God calling me to stay in Australia continues to scare me/overwhelm me almost everyday. Many people have questioned me oh whether or not staying is right, and if I am a sure, but I guess because of that I can say that I am sure. God has called me into this season full of the unknown, overwhelming possibilities, and beautiful opportunities.
I have said this before but I feel like I should reiterate it, my plan for after YWAM this time around was to go home start to dig into the word a little more but pretty much live a comfortable life, and now it is staying in Australia. I’m not staying on staff with YWAM because I don’t know what else to do and it looks like heaps of fun. Every time I look at what I am stepping into it looks hard, scary and about a million years outside of my comfort zone. The only reason I am staying is because I know that it is God’s desire for me is to be here.
I will do my best to keep this short (a new theme I am working on) but I just want to share what I will be doing in Australia and the truly powerful opportunities that Reef to Outback (RTO) offers. They have just recently been given a medical ship, which is a huge deal, and the base is very focused on that at the moment because it has been doing an Australian tour bringing awareness about the social injustice and the need in Papua New Guinea. They will be heading off to PNG at the end of August for a couple months, going to some of the most remote areas and doing everything that we can (which is a lot actually) – I will put the link at the bottom of this page, I highly suggest watching it! There is a program called Youth Street, which is every Saturday from 1pm-10pm, and it is just honestly a safe environment for youth to hang out and be themselves. There are different teams and activates such as dance, art, skateboarding, ect – it is amazing to reach the youth of today. Also there is a Café that will be opening (hopefully sooner then later), it has just finished being built but it is beautiful and it is going to be an amazing opportunity to involve the community, and just be a sweet place to hang out and really reach out to people – I am very excited about this one :)
A huge part of RTO that I have have truly start to appreciate and love about the base, is how seriously they take all that God has given them. The base is pretty much ran like a business, which was hard for me to get use to but now seeing all the huge things God has given them it only makes sense! I am so excited to start to learn more about the base and just simply be more involved in it all :)
God is moving in some pretty huge ways here, so it is exciting to be apart of an amazing mission.
