Tuesday, December 27, 2011

What's Next?

The next step in my journey will be to go back to New Zealand to be on staff for the Discipleship Training School starting January 16 and ending June 1. I'm planning to leave January 1 (this Sunday). These first two weeks leading up to the school will be dedicated to staff training before the students begin arriving.
As a staff member I will be taking on a leadership role which will involve doing one on ones with students, leading a small group, helping organize outreach, and helping lead an outreach team. As well as just being the one who invests time and prayer into the lives of the students. This school has the same general overview of 12 weeks of lecture for the students and then 6 weeks of outreach. The outreach locations are TBA.
I will specifically be a part of the Justice DTS and we will either be having class twice a week to learn about and discuss justice topics such as sex trafficking, child soldiers, abortion, etc....or we will join up with an organization in Tauranga (the city I'll be living in) who is trying to bring awareness and education to people. With them we would potentially be doing assemblies and things of that nature that will get the word out about human trafficking.
Through this time leading up to leaving God has been very faithful and very gracious. Today I received 1,000 dollars from an amazing family that I know, and God totally had his hand in the whole thing. The father of this family bought a snow plow early in the week and intended to turn around and sell it again. After purchasing it he sold it within 5-10 minutes and it sold for 1,000 dollars over the original price, and that provided the money for my donation. He came home and said I don't think this is a coincidence, and I don't either. Our winter has been in the 40s with no snow, and there's no snow in the forecast, so for someone to want one so urgently and this week was definitely a move of God. So thank you Lord!!
But I would like to ask you to continue to pray with me for more finances, a smooth transition back, and just God's hand over us as a staff and the students coming. Thank you!!

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