Prayer for Discernment on my Outreach

Hey everyone! So exciting news about our Outreach locations! Wanted to let you all know what they were and ask for prayer for me and my fellow mates as we seek God for discernment as to where we should be sent to for our outreach. We have two separate outreaches during the DTS. The first outreach is where our DTS is split up in teams, and we travel around different locations in Australia speaking in schools, doing school programs (since in Australia there is freedom to speak on Christianity and Christ), evangelism, doing church services, telling people about YWAM, and doing anything that the spirit leads us to do. They are 3 week long outreaches located in the Queensland region. This outreach will be around late March to beginning of April. The second outreach is our major outreach where we either go overseas for a missions trip, or stay in the Australian area, and travel around Australia to do missions work needed here. This one will be around the time from late April till early June. Here are the options:

Minor Outreach-
1. Cairns/ Taberlands area of Queensland
2. Charters Towers Region
3. Mount Isa
4. Gladstone/ Emerald Region (where a lot of the flood damage took place)

Major Outreach
1. Papa New Guinea (most of the missions work here will require to be physically fit as we will travel to remote villages)
2. East Timor/ Darwin (this outreach will be a lot of building houses, teaching english and some labor work)
3. Papa New Guinea (same area but this outreach will be a few weeks spent traveling the coast of PNG while living of our PNG medical ship. We will get to serve on the ship, stop in ports giving out primary health care service and learning about life on the ship. We will stop at locations and work in different areas going into villages and more details to come.. )
4. Australia Outreach (this outreach we will be traveling around the coastal cities of Australia doing Ausslife Seminars which is a curriculum we are still learning about. This outreach works with a lot of youth and we are training to run these Ausslife programs in the schools.)

The minor outreach above are linked with the major ones by number. So wherever we end up going for our minor outreach we will then be with the same team for our major one. (1 is linked with 1.. exc.)

There is a lot more detail that goes with each of the outreaches so once I know where I am going to I will  learn a lot more about that outreach. We don't have final details about finances yet, but after praying about this for the rest of the week we will choose our top 3 and then go from there as to how they will be split up. I will keep it posted. Im asking for prayer as I am praying the rest of the week seeking to hear God's voice as to where His will is for me to go. Thanks for all the support and prayers. Im blessed with the support I have back home!

Worth Living By

Im part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirt power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made- I'm a disciple of his. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low loving, sight walking, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, worldly talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean in his presence, walk by patience, am uplifted by prayer, and I labour with power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way rough, my companions are few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the enemy, pander at the pool of popularity, or mender in the maze of mediocrity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, preached up, for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of Jesus. I must go till he comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till he stops me. And, when he comes for his own, he will have no problem recognizing me..... my banner will be clear.


-Journal entry of missionary in Africa before he was martyred

Week One

This first week being here has really been good. Today was the first day of lectures now that we are officially done with orientation. We are studying the character of God and what it looks like to really know Him. I got assigned a work duty on the base which is two hours we take time to help out with something on the base. Im working on the kitchen crew and help prepare the dinners during the week. I have to say its already something I have come to love and work with a great crew! We also run a ministry every Saturday called YouthStreet and all of the DTS students get assigned a job to work and help lead. I will be helping out with the set up of the games we run as well as participate with the teens and youth that come to hang out with us at the base. Im really excited to see what God is going to do at this ministry, and I have a heart for youth so it will be so rewarding to invest in the youth of Townsville. This morning we also had Intercession with all the schools in the base and got the opportunity to pray for all the nations, YWAM internationals, YWAM Australia, YWAM Townsville, and all of our dear families. It was such an awesome thing to be apart of and I definitely was taken out of my comfort zone with all my fellow mates. Tonight we are starting a 24/7 prayer for the next two weeks where we all take shifts for an hour each to go in the prayer room and pray for these particular areas and ministries as well as some other topics. This week has been crazy busy for just the first week, but it has already been such an awesome time to invest in. I really love how YWAM is getting us into leadership roles and helping us train to manage ministries. Apart from the crazy temperature, busy living with all these diverse group of mates, and duties assigned I have really enjoyed all that God is teaching me as I start the beginning of this firm foundation. Its so awesome to see all these different cultures gathered and there ways of worship and lifestyle. Its so eye opening. Learning what a privilege it is to really know God. Really hit home when I heard one of the leaders say "I wanna know that I know that I know God." Something that stuck with me during the days. Thanks all for keeping up with my blog. Thank you for all the prayers and encouraging words.

View is better from the top of the mountain! :) 

Getting Used to Aussie Life...

So I finally made it after many long switching of flights. Orientation is today so I will find out a lot more information as to what I will be doing during the weeks. This weather is insane. Humidity here is like no hot summer Florida day I have ever experienced. The city is so beautiful and way laid back. Stores basically choose whatever hours they want to be open or closed. Took a hike up Castle Rock which is the mountain in the center of the town this morning. Not really having trouble with jet lag, because I woke up at 5:45 with full energy to hike. I need to get used to the humidity since I made it a little over half way up. Eventually I will make it to the top. Love my flat (dorm) I am in with a great group of girls from all different countries! Really excited to start my lecture classes, and hopefully in two weeks or so find out our outreach locations! I can tell I will be very busy as the last two days we did not have any obligations, and already feel pretty occupied with stuff. Hope to keep you all updated as much as possible, and when I find out more information and explore more of Aussie I will be sure to share :) 

Castle Hill 

My Australia Postal Address

MY NAME, 

C/O Reef to Outback, 

PO Box 6221, 

Queensland 4825 

Australia

You can write letters or send me stuff! :)

New to the Blogging World

Never done a blog before so hopefully I can keep up with this. Im Claire Pratt and am about to take the opportunity to participate in Youth with A Mission (YWAM) in Townsville, Australia. If your not familiar with this YWAM, it is a movement of people who desire God and are following  his commandment to make disciples and save souls. I depart January 13th and will be there through June 10th, 2011.  I will take part in a Discipleship Training School and an outreach missions wherever I feel led to go. I can't express how excited I am! My desire is to be led by my Father and do everything in my ability to make His name known to all those who have never heard His name. Can't wait to see where this leads me and love being able to share with you all pieces of where Gods leading me and showing me how to grow in my walk. 

The beautiful city of Townsville