What brought me to Aus? Straight and simple… God. I look back over the past few months and not only was I not excited to go back, I was fighting it. I wasn’t ready to leave everything behind. But God provided and made it very obvious that I was supposed to be here. I had many obstacles standing between me and Australia when I came home from my DTS in September. I had my work cut out for me… I had to raise all my support, get my parents to understand why I wanted to go, apply to staff the DTS, and get a visa. I ignored all of them. I did the bare minimum to scrape by… instead I focused on school, work, and friends. But the money came in… my parents became my biggest cheerleaders, I was welcomed with open arms to staff and my visa came through miraculously. God made it all happen. Now that I’m here, that’s more apparent than ever. Today for lectures all 42 of us on the school just talked about how we ended up at the Sunny Coast January 2010 DTS. Everyone had pretty different stories… but when it came to my turn, I wanted to start bawling. As I started explaining all the miracles that took place to get me here, I was blown away. God really wants me here… I don’t quite know why… I don’t feel especially good at staffing, but I’m so confident this is exactly where I’m supposed to be. So cool. It was awesome hearing the students’ responses also. I am so excited to see what God does with each person on this school. It’s going to be huge! Although I’m still struggling to find my place and my balance as a staff member, God is so good and His will for me to be here is undeniably obvious.
I’m loving getting to know the students too… today they were all so vulnerable and real… so exciting. The growing process is going to get messy, but I can’t wait to see the fruit of all the labor. God is going to make big changes in each of our lives… it’s going to be excellent.
There are so many great things happening here. God is moving.
Prayer requests:
· That I continue to make the Sunny Coast my home
· That I learn the balance of being staff and a friend with the students
· That each of the students will be so impacted by God on this trip they’ll be changed for life
· More patience for me as I find my role here
· That I won’t dwell in the past or look to the future, but rest in the present
I love you, my friend :)
ReplyDeleteI really want to encourage you.
You are such a miracle!
I am definitely sure God really loves you and He is sooo excited for the every moment of your life.
I've found today you are putting your story on this blog.
I will visit here very often and pray for you.
I really miss you, Heidi!
take care!
and really really love ya! ♡