11 Shots from WAVES 2012 in North America

There are ten more High Key Black and White Photos Like This OneSo I’ve finally gotten around to editing the photos I took at the 2012 North American WAVES Gathering. I’ve posted 11 of my favorite shots on my personal blog here. This year’s event was amaaazing. I’m still soaking up all the goodness from the Dandelion/Fork in the Road word that Luba Iliyn gave us. Plus, Tim Walter and the Gervasi’s and the rest of the crew at YWAM Salem really created a spectacular experience for us. Thank you guys! 

I’m also working on a slideshow of around 100 images too. I hope to post that next week. Stay tuned!

The Word of the Lord from WAVES NA 2012

*Notes from Luba Iilyn message *

Grow Dandelion & Go

Multiplication & Growth for Mission Adventures
by Luba Iilyn

Mark 4:20 

Others like seed sown on good soil, hear the word and accept it, and produce crop thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.

I believe the Lord is saying you’ve had 30x’s and even 60x’s but are you ready for 100x’s? He is the one that does it. You are to be faithful with what He has given you.

When I took the time to think about a dandelion, I realized that it is a picture of multiplication. Each head can produce 100 or more seeds.

They are hardy plants, completely edible, medicinal, healthy and full of vitamin C and Iron. They are also often seen as weeds and grow in the most bizarre and inconvenient places. They grown in all 50 states, Canada … everywhere.

• 1 Peter 2:5 
  • Living stones. Being built into a spiritual house
  • Everyone of you is at a different place of growth and stage of the building
• Isaiah 54:2-3 
  • Enlarge the place of your tent
  • Think about the stories of multiplication in the Bible
    •  A boys lunch = feeds thousands

Fork in the road: Place of decision, a last chance

This will be another opportunity to hear for some.

Worldview will be changed and dismantled is possible for many youth who come through the ministry.

BUT … If our faith in God and who we are in Him is not secure we will easily falter under the pressure of the world.

Explore, Dream and Pioneer

Hey Mission Adventures peeps!!

Thanks again for coming out to WAVES 2012! We had an absolute blast with you all and Rebekah has been kind enough to put loads of pictures onto the web, you can download below! Take time to treasure all the memories my friends…because THATS WHAT LEWIS AND CLARK WOULD DO! Praying for you all as you enter the busy summer season. Don’t forget to Eplore the unknown, dream the unthinkable and pioneer a new way.
Lets start a unending trend of comments here by highlighting your favorite moments of WAVES 2012. We will title it…”Remember When…..”  Giddy up!

Sweet Pictures to download HERE!

Waves NA '12

It could go without saying, but I’m gonna say it anyway: Waves NA ‘12 was a blast! Watch this short clip to see what Lewis and Clark would do.

I See a Dandelion…

Seeds of a Dandelion by pgadler via stock.xchng

A few weeks ago we had an amazing prayer and worship event for YWAM San Diego/Baja. About a hundred of us met together to seek the Lord about the future of our base and mission. For an evening, all of us focussed on Mission Adventures and the Mission Adventures Network. As we waited on the Lord in small groups, our prayers focussed on three things:

• Innovation-praying for new things in new ways
• Multiplication-for more MA everywhere
• Release of new staff and new equipment and new funds

To close our prayer time, everyone surrounded Kay Charlotte and I and prayed over us and by extension, over you in the Network. During the evening we had several impressions.

Luba Iliyn saw a picture of a dandelion. She shared with us:

When I was waiting on the Lord regarding the future of MA and praying specifically for multipication, I felt the Lord very clearly say, “I do the multifplying. You do what I have asked you to do and that is share the vision and the people will and have come.” Then I saw a picture of a dandelion. The seeds were carried by the wind to the far corners of the earth. They were out there, but many were dormant just under the ground because it was not yet time for them to sprout. God’s rains are coming and they will water the ground. I believe that much prayer and struggle has been and is part of God’s rain. The time is soon and even now when these seeds will sprout and come out of the most unlikely places. The seeds are all connected to the many who at one time had some connection or experience with MA. Prepare for this by being faithful in training your workers, communicating with your alumni and getting materials so you will be ready to receive the multiplication.

When Luba shared this impression, I felt a stir of confirmation inside. We’re already seeing some of this. Different bases are sprouting up long after God’s wind first blew the seeds. It’s happening even without my effort or involvement. I take this picture as a promise of God’s faithfulness to us and as a promise of new bases in new places starting Mission Adventures. I think this will be part of what we pray into and discuss at the North American WAVES Gathering next week in Salem. I hope that Luba may be able to join with us and share more.

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