I love God. Every day when I've had a break down or some complication or doubts about going back to YWAM Perth God has had someone encourage me soon after/during it.
I was talking to the leader of the school I'm doing - Joe, and he was so great. He gave me a bunch of adive and I'm so stoked now knowing how many people are praying for me. If you're one of them I just want to say thank you because I don't know where my life would've taken me without your prayers. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I've had so many chats with God about youth and if that's really where He wants me to be right now or if that's where Im suppose to be headed. Some people find it hard to believe a solid "yes" and I have to admit that at times I've been like, "God I can't live with just that, what if it's just me, I need confirmation." Through the converstaions I've had, the people I've worked with in and outside of YWAM and on outreaches I've really come to the point where I can't see myself not working with youth. I can't see myself not being a part of the change that is so desperately needed here. People have asked me why Australia, why do you have to go back there. I'm going back to do the Youth Ministries Training school because God asked me to and even though I have no idea how it's going to work out whether 20 people give 200 dollars or 40 give 100 or God miraculously just puts it in my bank account like I know He can, I do know one thing - He called me to do this school. To learn about this generation. To start to see where my future might be headed and the type of people I could be working with.
While in Australia I said a couple weeks longer after the DTS ended and staffed a camp. It was incredible. The converstaions and relationships that were built during those 5 short days have really been the motivator behind me really wanting to make a difference. Being able to build trusting relationship with youth where I can have the priviledge of being used by God whether just through a friendship or helping someone through a hard time, I'm just glad God chose me.
I'm so excited and so much looking forward to going back and experiencing and learning new things. Thank you for supporting me .. thank you for the time you've spent pouring into my life. I guess now it's time for me to do the same to others.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Countdowns Begun
Hello hello.. so I'm starting to realize how close I am to leaving .. :S pretty nerve racking, I'm not gunna lie. Everythings still being taken care of though because of last minute confusions. IE Visa application and flight confirmations. I hate flying to Australia not only does it waste of few days of my life haha, but it sets me back at least 2000 dollars .. anyways. If anyone knows any cheap flights sent an email my way.
Anyways I just thought I'd let those of you who are keeping up with this how things are going. Right now I'm trying to gracefull get through the panic of finances stage. I know God will provide but it's the ridiculous human side of my that won't stop worrying.
Anways I know it'll all work out and I'll be there in like 17 days! woot.
Please keep praying for finances for school. I'm still in need of at least 6000 to start the school.
Thanks so much.
Mucho Amore
Anyways I just thought I'd let those of you who are keeping up with this how things are going. Right now I'm trying to gracefull get through the panic of finances stage. I know God will provide but it's the ridiculous human side of my that won't stop worrying.
Anways I know it'll all work out and I'll be there in like 17 days! woot.
Please keep praying for finances for school. I'm still in need of at least 6000 to start the school.
Thanks so much.
Mucho Amore
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
It's official
As of today, Tuesday, September 8, 2009, I am officially accepted into YWAM Perth to do the Youth Ministries Training school. God is so good.
I'd appreciate prayers for finances. Thank you so much.
love
I'd appreciate prayers for finances. Thank you so much.
love
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
YWAM Round 2
When I left for Australia last December I didn't know what would come next. I only hoped and prayed that I would somehow have an idea of what was to come next. I wait 6 long weeks after my DTS ended to find out.
There's a school inside YWAM (second level school) called the Youth Ministries Training (YMT) school and it's all about reaching .. well youth. During my DTS outreach in Northern Australia we joined with the YMT that was currently running at that time. Together the two of our teams ran seminars in highschools, youth nights, coached sports practices and honestly just hung out with young people and had a good time. The YMT taught me so much just from being around them and I told myself that if I was to do another school I wouldn't do it right away. I'd wait a year.
When I got home, after 2 weeks my 6 week wait was over and I really felt like God was saying to go back to YWAM Perth and do the YMT. I'm terrified out of my skin to try and make this happen. The hardest part for me is obviously the money. I hate that money is such a huge part of life. I have no job but I have this dream hanging over my head of going to Perth in October for the YMT and I have no idea whats going to happen or where I'm going to get the money to go. God's really telling me to trust Him, especially now, but for some reason right now it's harder than ever.
That being said, God's never let me down, nor will He ever and so here I stand... or sit saying that, God providing, next on my plate is YMT October 2009.
I would really appreciate prayer on this one. Just little quick ones would mean the world.
There's a school inside YWAM (second level school) called the Youth Ministries Training (YMT) school and it's all about reaching .. well youth. During my DTS outreach in Northern Australia we joined with the YMT that was currently running at that time. Together the two of our teams ran seminars in highschools, youth nights, coached sports practices and honestly just hung out with young people and had a good time. The YMT taught me so much just from being around them and I told myself that if I was to do another school I wouldn't do it right away. I'd wait a year.
When I got home, after 2 weeks my 6 week wait was over and I really felt like God was saying to go back to YWAM Perth and do the YMT. I'm terrified out of my skin to try and make this happen. The hardest part for me is obviously the money. I hate that money is such a huge part of life. I have no job but I have this dream hanging over my head of going to Perth in October for the YMT and I have no idea whats going to happen or where I'm going to get the money to go. God's really telling me to trust Him, especially now, but for some reason right now it's harder than ever.
That being said, God's never let me down, nor will He ever and so here I stand... or sit saying that, God providing, next on my plate is YMT October 2009.
I would really appreciate prayer on this one. Just little quick ones would mean the world.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Travellers Yet Again
So travelling worked out pretty nicely because Deborah (outreach team mate) and I are travelling together for the first leg and a half of the trip. From Perth to Singapore (where I am now) we've been together and then we split when I leave at 9:45 tonight. It's a blessing to be able to talk to someone becuase pretty soon i'll be alone for a total of 28 + hours (flights and layovers) .. it's gunna be interesting to say the least.
It's been hard to just get to this airport. I was dying last night not knowing for sure if I was meant to come home and then struggling to find the people I needed to say goodbye too.. it was rough. Plus on the way to the airport to make matters worse, we passed by an accident where I guess a person on a motorcycle/moped had been hit and they were doing chest compressions on him on the left lane and we drove right by it.. all they had was a sheet covering it but oncoming traffic can totally see the whole thing it was aweful. I was smacked with a brick of shock as soon as I saw this lady pumping on this persons chest.
We did end up making it here and I watched a movie and a half .. one of which was 17 Again.. I found it rather comical myself haha and then I had TV issues so that kinda cut in my time but whatever. Anyways. I'm gunna deak and let Deb-Deb facebook it.
PEACE
It's been hard to just get to this airport. I was dying last night not knowing for sure if I was meant to come home and then struggling to find the people I needed to say goodbye too.. it was rough. Plus on the way to the airport to make matters worse, we passed by an accident where I guess a person on a motorcycle/moped had been hit and they were doing chest compressions on him on the left lane and we drove right by it.. all they had was a sheet covering it but oncoming traffic can totally see the whole thing it was aweful. I was smacked with a brick of shock as soon as I saw this lady pumping on this persons chest.
We did end up making it here and I watched a movie and a half .. one of which was 17 Again.. I found it rather comical myself haha and then I had TV issues so that kinda cut in my time but whatever. Anyways. I'm gunna deak and let Deb-Deb facebook it.
PEACE
Thursday, July 2, 2009
It Wouldn't be YWAM If...
... Something unexpected didn't happen.
This week, while staffing with Nex Wave, Landon (nex wave staff) and I have been working together to organize all the food and all that jazz for winter camp for 100 + people. We've gone grocery shopping like 4 times now. I'm going to document what our days have looked like.
Tuesday was my first day in the office and we had to go pick up stuff for camp at this place called Food Bank which is a cheap cheap bulk wholesale place thing and we ended up getting lost and it took us forever to actually get there because we went to the wrong place originally. Then Wednesday we went shopping with 2 students doing work experience week and it was fairly simple .. kind of a pain to walk back and forth to the city and parking garage but whatever simple enough afternoon was pretty chill too. Then Thursday happens... today. Landon tells me last night at dinner that were planning on leaving at 8:30 AM right after morning chores to leave to get at the good stuff at the cheap Food Bank place. So we leave probs around 9 because we're never truely on time in YWAM really.. and then as we get half way there the hiace starts twitching and then dies at the worst place possible in the right lane (which is bad cuz we drive on the left side here) so we slowly drive across the lanes as the haice slows down meanwhile someone honks violently at us.. clearly he was short on patients today. So the Hiace breaks down over and over and over as we try to get to a decent stopping point and Landon's on the phone trying to figure out what to do .. whats wrong while talking to Mark, vehicle maitenance man. Im useless.. all I did was find out the street name and hold the seats up so Landon could look at the engine stuff. Eventually Joe and Q came and picked us up in the Nex Wave Hiace (which was what saved us when the bus broke down on outreach.. it was like a deja vu I swear) and we all went shopping. After lunch Landon and I left around 2 - 2:30 to get more groveries for meals.. we got there and were there litterally till 6 by the time we checked out with 1700 + dollars worth of food - omg right? - so then I take all the food outside and expect Landon to be waiting with the actual food van. I look over and he's walking across the parking lot with his arms out and drops them to his side and basically says, "why us!" with his arms. He left the lights on all afternoon and the battery died. So I sat for like 15 minutes waiting with the food mostly because they couldnt find the battery cuz these vans are all weird. Anyways.. moral of the story.. Landon and I will always come across some type of issue while trying to make this camp happen. I wonder what will go wrong tomorrow when we try to go grocery shopping for the 5th time.. yay life. PEACE & LOVE
This week, while staffing with Nex Wave, Landon (nex wave staff) and I have been working together to organize all the food and all that jazz for winter camp for 100 + people. We've gone grocery shopping like 4 times now. I'm going to document what our days have looked like.
Tuesday was my first day in the office and we had to go pick up stuff for camp at this place called Food Bank which is a cheap cheap bulk wholesale place thing and we ended up getting lost and it took us forever to actually get there because we went to the wrong place originally. Then Wednesday we went shopping with 2 students doing work experience week and it was fairly simple .. kind of a pain to walk back and forth to the city and parking garage but whatever simple enough afternoon was pretty chill too. Then Thursday happens... today. Landon tells me last night at dinner that were planning on leaving at 8:30 AM right after morning chores to leave to get at the good stuff at the cheap Food Bank place. So we leave probs around 9 because we're never truely on time in YWAM really.. and then as we get half way there the hiace starts twitching and then dies at the worst place possible in the right lane (which is bad cuz we drive on the left side here) so we slowly drive across the lanes as the haice slows down meanwhile someone honks violently at us.. clearly he was short on patients today. So the Hiace breaks down over and over and over as we try to get to a decent stopping point and Landon's on the phone trying to figure out what to do .. whats wrong while talking to Mark, vehicle maitenance man. Im useless.. all I did was find out the street name and hold the seats up so Landon could look at the engine stuff. Eventually Joe and Q came and picked us up in the Nex Wave Hiace (which was what saved us when the bus broke down on outreach.. it was like a deja vu I swear) and we all went shopping. After lunch Landon and I left around 2 - 2:30 to get more groveries for meals.. we got there and were there litterally till 6 by the time we checked out with 1700 + dollars worth of food - omg right? - so then I take all the food outside and expect Landon to be waiting with the actual food van. I look over and he's walking across the parking lot with his arms out and drops them to his side and basically says, "why us!" with his arms. He left the lights on all afternoon and the battery died. So I sat for like 15 minutes waiting with the food mostly because they couldnt find the battery cuz these vans are all weird. Anyways.. moral of the story.. Landon and I will always come across some type of issue while trying to make this camp happen. I wonder what will go wrong tomorrow when we try to go grocery shopping for the 5th time.. yay life. PEACE & LOVE
ps the cool part of sitting and waiting for the van to get boosted was that I think I saw a bandicoot! Well i know I saw something I just dont know if it was a bandicoot but it was sweet as man..
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