Flight Ticket Update

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow we will be ordering our flight tickets to Bangkok Thailand. We fly from Chicago- Beijing China - Bangkok and then hopefully a domestic flight to Chiang Mai. The total cost is about $1,500. Praise God that support has been coming in! That coupled with the money I have saved this year has got me moving in the right direction!

Tomorrow I am taking a step of faith and booking my flight on my cred

it card. Please continue to pray that finances come in to pay off my credit bill and also for my ground fees while I am in Thailand.

The flight leaves on Dec 31st and returns to Chicago o

n Feb 22nd!

Thank you for your prayers and support!

*Pray for our team as a whole as we are growing together as a team, striving for unity and trusting for provision!

Bangkok Thailand

Awesome song! Praise God

Savior, Worthy of Honor and Glory! Worthy of all our praise, YOU OVERCAME!
Jesus, awesome in power forever, AWESOME and GREAT is YOUR NAME!
We will overcome by the BLOOD of the Lamb and by the WORD of our testimony!

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Quick update

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know what the current situation with Thailand looks like.

Our team found out on Friday that we will probably have to order our plane tickets within the next two weeks! I've raise a little over half so right now I need right around $700 to purchase my right of passage! If you are interested in helping send me to the mission in Thailand send all checks/money orders to YWAM Northwoods W14580 County Highway D, Weyerhaeuser WI 54895.

Please call/text or email me! I would love to talk with you all. 612-247-9437 lukieneraasen@yahoo.com.

Fall News Letter!

Hello everybody!

I am sitting in my office on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon looking out at the changing colors of the trees across the lake. It's amazing how fast time goes by! Just a couple years ago I was a student in the DTS not knowing what I was going to do with my life. Wondering what my future looked like and praying that I would allow God to change my heart, my mind and my life.

Today I am in the third week of the third Discipleship Training School that I have been involved with and the second Training School that I have staffed. God answered my prayers and persistence, He has changed my heart, my mind and my life. I am so happy with where my life is right now and looking forward to what is ahead! (I'll get to that later).

I now know so clearly what to live for and what I want my life to be about. I am a fallen person but I want my life to be a light for Christ through Him. The things of this world that I considered important have become dim in comparison with serving God and preaching His grace, love and justice to the hurting and searching.

This is me “getting to that later”. So what is next for me? I will write about the short term first seeing as that is definite.

I am planning and preparing to go to Thailand again in late December. I can't wait to get back there. The people of Nahong and even of Chiang Mai are so on my heart. Sometimes even certain smells will trigger a longing in my heart to go back to the hurting people of Thailand that need to know the love of Christ so badly.

I am in great financial need for this to happen. If God lays it on your heart please contact me and I will let you know all the details about the trip and the mission. I do NOT want our relationship to be a one way street. I want to know you more and be able to pray for your needs as well. I am not the only one with great needs so I would LOVE to stand with you in prayer with any need that you might have. I will also get you hooked up with my more personal updates of what is happening with the DTS and especially Thailand.

After the trip to Thailand I am still in contract with Youth With A Mission until the end of August and after that is not completely clear at this point but it is becoming more clear each day. I know that I want to remain in ministry both locally and internationally. I don't know if that is going to be with YWAM or not but I believe it will be something big and I wait with excitement and anxious anticipation for what is next.

Thailand is something that is very strong in Cheyenne's and my own heart. We want to be involved in what is happening there for at least the next season in our lives and again, we don't know what that will look like in terms of what organization/ministry that will be with but we know that is is part of what we will be doing. We are also praying about the future timing in our relationship!

Prayer needs: FIRST, I want to know if YOU have any prayer needs! I want to stand with you in encouragement and prayer for whatever you might be going through. Please do not be afraid to use the relationship we have. Even if I do not know you that well the point of this invite is to know you more and encourage you!

- Pray for the people in Thailand! Cru Nit, Cru Taweeb, Cru Dang, Cru Nung and Mr Ankahn to name a few. Mr. Ankahn is the principle of the school and is a man of influence. Please pray that he finds Jesus soon, (Cru means 'teacher' in Thai)

- My friends Pii Taa and Beer (bea) they are both Thai Christians.

- Pray that the students of this year's DTS would come away with a picture of Christ worth dying for.

- My back is getting much better (thank you for your prayers) but it has it's flair ups and I am definitely not at 100% so pray that the improving trend continues.

Other needs and ways you can help:

Finances, I sorely need finances in order for this trip to Thailand to happen this year. We are planning on getting airline tickets by the end of this month. Airfare to Thailand runs right around $1,700-$2,500. You are along side me in the mission field because without you there isn't a way that I could be there. I have to ask for your help now.

Supplies for outreach:

A sleeping bag cold meds, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes. Bug spray, peanut butter, protein bars soap and shampoo. Basic needs.

Contact info:

Mailing Address: W14580 CTY HWY D, Weyerhaeuser Wisconsin, 54895

Email: lukieneraasen@yahoo.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/lucasRSN

Personal phone: (612)-247-9437

Work phone: (715)-353-2280 (Ask for Luke)

Also I have a paypal account that will soon be available for quick easy donations.

You can make out all checks to YWAM Northwoods. If my name does not appear on the check it will be tax deductible to you.

As the wind blows - Ministry Update

Hello there guys!

I realize that it has been some time since I last let you all know what I am up to!

The crazy summer is quickly coming to a close. It has been a great summer filled with incredible heat humidity and good times.

Our next Discipleship Training School begins in 3 1/2 weeks and so we are working on scheduling the school, organizing all that needs to happen and processing applications. There is still time to apply so if you know of someone or yourself are interested in DTS please let me know!

The summer began with a lot of recruiting for the DTS which meant a lot of travel. We traveled all over Wisconsin going to different churches and organizing events

from the Soul Garage to the terrifying "Hodag" (which you can see to your right).

I also spent a lot of time working on our new Summer Camps but unfortunately we had to cancel but we're putting the work into next year's camp!

Recently I just helped organize and event that we call "Set Apart". A two day conference that we offer for free where many youth groups and locals come to experience teaching, worship and discipleship. This was our largest Set Apart event to date, with over 150 people in attendance. I was one of the worship leaders and the sound engineer for the event.

I have also been leading worship a few times a month

at a church in our area. Last year I was the full time worship leader until I went on outreach last winter. I hope to be working in worship ministry throughout my life.

God is good and I continue to be amazed as I learn more of His character and His heart for people. The harder I try to grow a heart after God's own heart I realize how amazing He really is. When it is hard for me to love, to serve and to sacrifice I understand more of how Holy our God truly is.

My girlfriend Cheyenne Clark and I are also doing very well! We have big plans for our future together and we are excited for it! God has truly blessed me to have her in my life working with and supporting me.

Prayer Requests: That I will have a heart to learn. That I will serve God well during our upcoming school. That our students will experience something truly life changing in the coming months. And that as our Thailand outreach in January approaches, that my back (I have a herniated disk) will be strengthened and ready and that God would provide the funds to continue His work in Thailand.

I love you all,

Thank you for taking the time to read this update and also to continue to pray for me. I would love to hear from you for reals. How you are doing and how I could pray for YOU! Send an email to lukieneraasen@yahoo.com or find me on www.facebook.com/lucasRSN

For funny singing cards, or financial support send it to W14580 County HWY D, Weyerhauser, WI 54895. Or if you would like to come VISIT! Just put "ywam northwoods" into google maps.

God bless

Lucas

New Videos

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If there is a song you want me to try and cover, let me know!

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