Casey Finch is a missionary that has been supported by Westwind. Below is a recent update.

Good news: I was able to come home for Christmas! I did not think it would be possible but the Lord made a way and I’m so excited to come home and rest with friends and family for one month before returning to Tanzania. Since there is unlimited bandwidth here in the States I was able to send so many pictures too! Pictures from village trips to preaching in church to celebrations for our college students and preschool students and sowing mamas. I’ve been home for just a couple days now and I love seeing some snow for Christmas!

Recently I was also able to take a trip to Kazuramimba village with some of the youth that we have a youth group with. It was so great to see the youth of Tanzania fasting and praying in preparation for our village trip. There is a generation of Tanzanian missionaries being raised up! We packed up two landcruisers and headed out. It was only a 5 hour drive to get to this village. I preached at a seminar we had on the first day with all the youth from the village on the Father heart of God. The next day I preached at church on worshipping in Spirit and in truth. The church was packed and we had many dance parties in church after the teaching to celebrate God’s goodness! One prayer request is for my jewelry mamas I will be attempting to find places to sell their jewelry, in the States
“IN HIS NAME THE NATIONS WILL PUT THEIR HOPE” ~ MATTHEW 12:21

It feels so good to be home. I especially love airplanes and always pray for good conversations on my 36 hour flight home with strangers. God blessed me with being asked to pray for someone I was talking with at the airport as well as great conversations with a few others on the way. Then there were times I was praying silently on the plane and I felt the presence of God so powerful I had to restrain myself from laughing or crying outloud. I remember Brother Lawrence talking about this in his book, “The Practice of the Presence of God”. I highly recommend it. He is the reason I live and His presence is all that I long for. I hope and pray that all of you will feel His presence more in this season!

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.” ~Ps 27:4

Veritas Church in Iowa City is up and running. Click the video below to hear a personal message from Mark Arant, one of the pastors of Veritas.

First Service Recap for Westwind from Veritas Church on Vimeo.

Veritas Church, a new church plant from Cornerstone Church in Ames, kicked off their first service in Iowa City last Sunday. It is said that they had over 300 people in attendance. The staff of Veritas, Mark and Jeff, wanted to thank Westwind Church for their financial and prayer support. You can get a glimpse into their worshipping community by watching the video below.

First Service Recap for Westwind from Veritas Church on Vimeo.

There’s a sense in which the recent efforts of Westwind in connection with Waukee Fest were motivated by a desire to make an impression. This wasn’t a look-at-how-wonderful-we-are impression but a we-want-you-to-know-we-care impression. We wanted to let the community of Waukee know Westwind intends to play a part in the community.

The feedback we’ve gotten from the city and the Waukee Arts Council (the two recipients of our army of volunteers) shows the message was received loud and clear. We’ve heard things like “we couldn’t have done this without your volunteers” and “an overwhelming THANK YOU to the volunteers from Westwind Church.”

So…for all of you who helped out that weekend in any way, well done! Thank you.