Kia Ora Friends and Family,
I would just like to start off by apologizing for it taking so long for me to create my new blog page. It has been a very amazing but busy last few months. But the Blog is made and here to stay so please feel free to check up for updates and also feel free to email me at
LCromelin@ymail.com if you have any questions about anything or simply just want to chat, I am open for anything. I really thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy it.
My Amazing Journey So Far...
The Pacific Challenge Discipleship Training School is a Christian based ministry school bringing all walks of life from all over the world together to train and prepare aspiring short term and future long term missionaries. We have the blessing to be able to all serve the people in and around the South Pacific. There are 15 members on the team representing 10 different nations around the world. Countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, The Philippines, Colombia, England, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States all aging 18-28 years. It has been so amazing being able to spend time learning and growing with young adults that have come from all around the world.
The school begins with a 3 month lecture phase preparing students for a 2 month outreach. The lecture phase has a subject each week focusing on one different aspect of serving and bettering your relationship with God. Our schedule looks something like this,
Week 1 Jessie Misa, Father Heart of God:
A week to really grasp on to our identify. Knowing how important things such as being chosen by God and being a personal possession of God. Great way to start off DTS.
Week 2 Femi Oni, Nature and Character of God:
Definitely our most controversial week. Femi is a man of African descent but raised in England. He was loud and confident about his personal convictions. He taught us that Gods primary purpose is to fully restore a person into the perfect state in which he created him. This was week was pretty cool though, one of my classmates Caroline was baptized this week and it was really cool to be a part of that. She has grown so much in her faith and truly becoming an inspiration. Plus she was wearing my wet suit during the baptism so not only did Caroline get renewed by the Holy Spirit but my wetsuit did to. Ha here she is...
Week 3 Linda Cowie, Boundaries:
It was awesome having Linda come and speak with us, we all called her mom do to the fact that she was so nice and sweet to everyone. She spoke on the issues of life and how to approach them with God and handle them responsibly. God gave us freedom and with freedom comes responsibility.
Week 4 Dean Shermon, Relationships:
Dean Shermon was interesting; it was a week of watching the lesson of him on video. I thought it was great though. We learned how important it is to put God first in all of friendships and relationships with a loved one. To have a pure heart and not let the condition of your heart affect your relationships.
Week 5 David Dishroon, Faith:
David taught us about how faith is confidence, certainty and a firm belief. Knowing that faith is an action and how important it is to have endurance in your faith in God.
Week 6 Jono Turner, Repentance:
Keeping your hearts clean and pure so there is nothing in your heart that would not let God fully surrounds you in his love. Developing a lifestyle to recognize God’s will and Gods acceptance. Repentance is not turning away from bad things but turning towards God creating love and pure heartedness.
Week 7 Brandon Gardner, Evidence that demands a verdict:
Or also known as apologetics. He spoke on the theory of evolution vs. creation. Also another speaker that spoke strongly on his personal convictions and his personal beliefs.
Week 8 Carolyn Chisholm, Fear of the lord:
This week was very interesting; Carolyn had come to speak on how to understand Gods power but also Gods love and gentleness. This week turned out a little differently becoming a week a week where we really came together as a team, praying so much for each other. We confessed to each other and really broke any spiritual walls that were there and blocking our relationships as a family. It was a very much needed week and really helped us grow so much in our walks with God together.
Week 9 Big wave Dave, Your calling:
David was awesome, he told his story about when he was 18 he decided to head out onto a surfers DTS. After his DTS he felt a calling to go to Afghanistan and spent 5 years there spreading the word of God and living out Gods calling for him. He is now 25 and traveling around sharing his testimony and working with Youth With A Mission. His inspirational story touches so many young lives and now he is seeking out Gods calling for him to start up a fire in the hearts of this generation. He really got everyone very excited to seek God and believe that there is more in there life’s that they can do then they think.
So that is where we are at currently and are moving into our final week of lectures. The School has absolutely flown by but has changed each one of our hearts. It’s been amazing to see how every student has been touched in their own specific ways.
Now our team is being blessed with the opportunity to serve 2 3rd world nations, being Samoa, and the Solomon Islands. The team has been split into 2; one team of 7 and the other of 12 students and staff. The team I am on is the team of 7 going to Samoa. We are team Tauria, the name coming from a historical canoeing tribe that began in the early tribes of the Maori tradition. The Solomon Island team being team Awara also a Maori historical tribe. We are so excited to see what God has planned for us in these Islands. We currently do not know exactly what we are doing but we know that we will have the possibilities to work medically, evangelizing, giving aid in building/churches, and simply just sharing our love for Jesus to the islanders. After returning from the islands in mid November both teams will join back together and begin our public relations tour down through the south island of New Zealand where we will be speaking in churches and schools to spread the word about what God is doing in Marine Reach as a ministry. We leave on the 18th of October for our trips and have been doing so much to raise funds for our teams such as bake sales, car washes, jewelry sells, and simply just generous donations. God is doing so much for us. Praise God!
Prayer Requests,
If you could please pray for both teams in our preparing for our trips, that we can touch the hearts or the islanders and also be able spread the awesome news to the south island of New Zealand and share what we have done in the islands.
Currently I have been offered the opportunity to stay in New Zealand and staff the next 2 DTS's. I feel God is calling me to take on the challenge and live the adventure that God is putting through. If you can pray for me and my personal strength to know and trust in my faith with what Gods will is for me.
Simply if you can just pray for our unity as a team and that we can be a strong body of Christ and not break in times of stress. We have all been brought here together for a reason and want to continue being strong as a family.
Thank You so much for all your prayers and support for me, you guys' are all such a blessing.
