Grateful to be here....

I really don't even know where to start on my blog this time. God has been doing some incredible things in my life this week and other people's lives in YWAM. He has showed me areas in my life where I need to grow and prosper and give it all to Him. He has showed me that I have a wall that is up that needs to be torn down in my life, but the wall will only come down if I agree to tear it down. God is so awesome! He is just so great!

YWAM Perth:

 Well, we had another week of lectures this week. We had a guest speaker named Maureen Menard come and speak. She is by far one of the best speakers I have ever heard in my life. If there is ever a convention going on in Louisiana or anywheres in the states, I would go to the convention to hear her speak again! She taught on the character and nature of God. She concentrated a lot on the Holy Spirit and how He lives in us. We don't need to ask for the Holy Spirit to fill the room we are in or what not, we just need to have an open heart for Him to do work in us. She taught on several things that I already knew about,

 This week started my Compassion DTS group outreaches in the city. It's called "Hands on Compassion". My group is called "Arms". We go into the city and supply help to the families in need in the city. We do this every Tuesday. This past Tuesday, we were called to go to this ladies house. She is a single mother of a 2 and 4 year old. When we walked in the house, I almost cried. God really slapped me in the face as I walked in. He showed me how blessed I am back in America and how spoiled I am. This ladies house smelled like cockroach poop as soon as you walked in. They put me working in her kitchen. When I opened her cabinets, there were tons of cockroaches and poisonous spiders in there. Many of you know this already, but I DON'T do bugs at all! I had to work through it. They were jumping at me and just being nasty. I wasn't even there for 10 minutes and I was already ready to go! We stayed for 3 and 1/2 hours. I felt so good after I left. My heart hurt for the little girls that whole night. I would never want a child to live in that environment. 

  Every Thursday, we have evangelism night. My group will be going every week to the area known as North Ridge. They have a bunch of  bars, nightclubs, and sex stores. We witnessed and had a time of worship in the city. It was so great and you could really feel the presence of God protecting us in that area. 

  Friday night, we had our regular FNM (Friday Night Meeting). It's like a church service. It was really good. That night, myself and several of the guys and girls I room with, went downtown to go see what the city was like at night. We had a lot of fun. We stayed out until 1:30 in the morning. 

  Saturday, a group of us wanted to go to the beach. So we went! It was so nice! I love their beach. The water is so pretty! Some of the group went back to the base because they had work duty, but a girl and I stayed and just took in the beautiful atmosphere we were surrounded by. It was so nice. 

  Today, I went to the church I am really enjoying. He taught on the favor of God. It was really good. If any of you are interested in listening to an Aussie preacher, the website where you can get podcasts is: www.metrochurch.org.au

  

Aussie Lingo:

"Arvo" means "afternoon"

"Good on ya" means "good job"

They say "God bless ya, mate" at the church I attend a lot. 

"fair dinkum" means "fat guy"

"Thongs" mean "flip flops"

"Milo" is "hot chocolate"

Fact: Vegemite is disgusting!

Ok guys, here is a little bit of information about this coming week! Tomorrow (Monday for us), we will be finding out where our outreach is. I am so excited to hear about it! They have been telling us to start gathering our money for outreach. I am at $4.668. 37. I need to get to $5,000 to have my outreach paid for completely. I know God is going to provide a way even when I don't see it. I ask that you pray for the money to come in so I can go do the work of the Lord. My God is faithful and will provide!

 Thanks so much for reading my blog! You guys rock! I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you prayers and support! I have so many stories that I will come home with! I can't wait to share them with you guys!