Evangelism, Gold Coast, Relationships

The past two weeks have absolutely flown by! Week 5 we focused on evangelism and how much it requires having a strong identity in Christ in order to be good at it. Otherwise it's like trying to get people to listen to a band that you have never listened to before, you know nothing about it so you'll have nothing to say. I loved hearing all of Jake's stories about evangelism and seeing his heart for it, it made the lectures so fun. Friday we hit the streets and spread God's love. It's always really cool to see how people react to hearing truths about them self. 

Saturday we had a school trip to the Gold Coast for some bonding and fun in the sun. It was a great day out! We all loaded onto the bus bright and early and headed to surfer's paradise. We body surfed and played volleyball, and my favorite part of the day: my best bud Jeffrey got baptized!!

It was such an awesome thing to be a part of and to see how quickly this hodgepodged group of kids had become family to me. After a few hours we hopped back on the bus and headed to Dreamworld. I loved getting to hang out with different people and the rollercoaster a were pretty fun too! Even though we were super busy and running all over the place for the first couple of hours, it was wonderful to just sit around eating ice cream and getting to know each other better. It was a long, hot day in the sun, but also exactly what we needed after the a few weeks of heavy ministry.

This past week we learned about relationships. Our speaker pulled a massive prank on the school and made us all dress up formally for lectures and then pretty much told us not to ask questions or come to class unless we had completed an impossible amount of homework. At first I thought he was completely serious but once he started rambling off homework assignments I figured it out. Turns out that was the exact opposite of his character and he really encouraged us to dialogue with him during lecture. We learned about relationships between us and our family, between significant others, between Adam and Eve, and between the trinity. It was a great week, and I got a lot of revelations about some relationships in my own life that needed to be repaired. 

This coming week we are learning about spiritual warfare, I'm so excited! It used to be something that I was very fearful of, but God has totally been working on that with me and has given me boldness in it. I'm pretty excited to hear more about it and see what our speaker has to say that I may not already know about. 

Prayer requests: unity and peace for this next week, financial blessings for the YWAMers that still owe outreach fees,  and continued excitement as outreach gets closer! One thing that the base could use prayers for is transportation, they are praying in a large can or bus to help schlep students from local outreach to local outreach. It would be so cool  to see those prayers answered! Besides that just keep praying for joy and rest for all the students. 

Thanks so much for your thoughts, prayers and support! 

Much love from Toowoomba!

Kate