South Africa!!

Our group just found out that in the middle of May until the middle of July we will all be working in South Africa!  It is going to be during the World Cup which is really cool because people from every country, tribe, tongue and nation will be in this place for this event.  We will be working in the prison ministries, human trafficing, prostitution, drug rehab, and evangelism around Cape Town.  I am so excited and pumped to see how God is going to move in this place.

Week one: Character and Nature of God

This week has been a crazy week!  We started lectures and they have been amazing.  This weeks focus has been on the character and nature of God.  We have taken different aspects of who God is and looked deeper at these things.  With all the dimintions of God there is no way to put him in a box and label him.  I have really  enjoyed the lessons and can see that these next 6 months are going to be a crazy honeymoon time between me and the Father.  God is wooing me and romancing me and it is unlike anything I have experienced before.  It might hurt to dig up things from the past and deal with them, but I am ready to go deeper.  He is the potter and I want to be clay, and be completely open to what he has for me. 

Already this week, I have seen something unlike anything I have experienced before.  I broke my toe before I came to Australia and then broke it again while surfing.  We were all sitting around talking one night and 2 of the guys on my team asked if anyone had prayed for my toe yet, and I said no, kinda thinking that was a silly question, and laughed about it.  They then asked if they could pray over my foot and they started praying words with power and authority over the healing of my toe, and I got up and could move my toe!  Then we sat back down and continued to pray more, and this time I believed 100% that it was going to happen and suddenly I was able to run around and jump around!! We serve a BIG God!

More stories to come, I'm off to learn how to play Cricket!! FUN FUN FUN!!

If you want me to

The pathway is broken
And The signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will walk through the fire
If You want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone

So When the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the valley If You want me to

Happy Birthday mom!

Today is my mom's birthday!! If you're reading this mom...Thanks for being amazing, and I hope you have the best 20th birthday ever!!

So this weekend was awesome!  We went to a retreat center and saw a lot of kangaroos everywhere!  By the second day, it was completely normal to see those guys jumping around.  We then went to the beach, which the locals all said was the best beach in australia for surfing, so I took on the challenge and had my first lesson in surfing!  First lesson in surfing...FAIL, but I'm going to go for round 2 the next time we have a free weekend!  I also need to learn the proper use of sunscreen, because apparently the sun in australia is different and now my skin is burnt red....which means the beginning of a tan!

The retreat was awesome and through that time I realized everyone on my team is coming from completely different spots in life, but I know God is going to completely do work in each of us on different levels.  Classes start tomorrow, and our routine will begin.  Happy Valentines day for all!

Sunshine Coast!

I made it here safely!  It was a good flight, because for the first time in my life I was able to sleep the entire 13 hours, which made it go by so fast!!  I'm here on our base!  There are people from every country here!  Out of the 40 people here, about 5 are American.  We are getting ready to go on a retreat where we will share testimonies and get to know each other for 3 days.  On the 3rd day we are going to sunshine coast which is a popular surfers paradise, and one of the guys on our team is a surfing addict, so I'm hoping to finally learn to surf!  I will post pictures soon!

Put another shrimp on the Barbie!

Today, I'm going to the land down under! I'm so excited about the next 6 months.  I think life has been so busy these last few days that it hasn't hit me that I'm about to be traveling on a plane for the next 16 hours, but with the time change I'm actually never going to experience February 10th, 2010!  I just skip that day!  I wish that day was my birthday, so I could say that technically I'm not a year older because that day didn't exist!  Kinda like the leap year babies!  Anyways, the next time I update, I will be updating from the future because I will be 16 hours ahead of all the crazy americans!  If you want to send me some Dr. Pepper, or some girl scout cookies my new address is:

671 Samford Rd

Mitchelton

Queensland

4053

Australia Also, I now have a skype account, so make sure you find me and skype with me! I'll show you around Australia!  See yall on the other side :) pray for good travel!