Half way there.

Back to reality… Well my reality of early mornings, long days, late nights, students who think you’re the lamest person who was ever born and students who worship you almost as much as we worship Jesus. Ok so my week of work really hasn’t been that tough but we have worked with quite the array of students, our first retreat back was 140 year 11 students and tomorrow our final retreat of the week will be 23 year 7s. No two days are ever the same and God chooses to work and show himself through it all.

Since getting back we had a week of training up at Mount Tambourine at a campsite called Bornhoffen and in true NETters of 2012 fashion we were rained on the entire time when historically speaking it is sunny every year, seems to be a recurring pattern whenever all of us are in one place. Training was awesome, to get to see people from other teams to see Sam and Katrina again, it was just so awesome to see faces that are familiar and loving outside of my team. I often forget that there are other teams doing ministry just like us in local areas and it’s so reassuring and inspiring to hear of their victories and know that we are not alone in this mission here in Australia. The campsite was beautiful, located up in the mountains with many nature walks to take and an awesome waterfall, and topped off with a large cross on the side of the mountain, once again God showing that he is everywhere. This half of the year brings with it many new changes for our team with two people leaving, and a new team member coming aboard, shifting from 11 to 10 people on team, please pray for our “new” team.

It's really amazing, daunting, scary to think that I'm over half way done here. I look back and think WOW I'm so blessed to have seen pretty much all of Australia and met well over 3000 young people, stayed with and experienced many different families, cultures and seen God in so many different ways but OMGOSH it went so quickly and this half of the year is so much shorter, it's a bit freaky really. The biggest thing I've learnt this year is beyond anything people need to know they are loved, if they're an athiest or Christian people need to know they are loved. As Christians we know that God is love so what people really need is God, that is obvious but for those who don't believe they need to fist experince human love in order to accpet or even begin to understand a divine being that is all love, please, please, please I beg of you, whoever you are that is reading this, love more, and PLEASE pray for me to do the same.

I don’t really have anything amazing to report, I am doing well and am praying for you all back home and for anyone who may be reading this. I also ask that you pray for the hearts of the young people we are still to meet this year that they will be open and attentive to whatever God wishes us to say to them.

AMDG