The Beauty of God

Hey All!

I am excited to share with you that we recently celebrated our one year anniversary at Celebrate Recovery in Faribault! Last week we enjoyed that time with a BBQ and great fellowship. It has been absolutely amazing to see the quick transformation in people's hearts and families slowly being restored. God makes everything beautiful! I love that about Him. I plan on sharing my testimony this Friday with the CR group, and have not done this since Mexico so I am a little nervous. Although, I am excited about finishing with a few songs I've written.

This morning I dropped Levi off at the airport to LA where he will be picking up a motorcycle for a friends of ours, and plans on riding it home to MN. It is quite a life experience and I am excited for him.

Anyways, I am finishing up the spring semester and plan on taking summer classes as well. Levi is still working on both flight and pastoral classes. We have been increasing our prays in the area of His will for our lives. We feel like we are in a stage of being stagnant. Certainly we are equipping ourselves, although we are not sure if we should settle at just that.

~WE HOPE ALL IS WELL AND THANK YOU~

Merry Christmas!

Okay, Okay! After many requests for a recent update....Here it is!

Honestly, I thought many have forgotten this page, but I have seen there are quit a few that check it weekly. 

Since the last post, we have moved to Faribault, MN to support the second campus of River Valley Church (RVC). The previous church was falling through the cracks and decided to give it to a growing church and in November 2007 RVC was given all rights!

After our return in March 08', we were asked to lead a Celebrate Recovery in Faribault, and now have a core group of people that consistently come. Each week Levi prepares a message and I lead worship, and it is nice to practice our gifts in this way. 

Currently, Levi works part-time at RVC in Faribault and part-time at Northfield Retirement Center. Both jobs he works in maintenance. I returned back at the Retirement center as an aide working part-time and recently was offered a job at Dakota County Technical College as a teacher's aide. I love it because I am being challenged in such a way where I can grow in my leadership skills. 

I will start Nursing school in January, and Levi will start flight school in the coming Spring. Flying has been a goal for Levi for the past year and he desires to use his pilot's license for missions. Since we've returned Levi also has been working on his pastoral credentials and should finish in a few years.

So much to catch up on....I will write more at a later date.

We love you all! Thank you for checking up on us! :)

JUNE UPDATE!

Sorry for the length of time that it has taken us to update our site. 

We sent out a letter to our close supporters that we will be staying in MN until God tells us otherwise. Since then we were given the opportunity to lead and start a Celebrate Recovery at the River Valley Faribault campus, and we have been for the past couple weeks. It has been awesome and as the weeks progress we have been seeing a huge need in Faribault for recovery issues.

We have been consistently attending Inner City Church of Minneapolis (ICCM) for their weekly adult service. We felt God leading us there for a reason and it is cool to see where it may lead us through building lasting relationships. We absolutely LOVE it there! 

We both are working part time jobs at Kelly's old work, Northfield Retirement Center. 

Our goal is to be working somewhere full time and move to the Faribault/Northfield area by August 1st. 

We know and have seen God moving in our lives since we have been back and we are excited to see where we are going. Our strength and wisdom is solely on God right now and don't desire more.

FUTURE: In July we will be gone for a week, working at a camp with at risk youth in Iowa. We are super excited and cannot wait until we get there! We will make sure and have pictures posted next month! Thank you and love you all for the support and prayers!

Levi and Kelly Hoyt

Prayer Request

It has been so surreal being home and reuniting with our family, friends, the church, and our old life here in Minnesota. We have found it difficult returning as changed people who are trying to fit back in to where we used to be before we left for Mexico 7 months ago. God has deeply worked in our character and molded us, and we don't want to lose what we experienced.

We have been back now for a 2 1/2 weeks and have been constantly seeking God's will in our lives. We are sort of in limbo right now because initially the plan was to start the base in Cuernavaca, Mexico in January 09'. Unfortunately, those plans have been postponed and we will not be taking part in pioneering that base.

We have many different opportunities in Mexico, The United States, and Minnesota. Right now while we are praying about which path God wants us to take we will be participating in some local ministries, such as working with autistic children, inner city programs, car ministry, starting a new celebrate recovery, and helping our local churches. 

We are asking for lots of prayer from our friends and family to ask God to speak clearly. Our heart is to do His will and we are open to what that is in our lives.

Home Sweet Home

Hey Everyone!!

We just arrived to MN this evening!! It was weird seeing our old apartment building, old streets we use to drive on, our cats, etc. We can't seem to grasp really being here, in the flesh, and then sometimes it really hits us with a flood of emotions. Today, I found myself laughing with our family and getting excited about being home but then within in minutes I would be in tears for no reason. Culture shock is intense but so unpredictable, and hard to put into words.

(Levi really excited filling up for the first time in 7 months in TX on our way home (In Mexico it's full service at gas stations))

We are also unsure how to feel about returning home earlier than expected. Of course, it's human nature to try and plan out our life but God has his perfect way of rewriting the script. We are really seeking the Lord as to what our next move is. We have a slight tugging in a certain direction but have tons of options and are open and willing to do whatever God wants for our lives. We plan on spending some days in prayer and truly seeking His direction.

We appreciate all of our supporters, financially and in prayer! We love you all, and ask to keep us in your prayers especially these upcoming weeks.

• CULTURE SHOCK
• HEARING GOD'S VOICE
• FINANCES
• SPIRITUAL ATTACK

DTS Lecture Phase

This is a slideshow of our experience of our first 3 months of DTS. Classroom, teachers, teachings, and our mini outreach to the landfill in Monterrey and to the west coast in Tepic. We are working on the other slideshow that will show our 6 six week outreach to southern Mexico. We would love to hear comments and hope you enjoy!

Last weeks construction video

Hey Everyone! Thanks for checking out our blog! Last week we worked with a team from Virginia and had such a blast! Kelly made a video of the pictures taken from the construction site. For the past few years they have taken groups of people and have built this church from the ground up, and they plan to keep coming to YWAM Monterrey until they are finished.

To the Virginia team- Thank you guys for the blessing of being able to work with you. You really show teamwork and a servant's heart. We love you, and God Bless!