Such a good week. I can't believe that we just finished week 10 and there is only two weeks left until I am going to CAPETOWN!! But it's still two weeks so I need to focus on being here. This past week of classes has been so good - one of my favourite weeks for sure. Our speaker was so cool. He was kind of all over the place when he talked - super energetic and crazy. He also had a really unique way of teaching. He would ask us to tell stories from our lives and then use them to teach or illustrate a point. He was really personal and gave everyone individual attention. Our topic for the week was "the father heart of God" so we talked a lot about our earthly father's and how that affects our view of God as our heavenly father. So I was reminded this week of how awesome my dad is. I really gained a whole new appreciation for him.. and now I miss him andw my whole family a lot. How awesome would it be if they could just come visit me here? Or if anyone could come visit me for that matter... I really liked this week because I feel like I got a glimpse of how much God loves me, and loves me personally. I feel like a lot of truth was spoken into me about how God sees me and how he is proud of me and has an awesome plan for my future. A good week, for sure.
To totally change the topic, we had the most epic dance party last night. The theme was jungle fever so we all got dressed up as either animals of just crazy jungle people. I teased my hair and then smeared heaps of dirt all over me - so good. The classroom got all decorated up and we had food and everything. And then we just rocked out for hours and danced it up! I love how comfortable I feel around these people that I can just totally let loose and have fun. I think that we are all so close to one another that it doesn't matter how stupid of weird we look because we are all just having so much fun. I cannot dance at all... but it doesn't even matter! I will definately look back on this as a great memory!
There is something I just wanted to throw out there. As you know, we are leaving for outreach in two weeks. There are still quite a few people who don't have the complete finances to go. As a class there is still the need of just under $70,000 that needs to come in so everyone can go. We know that outreach and missions is all a part of God's desire to see us go into the nations and proclaim his word, but we can't do that without the finances. As a school we have been doing some fundraising and have been really committed to praying for the money to come in. Individuals have also been sending out support letters and contacting their families and friends, asking for support. Now here is the thing. I have all the money I need. God has been good and has provided for me fully. So I don't need any more money, but I do have team mates who do. If anyone wanted to financially support our school, that would be so much appreciated. An easy way to do this is to go to the website: https://www.ywamperth.org.au/007/payonline.asp and pay online with a credit card. All you need to make sure to do is specify that you want to donate to the Young People's dts outreach fees and it will go into the pool of money which will then be dispersed among people who need it the most.
I don't want anyone to feel any pressure to give, but I just wanted to put it out there. As we go into the nations, we will be learning so much about ourselves and so much about what God has for us. We are going to be partnering with other YWAM bases, and with schools and churches. We will be heading into slum areas and serve them practically. We will also be doing a lot of street evangelism, bringing the word of God to the people of the city. It's an exciting adventure for sure and I want everyone to be able to come! If you don't feel led to financially support, PRAYER IS JUST AS IMPORTANT!! We need prayer for finances, for unity in the teams, for the leaders, for safety and for so much more. So that would be awesome too.
Thank you all so much! I love you guys and hope you are doing awesome!
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