I'm going to start this my saying God's faithful and trustworthy not just to state what to me is obvious head knowledge but as a reminder that it's heart knowledge as well that will be put to the test in the month. This week our speaking is Maureen who is the director of something and something else and DTSs' all over the place. She's a pretty big deal in YWAM apparently. Now you know.. anyhow the topic is basically Leadership with the Holy Spirit so we are learning a lot about Him and just today I've gained a new understanding of not just the Holy Spirit but the trinity and differences between the Old and New Testament/Covenant. I think the biggest thing that I took away from class today was just that it's not just the Father and the Son that have thoughts, emotions, and wills and a desire for relationships and closeness but the Holy Spirit is in on all of that aswell, and just the fact that He is bound to our spirits and we have all of Him is so mind blowing. I don't know, I guess I'm just really looking forward to this week and what we'll be talking about.
After class, for the first time we discussed outreach. Which is divided into 3 parts this quarter. Part 1 - Summer of Service (SOS) where we lead teams of highschool students to Vanuatu, Cambodia or Darwin, Australia. Part 2 - 25th anniversary of YWAM Perth and 50th anniversary of Youth With a Mission as a whole. It's a pretty big deal and the founder is coming and it's gunna be great.. a week of awesome :). Part 3 - Mexico City from Feb 1 - March 14 (I think). So the bomb as officially been dropped and the cost will be between $5 500 - 6 500 AUS (Aussie dollar is sky rocketing right now unfortunately). I'm not going to lie, I wanted to vommit and scream and cry and do a whole bunch of other things when I saw the number, but the first thing I remembered was that God clearly said for me to do the YMT - which is all of the course, not just lectures, and to trust Him. So here I am.. trying my very hardest to not freak out but trust and give it to God.
Just thought I'd throw that out there and ask you guys to pray for the release of these finances not just for myself but for every student in YWAM Perth right now, and especially those that are in the same boat as me, who are not used to trusting God with time time frames and deadlines.
Thanks for everything guys.
Much love.
