DTS Life and Healings

Hello family!

It sure has been a long time since I posted on this blog! Oh wait… So every other Saturday will be when I will be updating this blog. Make sure to keep your eyes open! And I will be doing my best to keep the writing to a minimum. Although I love it, so that may be a bit harder than it actually sounds…

Where do I begin! I guess I can begin from the point that the Discipleship Training School (DTS) started in September.

God really spoke to me about this DTS and challenged me to be very connected with it, becoming as close as I possibly can with the students and the staff/leaders of the school. Why? Well as I mentioned in my last post, I will be leading a DTS in about a years time. So I took this challenge quite seriously and decided put all that I had into it! Invest everything that I could: time, money, resources, whatever! And what a turn out…

This DTS we (staff) had been praying for girls to come out. Why is that? Well you see, on our base and in our other two DTS’s, we had a majority of guys. So this one we were really praying for girls to come out (especially the 2 single guys that are on the base). And God gave one of the base leaders, Rosana, a word that 7 girls would be coming out to do the school. And what do you know, God’s word is always right and true! We have 7 wonderful girls that came out to be discipled and trained in hearing God’s voice and taking Him to the whole world! Out of the 7, we actually cover 9 nationalities: England, Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Peru, Honduras, Netherlands, Germany. We’ve got quite the group this time around! And boy oh boy has it been an adventure!

Speaking on my behalf, God has really been touching the girls and showing off His muscles as a healer. He has been showing off His muscles in a lot of different ways, through each one of the staff/teachers, but like I said, from my point of view. I have been walking very closely and have become very interested in the area of the spiritual gifts, but in particular, healings. I’ve always been interested in this area, but now it is becoming a reality in my life. I’ve never been so exhilarated as when I see a person who had to use crutches to walk and has been doing so for a couple of weeks, be able to walk without the help of anyone or anything! The fire just keeps on growing and I just keep learning more and more about all of this. And like I said, God is really touching the girls in this area as well.

I have taken a couple of them under my wing. One of them came to me, asking me if I could help them and teach them in this area. The other one, God healed her of a headache and completely rocked her world! So I asked her if she wanted to grow in this herself and be my disciple (all of the students are my disciples, but some of them I like to push into areas like this a little bit more quickly). She agreed and so I have been calling them along and getting them to heal whenever possible! Other girls have seen miraculous things as well, from knees popping back into place, to feet growing, to sensitive teeth being healed, to eyesight getting better! God is just healing left, right and centre! The coolest thing of all though: love.

As I am growing more and more in this area, God is really showing me that it is all about love. Why do people get healed? So that people can know that God’s love is palpable and real, not something that is just in a building or just for a certain group of people. To show that His love is completely unconditional and depends on only the faith of a yes and someone willing to stand out. In Spain, I am noticing that that is something that is very strong.

I had asked this one girl if I could pray for her teeth because they were pointing out in all different directions. She said that she would be going to the dentist to get it all fixed and I just encouraged her that this would be something very quick and if nothing happened, what did she have to lose? She agreed, but after I prayed, she told me that she was muslim, not christian. I just told her, “I still love you, and so does Jesus.” Her mentality, and a lot of others, was that she had to do something, like being a christian, to be able to be healed. Just before I prayed for her, I had gone up to a lady whom God had told me that she had back pain. When I asked if I could pray for her, I encouraged her that she wouldn’t have to do anything, just simply receive. She then agreed, with a surprised look on her face and said, “Oh! I don’t have to do anything?” This concept of ‘unconditional’ is something that is not really understood, even amongst us as Christ’s family. The student who got healed of her headache said to me, “I didn’t think that I was worthy or that God even did things like this anymore.” She didn’t think she was worthy, which is very sad. And God really showed me that His love is what it is all about. Not the healings, not the prophecies, not the speaking in tongues, just loving people, unconditionally and compassionately, flowing right from His heart. And it is a truly beautiful thing!

Well I think I have written enough for this time around. God is moving in Spain and you can be a part of it! Spain is in desperate need of love just as much as Africa or India are. Please, take some time to pray and ask God how much to give to His vision and His mission, for although I am the one asking and the one receiving the money, you are not investing in me, you are investing in a treasure that is from Heaven. God will take your donation and multiply it! You will also be added to a mailing list of mine that will receive a monthly newsletter. And if you are wanting anymore information, please do not hesitate to ask! Here is my email: jack.reggin@gmail. And feel free to ask me what you would like to know! There is much more than what I have just written about happening in Cáceres, Spain! You can also send any and all PayPal donations to this address: jack.reggin@gmail.com. And any cash or cheque donations, please send here:

Youth With A Mission (BC) Society 

Project Funding Office
PO Box 57100 RPO East Hastings 

Vancouver, BC, V5K 5G6
CANADA

And include a note, stating that you this is a donation for Jack Reggin serving Cáceres, Spain. For any and all cheque donations, make the cheque out to “Youth With A Mission” and include the same note.

Thank you very much for reading! I hope that this was entertaining for you and I look forward to keeping you updated to everything that is happening in my life and in God’s plan for Cáceres!

Peace and blessings family! I love you!

General Information

Hello family!

Seeing as though this is my first post to this blog, I am going to explain who I am, what I do, what my vision is, etc. etc!

Firstly, my name is Jack Reggin.
Phew! Got that done and over with... Now onto cooler things!

20 years ago, I was born... Hooray! Fast forward 18 years to 2011 and I am doing my Discipleship Training School (DTS) here in Cáceres, Spain. This is with an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and there main focus is discipling and training missionaries. Jesus then proceeded to tell me, "Mate, I'd like it if you'd come back and stay awhile. Come, staff the school, and be discipled further." So I was like, "Cool bro." And so in September 2012, I come back and I start working on the DTS straight away. Now here is where things start to get interesting...

Staffing on a DTS is like doing a DTS all over again. So I learned even more than I already had on my DTS from teachers that I had already listened to! As time continues to move forward (it has quite the tendency to do that...), I went to Africa and had a blast! (If you want to know more, feel free to email me at: jack.reggin@gmail.com). After Africa, I started figuring out my future and what it would look like. And this is where the patience of God really shines through, because I wasn't actually listening to His heart. I was listening to my own, making it seem like I was listening to His. I went on for about 5 months, thinking that I was listening to God, until the point that He came straight to me (I was planning on going to the Netherlands and study, just to give you an idea) and said, "Don't go to the Netherlands. I want you to disciple this nation through music." "Okay God," I replied, after having a huge civil war between my heart and my spirit.

Now, fast forward to September 2013, and I am once again staffing on a DTS! But this time, God is starting to speak very specifically to me. He is saying, "I want you to disciple those who will disciple this nation through music." So guess what?! I'm going to be pioneering a Music DTS here in Cáceres, Spain with my leader/friend, Natio! I am very excited and God is taking me all over the place to get me ready for this adventure. I've been to France twice now to learn about DTS and about Music DTS's in specific as well. And staffing another DTS is also helping me learn more about what it means to be staff/leader of youth who are thirsty for learning more about God and how to share about Him!

Hmm, now you may be wondering, "Why is this dude only sharing about the past two years of his life?" Well, I am only two years old, don't you know! But seriously, I consider myself born again in Christ ever since I went to go do my DTS. Sure, I was raised in a Christian home and my parents (I love you guys because I know that you are probably reading this!) did a very good job of showing me God. And I knew that He existed. But I never had a relationship with Him. He was always just this guy that was up in Heaven, never someone who was/is here amongst us. So once I started living like Christ, that is when I consider myself to be born, truthfully. Because I have never felt so alive ever since my DTS.

If you didn't pick up on it yet, I am working on as a staff member in YWAM Cáceres, Spain. I am focusing on staffing the DTS that is run here, which is currently just one and it is just a general DTS (again, if you want more info, email me at: jack.reggin@gmail.com). And I also mentioned the vision of what I will be doing in the future and what my vision is! But just for a better understanding, I shall explain a bit more.

In February 2015, Natio and I will be pioneering a Music DTS here in Cáceres, Spain. It will be having a more specific focus on music, but it will not draw away from what a DTS is for, which is to train and send missionaries out. So we will be having all the teachings that a general DTS would have (hearing the voice of God, spiritual warfare, etc.) but also incorporating music and how it can be used to spread the gospel. Now, Natio and I also have a specific vision of having this school be for training the students to disciple the nations through music. Because music has a very huge impact on society. Miley Cyrus is currently leading a lot of youth, specifically girls, into very sexual acts (just check out here song "We Can't Stop" on YouTube). You can also see it in older examples, like Elvis Presley. Wasn't he the one who taught everybody that dancing was a good thing? Or The Beatles, changing how music was played and how songs were formed forever. This is what we want to do. We want to send young people out with a passion for Christ and for music, penetrating into this sphere of society and disciple the nation, whichever nation they go in to. And Cáceres is the perfect working grounds for this vision.

Here in Cáceres, everybody loves music. They love it so much, that when we go out onto the street to play, the people come and dance with us and sing with us. Young or old, they love to dance and they love to sing! There is another very interesting point: Cáceres is considered an unreached area. In Cáceres (the city), we have about 100,000 inhabitants. Out of that, there are about 20 Spanish people who are Christians. In Extremadura (the community that Cáceres is in), there are about 400 cities and there are 16 evangelical churches that have been planted. There is a lot of work to be done in Extremadura alone, not counting the rest of Spain. There is a lot of treasure to be had here.

Since this post is turning out to be a bit longer than I had originally intended it to be, I will end it right about here. If you are interested in donating towards this mission of reaching the gospel to the people here in Cáceres, you can send money to my PayPal address: jack.reggin@gmail.com. For any and all cash/cheque donations, please send them to:
Project Funding Office
PO Box 57100 RPO East Hastings
Vancouver, BC V5K 5G6
CANADA
And include a separate note stating that this donation is for Jack Reggin serving in Cáceres, Spain and make cheques out to "Youth With A Mission". I have to pay for rent, food, electricity, gas, water, etc. There are also other fees that will come up with going to various places sharing the gospel. And anything helps, whether that be $5 a month for a year or $5 as a one time payment. It will help and that money will be going towards a vision to help reach the gospel amongst all the people of the world! If you are wanting any more information or have any questions or just want to talk, email me at: jack.reggin@gmail.com. Or shoot me a Facebook message! I love to talk about this and what God is doing in my life! If you'd also like to Skype, we can look into arranging a time to talk.

I love you all!
Peace and blessings to you!