Back in the U.S.

That's right friends! The Atkission family is back on the mainland bunkering down in Puyallup for a season. We learned so much while overseas, however, we are grateful to be back home and in our local church body.

As best we can tell right now Jen and I will be in the Northwest through December with the goal of raising consistent monthly support as well as seeking the Lord regarding next steps. We continue to have a sense that we will be leaving town in January for several months to minister somewhere. We believe the Lord will show us where in His perfect timing. In the mean time, please pray for direction, provision, confirmation of His plan, and much favor. We will be ministering at our home church, Destiny City, until further plans are made known to us.

We love you all and pray that God's peace, love, and fire will continue to minister to you all the days of your life.

Aaron, Jen, and Ryen

PS...praise God for Fiji, there must be something in the water there because we are expecting our second child! Yeeeehawwwww.

Fiji Video Update

Bula!

Below is some footage that we've taken since we've been in Fiji. Enjoy!

Salvation is HERE!

The Impact World Tour is approaching the half way point after this week. To date over 5,500 people have committed their lives to Jesus and made Him the Lord of all. Each of these dear individuals is being connected into the local churches here in Fiji that are partnering with this evangelistic effort.

Jen and I could not be more excited about the things that we have been able to be a part of. We have both been able to pray with people, lead people to the Lord, Aaron leads worship on the drums several times a week, and we have both been able to have very meaningful conversations with the team speaking life and truth into their hearts.

We are almost done with some of our Fiji footage. We will try and have it posted by the end of the week.

We love you all.

Blessings,

Aaron, Jen, and Ryen

Fiji...

I think many people think of Fiji as a place where the rich and famous go to vacation. Pictures of miles of coastline with white sand, palm trees, and 5 star hotels is more than likely the first thing that comes to mind. At first thought, it might not make much sense to go evangelize a place like the one mentioned above, especially since it's considered a "Christian" nation.

BUT, Jen and I have found that Fiji is much different than our Western minds have imagined. Yes, there are resorts, beaches, and palm trees. But only in small select areas. The vast majority of Fiji is your typical 3rd world country. Poverty, corruption, religious control, massive abuse, etc... However, we are seeing HUGE breakthrough in the peoples' lives here. Over 3,200 have made first time commitments after our 2nd week in country. We have 5 more to go. A Hindi pastor was saved and is being discipled, a man got out of a wheel chair after 20 years, asthma is being cured, etc... Jesus is on the move.

In addition to all of that, Fiji has BIG bugs. Cockroaches, beetles, moths the size of small birds...seriously. Imagine taking a shower only to see a frog the size of softball jump right in front of you followed by a mondo roach. This is the Fiji we have discovered. AND WE LOVE IT! We've slept on straw mats, on the floor, on ferries, and buses. This is the Fiji we know. AND WE LOVE IT!

Please keep our family in your prayers.

aaron, jen, and ryen

PS...We will be posting some Fiji footage on Monday or Tuesday!

Philippines Video

Jen and I finally finished our update video from Bohol Philippines. We'll get our Fiji video out much sooner...we promise. In any case, this will give you an idea of what we were up to during our stay in Bohol.

God's fire to you all,


Aaron Jen and Ryen