Glory be!

We are into the second week of lectures and the topic is "Hearing God's voice." I'm looking forward to seeing each of the students come to a greater understanding of how God speaks and tackle some hard questions about why they might feel they can't hear God. 

The last week was fantastic. Our speaker led us through the basics of christianity, who Jesus is and why we trust in the Creator like we do. He backed it with heaps of scripture and broke down verses into the original hebrew meanings. He is fluent in hebrew so that was cool. 

I had the priveledge this week of watching God literally transform one of our students. He came to DTS not even knowing how he had been accepted because he didn't even apply! But he rocked up anyway. The difference in him each day was tangible as he softened and let the walls around him slowly come down and HE ACCEPTED CHRIST LAST NIGHT! Woohoo! One of the other students describes this story very aptly in his own blog: http://rileymurphy.ca/post/76935889937/ywam-week-1

Check it out!

NEWS UPDATE: I will be co-leading a team of 4 guys and 4 girls to Nepal and India this coming May-June! We revealed outreach locations on friday and had each of the students pray and then we, as a staff team, prayed over the teams as well before letting the students know where they will be going. So stoked!! 

This Sunday we drove some of the students out to climb Mt. Coolum (super windy!) in the morning and then gathered in the girls house for a pancake breakfast before going to church that evening. The day finished off well with Canada winning the gold in men's ice hockey! Woop woop! 

My favourite thing and my vision for my two years in YWAM is seeing young people discover who they really are and grab ahold of who God has made them to be. Getting to watch that exact thing happen in just these first two weeks brings me so much joy. I love my job and I love the Lord!

Thankyou so much to everyone who continually prays for me and supports me. You guys make it happen! 

Much love! 

Here we go!

The students are here! The students are here! We kicked off the DTS last night with a welcome party and australian trivia. Who can tell me the tallest bird in australia? Or how many countries are bigger than the land down under? 

This week is orientation week, sharing the heart of our base and our values. How we are always looking to release transformational leaders and come along side people as they step out in obedience to the Lord. As a staff team this DTS, we are focusing in cultivating a culture of honour within our leadership team and we are excited to watch it spill over into the students! 

Something that I have been excited about this week is that God wants us to dream big! He has placed the desires and passions in my heart on purpose and wants me to dream big and aim high! 

They are writing letters to themselves that we will hold on to and give back at the end of DTS. Gonna watch God rock their worlds! Woohoo!

Love and hugs! 

Thanks again for the continual support!!

Moira