Wow, talk about a major hiatus from the blogging world. I started this little guy as a way of updating and informing people about my adventures with YWAM and doing a DTS, but did an absolutely horrible job of keeping it up while away. Needless to say, I'm back in the United States for the time being. The last seven months were an incredible time and I loved it. LOVED IT. For those of you on my email update list you were able to keep informed about the happenings in the life of Jenna through periodic emails sent from Herrnhut and also Kenya during outreach. For the rest of you.. well, get on my email update list. Haha, but seriously! Shoot me your email if you'd like to keep informed. I am also making a COMMITMENT (something that I too often fail at) to get this blog back in business. Hold me to it, people! For now, here's the latest of the aforementioned email updates that I sent. It explains a bit about the last seven months and even more about the future.

Dear friends, family and loved ones,

I find myself writing to you from a little coffee shop in the middle of nowhere, Montana.  I can hardly believe that I am here, back in the United States, after over seven months away. It has been an incredible journey. I have learned so much and have grown in ways I never thought possible. I found, during my DTS, a peace that I had never experienced before and joy unlike anything I’d ever known. I guess that’s what happens when you surrender-when you put yourself in the center of God’s will for your life. Looking back I see how God orchestrated every step, how He planned the last three years of my life to lead me to the point where I am now. I am so grateful for God’s divine intervention and perfect timing.

With that being said, I have made the exciting decision to return to Germany as full-time staff with Youth with a Mission. I am incredibly happy about this opportunity and the doors that have opened for me to get connected with the Herrnhut base. I found during my DTS an incredible community of passionate, creative people that became like family to me during my time there. It is without hesitation or doubt that I make a two year commitment to the base and begin my life in full-time missions.

I am so excited to be able to speak with you personally about what I experienced while in Germany and on outreach in Kenya and to share about my future plans with YWAM. I will be spending the months of May and June in Indiana, where I hope to be able to connect with many of you. I realize, however, that some of you aren’t in that area. I would love to talk on the phone or over Skype with you. Please feel free to email me to set up a time when we can chat. For those of you that will be in the area, I am planning an event for some time in May where I can get together with my supporters and share. More details to come!

I would again like to express my gratitude to you all. The words of encouragement I received, the prayers that I could feel-those things were a huge part of my journey. Each one of you has played a part in supporting me over the past seven months, and I am forever grateful for that. There is so much I could say to those of you who have known me all of my life. You have seen me through so many things. You have seen the struggles that I faced and the times of confusion and doubt. I am so incredibly happy that you can now share with me the victory that I have found in Jesus, the freedom I have found in surrender and the fullness of life that I have discovered in seeking God’s will. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for sticking with me. Thank you for walking along side me and praying for me and for never giving up on me.

God bless you for loving me in a way that has shown me God’s love.

Jenna

P.S. While in Indiana, I will need to make money to live on, in whatever way possible. If you have any odd jobs that you need done or children that need a sitter, or if you know of anyone who fits in those categories, please let me know! My schedule is pretty wide open at this point, and I am willing to do just about anything!