Well. Here we are.

"Well. Here we are." - The filler for any time there is a silence or lull in a conversation - by Hollie. I've been keeping a list of all the funny sayings I've heard since coming here. Maybe I'll share them with you sometime. ;)


I'm sorry for my inexcusable lack of blog posts in the past month. It has been a full and busy past few weeks and we are in the second last week of our lecture phase! I head off to the Philippines in 11 days...but who's counting?



Since I last wrote, the weekly lecture topics have been: Kingdom, Missions, Impact Byron, Relationships and we are currently in The Living Word (It's blowing my mind!).

Impact Byron week was crazy. 130 youth gathered in Byron Bay from several DTS's to “impact” the city with free BBQ's and live music and the love of Jesus. It was freeshly cold in Byron Bay. And we, from the Sunny Coast, were not at all prepared for the damp chill that assaulted us as soon as we arrived. We slept on the floor of a church for 5 days and froze, but there were some awesome testimonies of conversations and healings that happened over the course of the week. Emotions were all over the place and I don't think that we, as a group, were prepared for what we were getting ourselves into. But we learned a lot and I think we all grew a lot. I personally did. I learned more about how God speaks to me and about how His timing is always perfect, no matter what. And we went to a United Pursuit concert. (Yes).

After Byron Bay my wonderful family visited me and we spent the weekend together in between their travels. It was a blast. So good to see them, give them all hugs and show them around. <3 <3 <3

I have been so blessed by my outreach team. (I can't believe I haven't written about them here yet!) There are 10 of us in total. Three guys and seven girls headed off to the Philippines for three weeks and then off to India for five weeks. While we are in the Philippines we will be working at a Christian kids camp with kids ranging from 7-17 years old. We will have the opportunity to hang out and mentor these kids while we are there and share our stories and experiences with them. We don't have a specific plan for India yet, but we will be crashing at a YWAM base while we are there for a bit.

One scripture that my team has been focusing on is Ephesians 6 – The armour of God. We want to go into the war zone as prepared as we can be; spiritually as well as in our ministry plans. (Shout out to my DRIME fam jam...the dramas you sent me are going swimmingly! Love you guys.) Obviously we don't fully know what to expect, but I am confident that everything will work out in God's perfect timing. You can pray for our team that we would be unified so that we can be ready for whatever will be thrown at us as we spread the gospel for the next month and a half.

 

Our team will be setting up a blog specifically for our outreach time for all our families and friends. I'll be posting the link to that on my blog ASAP.

Thankyou guys for your support and prayers and love.

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