Ready, willing, lets GO!!

This is Patrick and Lindsey Otterson writing to you! We want to share some exciting news about what God is doing in our lives. As you may know we have been married one year now. Through our first year we have had the amazing opportunity to be a part of many spectacular adventures for the kingdom of God! On June 21st last summer we did our disciple training school with YWAM (Youth with a Mission) in Orlando, Florida at the end of our training we went on outreach to the beautiful country of Turkey! There we gained a world view and experienced God’s love for the people and were able to share the gospel with many. The Lord did an amazing work in the 2 months we spent in Turkey. After graduating we came back to Alabama for the holidays to spend time with our beloved family and friends. After much prayer about our future plans in ministry we decided to road trip out West to a ministry in Northern California. We got to travel the historic route 66 and see the beautiful Grand Canyon and many other famous sites. When we arrived to Northern California we didn’t feel God’s peace on committing to the school of ministry. After prayer and receiving prayer we knew we were needed to head back south to San Diego. We didn’t know what we were going to do in San Diego, we didn’t know of a ministry to plug into, all we knew is God said go and we were obedient to his word. We got involved in a small group fellowship that we are like family with within a week of being in San Diego; God provided us a place to stay until we found jobs and an apartment which all happened within three weeks. Everything was covered in peace. So here we are in sunny San Diego; after few months of working and at Starbucks and lots of prayer and asking God why we were here...The Lord divinely connected us with a family who is with YWAM San Diego. We explained to them we weren't sure why God sent us to Southern California, they immediately asked us to be a part of pioneering a ministry with them. They enthusiastically explained to us that we would be helping establish a ministry called YWAM ships which take volunteer missionaries like us on board to developing nations around the world delivering medical, housing, training and evangelism to the poor and needy. They have already spent over 20 years working with mercy ships and are now starting up a new location for YWAM right here in California. We would help lead teams of young people through their discipleship training school like the one we just graduated from and take outreaches to the various ships already serving out there. We can't explain the joy and peace that filled our hearts after hearing this family's vision and seeing their passionate hearts for the Nations. Isn’t this exciting? Right now we are currently working at Starbucks full time and we are wanting to transition into full time ministry as soon as possible. This is where we need to body of Christ to partner with us to fulfill God’s dream and reach his precious people. Our financial needs are 2,000 dollars a month. Would consider adopting us as your missionaries? We will contact you in a couple of weeks to ask for your decision. Please feel no pressure or obligation. May God give peace to your heart to know if he wants to use you in this ministry.