A few weeks before graduating from HSM, Josh & Halona went on a 21-day fast asking the Lord to give them direction for the next season of their lives. Out of this fast, they both felt a divine call to plant a church in Austin, TX. For the last two years they have been preparing themselves to launch a new church in North Central Austin. They have shown initiative by attending a Church Planting Boot Camp, completing a vision and ministry plan, launching a website to communicate their vision, and building relationships with local and regional pastors.

Fall 2010, Josh & Halona plan on launching Austin Church Plant in Austin, TX. A church committed to Knowing God, Worshipping God, and Experiencing His Power.

www.austinchurchplant.com

Carlos and Sarah were among our first graduates in 2007.  They married in 2008 and are expecting their first child.  In 2009, Carlos and Sarah began a ministry in Laredo, TX called theVine.  theVine is a place for young adults to get connected with other believers and grow in their relationships with God.  They have also started a bible school called Berean School of Ministry.

Valuable In His Eyes Ministries is a ministry for young girls and women from any walk of life. Michelle answered the call to start this ministry to encourage, inspire and motivate women to see themselves as God sees them. READ MORE (Place "Read More" link after the second sentence.)

Many times as women we have been through many tragedies and trials in life that damage our identity, emotions, and perspective about ourselves as well as our perspective of God's love and plans for our life. Michelle has experienced many things even after becoming a Christian and believes as women of God we should put down our masks and be transparent about what we have been through, and what we are going through. We can experience true inner healing and see our value as accepted, cherished, and valued women of God. The Lord sees us as His very own precious treasure. This ministry is designed to address different areas in women's lives with the light of God's Holy Word.

The Bordos are neighbourhoods throughout Honduras. It is a general name for the neighbourhoods built around the rivers and are known for their poverty and violence. Many fathers are absent from the lives of their families or spend any earned money on drugs and alcohol. Many children die because lack of food or from eating from the garbage. When I first learned about these areas I began to pray that God would use me in the Bordos. I wasn’t sure how at first but God began to open doors and began to show me His plan.

I am living and ministering in the southern state of Tabasco, Mexico as a church-planting missionary. My ministry here focuses mainly on evangelism and church-integration; we win souls and then make sure they get involved in one of the house churches that we've planted. I also work a lot with the youth and plan on teaching English classes to the multitudes of young people that now want to become missionaries. From my base in Villahermosa, Tabasco, I also plan on taking short-term trips into the rebel-controlled mountains of Chiapas, Mexico to minister to those in need there.

I was raised in a conservative Christian home and gave my life to God at a young age.  I thought that I understood who God was and what Christianity was all about.  Eager to get out of the house, I moved away to college when I was eighteen.  After leaving the safe haven of my Christian church and home I began to honestly and skeptically consider my life and faith as I had never dared to question them before. 

Debbie is currently residing in Cedar Park, TX.  She is actively involved with assisting 2 other Heartland School of Ministry graduates, Josh and Halona Lukyamuzi with their church plant in Austin, TX.  She is working with them as their Children's Ministry Director.

Penny completed her third year internship at Lafayette First Assembly of God and has remained there to serve their ministry.  She is currently in college and newly married.  Penny's long term goal is to serve on the mission field.