When the end becomes the beginning.

This Thursday I leave my now familiar and comfortable room in Kona and begin that which I came here to do. Figure out what being a Voice for the Voiceless means for me. I am slowly, but surely getting my things packed together and paying an unreasonable amount of money to mail home a box of stuff I will definitely not be needing while in the jungles of Panama or in Africa. And if I had to say one thing that I have learned about myself during this past couple of days it is that I live out of excess. I am beginning to recognize the difference between a want and a need as well as the joy of having little. The freedom of being able to live out of a suitcase and not feeling like I am missing anything. I hope that this lesson can be carried further as I leave for outreach and see how the majority of the world actually lives. I am seeing that being able to go out and spend $10 on one meal and not have to worry about it is such a blessing when there are families who live off of $1.25/day. I feel so blessed and embarrassed at the same time as I look on my spending habits… which I will admit… are not very good at all. I could pass the blame and say that it’s not my fault because I am young, or go to say that growing up we didn’t have a lot so now that I don’t have to worry about it I like to explore this freedom. But I am not going to do this because I don’t believe in passing the blame – I like being accountable for decisions, good or bad.
All this to say, I am blessed to live in North America and have the life I do and also the monetary freedom I have. I do see though that there needs to be some changing in my spending habits once I return home and throughout the rest of my time here. And as much as I would like to have a credit card once I get back home, until I get this whole “life-lesson” down-pact, it is safer not to!!
So now this journey here in Kona, Hawaii has come to end and I feel like I have learned way to much for my mind to comprehend, a whole new journey is about to begin and I am so excited.
and nervous.
{little frightened as well}
but really excited and full of anticipation.
I fuly expect God to do amazing things and I hope He really uses me to help other people. I realize that life when lived in humility and servitude it so much more meaningful and fulfilling. There is so much joy in laying down everything i have before God, the creator of the entire universe, saying “Have this and make it yours” and knowing that He will make a life for me way better than my wildest and most extravagant dreams.
I am so enraptured by this next 3 months and what they will hold. I can’t wait to get on here and write about my experiences and display the photos I take. I am going to make myself be more active on here as this is where the absolute journey begins. The past 3 months have been my teaching and growing phase, this next 3 months is where I will put all I have been taught into action and find my own place in this divine plan of God. And I know without a doubt that with His hand upon this journey and our hearts submitted completely to His will, it is going to be amazing.
I am blessed to have you as a part of this journey with me and I thank you once again for all your support!

more pics from camp!

Camp Lokahi!!

Last week as I already mentioned, I had the privilege of working with Island breeze as well as another DTS group at Camp Lokahi in the Kohala area of Hawaii.

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I had so much fun and it was such a blessing to be able to get away from the base…(and everyone else on the team… ) and to focus on anything but outreach fees and the stresses of everyday life here at the base! This journey has been incredible for me and I have been blessed abundantly by so many people. The people I worked with at the camp were so friendly and welcoming and I felt like a part of the family as soon as I walked into the room for Orientation and Introductions. I was able to make and continue lifetime friendships with people from all over the world… specifically the Polynesian Islands!! I fell in love with the Island life and the way the are. They are so relaxed and comforting to be around. It was such a change to go from the base here in Kona where everyone moves at a million miles an hour – to the camp where no one is in a hurry and everyone is so loving.

I took a portrait of one of my friends Oriana who leaves next week for Amsterdam to do a school in Film Production, her family is also a part of Island Breeze Ministries, which if I have not explained is a part of YWAM where they do the traditional tribal dances of the Polynesian Islands. Anyways.. she is beautiful and this is her…

At the camp I was a camp councellor and had 8 beautiful little girls in my cabin. our Cabin name was “Na’ a ama” which means “The Crabs” and we were the youngest group. I loved getting to know them and where they were from. Some where the little sisters of my friends and one of them was actually from New Zealand, where her family is a part of Island Breeze there.
So, I really had a blast and loved working at a camp that is so closely a part of the camp I work at in Canada. They welcomed me in so eagerly and I loved getting to know them.
God blessed me so much with that break and I loved getting to focus on other people rather than me or my own needs.

I will put up a few more pictures from the camp!
Love you all and will write again soon. Thank you for reading thees updates!

Camp Lokahi

Hey all!
this week at DTS is our local outreach week where we basically get to go out into the local areas of the Island and get to know people, hear their stories and share with them how much God loves them. Last week our speaker Laura spoke on “Evangelism” and how it is not always standing on the street corner screaming about God, but how we can do it in a practical, non=invasive way. All I have to do is love God with all my heart and desire a deeper and more intimate relationship with Him – He will do the rest because I am a Captivated Worshiper. His love will become a part of me and will reflect in me. My life can be a witness to others and if I am not the one to bring someone to know My Father and Lord, hopefully, someone else will along the line. I know without a doubt that we are each all created to become Captivated Lovers of God. He created us all for a purpose and out of love. Perfect love which drives out all fear. His love will never leave us and is so complete. It is because of His love I have confidence that everything will work out. I will never go without or feel abandoned because that will never happen. Even in my darkest moment, I am not alone.
God knows exactly what I need – like this week I was asked to come and work at a camp that is associated with Eagles Nest Ranch – where i work in the summers. So while I am here in Hawaii and was desperately needing a break away form everyone and everything, I get to come and work at Camp. It is with some friends that I made last summer so, really, it is such a blessing! I will take some pictures to add on here.
Love you all and thank you for being on this journey with me! God is good and faithful.

ready? set. GO!

Some of you may know this already, but I am going to clarify any confusion and just plain tell you what’s going on in my life.
After our DTS phase is done in September, there is another opportunity and long term mission we like to refer to as “The Track”.
The Track is a 2 year round-the-world journey where the team not only documents their travels and all that they see, but also lives the reality of the lives they come in contact with. To see injustice at work and collectively learn to fight it. To conquer evil and darkness with love. perfect Love. Love that casts out all fear.

instead of typing out again and again my support letters, I will just paste on here the one I sent out on facebook. Sorry if it repeats itself from what I have already written above and thank you for reading it!
For a quick update on my life…. here it is:
We leave for outreach in about 20 days!! The team I am a part of is going first to Panama and possibly also to Cuba, in the end we will all meet up as a group in South Africa. That takes us up to September and I will give more updates as to what we will be doing specifically once I know!
I have made a decision though to not come home as I had originally planned in September (when the DTS ends) but to go on a “Track around the World” with PhotogenX.
The goal of the track is to use our cameras and our hearts as a weapon against injustice in this world. We have been studying for a while now many different areas of injustice in this world and it has opened my eyes so much to what this world is really like. There is so much that goes on that we in the Western World do not hear about – or rather, turn a blind eye towards. I am committed not only in these 2 years to fight injustice and become a voice for the voiceless, but to commit my life to this. I feel very strongly that we can all make a difference in areas like Child Pornography, Human Trafficking, Starvation, HIV/AIDS, Prostitution and so much more. Throughout these next 2 years I will be traveling around the world using my camera and my heart to actively fight. We as a team will not just be taking photos, but we will also subject ourselves to the reality of these people’s lives.  We will go out with intention to get to know them, build a relationship and hear their story. It’s all about them – not about us. Personally I want to live out love as best I can, and use my camera to bring to light the injustice of the world. None of this is for my own glorification or acknowledgement, it is all for God and the love He so freely wants us all to encounter.
So now, I am looking for your support in prayers. I do not want to do this alone, nor do I even think I could if I tried. I would love the hear updates on how you all are and anything I can pray about.
There is also a financial side to this and if you are interested or feel led to take part in this journey financially with me, please send me a message or email me at brittanyboughtin@gmail.com
Thank you all for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Proverbs 31:8-9
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
For the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.”