Hey Everyone!
It's been a little while since I posted. Can anyone tell me why time flies so fast? I've already been back in Australia for 3 and a 1/2 weeks. We started staff training this past Monday... and the September Waves Discipleship Training School starts in a week!
God has been teaching me so much about leadership already. It's such a full-on position leading a DTS. In normal paying jobs, you pretty much hone in on 1 skill that you are good at. Leading within YWAM is a whole different story. You are put in charge of anything from administration, cooking meals, counseling people, coming up with a skit, to cleaning houses. I've been given a bunch of chances to get better at speaking in front of people. There's just so much freedom to try new things (and possibly fail) here.
So my friend Whitney and I are leading the upcoming DTS: 29 students, 9 staff, and 19 amazing weeks of God moving in people's lives. If you would have told me 1/2 a year ago that I would be leading a DTS, I would have laughed in your face..But God has changed my heart. He's taught me how to be willing and open to anything He puts in front of me, and because of that, He is using me in such big ways.
Whitney and I get reminded every day that we can't do anything out of our own strength. When we try, we get a really rude awakening. We're still figuring out how to lead together, and there's definitely been a couple times that we probably wanted to kill each other, but I know if we have a covering of prayer for our unity, God will keep us strong. We're so stoked for the staff that God has blessed us with. We leave for our staff retreat tomorrow, so please pray for us to bond! Then one more week of staff training and the students arrive!
Thanks for all your prayers! I'm so blessed to be here, and it's because of everyone's prayers and support! Much love!
It's been a little while since I posted. Can anyone tell me why time flies so fast? I've already been back in Australia for 3 and a 1/2 weeks. We started staff training this past Monday... and the September Waves Discipleship Training School starts in a week!
God has been teaching me so much about leadership already. It's such a full-on position leading a DTS. In normal paying jobs, you pretty much hone in on 1 skill that you are good at. Leading within YWAM is a whole different story. You are put in charge of anything from administration, cooking meals, counseling people, coming up with a skit, to cleaning houses. I've been given a bunch of chances to get better at speaking in front of people. There's just so much freedom to try new things (and possibly fail) here.
So my friend Whitney and I are leading the upcoming DTS: 29 students, 9 staff, and 19 amazing weeks of God moving in people's lives. If you would have told me 1/2 a year ago that I would be leading a DTS, I would have laughed in your face..But God has changed my heart. He's taught me how to be willing and open to anything He puts in front of me, and because of that, He is using me in such big ways.
Whitney and I get reminded every day that we can't do anything out of our own strength. When we try, we get a really rude awakening. We're still figuring out how to lead together, and there's definitely been a couple times that we probably wanted to kill each other, but I know if we have a covering of prayer for our unity, God will keep us strong. We're so stoked for the staff that God has blessed us with. We leave for our staff retreat tomorrow, so please pray for us to bond! Then one more week of staff training and the students arrive!
Trying to get over my jet lag quicker by climbing a mountain the day after I got back!
Hanging out with Whit at Starbucks, dreaming about all the amazing things that will happen on our DTS
My home break!
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