Just a few pictures

For those of you who haven't seen my facebook pics or don't 

have access to facebook here as some pictures for you!

 Sunrise at the Prayer Mountian in Okahanja, Namibia

Sunset

 The Trekkies

 @ Prayer Mountian

 See the double rainbow?!?!!!

 Our campsite the morning after we spent the night @ Etosha National Park

 Look at the babies!

 He's not impresssed!

Kid's Corner

Once I get the newsletters going I am going to have this Kid’s Corner.  With special prayer request for the kids to pray for.  

I decided to do this for many reasons but I wanted to share two with you.  On my last Sunday at WPC I was commissioned and Tyson had people come and lay hands on me as they prayed. Now I’m down on my knees and can only see the people who are right in front of me.  I open my eyes during the prayer and look slightly up and through the holes of people and arms I see Bella with her eyes shut so very tight and praying for me.  Well let me tell you I about lost it.  I mean I changed this girls diapers, I knew her when she had no siblings and here she is praying for me. 

Then I see an amazing report on FB from Leslie and Kristin about the children’s ministry and secret church and how kids are asking the Holy Spirit to come where they are and be with them and hear their prayers.  WOW!!!!!  Just WOW!!!!!  God is moving throughout our church (universal) and one of the ways He is doing it is through His precious small ones.

So, for this first kid’s corner I want to ask all the kids to pray for two things.

1   1. The couple from Zambia who’s names are Donald and Dyness have an almost 3 year old son named Blessed.  They will be in Namibia for 2 months for training and there is not stuff for Blessed to do while his mom and dad are in class.  Pray for him that he adjust during this time of being away from the only home he has ever known.

2  2. Pray that God shows me (Miss Amy) when it’s time for me to go from Namibia to South Africa. 

News from Namibia!

Greetings from Namibia!

 It’s coming up on one month here in Namibia.  It has been a time of highs and lows both spiritually and emotionally.  When I arrived in Okahandja I was the only one here for training.  There was another couple that was meant to be here with me for training from Zambia, but they were having Visa issues.  So for the first 15 days here I was basically alone besides the couple that runs OM Namibia, Japie and Ronel, who are amazing.  Still the time of stillness and being quiet was still very hard.  I did have a lot more time to be in God’s word and read other books as well.  There isn’t a blog long enough to tell you what He has been teaching me.   

Some of you read my blog and saw that the Africa Trek was coming through for training as well.  It was such a blessing to have them here for a little over two weeks.  My room of three bunk beds was overcrowded with six people instead of one and meals consisted of 16 people as well.   This group of 15 was made up of six people from South Africa, one Zambian, two Australians, one German, four Americans (one girl walked around saying Boomer Sooner all the time when she heard I was from Lubbock, I just responded with “O Who?), and one from the Neatherlands.  (I knew two of the guys, which was nice)

As their time was wrapping up they were planning on going to do an outreach towards the cost of Namibia.  From the beginning I was told that I would join them for this time (about 8 days) and then return to Okahandja.  The day before we left we received word that the couple from Zambia would be arriving that next morning.  So plans changed.  I was no longer going to be going with the Trek but now going with another couple from Namibia eight hours north from where we were and doing an outreach there. 

The next morning I left as the Trekkies were packing their vans and headed off on my two day journey.  In the 24 hour period that I was told about the change until the time I left we were still having times of intense study.  So I was asked to just put the changes in the back of my mind and to focus on the teachings.  Which I did.  However I had a un-peace about the change.  I just pushed it aside and thought “oh, that’s just me not liking last minute changes, I’ll be fine”.   As the 3 hour drive commenced I continued to feel the same un-peace that I did earlier.  I spent most of the drive in prayer and also slept a little.  I prayed that God would give me peace about this trip and that I would be ready to serve when I arrived.  That peace never came.  

The couple that I was with prayed with me and we all felt confirmation that I didn’t need to be going into such a dark spiritual place for an outreach if I wasn’t at peace with it.  Now without going into a ton of useless details I was able to return to Okahandja the next morning. 

Upon return I was worried that I had failed my task and that I had disappointed people.  I spent a lot of time in prayer with Ronel and through the Holy Spirit broke down the lie that was inside me that if I failed a task that would make me a failure and I would let people down.   This has been a stronghold in my life for many years. 

So, now that the couple from Zambia is here they are doing some of the training that I did with the Trekkies and then I’m not sure if I will rejoin them or if I will be going to Pretoria, South Africa earlier than planned.  This is all very up in the air right now.

Once in Pretoria and I have more than 30 minutes of internet per week I will be able to get out a proper newsletter.  I suspect that they will never be the same because God will always be doing new things in my life.  So, right now I am just wanted to give you an overview of the last month and ask so very much for your prayers as the next days/week will have a lot of decisions to be made in it.  In the future I don’t plan for them to be this long.  I know it’s a lot to read.

Love y’all

(I’ll never loose my y’all!)

Amy Kidwell

Prayer Request: 

Pray that God continues to break down lies that the enemy wants me to believe.

Pray that I continue to grow more dependent on God.

Pray that God reveals to me and the other leaders if I need to go to Pretoria sooner to start my ministry.

Training and Trekkies

Hi Everyone!

I pray that you are well!  God has been doing some amazing things this past week.  The last 7 days have been full of intense times of teaching and training along with the Africa Trek*.   Towards the 20^th or 21^st I along with the Trekkies will be doing a week long outreach somewhere in Namibia.  As of right now we don’t yet know where it will be.   Please pray that God will show us where the location is.

Right now are days typically look like a pact school day.  They are long days with lots of deep theology and teachings, but I’m loving it.

I did get confirmation that I will be attending Love Africa at the beginning of August in Zambia.  I am so excited to be a part of the amazing time with the Southern Part of OM Africa!!

This is a pretty short entry today.  I still have limited access.

 Look I now have roommates!!

Prayer request:  When I arrive in Pretoria, South Africa at the end of March I will need to purchase a vehicle.  So I would ask that you pray for me to be able to find an affordable and reliable car.  Also that my Blazer back in Lubbock would sell quickly. (My parents are working on it)

*Africa Trek – The Africa Trek is a 3 month mission trip throughout Southern Africa. For about 70% of their time they are in tents.   Namibia is their longest stop on the trek because of the training that they need to go on outreaches. 

Just a few pics.

Here are just a few pictures of where I am staying in Namibia until the end of March.

 This is a picture of my room for the next 2 months.  

Friday I will be joined by 5 other girls from the Africa Trek. 

 Our table and more importantly OUR FAN!

 The front door.

 Me!!  It's hot!

Balcony View!

Finally have wifi for a little while!!

Hello everyone!

Wow I can’t believe it’s been almost a months since I left Texas.  I was able to spend good time with friends and family before I left.  My last Sunday at WPC and Small Group were such a blessing to be able to say goodbye to everyone. 

I’ll give you a rundown of what I’ve been doing so far. ** Normally I will try to update more often and not cram so much into a posting.

Sunday the 12^th my parents and I drove to Granbury, TX and spent the night with some very close family friends.

Monday the 13^th we heading to DFW Airport but not without stopping at the Taco Villa in Benbrook along the way!  I was able to get security passes for my parents to come back to the gate with me. PG!  I don’t think 1 ½ hours at the gate alone would have been fun at all.  It was a very smooth flight to Frankfurt.  I had an aisle seat in the middle 5 section and another gentleman had the opposite aisle. We had no one in-between us!  I actually was able to lay down and sleep on the flight!

Tuesday the 14^th I arrived in FRA around 8am and after some terminal changing I was picked up by OM Germany.  At the pickup I met 3 Canadians guys, 2 US ladies, & 1 guy from Hong Kong.  Two hours of twisting and turning through the mountains we finally made it to Mosbach.

Tuesday was spent mostly at the MILL and was filled with meeting tons of people and seeing people that I had met in February at Outbound in Atlanta.  Some already in the field and some just going out like me.   

 The MILL is the location we had all of our meetings and events and then we had the Hostel which was  about a 20/25 minute walk and was filled with just OMers.

This GO conference was around 160 to 190 people going out into the field from over 130 nations and we had 13 different languages represented.   Of that number 15 came from the USA.  My roommates hailed from Costa Rica, Netherlands, Austria, Australia, & Denmark.

Oh how I wish I could show y’all my pictures!  I will have to go through them with a fine tooth comb and see what I am able to show for the safety of my friends. (I've added a few).  The 1st is the MILL and the 2nd is in front of the OM Germany complex and OM Ship Buildings.  The building over my left shoulder is where we spent most of our time. 

The conference was amazing!!  The 2^nd day it seemed like we had been there forever and as the last night came it was done too soon.  Some of the people I met I will never see again until we are in Glory and some I will see in just a week when the Africa Trek comes to Namibia, some I will see in April when I get to Pretoria, and some I will see again, I just don’t know when.  (I’m talking to you – Ship people).

It would take pages and pages for me to tell you what I learned about God and myself while at GO.  I’ll save that for later.  

Until All Have Heard, Amy

Ship?  What does she mean by ship?   Check it out!  www.omships.org

**Just a quick note on where I am now.  

I’m currently in Namibia doing discipleship training. Almost all fields have some type of training before you start.  I arrived here on Sunday the 25^th and will be here until the end of March.

No, I haven’t seen any wild animals yet.  I don’t count the one ostrich, one chicken, and goats since there are some living in Lynn County as well. 

I’ll be ending each post with PR Request for myself, family, OM, and others.  Sometimes the names will be changed but God knows. J

PR Request:

*During GO we had 2 OMers loose loved ones.  One lost a mother who was very sick and she went home to handle everything.  One lost a cousin very suddenly and his family told him to stay and do what God had called him to.   Pray for both of these people as they are dealing with their losses.

*The group in Namibia is small.  I mean small.  For those who know me well that isn’t what I thrive in.  Pray against feelings of loneliness, missing home, & missing people.  Pray that during the large amount of time I have where it is quite I spend that with God so I can hear what He has for me.  ** for those of you at GO I know you are thinking about what I said about SHH TIME during our night of Worship. J

*** Please let me know how I can pray for you as well.

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^*^*^ For those English teachers, English majors, or Typo finding people…..I’m dyslexic and I’m doing this fast while I have internet.   You know who you are.  Extend me grace. J