Quick Video Update From Luke Bethany and Josiah!

Quick Video Update from us!

Check out what God is doing with us next!! Super exciting!

God Has SPOKEN! We Know What Our Next Step Is!

God has SPOKEN! We know what our next step is!

Our time in Europe doing our scouting trip was super fruitful and now we know what our next step is! Can't believe that our 5 months is almost over but we got the answers we were looking for!

Just to recap....Over the past five months God has done so much. We had an awesome time in Rhode Island visiting my (Luke’s) family. We were so pumped to meet Violet, my brother Andrew and his wife Caroline’s new baby! She was born 3 months after Josiah and they are the first 2 babies of the new generation of our family! A ton of my extended family traveled from Florida, New York, Colorado, and even Kansas to come join the party! We were calling it Baby-palooza 2016! Yeeew! Here's a few people from the Roque family ...hanging with the 2 new babes :-) Then we headed to Santa Barbara (California) where we’ve been based for most of the trip. It is always so great to come back and re-connect with our friends and our church family here! We’ve been staying with our 2nd parents, the Dellars who have all but legally adopted us as their kids  :). (Love you guys!)  From here we have traveled back and forth visiting friends and supporters in San Diego, Los Angeles, and many places in between, going to weddings in Canada, Chicago, and Santa Cruz…and a trip to Las Vegas to see our first Cirque du Soleil Show! Haha! There is too much to recount here so I’ll just give a few photo highlights: Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara Everywhere we go, the Lord is constantly encouraging us saying "you're on the right track". Thankful for all the little "signs" :-) When in California...Red or White? Speaking of "signs", we were at a wine festival and the first people we meet are from Europe! We asked them, "What do you do for work?" "Oh we are church planters". Come on!! Up in Canada eh? Near Squamish BC with Bethany's mom and her extended family. Oh yeah and I lost my mohawk...sniff. Nah, that thing was too high maintenance :-) Bethany's 91 year old grandma! We got to visit her in Surry BC and aslo go to our friend's wedding! We had the privilege of marrying our friends Rylee and Kelly in Chicago...and re-uniting with our YWAM global family haha! Everyone in this photo is a YWAMer! Visiting Sean Bolz's church in Hollywood, Expression 58. They are really making an impact in the entertainment industry for the Kingdom of God! We made a connection with a woman who has a heart to reach people through the arts like us!  Interesting...when visiting Expression 58 we had to park down the street and happened to park across from this sign. Hmmm. This will make sense in a minute (keep reading). Little man's first trip to Las Vegas!  We got to see our first Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas! It was insane!! We drag this little guy everywhere! So he's gotten good at passing out anywhere haha! We then headed to Bethel Church up in Redding California where God showed us OUR NEXT STEP! But before that we want to share what God did in Spain because that is where we feel the show will start from. When we arrived in Barcelona we didn't have much from God as far as connections for our show but we knew we were suposed to go so we went anyway. We did know some YWAMers there so we decided to meet up with them. We "happened" to arrive the same week that their first DTS was starting and they invited us to their welcome night. When we arrived we sat in the back far corner as we didn't know very many people. And we "happened" to sit next to this guy who was the speaker for the week and his topic was Creating with God haha! We were asked to gather in groups at the end of the night and pray for whoever was around you. So this guy turns around and introduces himself to us. All of a sudden Luke recognizes him and realized that he spoke on Luke's DTS years ago in 2009! We then go to share our vision for the show and his face lights up and he says that he now lives in Berlin, Germany which he said is a hot spot for the creative arts and that he knows a TON of artists and connections for our show AND said we should come and visit him in Berlin next time we are in Europe! Go God! We also got connected with this other guy named Lance who lives in Madrid, Spain who has a team of 80 people who go around Spain and do evangelistic shows in a lot of the small towns. Our good friend and supporter gave us his contact while we were in Barcelona. We skyped with him and when we started sharing our idea his face lit up! He and his whole team have been talking about needing a show to the caliber of a Cirque Du Soleil show to get into the big cities. So when he met us he felt like we were a prophetic sign to what they've been feeling! He then went on to say we should come and visit Madrid and see all that they are doing. One cool thing is he has an entire legal team who works with the Spanish government on getting evangelistic shows into towns and cities and said he can help us with whatever we need! Go God! (So needless to say, next time we head to Europe we are going to Berlin and Madrid to connect with these guys and meet all these artists and connections!) Ok there was so much more but we'll stop it there and finally tell you OUR NEXT STEP! WE ARE MOVING! The most revealing part of this faith/scouting trip was our time up at Bethel church in Redding (Northern California). We were both excited to go there for the first time because like many others we have been really impacted and encouraged by their worship, teaching, culture etc. But we weren’t prepared for what God had in store for us. We met up with a couple that our friends from Australia had suggested we link up with. They are currently working in the realm of the arts (drama, music, dance etc) at Bethel and they have a desire to bring the Kingdom of God into that sphere with excellence and anointing! Sounds like the kind of people we need to meet…well we TOTALLY hit it off with them! They told us that there are several people they know who have similar ideas as us…doing cirque du soleil type stuff! Haha! We’re not the only crazy ones! Anyways, to make a long story short – after a lot of prophetic signs and cool divine appointments that all happened over one weekend up there - we felt like God was saying that he wanted us to move to Redding to work on our show, connect with these artists and be a part of Bethel Church! We feel that Bethel is a place where we will make connections with people for our show…and a place where we'll build community with people who love God and that will encourage us to dream big and risk big for Him! We will go to and from Europe from Redding until our show is developed to the point where we will launch it out of Barcelona, Spain. (Lord willing)   So there you have it! We are moving to Redding!   Our plans for the next few months! We are heading back to Australia for the month of November to sell all our stuff, share with the YWAM base, and say good bye to all our friends. =(   The YWAM base is completely behind us in our idea and still considers us part of them. So we are still with YWAM but instead of doing DTS we are joining an evangelistic ministry that targets different parts of the world - and Europe will be our target!   We have a lot to do so pray we pace ourselves and that we wrap up our time well in the Sunny Coast with close friends, all our ywam family and with our base leaders.   Thank you so much for loving on and believing in us in this time!! God is moving!!! Please keep us in your prayers! We love you all so much!    Luke , Bethany and Josiah! P.S. Here are some fun pics of our time at Bethel! So fun! Bethel worship Hanging with our YWAM friends who are doing the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. Thanks for the love and hospitality Rylee, Kelly and Daggi!  Copyright © 2017 YWAM Sunshine Coast, All rights reserved. Luke and Bethany added you to their update list. Our mailing address is: YWAM Sunshine Coast P.O. Box 5633 Maroochydore, QLD 4558 Australia

Quick Update From Us! Pray For Us As We Are About To Leave For Spain.

Quick catch up update from us! It's been a wild ride so far on this 5 month scouting trip! Can't believe it's almost over! God has done SO MUCH!! We have met so many people, made some really cool contacts, had some amazing divine appointments and have seen a TON of amazing friends and family! We are so excited to share more soon. And now we have ONE more leg left - Europe! So far we have seen family on the east coast and Hawaii, been to 3 YWAM weddings (one of them we officiated - so fun), went to Vegas and saw our FIRST EVER Cirque Du Soleil show, and then made our way up to Bethel Church in Redding where God rocked us and spoke to us a lot about our future! (we'll share more soon =).... anyway we just wanted to keep you all in the loop so you didn't think we forgot about you! We have a ton of pics and a huge update we've already put together but we are saving it for after Europe just so we can include what God does in that time in our letter. We leave Sunday for a month and would love your prayers! We are going to scout out locations for our show, reconnect with contacts and YWAM friends we made there 2 years ago, as well as possibly share on the DTS that's running there etc... We also are celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary there which is going to be so fun for us!! Then we head to North Africa (locations hidden for security reasons) to see some really good friends who are doing ministry there among Muslims! After Europe we will send our last update and REVEAL what is next for us! Cuz we already know... =) We'll keep you in suspense =). Some of you already know. =) PRAYER POINTS FOR BARCELONA SPAIN: - That God connects us with the right people for our show - That Luke and I have some quality time together. It's been GO GO GO so we really need some quiet time to reflect and process all that God has done. (pray for a baby sitter for us here lol) - That we are an encouragement to our friends ministering in North Africa - That no sickness or danger touches us at all! That's it! THANK YOU!!! Talk to you soon! Bethany, Luke and Josiah P.S. Couldn't help but post some cute pics of Josiah. He's loving his bath times these days.

June 1st we are jumping off the cliff in faith! Here is our itinerary for our USA Visit + Europe scouting trip

5 Months of Faith! (Our Itinerary Below) As most of you know we are about to embark on a year of faith, taking a huge leap in believing God for a huge evangelistic show coming out of Europe. This year is going to be filled with lots of unknowns and adventure as our family seeks to find what God has in store. About 2 years ago God started speaking a LOT to us about Europe and His heart for all the nations that are there. When you walk the streets of Europe you find every nation on earth there: Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South America, etc. Europe is the melting pot of the world right now and is so in need of Jesus Christ!  When Luke and I traveled there with a DTS team in 2014, God began a journey in our hearts to come back to Barcelona, Spain and do a HUGE evangelistic show to touch the different nations of the world that travel there for tourism. The show will be nothing short of a miracle as we have no idea how this whole thing will get pulled off but we really feel like God is asking us to trust him.        The vision for the show: We envision it to be of the caliber of a Cirque Du Soleil show that is very high end and professional, explaining the gospel message in a very creative and captivating way. We feel like the show will come out of Barcelona, Spain touching the hearts of all the nations that travel there for tourism. We have already drawn up a rough draft of the story line and had an artist sketch and storyboard the scenes.  So what's next? We are coming back to America for an extended time and coupling it with a scouting trip to Spain to see what doors God might open.  We are packing up all of our stuff here in Australia and putting it in storage and getting rid of our apartment rental to save money and also because we don't know what the future holds as far as where we will be living after our travels. We trust God will show us by the end of our trip.   Our USA and Europe Itinerary: June 1st-23rd - Rhode Island to visit Luke's family so they can meet Josiah. =) Yay! June 23rd-July 25th - Santa Barbara to visit friends, supporters and our church Reality. July 25-August 3rd - Vancouver to see my mom's side of the family. Josiah will meet his great grandmother for the first time. And we also will be going to a YWAM wedding of a couple we are close to and have discipled over the years. August 3-7 - Chicago. We are marrying a YWAM couple who we have been very close to us and serving as staff here at YWAM Sunshine Coast. August 7-29th - back to Santa Barbara Aug 29-Sept 10 - Redding California to visit Bethel about possible connections for our show and to just get refreshed. And Santa Cruz for another YWAM wedding. (Yup lots of weddings... that's what happens when you disciple young people in their 20s lol  =) Sept 10-25th - back to Santa Barbara Sept 25th- Oct25th - Barcelona, Spain to make connections for our show and visit the YWAM connections we made there last time we visited. And also to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary. We are hoping to take a short Mediterranean cruise as we've always wanted to do that since we first got married. And North Africa to visit some very dear friends who are reaching out to muslims there. We can't mention their names for security reasons. Oct 25th - Nov 1st - back to Santa Barbara  Nov 1st - Back to Australia. Pheeeew!! That was a lot. We DON'T know exactly how this year will look but we just want to be obedient to what we feel God is saying. So we are just going to step off the cliff and see what happens.  PLEASE keep us in your prayers! Can't wait to see you all and have you meet JOSIAH!!! YAY!!

Recently: We visited Bethany's family in Hawaii. Josiah got to meet his grandparents for the first time!! We also used this trip as a trial run to see how Josiah did traveling. He did AMAZING!! The boy was meant for travel. It's a good thing too cuz this year will be full of it. =) Got to visit the Kona YWAM base and meet up with an old friend Dan Baumann. While we were there we were so encouraged to believe for big things as we saw the Kona campus finally get their HUGE dining hall that they've been believing for for a long time. There was one student who donated 8 million dollars to help put it together. God can do anything!! =) Luke turned 36 and got to take Josiah to the beach for the first time! Well I think there is going to be a lot of airport packing and long flights ahead for the three of us! But we are so excited and can't wait for the journey ahead... whatever God may bring. Love you all!! Luke, Bethany and Josiah Copyright © 2016 YWAM Sunshine Coast, All rights reserved. Luke and Bethany added you to their update list. Our mailing address is: YWAM Sunshine Coast P.O. Box 5633 Maroochydore, QLD 4558 Australia

Finally an update from us!! blame it on Josiah! ;)

Josiah has arrived!!! Most of you have probably seen a lot of these pics on facebook but for those who aren't on facebook here you go!  We are in love!! Probably one of the coolest moments in our lives was seeing Josiah for the first time! The feelings are indescribable! All the parents reading this are probably nodding their heads going,"Yup I know that feeling!"... Well he arrived on Jan 8th and has captured our hearts every moment since then... which speaking of time, it's been SIX WEEKS already!!! Wow I can't believe that!! It's felt like one LONG day for me (bethany) seeing that I don't get much sleep these days lol!! Nah but it's actually been pretty awesome. Josiah sleeps pretty well during the night.. I mean he still wakes up but he doesn't cry all night or anything so that's nice. The Story Behind his name: 9 years ago when Luke and I first got married I had a vision of Josiah at 2 years old where he walked up to me and put his hands on my leg and looked up into my eyes. Then his name JOSIAH appeared right in front of me! I had never thought of the name or knew it's meaning but I knew that was his name. There are a few meanings of the name Josiah but one of them is "the Lord HEALS" and at the time I got the name from God I didn't know that I would struggle getting pregnant. So when it finally happened I knew it was a miracle and God has healed my womb!  Josiah also means "The Lord burns" or "Fire of the Lord". He's gonna be an evangelist for the Lord!! =)

My labor went so well... by the time I got to the hospital I had 3 1/2 hrs to go...  There were no complications and I didn't need stitches or anything! Yay!! Don't get me wrong it was intense but so great at the same time! I can't believe we have a little person now!!! Ahhhhh!!  Both Luke and I can't stop looking at him! Anyway everything is going well and we are getting the hang of being new parents and are enjoying every moment of it.  Josiah Lee Roque Born Jan 8th 2016 11:07am 5lb 14oz

One cool story: At the hospital where I gave birth God did an amazing thing. I kept praying that something supernatural would happen in the maternity ward or that we could touch people in there with the love of God in some way. Well the night before I went into labor I had a prophetic dream where all these hospital people appeared in my room and they were all bustling around me trying to force me to take drugs. Then all of a sudden this woman around the age of 50 appeared and came up to me and held my hand and spoke something to me that COMPLETELY calmed me down. I was so moved by her presence that I told all the other people to leave my room and all I wanted was her there! Then I woke up.......  WELL.....  The next day I went into labor and when I got to the hospital I was taken to the birth suite as my contractions were happening fast. No one tried to force drugs on me (I labored completely drug free woo hoo!!)  BUT as I was going through some strong contractions this other midwife who was not the one attending my birth "happened" to come into my room to bring something to my midwife real quick and leave ... and when she saw me starting a contraction she ran over and GRABBED MY HAND... the second she touched me my whole countenance changed and I was so calm... then I looked up to see who touched me and IT WAS THE WOMAN IN MY DREAM!!!  I was so shocked that I cried out, "what is your name!" as she was about to leave and her name was Liz (which is my mom's name). I told her, "You were in my dream last night!!!" and she said shocked, "Well that makes sense cuz I didn't sleep at all last night!!" I asked her to stay and she did and got me through my WHOLE LABOR and was such a calming presence for me! She went through the whole ward and told everyone that I had dreamt of her and how crazy that was.... Come to find out that she is one of the main midwifes in the ward there and there are a few christians who work there who have been praying for her and witnessing to her.  Well God's got her number cuz I've never dreamt of someone and met them ... I stayed in the hospital for 4 days and she came in all the time to check on me and we really connected and I told her about God! Pray for her to find Jesus cuz she is so special! Here is a pic of us! Here are some other fun pics... Josiah at 1 month old (left picture) and one where he is really little when we first brought him home.. He was so tiny (5lbs 14oz) that this was the only outfit that fit him! Everything else was like a dress on him lol... Other fun events: We became Aussie citizens! Don't worry we still have our US citizenship! It's just nice for us now that we don't have to worry about visas anymore yay!! We are coming back to the states this summer!! Probably around June-Aug. We are just getting Josiah's passport and all his travel documents prepared so he can be a little traveling man with us!! It was hilarious trying to get his passport photo with him looking straight forward and mouth closed and eyes open... lol.. So funny! Well this is a new season for us that we have long waited for and are SO happy to embrace! Can't wait to see you all in the summer!!! Luke and Bethany

Recent update from us!

We are heading in a new direction!

A lot of you already know about this but here is a quick video update describing what we will be doing next!! Keep us in your prayers!

Love you

Bethany and Luke
 

P.S. The pregnancy has been going amazing by the way and we can't wait to show off our little guy early next year! Due date Jan 11, 2016!!