The July DTS has been going for 2 weeks now! Gotta love being in YWAM, every 5 months there's a whole new group of young believers that come to Australia seeking out God and being rocked by their discoveries. Can't say that it's not hard sometimes. As staff, a little part of you wants to protect yourself, because you know that you'll grow to love these people and get close, only to have to say goodbye possibly forever 5 months later. Is it worth it though? Yes. This is my job (although unpaid :) ), I get to walk alongside people my age and push them towards God. I get to spend hours in prayer with them every week, be the one to hug them when they are working through trials from their lives, and serve next to them in unreached places of the world. All the while, God is changing me and growing me through challenges that I have had to face in my own life. And all the while, I'm being more and more ruined for the ordinary.
I've realized recently something so simple. God has shown me that no matter where I am, what I'm doing, or who I'm with, HE is exaclty the same. He has the same thoughts about me, the same plan for my life and others, the same voice, and the same character no matter the circumstance or environment. It's me that changes, it's me that becomes apathetic, it's me that grows distant from God and then blames Him for not speaking clearly, and it's me that gets my identity from others and doesn't listen to the truth about who I am.
God has been teaching me to trust in Him in the villages of Uganda, where demon manifestation is a normal occurance, and in my quiet bedroom in Australia on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
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I've realized recently something so simple. God has shown me that no matter where I am, what I'm doing, or who I'm with, HE is exaclty the same. He has the same thoughts about me, the same plan for my life and others, the same voice, and the same character no matter the circumstance or environment. It's me that changes, it's me that becomes apathetic, it's me that grows distant from God and then blames Him for not speaking clearly, and it's me that gets my identity from others and doesn't listen to the truth about who I am.
God has been teaching me to trust in Him in the villages of Uganda, where demon manifestation is a normal occurance, and in my quiet bedroom in Australia on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
He is good, true, and faithful, and He is waiting for us.
The July 2012 DTS students!
