Hello allll! I am so sorry I haven't updated this in awhile. We went camping for 2 weeks with no internet or cell phone connection so completely cut off from the world as we know it... :) haha okay so a little brief update on camping. The night before we left our school had a giving night. We could give one another money, objects or just words that God put on our hearts for one another. It was a real powerful time for us as a group and someone on my outreach team blessed me with $440 which was the rest of my outreach fees. Talk about God. So that was just a real emotional night with accepting that gift but also realizing God was saying I want you to receive me, my love for you and all I have in store for you. So having that night happen before going into camping was really amazing. Getting away out of normal typical life and just living in God's creation is the most relaxing thing ever. I just felt completely romanced by God all of the two weeks. It is hard to explain in words but just picture getting up every morning with all the unique sounds of birds and bugs that he has created to sing to us every morning-even the mornings where it is annoying :), and then going out in the middle of a field and just reading about a God who loves us more than anything. All of it was just great.
We have been back on base a little over a week now and to be honest it has been a hard transition. It has gotten better but at first it was hard to just be back in the world. Last weeks lecture was on Missions. We were able to hear about a ton of different countries and the needs that are in these places. One of the biggest things I got out of the week was how altered my perspective on missions or a missionary is. God calls us to be missionaries no matter what we are doing. My dream of being a teacher and my dream of going to third world countries can be one dream. It confirmed a lot of stuff in my heart which was really nice. Praise God!! We had our last Youth Street this last weekend and it was a huge winter wonderland. We decorated and all dressed up and had a really good time with the kids. On Sunday we decided to take a ferry ride over to Magnetic Island and spend a day relaxing there. This place was absolutely beautiful. Just a different kind of beauty then the place we went camping. I love how creative God is.
I just feel blessed to be on this journey and every time I think about that I go back to the people who helped make it possible! Once again I want to thank you guys so much for all of your support. I miss you all more than you know during this holiday season. Things you could be praying for me about: I am missing home because of the holidays and everything going on, just a sense of tiredness and being in week 10 prayer for energy, and for preparation for my outreach team as it is coming up really fast. We want to see God move in PNG. We not only want to talk about Jesus but we want to be Jesus to these people by serving them and helping them out anyway we can.
I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was lovely and you are all welcoming in the Christmas season with a spirit of joy! I love you all
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