Team Fiji-ppines

God has called me to the Philippines & Fiji for my YWAM Outreach!!! I'm so pumped for such an incredible experience that God has blessed me with and I can't wait to see his plan unfold.  I found out this past Friday and even though it wasn't the original place I had hoped to go, I can definitely see God's hand in the whole process.  My group has 5 guys, 4 girls, 3 leaders & we will spend a month in each country!  Right now we don't know many logistics, but I've heard that we will be spending time with orphans & inmates in Fiji.

Last week in lecture we talked about "Hearing God's Voice" and we really focused our time on learning about intercession through prayer.  This is essentially when you pray for someone no matter where they are.  Throughout the week we prayed for the Christians in North Korea who are being persecuted for their faith and the Muslim women who are being tortured as part of their Muslim heritage.  It was very powerful and a great learning experience/reminder of how blessed we are.  I've also been learning about how my personal relationship with Jesus should look and the deep love that he has for me.  Similar to a significant relationship, I will do anything possible to get to know that person and if they were to write a book about themselves, I would devour it.  The hard part is translating that desire into reading God's book to learn more about him.  I have really been striving to find that desire and in the end, I just have to go get it.

In other news, jet leg has finally caught up to me and I'm sleeping in as late as possible now.  It rained all of last week which I guess is typical for the summer months here.  Also, last Friday we helped move an organization called Destiny's Rescue (http://www.destinyrescue.org/aus/) into their new building so they can continue to help formerly enslaved children earn money through craft & jewelry making.  It was a nice change of scenery to get out and break a sweat for something that has such an impact around the world.  This weekend we are heading to Mt Coolum to hike & explore where I hope to see my first kangaroo!!

Can you please pray for unity among our outreach team, because we have a lot of strong personalities and working together + loving one another is going to be crucial if we want to show God's love to others.

My address here is:

Youth With A Mission

PO Box 5633

Maroochydore BC

QLD 4558 Australia

Thanks again for all of your support & I will post pictures soon!