Hello friends!
So tomorrow morning outreach begins. 6:15am start and going through till around 12 at night is the best possible way to begin. Surround by a cloud of youth for 5 days who haven't heard of Jesus, Or of His amazing love for them. It's going to be epic!
Tomorrow i head out to the Gold Coast, QLD, for 5 day-escape. Its a youth camp where we bring as many kids as can come away from the worries and pressures of life here, to a place of fun, of encouragement and the presence of God. Stay tuned for some awesome stories ahead!
In other news this also marks the end of lectures for our DTS, we finished with Lordship with Mark Parker, a passionate and inspiring Kiwi who bring the word of God in truth, and in love. It was an inspiring week, and really built up a lot of faith and excitement for what lies ahead over this next few months and the rest of our lives. I'll probably touch on this more as there are some really key things that God spoke to me about during this week, but that's for another time.
When we get back from the Gold Coast, we will be heading off to Sydney for a week of ministry with a YWAM base there that is holding an international missions conference which will be quite exciting and a great way for the students to learn more, to connect to others in missions and to love people selflessly.
Then after that, we spend a week camping with our entire YWAM Newcastle family for 2 days at 'base retreat' and finally head out overseas (though not too far!) to New Zealand, to help with earthquake relief in Christchurch. From there we head to Fiji to do many forms of ministry from childrens workshops to prison ministries.
It's an exciting time, and this is where your prayers really come in handy, we have encountered a lot of resistance while organising this trip, with things jsut seeming to go wrong or get messy very quickly. I am not discouraged, rather encouraged by this fact as I know that the greater the struggle now the greater the victory will be soon. Please pray for our team as we go with these youth. We have long days, 6.30am-11.30pm all day hanging out with youth, which it very draining, please pray for a heart for them, as well as wisdom in showing them the glory of God.
Please also pray that our team could have finances come in as there are a few people left who still need money for this mission.
Thank you all for your prayers, and stay tuned to hear what God has done through your prayers, finances and partnership!
Be blessed!
Daniel