Missions Simulation

Friday morning at 10:00 am, we began a 36 hour missions simulation. We were put through a plane ride, and international airport with strict security first. We had things stolen from the airport workers and were interrogated harshly. We encountered beggars and a market to purchase food. We learned how to barter and handle the beggars. We had to cook our own lunches and breakfasts. We made camp outside with no shelter. Eight of us slept on a rain tarp with 4 sleeping bags and no pillows. It began raining around 5 am as well. It was an interesting night. Over the two days we had to plan and do kids ministry, door-to-door evangelism, have a host meal (which had to be the spiciest curry I've ever tasted), prayer walk, prayer meeting, and church service (message, 3 songs, and 3 testimonies). It was so tiring and non-stop work. It was so intense. But we learned so much and bonded as teams! 

God is good

God is good. I love Him. He is revealing things to me every second. I can't describe how bad I want my heart to be just like His. I don't want anything other than to be a radical young adult who people see and think is out of his mind. I want to be the one God calls to when He needs someone who is unbelievable bold and obedient to change the world. I want to be the one He uses to heal the sick and change nations. I want to be the one that Is so obedient that He knows all He has to do is ask and it will be done. I'm ready for the storm. I'm ready for the fatigue and the tough times. I'm ready to face challenges that no one has experienced. I want to be the one that people come to, to find hope, so I can point to them God. I want to be the one who changes the way humans think about religion and God. I want to be His sharpest tool. The one that He can pull out and use for anything.

I'm ready God. I know you are good and everything you do is good, whether is hard or easy. And I'm saying, right now, that I place full trust in You and EVERYTHING other than You is secondary to You. Have your way. 

Rainbow Beach

This week we were at Rainbow Beach. It was absolutely beautiful! We had lectures on The Fear of The Lord. It was good but extremely challenging this week. God is really beginning to work in me and break me down so He can start over and form me into something even better. I have a feeling a storming is coming soon. Please pray for me, as well as my team, as we begin to face challenges and it gets harder. God told me last night, as I was sittining under the most amazing sky of stars I've ever seen feeling such a great peace, "There is always a calm before a storm. It's coming. Just remember that I am always good." So comforting to hear from Him. He is about to shake me up. I'm ready though. 

Rainbow Beach

Well, the B2B team will be leaving for our first week away tomorrow morning. We're gonna head out around 8:30 and hopefully arrive around lunch. We'll be staying at Rainbow Beach! Everyone I've talked to says only amazing things about it! Take a minute to google it! It's awesome! We're all really excited.

Some really amazing things happened this week. We had some awesome lectures on the Holy Spirit and God was definitely moving! I had some amazing things happen this week. I'm anxious to see how God moves as we're out of town. We'll be studying the Fear of The Lord this week. Our school leader Nico will be speaking and I just got asked to lead worship. Please pray for our team's safety and just an overwhelming peace while we're away! I'll give an update when I return! Much love!

God is good!

Awesome testimony here! Our outreach team, Team India, had a person who needed all of their outreach money still. We needed all of our money in by today so we could purchase plane tickets to India! As of today, our plane tickets are completely paid for! All 8 of us! Within 2 days, all of the money came in plus some! God is so crazy! He will always make it happen! Never quit believing in His support! He's so rich! 

Camping in the Green Mountains!

So this past weekend, 13 of our B2B students went with 3 leaders to the Green Mountains. They are about 3 hours south of Brisbane. We stayed overnight on top of one the mountains. We camped out in tents and hiked 12-15 km on Saturday and around 2-3 km on Sunday! It was so tough but so much fun! We saw some amazing things! Throughout the hike, were waterfalls and cliffs, with views that were breath taking. For the first time in my life, I think I truly recognized God as The Creator! He showed me how creative and beautiful He really is! It was just unbelievable! Check out this pic from the last waterfall cliff we spent time at! 

OUTREACH!

This is our outreach team! We will be going to Darjeeling and Pondicherry, INDIA! We are all super pumped! God has awesome things planned and we are excited to see how He uses us to impact the people there! 

Week 3 has begun!

Don't want to overload y'all with blog updates, but I just wanted to catch you guys up since I haven't blogged for a while. Today we began week 3. Our topic this week: Hearing the voice of God. Jason Solari, a staff member here on base, is speaking. Today was a great start! I think I'm gonna love Jason and what he has for us this week! I have an awesome feeling about this week! I'm so excited to see what God does!

We also will decide (with God) where we will go on outreach this week. We will be given a list of locations tomorrow night, and have Wednesday and Thursday to pray over the list and allow God to give us a peace about where we should go. I'm super excited! Please be praying for these things! A clear understanding of where God wants, not only me, but my whole team! Thanks! Much Love! 

Arise Event in Redcliffe

Last Friday night was awesome! So much fun! We went up to Redcliffe for a night of praising God through art. The event was called Arise. We got to meet so many cool people. People were just relaxing, enjoying each others company, and of course, having coffee. (Not me though. I'm not a coffee guy.) Anyway, I got to meet a guy named Ryan. Emily and I, who were going around meeting people and writing encouraging words on their hands, began talking to him and he spilled everything. He told us his whole life story, of how he was bullied as a kid, with his dad being Buddhist and mom being Christian. It was amazing. He was so humble and strong about it. Had an amazing spirit that didn't match up to the story. We got to pray over him and fill him with uplifting words and encouragement. It was an awesome moment! Please say a prayer for Ryan, as well as the Redcliffe communtiy! Thanks! I'm excited to see what he does in Redcliffe! 

A cool title that I can't think of!

So this week is going good. God has revealed some sweet stuff to me. He's shown me that pursuing Him isn't always running after Him and striving. An apple tree doesn't try to grow apples, it just does. We shouldn't try to get God, we have Him already. I'm learning to rest in His presence. When we hang out with a friend, we don't just tell him/her our problems and what we want, then leave. We spend time with them and talk and just hang out together. I'm learning that I just need to hang out with God rather than just giving Him my problems and asking Him to give me something. He's moving even though I thought he wasn't. It's getting exciting! This next week should be very moving. Thanks for the support and love! Love you guys! 

New week!

Before I begin, we did find Jeff's game. It took us 2 and a half hours but we finally got there and it was awesome! We had a blast. 

Anyway, we've started week 2 of lectures. This week we're exploring The Father Heart of God. We had community cleaning yesterday, followed by community worship. It was really good. We began our first day of lectures at 10:30 yesterday. Chris and Jill Twinn are our speakers this week. They just shared their testimony yesterday. It's a crazy story. I'm excited to hear them speak this week. Today we begin with Family Intercession. Emma and I are leading that this morning at 8:30. We'll be interceding for athletes this morning. It's something both of us have talked about and have hearts for. We're excited about what God has in store.