me that I can.
I want to continue living in community... IT'S THE BEST!!
Please pray with me that the Lord would bring clarity and understanding and that He would point me in the right direction.

California Outreach

I am overwhelmed right this very moment of the Lord's great love for me. I am blessed to be running this race with the crew I am running with. The Lord has blessed me abundantly with family everywhere I go. I have family in the Tacoma area, family in Kona, and now family in Irvine. The Lord never lacks in the love department. Everywhere I go the Lord abundantly pours out. There is no way to feel alone with as much love that is here! Home is anywhere you have meaningful relationships... I just love that!

I love the girls in my life! Each one is so special to me. The team the Lord has placed me in is literally everything that I have needed in this season. We as humans all have these desires in our hearts to be known and to be loved, and I feel that around all of these amazing young women. They are all so gifted and anointed by God. They all house a gracious authority and a beautiful fire.

The Lord is moving in our midst. His strong and mighty Spirit is guiding us to where He wants us to be. We have been so blown away by His faithfulness in this hour to tangibly speak to our hearts. Sunday night the leaders of our team sent us out on a faith journey. We were given a list like a treasure hunt and told not to come back with out it completed. Our faith was being tested. We left with great anticipation of what the Lord might do. Where would He take us? What would it look like? I think each one of us envisioned something different. I don't think anything could have prepared us for what would happen next...

We got on the free way traveling south for about 10 minutes. We parked near a hospital and what we would find out later was a mall. We had a team of 2 and a team of 3. We dispersed.... You know when God really wants to get your attention when what you think is random repeats itself. I don't like to use the term ironic but instead replace it with DIVINE! It can only be God when both teams going different directions can end up talking to the same person. Rosi, one of the girls on the team going to the mall met this 19 year old girl who was pretty open to talk. She spoke truth and prayed for her. The girl thanked her and left.

Me and Nali decided after we prayed for a lady in the hospital that we would go try to find the other team so we headed toward this mall. We walked by this gal on a bench and began to talk to her. Come to find out it was the same girl that Rosi prayed for. This girl began to share with us that her mom had prayed for her the night before that God would give her a sign. She began to weep and tell us her encounter with Rosi and how it so impacted her life. She knew God was speaking to her. Not only did God confirm with 1 sign but 2. She was tired of running but to her church was boring... she is a pastor's kid. I told her that I rapped and she got excited. There is power in proclaiming the gospel no matter how its done. After I rapped she burst into tears again telling us of her heroin addiction, and how she was kicked out of her house. We believe God to be the Healer. We asked if we could pray for her. She was open. She poured her heart out before the Lord in such desperation. It was beautiful. The other team met up with us and we collectively prayed and ministered to her. The Lord did amazing things in that prayer time.

While we were waiting for her ride, we asked her to give us her contact info. She told us her last name and I seriously paused and was like huh... "Do you know so and so?" I asked. She said, "that was my grandfather". I immediately freaked out! Her grandfather was responsible for the salvation of my dad. This brings tears to my eyes even now writing this. We had a date with destiny Sunday night... or rather PURE JOY!

I am so excited to see what the Lord will do next... I love outreach. I am fully convinced that I am on the right team... in the right city.... in the center of God's will for my life. I love it here.
More to come...

Awaiting Departure

WOW!! So many mixed emotions as I am 4 days from my departure for LA. Campus is quiet. Its like a ghost town around here, as teams are heading out for their outreach locations. There are other schools still here but our entire school minus my little team of 7 are all gone. We just spent the last 2 mornings getting up @ 3:45am to see our teams off as they left for the airport. We are exhausted. We spent yesterday cleaning a family's condo as they went on outreach earlier that morning. Even though there hasn't been any lecture for 3 days we have been extremely busy, mostly cleaning and packing and helping others clean and pack. Its crazy to think that we have just had 11 weeks. It has flown by so fast! It is cool to watch what God can do when you make yourself fully available for his use. My heart is fresh and new. My eyes are daily being opened to His great love for me... As I receive His love, the greater I can love others. I am so excited to pour into my team and to the broken and the lost in LA and NY.

We watched a documentary on the child sex trade in America on Thursday night. It was very well put together. Pretty heavy... Not something you want to think is happening, but awareness is critical on this issue as it is going on in not just major cities but even in small towns... its going on right in front of our eyes. I will be seeing a lot of this especially in LA and in NY. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsY93C8cm54

I am really looking forward to getting on the plane. My team is ready! I will be updating you hopefully more frequently as we venture to the mainland.

Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. Ephesians 6:19-20

His Mercies are New Every Morning

I cannot believe how fast these last 6 and a half weeks have gone! Seriously! My heart is fully alive beating with a steady beat. My heart is full; full of delight, full of laughter, full of grace. My heart is happy. I have never in my life let my guard down long enough, opened my heart up wide enough, embraced friendships with long term expectation, and smiled this much consistently.

I am so in love with this man Jesus! His mercies are more than I can handle! His Love is ridiculously extravegant! He knows me! He knows me! He loves me! He protects! He provides! His voice... oh His voice!! With one word He creates! With one word He breaks chains! With one word He has stolen my heart! I am forever wrecked. I cannot ever live an ordinary life. I must go where He is. I must walk where He has walked. I must be available for disposal. I must die to my desires for others to live. I want to see the broken restored, the deaf hearing, the blind seeing, the dead raised to life again, and the lost saved. Does it really take death for all that? Yes!

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
Philippians 3:7-11