Jeff's Football Game

Me and Scott are headed to Jeff's American Football game by train. We've been in the city all day, now we're trying to figure out how to get there by the railway system! Hopefully we can get there by 4! Haha We're living the adventurous life! Gotta love it! 

GoPassItOn Tour and Arise Event

Got news today that our team will be involved in two awesome events, GoPassItOn Tour and The Arise Event. The Arise Event is an event being held in a café in a small town about 45 minutes away. It is being used to show that community that you can use your creative gifts to praise God. We will have different projects going on around the café that night. Outside there will be a sidewalk chalk art session where people can praise God and express feelings through chalk art. A poetry session inside, where people can learn to write poetry to lift up God. A portrait session, where Cali, a leader here at the base, will be doing portraits of people for free and praying over them as she draws. A session where two people (one will be me) will be greeting people as they come in, then writing words that God gives them to show them their identity in God on their hands. It's next Friday night from 7-9 pm. It should be an amazing night! Our team is super excited! Be praying for open hearts from the people in the town! 

The GoPassItOn Tour is an amazing event where we will be running, yes running, from country town to country town and spending a week in each town spending time with kids and churches just loving on them and sharing the Truth! You can look up more details online. I think the website is www.gopassiton.org! I could be wrong... You might have to google it. Just please be praying for these two events and our team! God is moving already and we're so excited for what's happening! Love you guys! Thanks for your constant support! 

God is moving...

God is really working is me and my whole team. Last night was an awesome night for us. Simon spoke on the Names of God in the Bible. The truth about who He is and what He does. For me, it was eye opening. I realized that I thought I knew who God was, when really I only knew parts of Him. I now know that I need to know all of Him. I need to have Him as all of who He is and that's what I'm going to work for. To be a son of God who knows everything about His father. Scripture says that our Heavenly Father can offer more than our earthly father ever could. If that is true, that means that He can offer a lot because  Dad has given me so much and poured so much into my life! I can't wait to get close to him! My goal is to be so close that I can hear Him whisper to me. I'm determined to pursue Him fully and give up everything I need to, to be there! 

Week One of Lectures

We began our first week of lectures yesterday. We are digging in to The Character and Nature of God. Our speaker this week is Simon Smith. He is from the UK and is super funny. He is a pastor here in Brisbane. He has a lot of knowledge about God and is a very Godly man. Day 1 was great. We talked about Intimacy with God. Really great session. Can't wait to see what God speaks through Simon today. Can't wait to learn more about who God is and for God to show me the things I am learning through adversity. 

First Road Trip!

We're leaving tomorrow at 9:30 for our first road trip. We're heading to a town called Toowoomba! It's about an hour and a half from our base. We'll be there all day and make camp that night, then head back Sunday morning. Our school leader, Nico, said we'll be playing group games, hanging out by a campfire, and sharing testimonies. Just taking the weekend to get to know each other. From what I can tell, our group is awesome! Can't wait to get to know them even more! 

Aug. 22, 2013

Last night we had our Welcome Celebration Dinner! It was good! We got to see everybody and met everyone! It was really good. We had an awesome worship time with the whole base! Very exciting to get started. Today we began our DTS orientation. Not very exciting because it was just a bunch of info, but we got to become more familiar with our teams! There is also a Film and an Acting school going on right now. They're all pretty cool people as well! My roommates are Jason, Scott, Stephen, and Josh. Us guys are outnumbered 5 to 12 by the girls... Our guy slogan is "Keep the testosterone level high!" So far we're good. We'll see if it lasts! Haha I'm laying in the hammock that Scott brought and put up outside our dorm. It's pretty chill. Dinner is in about 30 minutes so we're just relaxing until then. Everything is good so far! I'll keep y'all updated! 

First Day!

So I'm here! It's awesome! It's dead of winter and it's beautiful! My flights were long but good! My base is awesome and the people are amazing! Missing my family but trusting God! I love everyone there! I'll keep y'all posted!

Sally gets a vacation.

I just finished cleaning my 1989 Ford Mustang GT 5.0, Sally. She has been so great for me (minus a few hiccups along the way) so I cleaned her up real nice and put her in the garage for a six month vacation. She deserves it for all the hard work she's put in. I'm gonna miss her. Love you Sally.

Packing!

I'm packing! This is just making me more excited! Got 12 t-shirts, 8 pair of athletic shorts, 4 pair of khaki shorts, a pair of khakis, a pair of jeans, one dress shirt, 3 polo shirts, boots, merrels, and my hat in that bag! Gonna last me 6 months! I think that will do!