Beautiful Boston in the Fall.... Well it has almost been on week since we have set foot in Boston Mass

The beauty of the revealed creator

turns all hearts to reverence and awe

of our king

His majesty is like no other

loves like a lion:

fierce and devouring

and gentle as a lamb~

Who is this King?

the one we have vowed to serve

the very one we lay our lives down for

splendor and wonder clothe him

while love and beauty flow from his throne

he is righteous and just

his ways are good they descend far above our own

glory be unto his name. praise him forever and ever~

I think I'll go to Boston, get out of California....

Yup flew through Cali, now in Boston. It is so crazy to believe that I am back on outreach again, but so wonderful! My teamates are so great! You all would love them! We have finally arrived @ our first destination and let me tell you it couldn't be more beautiful. We began traveling on Wednesday from Kona and a few planes rides, mega buses and a train later here we are <3 The leaves are staring to change colors....fall is great! It reminds me of my seasons past, present and future with God.

As we were on the mega bus this afternoon, I was looking at the leaves, and they reminded me of my life with God. How they first grow then turn green and as they mature and are nutured they get brighter and bolder. Really cool huh? We start tomorrow @ 9:30 am, then head to a solemn assembly. Can't wait to see all God does through us while in Boston :) Keep your eyes peeled for updates!

Blessings!

~Lauren

He is jealous for me....

We all know the relentless pursuit God has after the fullness of each and everyone of our hearts. While being away here in YWAM Kona Hawaii for 9 months now, God has convinced me of this relentless pursuit he has after ALL of me. I have learned on a new level the revelation of God being my father, who takes care of me simply because he loves me and the truth that I am his daughter, forever and always.

The depth of our God is a deep well that never runs dry and I am after as deep as I can go with him. It has been quite a journey with lots of tears and challenges of my heart, along with so many breakthroughs and soaring to new heights with God, after all this is the journey we are all on. I believe that we are all on this journey together as believers in Christ and his children simply after their father. I can not tell you how much it has meant to me the support you have given as well as all of your prayers that have poured into my life. Your prayers ARE working!!!

I sit here and remember the journey of coming out here in January, walking through the North Carolina airport listening to a Misty Edwards song, called Arm Wide Open- her confessing to God, she doesn't truly know how to love and what it is to love to the core. I remember thinking this is me, I don't know how to love even... what it is, but I was determined to find out! And I sure am finding out what love looks like! How to receive God's love for myself has been a process of him peeling back layers like an onion on my heart! Loving others, is something I still am growing in, I want to love others as Christ loves them, and he has been pouring out grace and strength for me to do so. It has been so wonderful learning how to love others how God does. It is so fun to me, to sit and people watch and ask God, where do you see that person going in 5 years, what do you think about them?

Thank you, so much for making all of this possible for me to be able to out here in Kona. I think back to 9 months ago and I wonder what happened to me, where did the transformation take place? And I can not even put my finger on it, it wasn't a crazy encounter then I was changed, but I strongly have been seeing the major benefits of community living. Living with others, and being challenged personally has produced lots of growth. But the most of it I believe is deep inside my heart, God going deep and awakening who I was truly created to be, loved by God his daughter, and him wiping away lies I have believed about myself and filling me with his word- verses like psalm 139 and 2Timothy have marked me in such a deep way this season, I will go to outreach a confident woman in Christ

Here is a little poem I wrote- poetry is something I have always loved, and also one thing God has awakened my heart to doing more of! Here is a taste:

To take on a Martha heart

and sit at the feet of Jesus

pouring all of my worship out on him

is all I desire.

One thing that I seek, is to dwell

in the shelter of the almighty

and to live in the house

of the Lord all the days of my life..

to know him.

Thank you again!

~Lauren Triola

An extended hand of ministry comes from the heart's expression of love.

We had a night of praying over the whole base which is hundreds of people. What a blessing it was to my heart to release joy, hope and life into my friends. Heidi Baker was here that night, and how can you not want to pray for people after watching release the father's love into a room? She is woman of inspiration to me. I have only heard bits and pieces of her story but I do know that she has fought and continues to fight for love. She has given me so much hope for the big things that God could possibly use us believers for, how limitless they are. It has taken me back to the revelation of simplicity....simply believing God for who he is.....

To believe........ the agreement of the heart with truth.

Jesus.

All for Jesus. This life is all for him, everything that we hope for, live for and dream for. This week was amazing, we had an amazing man name Glen Shpeherd for those of you that are familiar with the band one hundred hours, the singer Trent Shepheder- it's his dad! He is a man with a deep well of wisdom. He carries the message of revival history. Which encouraged me on so many levels! He's not your typical firey man who stands up and shouts his messages but simply shares the works of God by sharing stories. Let me tell you, they were remarkable! He for sure has an anointing with story telling, that draws you in and hooks you there. But yea my heart is burning. Simply burning for the fullness of what God has! Have you ever gotten to a point where you just want more because you know God has more? He has placed my gaze on his eyes and I can't look away. My heart yearns for him to pour himself out fully so we can burn for him to take it to the world so all will know who he is! This burning has kept me on my knees in a way like never before, all I wan to do is sit with him and gaze at him and read his word. To be filled up to go out! Today Glen spoke on counting the cost and paying the pirce for counting the cost of revival. My heart got stirred by the Lord to seek his face more, to say no all other lovers and all the word has to offer and say yes to being with God. It's that simple, yes to his love! As we get filled more and more with his love, the more we will desire to be with him and lay everything else down for him. The more we say yes to reading the word and no anything else, the more we will get filled! Victory is ours! Because he lives inside of us! Victory came when he died on the cross and we have that inside of us! ahhh God, fill us up more and more till we ooze Jesus everywhere!

And my awesome outreach team is getting ready to go out, in 21 days! We will be first in Boston Massachuettes, then to Connecticut ( Yale University),down to New Jersey, then on to Philadelphia, from to Harrisburg PA, October 27-31 Hartville Ohio (oohh yea ) to Washington D.C., then Nashville Tennessee and on November 18 we fly to Israel until December 18th!!!!!!!! For all of this to happen we need God and the body of Christ. Our team as a whole needs $50,000 in 3 weeks. By the end f this week I personally need $2,500 in order to buy my plane ticket. Please pray with me and my team. Osur hearts are on fire for God and want to see him receive his fully glory, please be in prayer with the Lord as we head out to release God's love and truth into this hurting, lost world! My heart is for you to receive revelation of what he is doing and of his love on a new level. Be so blessed!

Sunshine and love from Kona

~ Lauren