The Calm before the Storm.

Everyone, PLEASE pray for Isla Vista as much as you can. Starting tonight and going all the way to Sunday in the morning, Isla Vista hosts the biggest party they have always had...Halloween. This place becomes one of the most sinful places there is. Sodom and Gomorrah will even look better than Isla Vista this weekend. There is going to be TONS of people celebrating and doing sinful stuff. Please pray for this city, IT NEEDS IT.

Pray, before the storm begins.

-José

God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.

Last night was good. We witnessed at what is known as the "Jesus Burger" house. It's simply a big house full of Christians, they make a bunch of burgers, and they hand out these burgers in the front yard to hungry drunk people and preach the Gospel. We had a good group of about fifteen Christians, and the Lord worked. I was able to witness to an agnostic, a Mormon, two girls who's dad was Jewish and mom was Catholic and only know what they have been taught in school, and a few people who think there is a God but have no clue what to say about Him. In every way the Holy Spirit was able to work and seeds were planted, and a few tears were spilled. Pray with me for each seed that was planted. For those at Jesus Burger who were bold enough to witness, I pray that the seeds they planted will be watered. For those Christians at Jesus Burger who couldn't share their faith, I pray for them, that God will anoint them with a Spirit of boldness. Next weekend Logan is thinking about visiting. A schedule is starting to devolop, so far it appears that we will be in downtown SB on Fridays, and at the Jesus Burger house, or somewhere else on Del Playa on Saturdays. If you have extra clothes as it gets cold, please consider donating, they will go straight to a cold homeless person. Praise God for what He is doing and plans to do in Santa Barbara. Pray that Logan will make it down here and that this week and next weekend will be fruitful.
-Josh

Tonight and Tomorrow Night

Tonight was awesome. Thursday Jose and I were doing a Bible Study in public, and a servant named Ryan stopped by. After conversation, I realized he's one of the few people I've bumped into who really "gets it". When I told him I wanted to do a homeless outreach tonight, he was EXTREMELY excited (If such things don't excite you, re-examine what the Holy Spirit is really doing in your life). So he met me in Downtown SB. Jose brought a friend Josue, Jose and I met a disciple named Nick who decided to go, and Ryan ended up bringing two friends Krissy and Dustin. So we had seven. Praise God. We had two bags of clothes, about ten Bibles, and a bunch of nutri-grain bars. In the park we were at, not a single person went to sleep without hearing the Good News. And Jose and I got the opportunity to witness and feed a couple of people on the beachside street. The last person we ministered to was the hardest. As soon as I started preaching the Gospel, he told me I was the ugliest thing on this earth and asked if I have a disease. This was awesome, because all day and night God prepared me for this. For some reason all day I watched videos of preachers who have people make fun of them, and how these preachers react. And I kept thinking about it all night. So this was awesome to see God equip me all day then consider me worthy to use me. Jose, Ryan, Josue, Krissy, Dustin and Nick all were extremely faithful and did a great job ministering. It was such an awesome and fulfilling night. It ended with everyone seeing a slow moving green shooting star in the sky. Whether or not that's a sign from God, it was cool. Tomorrow will be harder. We are witnessing on Del Playa, which is my weakness. On DP people see me and think I'm still a partier, and I hate to say it but that makes it harder to witness. God's pointing to DP though and we can either argue with him or just submit and go, so we're going. Pray!
-Josh

School Year

Haven't blogged in a long time, and it's time to start. A lot has been happening in Santa Barbara. I've done some outreaches, spreading the good news and passing out food/clothes/bibles. The Lord has filled me with joy and peace, but I'm never quite content. This is because His will isn't being fulfilled, people are perishing. Satan's winning. The score is lopsided, hell is so crowded. And God's sharing that burden with me, and it's a blessing that I get to serve him.
-Josh