Stand and Defend coming September 2014!!!!

I am very excited to announce a new school that I am forming here at YWAM Salem.  The "Stand and Defend" School will be starting September this year.  I dubbed it Stand and Defend to basically give the meaning of Standing for the truth of Jesus, and defending the Gospel.  To make a long story short, over my years in ministry I have noticed in my own life and the life of many Christians a gap in their ability to defend the Christian faith while speaking with others.  Since I started the Gospel Guy, I have been challenged so many times by honest tough questions that have caught me off guard.  Thus, was born my desire to start this school.  It will be a second level 7 week school registered under YWAM's University of the Nations.  Technically it will be called a seminar, because it would need to be 12 weeks to be a school.  I am very excited about this.  The school will be very intense both academically, and also practically as all students will be getting a ton of practice speaking with people. Please begin to lift this school up in prayer.  I have a TON of work i need to do from scheduling speakers, budgeting, curriculum formation, outreach implementation, recruiting students, etc... Add on top of this our regular Spring Break and Summer Mission Adventures groups, and life with the kids...2014 is going to be a busy one for the Walter tribe!!

Proceeding On is Almost Here!

I am real excited to announce that I am in the final stages of seeing my devotional I have written become published!  "Proceeding On" has been way more work that I ever thought, but has truly been a wonderful experience.  I am looking at probably about a month or a bit longer before it is published.  Above is an image of what the front and back cover will look like.  Overboard Ministries the publishing company has been great to work with, and I feel blessed to have been able to do this.

New Year Starts as a Busy One!

The new year here at YWAM Salem has started in full swing.  Our Winter DTS began, along with the School of Biblical Counseling.  It is always exciting having new students from all across the globe.  Last week I counted over 10 different nations represented in our meeting room.  The Fall DTS teams are all on outreach, and we have been hearing amazing reports. One group, has went into a village where there recently has been animal sacrifices, and rumors of human ones.  Pray the the Gospel would shine and the students would be safe.  I am speaking again in March on Evangelism in the Winter DTS.  I always look forward to those opportunities.  Pretty soon, we will be hosting Spring Break Mission Adventures trips.  We have around 60 students signed up rite now, which I am real excited for.  The Gospel Guy will be kicking into high gear next week as well.  Life on the home front is super busy as well.  All in all, we are doing great and thankful for this new year and for what it holds.  Stay tuned as I have some exciting news of a new ministry I will be starting up this coming fall here at YWAM Salem.  Above picture is of us two weeks ago when we took the kids ice skating in the mountains.