Please Prayerfully Consider

Hello Friends,

This past year has been amazing! God has really transformed me and taught me a lot! It's now been over a year and a half since I've joined YWAM. I've completed four different YWAM schools within that time. (Discipleship Training School, Musician's Summer of Service, School of Worship, and Directive Reading Course). I believe YWAM is training me in many different areas and I feel equipped in all the subjects that I have studied.

I feel God has called me to a time of training, which explains why I am doing so many schools within YWAM. If you remember, right after Paul became a believer, there was a time period where Paul was not recorded doing any missionary work. Most believe that he was studying and training himself, filling his mind with The Word and learning more of who God is and what Jesus had just done. I am always reminded of this time in Paul's life to reflect on what God is calling me to do right now in my own life. This training period God has me in will only prepare me to do further work in the Kingdom in the next few years and for the rest of my life!

This September I am returning to YWAM Montana to do a few more schools. I've been accepted into the School of Biblical Studies (SBS), a 9-month course where I'll be studying through the entire Bible inductively. After the nine-months I would have read through the Bible at least 5 times. This course will give me a great opportunity to build my faith in The Word and will equip me with teachable truths. I am super excited about this course, I am looking forward to getting to know The Word more personally!

After SBS I am planning on doing the outreach part of SBS, called Titus Project. Which will teach me how to teach the Bible. There is a 3 month outreach to train and teach pastors how to teach the Bible. The point of the course is to show that everyone can study the Bible for themselves. At this moment I am planning on going somewhere in South America (location is subject to change) I will seek God's guidance for where he wants me to go. [I have not yet been accepted into this course; prerequisites for Titus is SBS, so I need to complete SBS before applying for Titus]

I am also planning on doing another course with YWAM within the next two years called TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). This course is one month long and I will receive a universal TESOL certificate that will be great for opening doors into closed countries. I can also use the certificate to prove that I can simply teach English, which could provide me a job overseas if needed. [I have a pending application for this course in 2010]
I ask you to please pray about partnering with me with your finances. I have felt in my heart that God has wanted me to ask you for help. Partnering with me financially will help me achieve what God has called me to do.

SBS cost is $7,200 for the entire 9 months; everything is included in this total amount (school fees, housing, food, etc...) I currently have $875 paid for this school (as of July 8th, 2009).

Please prayerfully consider partnering with me financially. If you have any questions you can contact me at any time. You can also learn more about YWAM, YWAM Montana, and all the schools I've mentioned at http://www.ywammontana.org/

Contact information:
cell: 859-338-1057
email: keaganisaguy@aol.com
Keagan Guy 604 Danville Rd. Loop 1 Nicholasville, KY 40356 (check made out to YWAM or myself)

Thank you so much dear friend! From your favorite 20 year old missionary for Jesus Christ,
Keagan Guy

Daniel, Myself, Matt (my best friends during Directive Reading Course)

Flathead Lake in May (right before I came back to Kentucky for the summer)

The Beginning of my Photography career

(for details search on Facebook: Keagan Guy Photography)

HELP / UPDATE

Hello Friends and Family,

Look forward to an actual news letter coming soon! But for now enjoy my email updates!

Thank you all for your prayers and praying into my life and what God is wanting me to do. He has been turning my world up side down, closing many doors, and opening new ones.
God has revealed to me more and more throughout these past couple of months of what he'd like me to do in the next year or two.

Now I am working on base in Montana, housekeeping and cooking!
I'm happy to serve the base for a month and a half.

I plan on going back to Kentucky in July. I am eager to see my home church and my friends there!

I am planning on doing another YWAM school!!!! I feel God leading me to do a SBS (School of Biblical Studies). It is a 9 month course going through the Bible 6 times inductively.
After that 9 months I plan on doing the outreach part of SBS called Titus. It's a course that teaches you to teach what you have learned in SBS. I'll be training and help preparing pastors to preach the Bible all over the world.

My heart would be to start a bi-lingual SBS or Bible course in South America. (this is a long term goal)

I still have connections with YWAM Edinburgh to help them with their base and music ministry, and help managing outreaches to Europe's largest Music festival. More info to come in the next year.

I NEED HELP!
~God has put a call out on my life, a call that is different and looks unique. I am not the average American. I can't afford luxuries like a normal guy my age.
I need money to do all of this! And I'm humbly asking all of you for help!

**SBS in Montana would cost about $7,200 total for 9 months
** Titus would cost about $3,400 total for 3 months

If you would like to donate sky miles to help me travel ... this would be a HUGE help!!!

PLEASE PRAY AND CONSIDER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT ME!!!
If you feel God is wanting you to give money to a certain trip or school then let me know.
You can send money directly to me at my parents house...

Keagan Guy
604 Danville Rd. Loop 1
Nicholasville, KY 40356

If paying for my SBS or Titus you can also send money straight to YWAM Montana

YWAM Montana - Accounting
501 Blacktail Rd
Lakeside MT 59922

Please continue to pray and thanks for all the prayers!

From your favorite 20 year old missionary,
KEAGAN GUY

more information on YWAM and YWAM Montana and the schools offered please visit...
http://www.ywammontana.org/

Keagan Guy501 Blacktail RdLakeside MT 59922USA01-859-338-1057

Unknown Chapter

Dear Friends and Family,

This month has been up and down, high and low, faithful and fearful. I am in my last week of Directive Reading Course and about to new, unknown, chapter in my life. I'm an not sure what God is calling me to do any more. Many doors have closed and un-peaceful doors have opened.

I have applied to work in Kalispell Montana. But some have denied me and some have yet to get back to me with a reply.
A family has opened up their house for me to live in for a while. The rent payment would me doing handiman work for them.

I don't feel a true peace about any of this... so my plan right now is...
- Mission Build here at YWAM Montana for the next two months.
I'll be working in the kitchen and with housekeeping.

I hope to get a job and start raising money and move into the gracious family's house in July.

My dream would be to go to South America for the summer and work with a few YWAM bases there and visit friends that I have down there!

I'm still trying to decide if SBS is what God is calling me to do this fall or not.

I'm praying that God would either give me a peace about one of these or surprise me with something new and wild and fun in the next couple of weeks.

I'm trying to find a place to get away and just be alone with God. There are a few places that I'm looking into going for a couple of days!

Please pray for me and the beginning of this "unknown" chapter of my life.

Thank You all and God Bless!

Keagan Guy

PS: If you have any encouraging words or prophetic words for me send me an email please or call me or facebook me! THankS

http://keaganywam.blogspot.com/

Keagan Guy

501 Blacktail Rd Lakeside MT 59922 USA

01-859-338-1057

I NEED YOUR PRAYER

Greetings from Montana,
Spring has brought sun, grass, and April showers!

Thank you so much for praying for me while I've been here in Montana.

Many of you have been keeping up with my updates and have heard my plans for the next couple of years.
Thank you for praying for me and the guidance from God in my life.

I really need your prayers today, this week, and the rest of this month as I finish the Directive Reading Course here in YWAM Montana.

I am now struggling with what God really does want me to do next in life. I have planned to join music company but I'm not sure if that would be the best step for me next in life. I have been accepted into SBS (School of Biblical Studies) here at YWAM Montana. I am so confused and struggling with what God want me to do next. I'm not even sure which way I'm leading either way. There are so many options in life that have presented to me. Please join me in prayer, interceding for me in the name of Jesus that he would guide me, challenge me, show me miracles, provide, and help me grow in Him.

If you all could do something tangible for me , besides praying, is to write me encouraging notes and ask God for scripture that he wants to show me.

Please be praying!

Your friend,
Keagan Guy

March 09

Dear Friends,

I'm here in my new room on the YWAM Montana base. The snow is slowly melting away and the mountains are throwing rain clouds at us. Half of the lake is frozen, you can walk out about 100 feet. It's so beautiful here this winter but spring will be a great prize, coming from the harshwinter nights here. I've been keeping busy these past two months. God has taken me through a lot and has opened up a lot a doors.

School of Worship Students (and Jo)

Jason, Drew, and Justin's amazing 12 foot snow man

I graduated from School of Worship at the end of January. It was a challenging and maturing time. Looking back, I'm not the same man that I am now as I was last September, when the school began. Most of my classmates went on a two month outreach to India. They are teaching in churches, holding worship seminars and loving on the beautiful people of India. Myself and another student decided not to go to India. We felt like God was calling us in different directions. I have heard from God that I'm in an intense training season of my life.

Me by the docks at night

February I began a course on Christian Theology and History. The course is called 'Directive Reading Course'. It's a three month long course where I do independent studies. Once or twice a week I meet with my superior (Ron Smith) to discuss my studies. This course throws a lot of information at me and I'm learning a lot. The course is designed to get a breath of theology instead of a lot of depth. God is teaching me and showing me so much of who He is. The Directive Reading Course will end at the end of April.

Me jumping into the snow on the SBS retreat

Jared by the docks on his last night in Montana

Last summer, God was evidently leading me in my life and guiding me step by step. He led me to do a summer seminar program here in Montana. The program is called Musician's Summer of Service (MSOS). A two month course where students are discipled, put into bands, practice many strenuous and fun hours, and tour for an outreach in another country, sharing the gospel. It was a great course and showed me what Missions truly are and what they can be. God also developed an evangelistic heart in me while I was on tour with my band in Mexico. It was two of the best months of my life as a student.

My MSOS in 08 in Mexico

This year I am staffing Musician's Summer of Service! (MSOS) I'm thrilled and excited to get to see other people my age experience what I experienced last year. I truly believe in this program and I know it changes people's lives, both students who are in the course and those who hear the gospel on outreach. I know I have told many of you that I'm doing SBS this September. But being in my 4th YWAM School, in a row, has brought some clarity to my mind. I need a school break! I need to be able to put what I've learned in the past year and half to practice.

Lead Guitar for MSOS

So after the Directive Reading Course is over I'm joining Music Company staff here at YWAM Montana. It's a 2 year commitment where I'll be working on base and planning different music ministries here in Montana and around the world. This will allow me to be trained in many different areas and will allow me to do what I love! My first task will be staffing the MSOS. Volunteer staff here at Montana will require me to raise $500 per month for staff fees.

There is so much harvest to be done here as well. That's why I'm also getting involved here in Montana as well as overseas. I've been making friends with many different people in the community and have been letting God lead me to certain people.

My Mission right now would to see people come to know Jesus as their personal Savior and disciple those who already know Him. To use music as a means of communication and to bring glory to God.

Prayer Requests:

-Students & Staff for MSOS

-YWAM Montana

-Monthly financial Supporters

-People of Montana

Contact me:

501 Blacktail Rd Lakeside MT 59922

Keaganisaguy@aol.com

Ending 08 and Beginning 09

It's that time again... a chapter ends and a new one begins.......

DECEMBER 08 Update.

Greetings Friends,
I am currently at home for the Christmas break. I have not yet finished my School of Worship lecture phase. The past few months have been life changing. I have been through many ups and downs, trails and tribulations, and I have seen God get me through it all. Having questioning my being in Montana and being in YWAM I have wanted to give up and go home. God has had to remind me what he was doing in my life and what he has yet to do. I know God has called me to Montana for a certain reason (which I will explain more about later in the letter). My studies have been intense here lately, having to do book reports and a 23 page research paper on India. But because I’ve been learning so much, which makes the work more enjoyable.
I spent Thanksgiving with good friends at a staff member’s home. We had the traditional foods and played many fun games. It was a great time and everyone made it feel more like home.
Being in YWAM, off and on, for over a year now, there is one definite thing that you learn the hard way, God gives and takes away. Here I’m talking about friends, people that God puts in your path that you can share life with in a special way. I’ve learned that after DTS and MSOS, but in the past month a lot of my friends have moved on to other things. Friends like Lucy McGregor, who staffed my DTS, went to Thailand and Cambodia with me, staffed my DTS, toured in a band with me, and lived on base with me for over a year. She is moving back to her home country, New Zealand. You can see her music online at myspace.com/lucyandthelamppost Patrick Flanagan and Ashley Gallegos, two of my closest friends since the beginning of my DTS, came back for SBS, got engaged and moved back to California to prepare for their lives together. Jared Summers, who did his DTS this year, became my really close friend in the past few months. He went to Cambodia for his outreach. I am happy for him to be on outreach but its weird being able to hang out with someone everyday to not being able to hang out with them at all. But this all would be a test from God that is now making me into a stronger person and into the man he wants me to be. It’s hard to see them go but I know now that I have many homes around the world and it’s not the end of any friendship. God has blessed me so much with many good friends still at YWAM Montana, a shout out to Eirik, Drew, Tera and Justin, Brittney, Amy, Whitney, AnnaRose, Lester, Jason, Liz, Uwan and MANY MORE!! I know I am blessed and my home is growing through out the world; Eirik being Norwegian, Liz being Australian, and Uwan being Thai!!!
God Story: One of my support back in Kentucky usually sends me $25/month via check. Each check is usually made out directly to YWAM. One day I had $4 in my pocket and needed money desperately just for living. I usually check my mail once a week unless I know that I have mail coming in. Well one day I promised to take my friend, Jared, to get a round of travel shots. So I got my keys and went to the library where Jared was waiting for me. One my way, I stopped at my mail box and saw I had a check. It was $50 from this one supporter and instead of making it out to YWAM, the check was made out to me personally. I was excited because I needed money, God provided! Then, me and Jared stopped to get the check cashed prior to his appointment. So now I had $54 in my pocket. Once at the clinic, Jared checked in. After about 15 minutes Jared says that he thought he had paid for all his shots but the clinic said he hadn’t. So I asked him how much he needed, he told me $53. I knew I had to give him the money, so I did. God provided for both of us that day. My heart rejoiced knowing that God had planned all of that. He spoke to my supporter to give to me directly and double the amount, he scheduled the appointment and put it in my heart to check the mail. God knew what he was doing and I love seeing God provide! God didn’t even leave me broke, he left me with one dollar! Later, more support came in and I haven’t been in much need since then.
Next Steps:
I go back to Montana on January 4th 2009 to finish the last 3 weeks of SOW. I would be going on SOW Outreach to India but I feel God calling me in a different direction. Early December, God had spoken to me what he is doing in my life. He has put me in a training season of my life. Acts 9 (Paul’s conversion) was said to be written in 34 AD, and Acts 13 (the start of Paul’s mission) was said to be written in 46 AD. Most Theologians and other readers would say that Paul spent his time studying with Barnabas, making his training season about 12 years long. God has led me to many places world-wide and he has said that he will lead me to many more places. I am his tool and his instrument and I know I need to know my Savior more so I can take my Savior to the nations. That said, one can conclude that I’d be staying in more YWAM schools, you’d be correct. After SOW is finished (January 23rd 2009) I will be taking the Directive Reading Course, a 3 month school at YWAM Montana. {This course is a directed program designed to expose the student to a breadth of historical Biblical interpretation, Church History and Biblical Worldview thought. During the course, the student will read a large volume of reference literature from a pre-selected list determined by the course advisor.} I will be the only student, starting the first of February, because this is an intense reading course there is no class, just reading over 6 hours a day. Once a week I will have a meeting with Ron Smith (creator of School of Biblical Studies, Directive Reading Course, and other theological schools in YWAM) to discuss things that I have questions with or things that stood out to me. I will keep records of all things that pop out and stick with me. This course will also take me threw the New Testament twice. I am very excited about this course and looking forward to all the things God is going to teach me! Being in this season is exciting but if anyone of you know me than you know I like to get out there and travel and do something. I’m pretty adventurous and any thought of being in one place for too long can frighten me. But God has given me such a peace about this season of my life and a strong desire to learn more and more about him. That is how I’m going to be able to stay in Montana for another year and a half of my life.
In September I plan on attending the School of Biblical Studies (SBS) in Montana. This is also an intense 9 month course that takes me threw the entire Bible 5 times inductively. More information to come in the next few months.
Between May and September of 2009 I have no plans made yet. I probably will come back to Kentucky and work to help pay for some things. But I’m opened for God to call me anywhere and he may well call me to work in order to raise money. Where ever he calls me, I’ll find contentment and be his instrument.
Pray requests:
- The Directive Reading Course cost about $2,000 (not including the books). I desperately need all of this money as soon as possible but the latest, April.
- School of Biblical Studies costs over $7.000 for the entire 9 months.
- I need financial support. As you can see I need over $9,000 for the next year and a half.
- I need prayer support. I need people who believe in me and what God is doing in my life.
- YWAM Bases: Montana, Edinburgh, Cambodia, Chaing Rai, Keiv, Rostov, and Taipei.
- God’s guidance for my friends Jared, Lucy, and Eirik
- Blessing and guidance for my friends, Patrick and Ashley, and their future marriage.

November Update

I am currently in the midst of School of Worship here at YWAM Montana.
Greeting Friends:
There are 6 students and 5 staff. We have had many speakers for 5 weeks and 1 week of working with Habitat for Humanity. We helped place dry-wall and siding on two different houses. I know God had not make me with construction skills but he has taught me to worship him in all that I do. The speakers have challenged many of my views and I believe I have grown in God because of that. Our God is an awesome God and is so worthy of our worship.
Songs:
In SOW we are required to write one song per week based on a certain scripture verse. This has been both fun and challenging. God has really blessed me with good songs, but they take a long time to develop.
Relationships:
In my free time here I spend it with many new friends. Hanging out at the top of the mountain that we live under, hiking at Glacier National Park, going down to the lake, or just hanging out on base. God has really blessed me this year with many good friends.
Outreach/After lecture phase:
The SOW staff have decided to take the school to India next February after lecture phase. With much prayer and clear direction from God, I have decided not to go to India. I believe God is taking me in a complete different direction after lecture phase. I still plan to be in the mission field. More information to come…
Praises:
-I hit a deer while driving the other day. (Yes this is a praise, keep reading) It tore out one of my lights and dented my fender. I went to go get estimates for my car light and I was told it would be $700 but my friend found me a light and would install it himself for only $20!
-I was given a new guitar (a Martin Sigma 12-String)
-My Lecture phase is paid
-New relationships
Prayer Request:
- Sick Family members
- God to provide and give more clear direction for life after lecture phase
- More monthly support

Post-Summer Update

Greetings Friends,
This summer has been a voyage. God led me back to Montana to do more schooling within YWAM. This summer I attended Musician’s Summer of Service (MSOS). Which is similar to a mini-DTS (Discipleship Training School). Though this school emphasized on one objective, music. The school had 8 students this year so we were able to create 2 bands. One band would prepare to go to Hungary and the other band, Mexico. I was on the Mexico team. The first month was amazing, lectures in the mornings, rehearsals in the afternoon, and spending time with new and amazing friends at night. God really taught me a lot about who he is and how much he wanted me in the first month. I also loved being back on base, seeing old friends and feeling home in Montana.
The second month we left for Mexico. It was sad leaving the other team since we had grown so close to them in the past month. We drove from Lakeside, Montana to Monterrey, Mexico. 40 hours in all; 3 days, 2 nights. The trip was long, especially since I drove from Kentucky to Montana just a month ago. But our team got along and made the (80 hour trip; there and back) fun and short. While in Mexico we toured around the city. We had one show, 6 days a week. We would leave the base at around 4 or 5, set up at 6, play from 7 to 9, talk to people until 11 or midnight, then go eat dinner (which were always tacos, the best food in the world), then get back at the base at around 2 a.m. Then we would sleep until noon. God was amazing and we saw nearly 80 people come to know him. God also taught me more about who he is and gave me a hunger for him word. We were in Mexico for a month before returning to Montana.
I am walking away from this summer with a new understand of the Greatness of God and a hunger for the Word. I am also walking away with many new friends, from my school, the band, even people in Mexico. I am so grateful for God’s guidance.
Next: I am still planning on doing School of Worship (SOW) this fall, starting at the end of September. . My plans after SOW are still unknown, God is waiting to tell me for sure what he wants me to do. Though he has made it clear to me that I’ll still be in mission, probably still working with YWAM.
I am in need of supporters and prayer warriors. I am still in need of School tuition money and money for the two month outreach that follows the school, in February. After SOW my support will need to be at least $600 per month. If you are interested in supporting me monthly or a one time giving please contact me.
Thank you too all my supporter already. Your prayers and giving have made it possible for me to “Go and make disciples of all the nations”(Matthew 28:19) and do what God has called me and all of us to do. God bless you all and your household for your sacrifice for me.

Back on Base!

Greetings Friends,
I am back at YWAM Montana! It truely feels like home here. Just being here I know God has placed me in the right place...
I want to thank everyone for praying for me with my throat infection before I left.
The drive out here was a long one, 35 hours to be exact. It took 4 days of driving, 2 hotels, 1 friend's house and one ER visit! While driving to St. Paul (to visit my friend Abby), we got detoured to southern Wisconsin. My mom was driving and I was asleep for most of the detour. When I woke up, my throat had almost closed up. The infection had grown that first day! So while we were being detoured we stopped to get a hotel in Edgertown, Wisconsin. Near the hotel was an emergency medical center. Edgertown was a town of about 4,000 people, so there was no wait getting into a room. They got me in my room and hooked me up to the blood pressure mechine then after checking all my vitals they then asked for my name. HAHA. They examined me and gave me two big shots in the butt!!! So much fun! Then they changed my antibiotics, which actually worked! So now my throat is not dealing with any infections! Praise God, for his direction and leading me to this random hospital in 'No where', Wisconsin! HAHA

The base has a whole new vibe to it with different people being on base. I am used to being in a class of 50 and now I'm in a class of 8. New people are on base and the people I have grown acustom to have left. I have old friends here and have made many new friends!

Our days are split into two parts. Lecture in the mornings and rehearsals in the afternoon. Some evenings are set aside for rehearsals also. My band's name is "Theory's Over". We are made up of 6 band members and are touring in Monterrey, Mexico. I'm really excited about touring and playing all over the city!

June Update

Greeting Friends,
Ever since my Discipleship Training School (DTS) I knew I wanted to stay in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) for a couple of more years. I didn’t know exactly how that would look like or what the lay out would be. After being home for a while I’ve been trying to hear what God has wanted me to do. As many of you may know, my life is prone to change. Doors have been closed so many times while I’ve been home. But now new doors are opening up! I’m going back to YWAM Montana this month to work on my Associates Degree in Music. It will take me two more years in YWAM doing three more schools.
Musician’s Summer Of Service (MSOS):
Music can reach across language and cultural barriers. It can be used as a tool to draw crowds, develop friendships and to share the gospel. This school will allow me to use music to share with others about Christ. Each student is placed in a band for outreach opportunities. Outreach locations and music song selection are strategically chosen to reach specific age groups in certain countries. The band I was placed in will be going to Mexico for a couple of weeks at the end of the school. The school begins June 23rd and ends August 15th.
School of Worship (SOW):
The goal of SOW is to train up leaders of worship: people who teach and model a life of responding to God. To produce worshipers who move the church to a place of authenticating Jesus Christ to the world. The objectives of SOW are to stir the heart and mind of the disciple to a response of loving God through a lifestyle of obedience. The end result is to produce a confident worship leader who can teach and lead others in the biblical ways of worship, as well as help discover and develop the individual's gifts. Worship can cross the socio-cultural barriers that exist today among people and nations. SOW trains students to be effective both here and abroad. The school begins September 22nd and ends March 27th.
A Month Off?
I have a little over a month between schools that I have to give. I have some options of what to do. The biggest option being working with Mission Builders International, a branch of YWAM, also based across the street from YWAM Montana. I would help launch the website that I’ve been a part of for a while, Stock Photo Supply.
Please Help:
God has been amazing providing for me financially. That said, I still need over $2,000 for the next year. Its not a lot compared to what I needed when I first began asking God to provide.
Please continue to pray daily for me. I can only function these next two years knowing that there are friends all over the world praying for me.
Prayer Request:
Financial Aid
New songs to write
To learn more about my musical talent and to grow in it
To be more open to God’s voice and obey what he has to say