Family update - April 6, 2013

 Dear Family and Friends,
 
Scott and I wanted to update you on where we are and what we are doing. Thursday we started our training for becoming missionaries with the organization called YWAM-Youth With A Mission. We are in Kona, Hawaii and will be here for three months and then we will go to the Philippines for 2 months for more training. We know to some this sounds crazy, but we are listening to what God has called us to and that is to serve people who are less fortunate than we are and to share the good news of Jesus Christ. We have accomplished three days and already feel blessed to be here.  YWAM’s discipleship and training programs aim to equip followers of Christ to serve more effectively in a variety of missionary fields.  They combine classroom teaching with ongoing discipleship and practical service. Most programs incorporate several weeks of application activities, often in another culture, where the principles learned are practiced in order to accelerate learning.  Our practical training will be in the Philippines on the island of Mindanao in the region of Cagayan de Oro.  The Discipleship Training School or DTS emphasizes cross-cultural exposure and global awareness and prepares students for full-time service.  We have 7 families in our program from 4 different countries,with a total of 14 adults and 18 children.  As the parents are being trained so are the children.  The kids are participating in a program called the Foundations School where they will be trained up to be missionaries and also do their age appropriate studies along with homeschooling.  This is very exciting to us because we want Nick and Sydney to know what their gifts are and be able to use them to help others with greater needs than our own, they are very excited for school to start on Monday. 
 
Well that is a short summary of what we are doing right now, we will be keeping everyone up to date through our blog which is suderno.blogspot.com and through our facebook account Changing Focus Ministries and our personal facebook accounts.  We will be sending out a newsletter in a few weeks so if you are interested in receiving it, please let us know whether you would like it via internet or regular mail.Those who are on our support list will already be receiving it.  We appreciate all the prayers and support that we have received and appreciate everything that God is providing for us through all of you. We would love to hear from you, please keep in touch!!
 
Love to all, 

 
The Suderno's

Our new address is; 
 
University of the Nations
Family DTS
Scott and Katie Suderno
75-5851 Kuakini Hwy #430
Kailua Kona, HI 96740