Jessica Alvarez:
For many years, I have longed for a time where I could focus solely on my heart and my relationship with God, and I finally feel as though that longing has been met. This year in GL, I felt as though I was able to work on who I was and who I wanted to be in the Lord. I discovered what it meant to be a woman of God and that really I cannot do this on my own but by the grace of God. This year, I learned the true nature of my heart and that in order to see God, I do not need to perform or attain perfection. Instead, I need to allow God to purify my heart. This is the biggest thing I have taken from this year; to allow God to transform my heart and it is only the beginning of the process. Overall, GL has allowed me to see who I really am on the inside and has given me a hope to see who I will become in time as I continue to walk with the Lord. GL has begun the process of breaking down the walls that, if not taken down this year, would have only caused much pain and hardship wherever my path would have led me to in the future. Because of all the breakthrough I have seen through GL I want to continue a second year. I feel like I can gain so much wisdom from another year with GL; more than wisdom, I want to break down more of the barriers that I have put up my whole life that are only slowly coming down now. I want to take advantage of the fact that I can sit at the feet of Jesus for another year and learn more of what it means to be a woman of God.
Liz Habel:
This year in GL, Jesus has totally transformed my life. The biggest thing I’ve learned is the difference between a relationship with God and just knowing about Him. This year I’ve started my relationship with the Lord and it only gets deeper each day. I’ve found out what it is to be a daughter. The Staff has spoken worth and value into my life. This excites me because I have captured the heart of being a daughter. My dream is to go home and pour out God’s love into the girls in my life and to even start a Bible study to let the truth of God shine through me!
Kayla Rinke:
“As for God, His way is perfect: the word of the Lord is fire tried: He is the protector of those who trust in Him.” (Ps 18:30) If I have come to know anything this year as absolute truth it is this: I know the Lord is good and that He blesses those who trust Him and make Him their hope. God’s loving kindness saw me in the hopelessness of my despair and brought me to a solid and safe place where I could be restored. Generational Leadership has instilled wisdom and love in me that I cannot and will not forsake. Coming to know God’s love as a love without cause, radically changed the course that I was on and where I am now headed. Now, knowing that my worth is based in a love that doesn’t depend on my performance, I am heading towards my destiny with no holds barred. This next year, I want to invest more time with Generational Leadership so as to prepare myself for the ministry that I feel called to in music, discipling the next generation, marriage and in motherhood. I love what wisdom and accountability have done to cause my character to flourish and grow stronger in God’s truth and principles. I am planning on investing into my character for the future; because, not only have I laid hold of God’s dreams for me, but my dreams now extend to the generations to come that will be affected by my influence and legacy.
Mackenzie Cles:
What a year Generational Leadership has been! GL has given me so many tools that have changed my life, as well as tools that will equip me to be a world changer! I am in an ever growing, always increasing, intimate relationship with God that is strong and secure. I am completely able to trust Him with my life and trust Him with my future, putting every part of it completely into His loving hands. I have been so captivated by God’s love for me. Now I want my life, everyday and every breath to be a passionate response to His love. I want to reach into dark and lonely places and transform hem with the life and love of Jesus Christ. GL has given me vision, vision for my generation and my future. I have a vision to see the glory of God expressed through his children to the world! I am ready to see a generation that will rise up with character and purpose and combat the lies that the enemy has spoken, I want to be that generation!
Stephanie Kessler:
When I applied to GL, I wanted to learn how to be a godly woman. I have learned that this year. I have learned godly principles through worship, prayer, class time, and ministry. I’ve learned true womanhood through understanding my worth and also value in Jesus and through fellowship with my sisters in Christ. I’ve also learned how to be a godly wife and mother in the future, by watching my house family and how they interact in loving and godly ways. God has sown me that I am a princess and I can hear His voice and stand on His truth. I am a godly woman!
GL has helped me to shape more clearly my dreams for my future. I not only want to be a wife, and a mother, but a disciple of Christ. I want to reach out to the lost and dying world that I was so graciously rescued from. I know it’s possible, by sharing the love of Christ, to give hope to those who have lost it. GL has allowed me to experience what ministry is like by experiencing different avenues of ministry. I have shared my testimony, and also helped at a food bank, and it is all advancing the Kingdom of God. My love for God is shown by serving others and they can see the change in me. I want to do that every day, I want to give of myself so that others can experience the God’s love that I have experienced. Thank you Generational Leadership for this once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Victoria Brooks:
When I came into Generational Leadership I didn’t know what boundaries were. I thought purity was only something that applied to what kind of water I wanted. Worship was all about finding cool harmonies. I had no idea what the fear of the Lord was, and being a princess was something I would have no part of. I’ve learned that having boundaries means having your fire in a fireplace, not in the forest were it destructs everything it touches. Purity is part of the nature of God, and that it comes from having value for yourself and it is possible to attain today. Worship is an outward action of an inward truth. Meaning that if God is alive within you, worship is your opportunity to let it be manifested. The fear of the Lord is the constant awareness of His presence. And my daddy is a King, the greatest King of all time. Therefore, I am a princess and will carry myself as one. I have spent 18 years of my life building a foundation that the world said would bring me success. This past year has been tearing down the lies of today’s culture, replacing them with the truth of God’s word, and moving my house from the sand to solid ground. Eleven months of building character that I will be able to test against time and trouble; that is what this year has meant for me. I’ve seen how desperate people are for answers, and that no matter how hard, bitter or shut down they are, they’re crying to be loved, just like I was. But now I have been freed to help others be free. I am called to love. And there is nothing I would rather do than to walk in that calling and to serve Generational Leadership and its vision – to be a part of people’s deliverance from the culture and become who they were made to be. That is why I have decided to stay a second year and intern.
Steven Saracco:
This year of GL has been so transforming, I’m a new creation. My family has definitely noticed a change in my lifestyle. No I’m not perfect, not even close, but I’m being totally renewed by truth. At the beginning of the year I had no intensions of staying around for another year, but now that it’s here, now that the year is over, I can’t think of a better decision. Seeing what impact this program has on the lives of young adults, as well as any person it comes in contact with, makes me want to stick around and help make the vision grow. The best part is, when we leave the program, the vision stays with us, because the vision isn’t about a church group in Maple Valley, it’s about the King of Kings, It’s about Jesus Christ. I know that I have a solid foundation to build my future on, a foundation found only in Christ, and nothing can take that away from me.
Britani Roesch:
This year has been the most rewarding yet challenging year of my life! I’ve made friends, family, and memories that will last a lifetime. Many tears shed and many laughs! GL has been the most growing, healing, character-building, life-transforming year of my life. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Through GL this year, the Lord has completely set me free from drug addiction and other strongholds in my life. I have found my worth and my destiny in Jesus. GL has prepared me, discipled me and I have built a solid foundation for the rest of my life. I have been filled with truth, wisdom, and revelation. I am experiencing God in fullness! He is real! This year, the Lord has awakened a passion for missions and a desire to go to the nations to share the truth I have learned with everyone I meet. GL has given me tools to be “in the world, not of the world”. I have a purpose to walk out with and I now know that God is my Father. Since I decided to lay a year of my life down this year, I now am overflowing with the love of God and He has transformed me from the inside out. My mind has been renewed and I know who I am IN CHRIST! I will never be the same again.
Kristie Jorgenson:
It is hard to even express what this year has meant to me because it is far beyond what I could have hoped for or imagined. I have learned more this year than some people learn their entire life. I love that the things I have learned are practical and I will be able to use them for the rest of my life. The wisdom that I have gotten from the staff and leadership has caused me to ask more questions and pursue wisdom even more. I have been transformed inside and out this year. I have always known who God is, and I am so grateful that I was raised in a godly home. This year, I have really learned who God is to me and who I am in Christ. It was one of the hardest years of my life, but it has been so much fun. We are daily pushed and challenged, and it is not always easy, but God has been peeling back the layers of my life. It is wonderful to press through the hard times and see all that He will do through the tests and trials. I love that I now have keys to know how to respond in difficult circumstances. I am excited for all that the Lord has for me in my future. I know that He is going to do great things through me and in me. I cannot wait to see what He will do and I am amazed at all that he has done. He has transformed my life and I will never be the same!
Danielle Langlois:
I came into my year knowing who God was in my head, but not in my heart. I had been heart by the church and ran head first into the world. I was angry at God and was covered in shame. Jesus rescued me this year with his unconditional love. He showed me that he doesn’t love me because of what I do, but for who I am. God has showed me that I have worth far above jewels and that I am his daughter. GL has been a safe place where I could take off my masks and live for Jesus, just the way that I am. My generation is fatherless and this year I have experienced the true love of a father. This year, I have had fathers and mothers pouring into my life everyday. GL has been one of the most challenging years of my life, but the best year of my life. It was worth it to experience God’s love and realize that I have a destiny in Christ.
Jaqui Gilman:
I am part of a generation who is setting a higher standard to walk out today. I walk in purity and honor and have a desire and purpose for my future. I am unique and set apart. I have discovered what it means to have true joy. I am a woman of discretion and value. I am a leader, who stands for truth. All year I have been getting revelation of what it means to be Christ-like. My relationship with Jesus has been developed and strengthened. He came here to love and serve, and I can testify that I am here to do the same. I’ve always known what I wanted to do in my future, and this year brought clarity and confirmation toward that same goal. But now I have character to bring and the confidence to finish strong. My heart has been captured and forever changed. His love and grace has covered me and guided me to discover who I really am and what He has called me to be. This year fed me wisdom and truth and tools to carry out in life. I will never be able to forget this year, because it will carry me into life and my destiny.
Johnny Koalska:
This year is not possible to put into words. It was like I was living in a pitch black room, and this year the lights have been turned on. I hadn’t cared about anything in my life, and now my whole heart is running towards Jesus. GL put me in a place to experience God’s love and also to have amazing role models. It was not easy, but it was even harder to try to do in my own strength. But I have learned that the grace of God will allow me to do it. GL is there to help you. I wish life was like a day at GL. All I can say is that GL and Jesus make a great team. GL helped me start the race, and I will run it with Jesus for the rest of my life.
