OH MY GOODNESS!

God has been blessing me and us as a group SO ABUNDANTLY! I have to admit, I've been pretty distracted, so even though God has been faithful to me the whole time I've been here, I can't say the same for my faithfulness to Him. Finally, this week, I let God take my distractions from me and I've been experiencing Him so much more fully. I'm so stoked(: I think that's pretty apparent through my blogging.

Today, we had this INTENSE time this morning, and Isaac just totally opened up to us, and it was INCREDIBLE. So so awesome. We as a family have been growing so close to each other. Satan is definitely going to be attacking those bonds, so please be prayerful of that.

Another great thing that happened this morning is that we prayed against each others' specific strongholds so that God can more easily work in and through us, and that brought us closer, too. Just the degree of openness we already have with each other just after a few weeks is so so great. God is going to do such WONDERFUL things with our group!! Oh, so anyway, last night, when us ladies had our small group time, one of our leaders (Dani) told me that God didn't bring me here to test my faith but to show me His faithfulness. Then today, He proved it. I asked (please, everyone, don't freak out, I think this is fairly normal) that my group pray a spirit of purity over me because I, like many other people my age, have struggled with a lot of sexual stuff, so we prayed it out and blessed me and it was awesome and lovely and I felt heaps better afterward. Then, just at random, I told God it would be cool to get a purity ring. That was this morning, remember. Tonight, we were at the skate park in Sunland/Tuhunga, and one of the girls, Kaitlin, gave me this really beautiful ring out of nowhere. I didn't realize it until a few hours later, but that was TOTALLY God proving His faithfulness. What are the chances that I'd ask for a ring, then on the same day that a total stranger would hand me one that's exactly my size? God is good- I'm telling the truth.

Oh! Tonight, we went to the skate park, like I said, and I met SO MANY PEOPLE! We were there for more than four hours just hanging out, building relationships, loving on people. It was so much fun, such a blessing. I met so many people who remind me so much of the kids at my skate park back home. Initially, before we even left the YWAM base, I was absolutely terrified. I haven't been so overcome with fear since I got here. I felt sick; I felt weight in my spirit. Dani prayed for me, and off we went. I was scared, by the way, because the skate park back home was my old stomping ground. That's where a lot of my mess grabbed hold of my life. I'm not really that far removed from my old ways, I guess you would call them, so I was freaking out a little about being thrown back in to such a familiar and, for me, fatal environment so quickly. God just had His hand on me, though, and I was blessed to meet probably ten people in the time we were there. Not just introduction stuff, either- I started relationships with people. I'm stoked because we go to the skate park every Friday, so we'll have an opportunity to continue on the relationships we began today in the future. If you would keep Kaitlin and Jack in your prayers, I would appreciate it greatly. They're two girls I got to spend a little time with tonight, and they both just grabbed a place in my heart.

Man. I've been typing a lot of words these days. Feedback is great. Love you guys(:


OH! HEY! I TOTALLY FORGOT THE BEST PART!
For outreach, we're going to.................................................

CHILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOP WOOP!
Please start praying for finances! We need a collective of about $30K :o God will provide, though- none of us are worried(: