Author: Anna

Good evening family! I hope everyone reading this had an excellent Thanksgiving and start to the Christmas season. 🙂

Miami Outreach … 5 days away!

Our team of 46 will be driving down to Miami in 5 days to start a local outreach for almost 2 weeks. Because of the unique vision for our Discipleship Training School, we have had a shortened lecture period (2 months instead of 3 months) with the additional month split 50-50 between a stateside outreach and our Christmas break. This outreach is close to my heart because I have lived my whole life in Miami — I am so excited to once again share the love of Jesus and the hope of the Good News to as many people as we can during this short time period.

Our outreach will consist mainly of street evangelism and other spontaneous mission opportunities. We will also be blessing the churches that are hosting us by cleaning and completing other projects. One of the forms of street evangelism will be “Operation Christmas Cheer”, where we hand out small physical Christmas-y gifts like clothes, food, and water (it’s still sunny in Miami, y’all!).

All of the students on our outreach will be financially contributing from our own personal funds to buy these gifts from local stores. If you would like to financially partner with me on this outreach, you can send me any amount of money, as the Lord guides! Every little bit helps.

If you would like to support me, you can give to this ministry in any of the following ways:

• Venmo: @annactuttle
• Paypal: paypal.me/annactuttle
• Cashapp: @annaywamorlando
• Online: ywamorlando.com/pay/ under Anna Tuttle and SOW (this is an indirect form of supporting me– see below)

School of Worship (SOW) … 5 months away!

While our DTS is shifting gears from receiving information and revelation to an outpouring of local and global mission work, my personal planning has also taken a shift. After a season of prayerful consideration, I have hit the ground running to prepare for my next school at YWAM Orlando… School of Worship! (click link to learn more)

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;...
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” (Isaiah 61:1-3 NKJV)

As mentioned in my first DTS blog, I read this passage in my daily devotional the day before I arrived at YWAM Orlando. During my first 2 months here in school, God has repeatedly gifted me with these verses: in lectures from our teachers, in the Gospels, in other books I’m reading, etc. It has become a life passage for me and one of my main inspirations for pursuing worship to a higher degree.

Since the process of applying to School of Worship has begun, the first step is the financial payments. The lecture fees for School of Worship are $3,895.00, not including possible outreach fees. The first day of school is April 6, about a month after my DTS graduation now.

After seeing God provide miraculously for my Discipleship Training School, I am fully trusting in His provision for this next season of my life. Please pray about whether He may be inviting you to invest in my mission.

If you would like to support me, you can give to this ministry in any of the following ways:

• Venmo: @annactuttle
• Paypal: paypal.me/annactuttle
• Cashapp: @annaywamorlando
• Online: ywamorlando.com/pay/ under Anna Tuttle and SOW (this is an indirect form of supporting me– see below)

Thank you as always for reading! More updates from outreach to come before Christmas.

God of my Present, God of my Future

You write my story, You hold it all together

You Hold It All Together, Maverick City Music

P.S. I like to make playlists of Spotify from specific seasons of my life. Check out my most recent DTS LECTURE PHASE playlist. It’s a little all over the place, which mirrors my life the past few months. 😛

As the end of our third week at YWAM comes to a close, our DTS have continued to pursue a deeper knowledge of the personal God by studying His Character (defined as His moral attributes), His Nature (defined as His natural attributes), and His Ways (defined as His personality). YWAM has a modular teaching philosophy, which means that each week we focus on one topic with one (usually visiting) teacher. Our professor this week was Peter Warren, a YWAM veteran and leader who has both a profound knowledge and a powerful personal testimony of who God is, especially as revealed in the Bible.

Throughout our weekday class sessions, Peter presented the character of God to us in a very systematic and organized way, with so many quotes and Bible passages to provide a solid foundation. Honestly, my brain is still reeling from all the information! He used a lot of his own personal stories and life experiences as a testimony as well– many of which he shares in His book, When The Shooting Stopped, which is one of the required readings for our class.

Even though Peter has a deep knowledge of Scripture and is a talented orator, what impressed me the most about him was his humility and approachability. Instead of being intimidated by hard questions, he was willing to admit when he didn’t know something. He also was very clear about dividing facts from opinions, encouraging a fellowship mentality by inviting us to discover truth alongside him.

How to sum up all the other happenings? In our Discipleship Training School, every student has been wrestling with their own personal baggage and presuppositions about God. We are constantly soaking in so much head and heart knowledge. Through it all, my lifeline is worship– both personal and corporate.

Every weekday morning, we start our mornings with an hour of corporate worship (with the entire base). I am also in the Worship Elective, which meets for 2 hours every Monday and Thursday. AND there is also a prayer room (with a piano) where I can run at any time of day to process. LOL! I am also so thankful for my student body, who share such a love of worship — even those who are not pursuing leadership in worship. Take a listen:

Many of you know that before I left Miami, one of my prayers/desires for YWAM was that I would find fellow worship leaders and Jesus lovers who shared my love for songwriting. I am so happy to report that this prayer has been answered! Our Worship Elective is centered on worship leadership AND songwriting, with all students being challenged to write songs, even if they have no prior experience. Before the end of our lecture phase (ending this December), we will have written one individual song focused on High Praise (worshipping God and declaring His character) and one collaborative song focused on Intimacy with God (more personal and heart-focused).

It’s not difficult to admire God’s creativity and artistic touch on this campus. Our 198 acres include sandy walking paths, secret forest trails, a large lake, and rolling fields. Every evening at dinner, we eat in the golden glow of the setting sun and often walk down to the lake for the full view.

I am enjoying the journey. We only have about 6 weeks remaining on the Orlando base before our outreaches begin. Our DTS leaders felt a unique call for our school to not only pursue overseas outreach, but also participate in ministries locally and within the United States. Because of this call, we will be finishing our lecture phase about 2 weeks early to team up for national outreaches before Christmas break. Then in the new year, Lord willing, we will continue on to our overseas outreach.

As always, your support and prayers continue to comfort me. Stay tuned for more updates. Thank you for reading!