Sorry I haven’t written in a while. I was pretty busy with my unreached people group project the past two weeks. We split into different teams and every team got a country they had to intercede for, do loads of research on and find strategic ways to reach the nation.
On Friday we had to creatively present everything we learned about our nation. My country was Pakistan and our unreached people group were the Pashtuns, the second largest people group in Pakistan and the largest people group in Afghanistan. We had fun learning about this country and got incredible promises for this country during our group intercession time for Pakistan. Psalm 67 and Matthew 9:37-38 were just two of many other great promises and prayer points we got.
Last week Stefaaan Hugo, the YWAM base director of Worcester, South Africa, taught on the Father Heart of God. Stefaan was very much lead by the Spirit and didn’t only speak on the Father Heart of God, but also touched topics like God’s provision, Judgment, the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit. The one that touched me most was when he talked about the body of Christ and how everybody part has a different function. He ended that session with a time of praying against the Spirit of comparison and thanking God for the way He has made us. I almost cried more than during repentance and forgiveness week.
God really encouraged me so much last week. At one point I just asked Him how come he loves me so much and how it can be that he is proud of me despite all of my weaknesses and faults. It is because He is so much more gracious and compassionate, slower to anger and more abounding in love and faithfulness than we’ll ever be able to comprehend.
Last weeks teaching also gave me a complete new appreciation for my earthly Dad and for my Mom. I feel so blessed and privileged to have grown up with parents that have always let me know how much they love and care about me. They did their very best to represent God the Father and I am so grateful for that because they’ve spared me a lot of hurt and pain.
On Friday we had another great time of application where we gave God control over our lives. This was quite hard for me to be honest because I love being in control.
This week a couple named Ray and Shaneane are teaching on Relationships. The session this morning was fantastic and I’m really looking forward to this week.
Thank you so much again to everyone who has carried me financially and in prayer the last two weeks. I got all of my finances in on time and am able to go on outreach in 3 weeks HALLELUJAH! Everyone in my school managed to get their finances in through one or the other miraculous way. I’m taking off to Cambodia on January 1st!
Garth Gustafson, the base director of Bottambang, Cambodia, was at our base last week and got us all excited for outreach. Because the base isn’t big enough to house the whole Summer of Service (SOS) team and us, only a part of our team will join the SOS and the other part will live in a small village near Phnom Peng for the first two weeks. It will be quite a culture shock living without running water and electricity for a while but I am more than looking forward to it!
Other than that we decorated our base last week, so everything looks quite Christmassy now and baked a bunch of Christmas cookies on the weekend. Christmas time in Australia doesn’t feel right I must admit. I’m kind of missing the snow, the cold, the Christmas markets in Austria and all the other things that go with Christmas in Austria. Austria is the best place to be during Christmas time by the way ☺
But even though it doesn’t feel like Christmas at all I’m really enjoying summer and the hot weather here. We went to the beach yesterday evening to worship God while watching the sunset. Tough life..
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