Seth Diggs Love

Hey awesome family, I am happy to be writing you! I hope this email finds all of you joyful and healthy. I have missed writing you as often ever since KAI Coffee has been up and rolling. Its been pretty busy getting things situated and in order.

 

When I asked you guys, how you were doing last update, I was serious!!I want to hear about your lives, I want to stay connected, I would like to remain your family and in your lives. You guys all know me best and so it brings me lots of joy when we can communicate in the ups and downs in life. I want to know your dogs name, your social security#, how long your showers are, when you first remember brushing your teeth, when you first realized you could walk. OK, no, I am kidding. But seriously, let me know whats happening.

 

Alright, so it is finally getting cold here which causes me to jump for joy. There were some weeks where I would literally have to carry an extra shirt with me everywhere I went. haha I sweat like crazy as it is. I guess its becoming pretty warm there for those in NC. Oh how I will miss having access to the fall colors of North Carolina this year. You guys send me some pics!

 

So to update you on life here, KAI Coffee had its 4th week this month and has been great. Its definitely going to take some time for people to recognize our presence there in town, but it will happen. We just got to get a cup of coffee in their hands!! It’s seriously good coffee and I drink way to much of it while working. My personality is super intensified, haha, some of you know how crazy that would look. BUT, we have already begun to have regulars, at least 20-30 that come pretty consistently, which is great. We are definitely having lots of good chats with people and are building cool relationships with the people in the area. Thats what this is all about right? Just really loving on people and serving them. I have been given lots of joy making and serving that simple and sweet tasting drink called coffee! Sounds crazy, but I enjoy watching people taking their first sip and smiling. There is pleasure in that for me. Its been fun! But being a “take away” set up, it makes relationships a little more difficult, but its happening and little bits of love are being planted. In the next week we are going to put out a couple tables and chairs so people can relax. Sean and Emily are having a little girl soon! So excited for them. Once everything settles down, we are really going tackle the area with marketing and advertising and get to know the local business owners. KAI Coffee, all is well.

Personally, I have began to learn more to adapt to what God is up to in my life and consider it ALL a blessing. Everything, whether it seems “bad” or “good”, it’s all the same right? It all ends up growing us up and benefiting our life. I would like to continue having this revelation be more a part of my life. Its our choice to put bad circumstances, bad scenario’s, mistakes we regret, the unexpected, under the darkness of a curse or under the light of a blessing.  Its all in our response. Its all nutritious. haha But its also a lot easier said than done. Im slowly learning, as I usually and stubbornly do.Regardless God is good and won’t let anyone or anything harm us or give us more than we can bear.

 

I am continuing to sit down at least 3 times or so a week and trying to write music, but nothing is coming. So please pray for that on my behalf. That God would give me songs. Not just songs, but life changing music that he can use. Speaking of music, I led worship at this healing conference last week and it was so good. People were wild and crazy and getting set free. Whats the point of keeping and maintaining our composure right? Lets let it out and be ourselves! Lets be vulnerable and start getting real with each other. Thats what family does. The truth and the giving of honor to one another will set us free. I am speaking to myself as well. There is freedom is this.

 

All in all there are lots of incredible people here that I could learn a lot from, the Sunny Coast is a great place to live, and I get to serve coffee with the hope of a church being formed and created soley out of love. I am privileged to live here and do what I do regardless of what trials come my way. Thank you so much for all of you that have stuck with me, for all of you who read these updates, for all who truly care and believe in what I’m doing, for all who encourage and speak into my life in times of need.

 

I CANT STRESS HOW MUCH YOU ARE A PART OF WHAT GOD IS DOING ON THE SUNNY COAST. Thanks for being friends and for partnering with me.

 

PRAYER REQUESTS:

- people in the area find KAI Coffee

-our regulars, that they would experience Gods love and presence when they get coffee

- for the spirit to heighten my creativity and sensitivity to write and make music

- continuing prayer for Sean and I to continue growing stronger in our friendship

- for Seans wife Emily as she has the baby in the next couple weeks

- my anxiety to continue decreasing and being healed

-my mom and she gets her back tested and worked on this week(she is hurting)

- to learn to enjoy photography again

 

THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU ALL! I hope to hear back from you.

 

 

From the land of man eating spiders and elephant eating snakes,

Hello to all of you who are appreciated and thankful for. I cannot express how much joy it gives me to people able to write so many wonderful people, especially in trying times. I wanted you to know, firsthand in this update, how much your prayers and faithfulness have affected my life here in Australia. I have felt them often as I have been in lots of situations needing them. So thank you. Also, this update is not only about me, I want to hear about your life as well. So please fill me in and let me know how I can be in prayer for you as well. It would bring me joy. I apologize in the delay of sending this update, but just wanted to be able to paint a clear and full picture of everything thats going on. As you know, things are taking lots of time here, especially with me personally in settling in.

First off, for those of you who don’t enjoy long updates, I wanted to fill you in with where I am at financially and be totally up front before you stop reading. For those who have continued to support me consistently, I am so so grateful for you and I hope this update encourages you with what your money is allowing to happen here on the Sunny Coast. But as of right now, I am living off of $1500 a month in a very expensive culture. As you can imagine, thats really difficult to do, almost impossible. I am in need of $1000 more of monthly support at the moment. As I continue, for some reason, to have financial surprises, the past month has been quite hard to live here financially especially. As I continue to trust God’s goodness with what I need and not what I want, I ask that you would pray and ask God if you are to partner/give or support financially the ministry that is happening here. Every bit helps. People are coming to know Jesus because of your prayers and financial support.

If you would like to give a one-time gift and are not concerned with a tax deductible, click this link, its very easy. https://www.payway.com.au/MakePayment?BillerCode=131193

If you feel led to support on a monthly basis and prefer it to be tax-deductible, Make checks payable to “YWAM”, and mail to:
Accounting Department at PO Box 3000, Garden Valley, TX 75771-3000.
Please do NOT write Seth’s name on the check. Include a note with your donation stating it is for “Seth Snider, YWAM Sunshine Coast Australia.”

 

So I am writing this in a place of thankfulness, but also in a place of distress at the moment, so please hang with me and forgive me if these sentences don’t make sense or seem jumbled. haha

I don’t really know where to start, but I will begin with the ongoing process of vulnerability and nakedness, or “times of trials”, if you will. For those of you who want to know the truth of where I am at, here it is. For those of you who want an update of lots of salvations, a difficulty-free ministry with no opposition, and a life of perfect peace that is not shaken even by the toughest storm——-you should probably stop reading now and find something thats more inspirationally happy.

Life can be very difficult at times. Thats an absolute truth. But why is it difficult? Whats the purpose of all the difficulties? All of the un-expected circumstances, all the things that don’t go our way? Why so much at one time? How is it all so orchestrated and work out to our benefit no matter how hard or how bad it gets? It’s all wild to think about aye? I have asked these questions over and over and over. How does it all teach us something we needed to learn at the specific moment in our lives? It’s crazy how the very things we struggle with and lack in our character are being taught to us and being given to us through our circumstances. How hard and unexpected things bring us to our knees in prayer, and creates hope in us towards the God of the universe in his ability to save, restore, and redeem. Spurs us on to confess to and create deep meaningful relationships with our brothers and sisters. How it causes us to cry out in tears in the presence of people that love and care for you. Keeps us from relying on the things in this world that continually fail us and make us want more (the allusion) even though there is nothing that satisfies here on earth. How hard times makes the easier times that much more beautiful. How it keeps us from falling into mediocrity and creates a hard that God can use, a heart thats empty and vacant for himself to dwell in and make his home of rest in. This kind of circumstance, creates in you a deep and heartfelt cry for help in the knowledge of not being able to help ourselves, a cry of faith and out of faith, believing and trusting that God himself is the answer. That’s the kind of prayer born out of vulnerability and desperation that only can come from your heart and that moves beyond the prayer of wants and selfish desires. I believe this with all of my heart and this is what I have been starting to learn and get tiny glimpses of. Through the many many circumstances and unexpected scenario’s that have quickly interrupted my life, I am beginning to truly learn to rejoice in them. Only beginning. Trust me, there is plenty of complaining still happening in my heart, but I am beginning to see purpose in it all, and how its beneficial for my future.

As I have difficulties, hardcore anxiety, insecurities, and fears in this time in my life, I have someone willing to take them away at the drop of a hat as soon as I am willing to give them over. Being in my first  wreck ever today as my fault and without insurance, having pneumonia for over 3 weeks, getting falsely charged through PayPal for $2100 a few weeks ago (still working on that), brand new $3000 lens screwing up, cell phone screwing up, $600 new surfboard ruined by the sun within 2 hours, passion level has decreased,  etc. so on and so fourth.The devil wants these things to change our minds about Gods goodness, but doesn’t know God is using them for our good. God gives us beauty for ashes, thankfully, and I have lots and lots of ashes, slowly learning how to make that exchange, and also learn how to be loved by God through it. I am not going to sit here and list every hard time that has happened, but trust me, if I can get through all that has happened and still love and trust God, anyone can. He asked for my whole heart to work with for my benefit. Well, because of my stubbornness, he is taking my heart by force, which I have realized to be a beautiful thing. He knows our real needs, what gives true joy, and what brings true contentment. Him!!

With that said it’s still hard here as I explained in the last update and there has been many things that have happened to take my eyes off of Jesus, but as there are battles that seem lost, there are many victories.

Lots of goodness going on here on the Sunshine Coast! Things have still been awesome with the base worship on Monday mornings for Ywam Sunny Coast. There is a new training school here now with 31 students, so it has been great getting to know them and spend time with them. Worship has also still been happening on Wednesday nights at this old war memorial in the public, so we have been able to pray for lots of people passing by witnessing restoration and people being touched by God. Prayer is so huge and we continue to see miracles. I have also had lots of down time which has been much needed in this process I am going through. Henri Nouwen, the author, has written 2 books that have completely turned my life upside down and helped me through this journey in a very perfect way. The books are “In the name of Jesus” and “The Genesee Diary”. So solitude has been good here and very easy to have in such a relaxed envirnonment.  I have also still been shooting photography for the Wakeboard cable park here which has been awesome. Learning to love photography again has been a slow process, but a good one. Those weddings took it all out of me!! hahaha I still laugh at that time in my life. So good, but so hard, and hard-headed. Well, I am still hard headed. Anyways, but its been good getting to know all the young guys there at the park and building relationships.

My car is doing great, little banged up, but running great. It’s still purple, although I have prayed to wake up and find it black, or some other more manly color.My living situation has also been very good, still living on the beach for half of what it would usually cost. My roommate has had a rough patch the past couple years so its been good encouraging each other and sharing with one another. Learning to be vulnerable and open is a pretty liberating thing.

 

Sooooooooo…..now on to KAI Coffee, which is something that I am very excited about, especially at the moment.

 

First Ever Kai Coffee Opening!!!

 

We hope you’ve been following our story over the past several months, but in case you haven’t, here’s a quick run down! Kai Coffee started out of a vision from the Lord to roast Fair Trade and ethically sourced coffee beans and distribute them through missional retail outlets, using the net profits to support orphaned children in Uganda, Africa. Right away the Lord started blessing the vision and has literally provided thousands of dollars to bring us to this point. Our goal locally is to create a missional coffee shop that will create a space in our community where people will not only enjoy great coffee, but meet and experience the love of Jesus and hear the transformational message of the Gospel. Our team: two goobers (me and Sean)

So how does this flesh out? I moved here pretty much broke and had no ability financially to serve and help Sean and Emily build a new cafe. However, as we all have prayed and taken baby steps we’ve watched God provide time and time again just what we’ve needed to keep going. Starting next week, we’ve been blessed with a great opportunity to put Kai Coffee’s first espresso bar in a Skateboard shop here in the Sunshine Coast. The Boardstore is run as YWAM business as missions endeavor. They own three skate/surf shops on the coast and they have graciously offered the space for free so that we can use it to generate funds for our own larger cafe building in the future. In the picture above you can see our coffee cart set up and in the next few weeks we will send you pictures of the installation and actual begginings of our first cafe!

Church planting and Coffee shops??? Myself, Sean and Emily all get excited about a movement around the globe called the missional church. It’s not a new thing, it’s actually been the Biblical model all along. It’s men and women that believe in Jesus Christ who see their daily jobs as their mission field. It’s a doctor that sees each and every patient as an opportunity to share the love of Jesus and the message of the Gospel. Its a school teacher that pours her life out with her kids and understands that each class and each student as an opportunity for Jesus to move. The list goes on, but the local church is a gathering of these “scattered” believers in one location to find fellowship, community, worship, prayer and Bible teaching. The pastors job: training and equipping the church body and then sending them out. For us, we see Kai Coffee’s retail outlets as our mission field here in Australia. The Gathering as well as the coffee shop are starting small. For the time being, the cafe is really just a glorified coffee cart and the Gathering is a few families we’ve been meeting with in our home over the year. We believe this is the model God’s called us to and we would love you’re prayers and support as we continue to live out this calling in our lives. Here are a few recent photos of the process of fixing up our beloved coffee cart! This girl in the picture, Claire, painted all this by hand by the way. Her skills blow me away and we were so thankful for her doing this as a blessing to KAI Coffee. I just painted the empty space, haha.

Pressing Needs: Kai Coffee is in need of a small capital raise to bring in more bean selections as well as create a more permanent structure in the Boardstore. If you’re interested in supporting that part of the ministry please email Sean at seannaus@gmail.com

Last, but not least, I got baptized last week!! Such an exciting time. I got baptized when I was eleven but had no idea why or what that meant for me. I was just doing it because everyone else. haha Oh how often we do that. It was a very powerful time for me. I will post the video on Facebook soon. Here are a few pics from the day.

I hope that you enjoyed the photos and it broke up the length of this novel a bit!! haha For those of you who are still reading, thank you.

PRAYER REQUESTS-

- Continued healing from the anxiety that busyness has caused me the past 3 years.

- Continued growth in Sean and I’s relationship.

- that I find courage and hope amidst of this wild season

- that KAI Coffee would be a success in leading people to Jesus and in discovering true relationship

- that I would trust God with my finances and not allow it to burden my life here

- for my amazing friend Robert Mariani that continues to fight health issues valiantly. This man is incredible.

- for a continuing of worship times to be spirit and in truth and people come to know the true love of God

 

Well, this concludes my masssssssiiiiiivvvveeeeeee long novel. I hope you have enjoyed this and been encouraged by what God is doing here in Australia. I love each one of you and consider you my family. Please let me know how you are doing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEEEEELLLLOOOOOO ALL. I am very very happy to be writing you.

I have missed being in contact with you guys, sorry for the delay. I hope you are doing so well and that you are enjoying the heck out of life. I am actually at the local Starbucks finally able to breathe from the past few weeks. Its been quite a ride, with lots of hard times and lots of good times. Amidst of me knowing that I am suppose to be here and this being my new home, moving to Australia doesn’t make life easier, although, I did have a very shallow small expectation of that unfortunately. First off, and to be totally up front and honest right away, there is no true life, joy, rest, peace, comfort, and love in anything except God himself. Everything else is empty. It all feels very joyful and fulfilling at first, but everything ends up running out, and then on to the next thing right? I have said this in my mind for a long long time, even spoke of Jesus being my all to others, but it never transferred fully to my heart until the past month. I have literally had all my previous desires met in my life in the past month, and in my heart, I have exhausted everyone one of them to find some sort of new fulfillment or comfort that I didn’t have before. I found nothing. God embodies our every need, our satisfaction, and our fulfillment. Now please know that I am not saying these things are bad in themselves, they were totally meant for our enjoyment, but I just wanted to maybe save you some time if you are looking for hope, comfort, or fulfillment in the things here on earth. Eventually they will all run out and then you will find something else to keep you fulfilled for a short time. God, Jesus, is the sustainer, he is our provider, and his love. I pray we begin to look to him for everything and let him be our everything. He is the only one. He is the one. If you want to hear more or disagree, I would love to Skype.

Now, from that, you can tell wants been weighing on my heart and the process of detox I have been going through from relying on things and people for so long. haha So stinking hard and learning a lot.God has been begging me to allow him to be my all. He has the best right? He knows us best and he’s the only one that created us. He’s also so dang good that you just want to trust him. With a love like his, nothing or no one can touch you. I pray that these thoughts speak to you like they spoke to me. You may not struggle with this, or you may even say you find everlasting joy in things here on earth, but I challenge you, examine your heart and find where your hope and comfort lies. Is it from thing to thing, or person to person, or place to place, or is it in Jesus? Please trust me, I have tried a lot that this life has to offer, and nothing even touches the heel of Jesus’ foot.

So by now you have realized that I am not the missionary that sends you fluffy, happy happy, everything is always awesome and blessed updates. Thats not really life is it? Sometimes life is freakin’ hard, and sometimes it doesn’t go the way you planned. I have felt super alone here, I have dealt with lots of anxiety, I have felt insecure at times, I have been fearful in areas. Thats the truth ya know. I was comfortable back home, I knew people, people knew me, I had a cool car, a nice townhouse, a thriving business, lots of time to travel. Those things are gifts! Seriously, I have been blessed with the most amazing things and the most loving people. I left that, and now learning to live without that, and live only on my dependance on Jesus. It’s hard! But it’s so so good once it you feel the grace  and power of God touch you and begin to give you life and a peace that goes beyond your understanding. There is nothing compares to Jesus. If it feels like I am shoving this down your throat or being to forward, it’s because I am, to myself as well. And know that I am because I have experienced this, its been my reality and I have experienced both sides. Doing life with Jesus and without Jesus. There is a major difference.

There  you go! There is my heart and where I’m at. Now to the easy stuff to talk about!! Well as you guys know, I have a car now that is still running awesome. It’s a 95 Holden Apollo that I got for $800 and ended up putting $700 more into it. So $1500 is not bad at all for a purple car that runs good. Huge blessing. I also am enjoying the new place I am living in. For those of you that don’t know, its actually a resort complex. Crazy huh? It’s on the beach, 75meter pool, top story, and A/C. Such a blessing! Seriously, it was totally God that I was able to move into this place. My good friend Boris had a friend that needed a roommate right when I was needing a place, and he offered to pay the whole down payment and have me pay only a portion of what he would be paying! This place is $1360 a month! I am only having to pay $500 a month. Such a gift, because thats what I would be paying inland without A/C. So I tell you this to say thanks for praying and to give God recognition for his provision being not a 50% provision, but a quality 100% provision. Someone also blessed me with a pair of shoes, a longboard skateboard, and short board skateboard the other day. So thankful.

KAI Coffee is doing wonderful. We have had many breakthroughs and miracles happen lately. We are doing a promo video soon to let all of our supporter know exactly whats going on, but I will tell you a bit now. We have really been in prayer together almost everyday about the direction we need to step out in, whether its a a big warehouse building that would be multipurpose with the Gathering, or a small cafe somewhere, or just a small simple coffee cart that could be mobile. Well after praying for a good while one morning for all of our needs for KAI, we got on Ebay right after and sure enough there was a coffee cart for sale for $300!!! They are usually like $1500 and up. Its made out of timber, comes with a mini-fridge, an umbrella, a sink, electricity outlets, etc. Its exactly what we need and was a gift from God. So we got it! This has opened up lots of opportunity with where we can make and serve coffee. We are praying at the moment for a location thats suitable and busy. We just really felt led to start small and become ok with the process of it all. We have also been blessed with a bigger roaster btw. Things are happening and moving forward. More details and video coming soon regarding our plan for KAI Coffee and our vision of impacting the coffee culture here on the Sunshine Coast.

Sean and I, along with all the YWAM students have continued having a gathering down near the beach every Wednesday night singing and worshipping. We are continuing to see God move and encourage the students to step out and pray for people in the area as they walk by. People have been feeling God here and its been so encouraging. Unfortunately, I have not been singing much lately. I have had bronchitis the past 4 days. It’s been pretty dang rough. I have had a fever that I cannot seem to break and even coughed up a bit of blood the second day, so I have sleeping about 12 hours a day. haha Thankfully the doctor gave me some antibiotics and pain meds so I am starting to feel better and will be heading up the gathering tonight in Mooloolaba.

Thankfully I was able to get hooked up shooting with the local Wakeboard Cable Park   (  http://www.facebook.com/gowake.blibli  )here in the area for work 10 or so hours a week, which helps a bit. Its been great being there and building relationships with all the local riders and also being able to photograph them and give them material to promote and advertise with. Lots of cool guys out there, so thats been a blessing. There was a massive competition out there this past week, so I shot non-stop. I was also privileged to be able to spend 3 days straight with all of the best wake boarders and wake skaters in the world in and out of the park. Great relationships built. I have attached a few images of me and the guys and also a few riding shots. So crazy how quick some things are happening here. I have also been shooting some complimentary sessions for an organization called Destiny Rescue, http://destinyrescue.org/aus/. Destiny Rescue is an internationally recognized Aid and Development oganisation existing to end child sexual slavery and extreme poverty. They use handmade jewelry that was made from the kids and sell it here in the states to support them. Which has been another gift to be able to invest in such a cool concept and to be able to shoot for free for a while. I forgot what it was like to shoot for fun and for free. hahaha I have also attached some pictures below of some of the jewelry. Check em’ out.

But amidst off all this shooting, playing, and busyness, I need prayer. More prayer. Always. I have been reading a book thats really changing my life called the Genesee Diary, by Henri Nouwen. It’s a story about him spending 6 months in a Christian Trappist monk monastery. Its basically his journal day by day of his life, his struggles, and his victories. It has given me a lot of insight into what solitude really is and how dive into it, but it has been the biggest challenge to find true solitude since I have been here. That has been my number one prayer, solitude in God’s presence along with the gift of true peace in my heart. This anxiety really tends to steal from me. Here are some more prayer requests for those who believe in the power of prayer.

-More and deeper relationships with guys in the area, for its been a process. Everyone is married now, which is awesome, but a little different than before.

-for anxiety to be completely gone or the root issue to be revealed

-for the gift of peace to reign in my life and mind

-for KAI Coffee to have wisdom and clarity for a location for the coffee cart, as well as funds provided for rent for a space.

-for the new group of students who just got here, that they would experience Jesus and what free Grace is

-for this nasty sickness to go away quickly

-less thinking, more resting

-that worship and prayer here would continue to impact those who have been hurt by the church or who have a skewed view of God.

Lots of prayer requests, enough to keep you busy. hahaha Also I wanted to let you guys know, as my supporters in prayer and in finance, it’s been pretty hard here financially with necessities. I still need insurance on my car and had to put the registration($350) for it on a credit card. I also still need an electric shaver of some sort, a lamp for my room, a couple towels, and more monthly support to keep up with rent and other constant payments. Also, monthly support for healthy food. My immune system is taking a beating. To eat even decently healthy here, is like $15-20 for lunch or even cooking at home its crazy. It’s so expensive here!! haha $50 for a towel for example!  BUT, I want you to know how much of a blessing its been to have you guys behind me as much as you have been. I literally could not be here without you. Please let me know how you guys are all doing and what I can be praying for. I want to invest in you as much as possible as well.

So if you would like to give monthly or just a one-time (tax-deductible) gift, Make checks payable to “YWAM”, and mail to:
Accounting Department at PO Box 3000, Garden Valley, TX 75771-3000.
Please do NOT write Seth’s name on the check. Include a note with your donation stating it is for “Seth Snider, YWAM Sunshine Coast Australia.

If you do not care for tax deductions in your support, send checks to 16525 Kimbolten Dr. Huntersville, NC 28078

Thank you guys so so much for everything and every single prayer you have prayed for me. Its making a huge difference. Check out some of the photos! OH YEAH-BTW, I was on the news here yesterday at Starbucks. Just talking about how awesome free internet was back home at good ol’ Birkdale Village and how not awesome internet isn’t free here.

 

 

 

 

Greetings to everyone I love and miss very much! It has been a few weeks, so sorry to those who hate reading long emails!

Well I am finally here, and thank you for helping make that happen. I just wanted to write you and let you know how things are going. First things first, I think about you guys often and find myself realizing something new about relationships back home everyday that encourages me. I thought I knew how special you guys were, but am realizing how much you invested in me and help mold who I am. Each one of you guys carry such influential gifts that is specific to you, that blesses God as well as others. Be encouraged in who you are and how God made you.

Well, Australia and community here is just as beautiful as I though it would be. All of my flights were awesome and went very smooth, minus the crazy baggage fees. hahaha BUT, everything made it here safely surprisingly. Usually when you check something fragile like 2 guitars and a surfboard into the bottom of the plane, at least one of them gets injured, haha. I am sure it was funny for others seeing some random guy carrying 8 pieces of luggage by himself, sweating like a banshee, and trying to push all this up one of those flat escalators. hahahaha That was quite a scene when half my baggage fell and went sliding down the escalator. I got it where it needed to go eventually. Thankfully, during my 10 hour layover in LAX, I had a great friend come visit and pick me up for lunch and helped me get my bags to the international terminal. Other than that, 40 hours of traveling, good plane rides, and good conversation was lots of fun.

The past couple weeks after getting the necessities like a bank account, drivers license, and phone, I have been very intentional about resting. I feel Australia is the new beginning point in which my life is beginning to be simplified and clutter free. It was much needed. Many of you knew how thinly spread I was back home and how easily stressed I could become. haha I have never handled anything ever in my life like I did the past three years in the states. It was so hard, but so good. I am really thankful all the learning and hard times that took place, but now its time to rest. I have just just been chatting over coffee with all of my good friends here that I haven’t seen in ages. That has been so encouraging. People here blow me away just like you guys do back home. You have set the bar high!! I have also been surfing quite a bit. Its been cool to experience God through surfing and being in the water. I don’t want to sound weird or new agey, but there is something about surfing that is kind of like reading the bible or praying for me. I am enjoying God and he is enjoying me ya know? That can happen anytime or anywhere you know? But it really intensifies the relationship when it involves a passion or something you love. It all came from him anyways. Sean and I have also been leading worship quite a bit for the YWAM base here on the Sunshine Coast. Its been amazing. I am being changed, people are being changed, and God is be lifted up.
BIG NEWS!! 2 days ago we had base worship, which is basically when all the YWAM staff, skate/surf staff, etc. get together to pray, worship, and build community. Anyways, so Sean felt like God had spoken to him about how he is going to start healing people, spiritually and physically. So! we began to present that word to everyone there and have them pray for one another. 3 people ended up getting physically healed!! So wild. One healing was with a woman that needed surgery on her knee that was instantly healed, and another was for a couple’s son that had to many chambers in his heart as well as a hole in his heart. Well she was prayed for that morning, today they got a call from the dumbfounded doctor that was trying to explain to them how the recent results show that he know has a perfect heart!! One of the chambers disappeared, and a flap of skin somehow formed over the hole in his heart!! What!!!! haha So good aye? As the momentum was rolling, we began to feel like we should take our guitars down to the beach and just worship and pray for people’s physical and spiritual needs amidst. During worship, we began to pray for more healings and another girl that recently had to wear contacts, got her vision back 100% after being prayed for. So wild right? Glory.

Sean, Emily, and little Elijah is the couple that have graciously allowed me to stay with the until I find a place. Thats been wonderful, especially with Sean being the one I am doing KAI Coffee with. They are an amazing family and have taken care of me. KAI Coffee is doing great. Another miracle to tell you—–So we went to go register the name a couple weeks ago as a final task to make everything legal, and they turned us down. They said that we weren’t able to use that name because of a cafe lounge close by having the name Kai. WHATTTTT!!!
Haha, that was pretty hard to hear, especially after investing so much in labels, bags, stickers, banners, etc.$ So we tried to explain to the guy how far along we were and told him a bit about the Kai Coffee. He didn’t budge, but he said we could write the government stating our complaint, as he mentioned that probably won’t work either, haha. He said it would take at least 3 weeks to be processed. So a few days later, we decided to write the government just to give it a shot. WE GOT A CONFIRMATION LETTER IN THE MAIL A WEEK LATER!!! So we now are the proud owners of KAI Coffee. It’s our name. haha We were really encouraged to say the least. We have been roasting quite a bit and going to markets to sell and get the name out there. Still very small and have lots of needs though. We are currently roasting out of Seans garage, haha. Its going great, but we are praying for the funds to have our own place and expand a bit. We have been looking at warehouses, but buildings here are quite pricey. Pray God leads to the right place with the right amount of funds! We are anticipating having a coffee shop where we can have church in the same building. Thats our dream. So thats that with Kai Coffee. If you catch this vision of using coffee to reach the people of australia, as well as fighting poverty overseas through fair-trade, please partner with us in praying.

So all in all, everything is wonderful knowing this is where I am suppose to be. I am excited to find my outlets and be used 100% in whats been given to me.

PRAYER REQUESTS:
- deepening in the relationships built here. Quick brotherhoods. Loneliness has set in from being in a completely new place.
- finding a car and a place to live. Time is running out.
- clear vision in the ministry here
- building for Kai Coffee
- more people knowing who God really is, especially through the miraculous in this season
- courage and boldness

-I have not yet reached my goal financially to be sustained here, especially in the process of buying a car and renting a place to live. These costs are a lot more expensive than the states unfortunately, so please pray for me to reach my goal in order to live without the financial burden as I am a part of everything going on here.
Financial support: If you feel a burden on your heart, have caught the vision, and feel led to support financially, I encourage you to partner on up.
Through being there long term, monthly support is very helpful, no matter how much or how little. Overall, I am in need of $700 more dollars a month.

Make checks payable to “YWAM”, and mail to:
Accounting Department at PO Box 3000, Green Valley, TX 7577-3000.
Please do NOT write Seth’s name on the check. Include a note with your donation stating it is for “Seth Snider, YWAM Sunshine Coast Australia.”

Thank you for your continual prayer and support. I am so so thankful for you guys and love you very much. Please let me know how you are doing and how I can be praying for you!