storyy time.

So as some of you know, I have decided to return this October to YWAM Reef to Outback to do my Staff Internship! A little bit of the story of how I got to this point...

Basically since week 2 of my DTS I was already stressing out about what I was going to do after DTS graduation (crazy, hey?) Yeah. Well, God has been teaching me A LOT about trusting in Him over the course of the past months (& even now too). I was tenatively planning on attending college this fall and studying Elementary Education but it was never set in stone. My heart was to remain open to wherever the Lord would lead me. In the past, I have lived in my future plans WAY more than I should have. During the first month (it's a guess) of DTS, I had plenty of different thoughts as to what I could see myself doing after DTS, one of which being joining YWAM staff. There was a season a few months ago where depending on who I would talk to, my thoughts and desires would waiver a bit. I would go from one day thinking I should go to college this fall and the next day thinking I should do my Biblical Core Course (a second level YWAM school). In early January (right after Lordship week of lectures, I personally (again) laid down my future and gave it over to the Lord...) RTO's base director, Ken Mulligan, threw an opportunity in all of our faces. "Consider praying about giving a year to come back on staff." Hmmm. Looking back now, I see numerous confirmations that point me in this direction. However, with trying to focus on outreach and live in the present I did not spend heaps of time praying about it, but was leaning more and more towards committing a year. When praying about it during the last week of DTS, I felt God say " I am WITH you on this journey, I've given you all of these smaller confirmations, just step out in FAITH". SO, I applied for my internship, feeling like October was when the Lord was speaking for me to return to Aus. I had been looking for a BIG confirmation where I would just KNOW obviously that returning was right. I feel that once I stepped out in faith, even more confirmation came and more than that, the conviction in my heart is louder as well. I believe that this is where God is calling me for such a time as this.


Let me just say, my parents are INCREDIBLE with the support they generously give. I was nervous to tell them what I was thinking, especially after JUST returning home. But! They are marvelous. I was worried for nothing...(see, again, still learning to trust the Lord with these things....)


SO! All of that to say that Yes, I am returning to Australia in October. I'll be doing my staff internship which will mean that I will be working in a specific ministry area on the base (maybe a few, we shall see). Different ministry areas include : registrar (so, talking to prospective students/ helping with the application process), community life (cleaning the base), hospitality, communications (web stuff), Youthstreet ( the local youthgroup YWAM RTO runs weekly), Kitchen, and probably more that are slipping my mind currently. I have thoughts/ hopes as to where I will be serving but need to pray more about it and also see where the need for work is.

I will be apart of Youthstreet each week as well, which I am stoked about. I knew that I always had a heart for children but I have learned more recently that I also have a heart for youth in general. The teens that go to Youthstreet are full of spunk and are a lot of fun and I'm excited to be apart of the ministry and their lives.

Some of you know a bit about the medical ship ministry that YWAM Australia is taking on. It is a KEY, KEY, time currently and God is doing BIG things over there. I'm excited to see/ hear how lives are changed in both Australia and Papua New Guinnea and I believe that Jesus is really touching people's hearts and lives. At this point, I do not know if I will have the opportunity to go, actually, on the ship but I am excited to be involved in any way that I can, like I said, whether that be directly or indirectly, I'm not sure.

So yeah.. feel free to ask any questions you may have:)