Where to even begin....

Sorry it has been a little while so much has gone on and been super busy lately. I will start off with letting you all know I have the financial amount I need to raise for Papua New Guinea! I will be praying and asking God to provide for me $2,700 for my outreach amount. This is nothing for a God whose is SO faithful and bigger than any finance I need provided. I have seen God provide for so many of my fellow friends in amazing, unexpected ways here, and I have full faith in knowing that He is more than willing to provide for me as this is His will.

This week in lectures was the topic of Intimacy with God and learning in depth about the Holy Spirit. It was a crazy ride this week and I wish I could put into words all that the Holy Spirit did here. It was an experience like no other, and God was moving in incredible ways! God showed me for sure the immense power of the Holy Spirit and the power in the tongue and speaking truth out. I have learned the importance in moving in the power of the Holy Spirit, and what a genuine loving relationship God extends to all of his children looks like. I love serving a God who desires and is running to a relationship with me just as much as I am running to Him. Our speaker was Kevin Norris a YWAM leader from Kona and I loved his blunt, challenging questions that made me truly question why I believe what I believe. This week was a bit of a struggle physically as this week my outreach team and I started double hikes up Castle Hill for more training. Each week will get harder, but I embrace the challenge as I know this will equip me in the areas I need it the most.

This DTS has meant so much to me the past few weeks. It have never been so stretched, challenged, molded, and willing to constantly say Yes to God in every aspect of this exciting journey I am on. No matter what day I have at the end of it God is worth the cost and comfort, and worth giving everything up for. I will be leaving tomorrow for two weeks camping in the beautiful outback and valleys of Australia! Im am so ready for this time to just be with God and His creation. God is good ALL the time and I constantly am reminded of His character in each season I am in. Also, I love living life with these people! Making memories and lighting a flame for God with them is such a blessing. Miss home and all my wonderful families and friends! Thanks for your prayers! Be back March 4th. Can't wait to see all that God is going to do in our lectures and time camping as we will be on the topic of Lordship! I had a very Happy birthday in Aussie land, and it was definitely memorable.

My Papua New Guinea Outreach Team! 

19 years of Age :)

Time is flying!

Found myself today stopping and thinking of how fast time has flown since I have been here. How fast I have grown these relationships with these people I just met 4 weeks ago. Also pondered on how amazing God is and how incredibly faithful He is in all He has done for me with getting me to where I am right now. I wish I could put into words what I have learned and what these days here have looked like. Its indescribable the work I have seen happen here, and the answered prayers I have been able to be apart of. Last week was Clear Conscience week with the director of the base Ken Mulligan. God really spoke to me on how to love the convictions in my life. To embrace convictions and to know the true heart of God behind the convictions we feel. There is such a privilege that goes with the Holy Spirit convicting us so that we can walk in truth. This week lectures is focused on Relationships. We discussed the importance on foundations in all our relationships. No matter how many times we build up our foundation if it does not start with our relationship with God it will fall. I have already come to love this week, and know that God has so much to show me as I continue to listen. Today we added up total finances for my particular school on how much we need to raise before outreach between us all including some of our leaders. We are praying and working towards seeing God provide for $38,700. I do not know yet my personal outreach amount for Papua New Guinea. I should know by the end of the week how much I will personally need to raise. That amount is for myself included and the other students who have not yet raised our outreach finances. We are really excited to see how God will provide in many different ways as we know that He is a faithful and trusting God. If you would like to pray for this finance amount feel free to, because we are so grateful for any prayers and love to have anyone join us in praying and seeing it come in! My outreach team has started to train and prepare for Papua New Guinea by hiking up Castle Hill 3 times during the week. Before outreach we are aiming to be able to hike up the mountain twice with a missions pack to be prepared for the hiking and traveling to different villages in Papua New Guinea we will be doing. For my outreach team we have an awesome group of 5 girls and 5 guys. Hope to give more details soon about the exact locations we will be traveling through as well as the work will do. Still can't believe how fast DTS is going. I loved being here and knowing I am living in Gods will and this is exactly where He wants me right now. I was homesick for the first time really a few days ago and was in the prayer room for 24/7 prayer and God led me to this passage-

Matthew 19:28-30

God is so good and I loved dwelling on who He was and words He had for me. I love being able to share with you all what God is doing and taking you along this journey with me. Im beyond blessed. Thanks for reading.


-Claire

Cyclone Yasi

Just wanted to start off thanking everyone for all your prayers for this. We were extremely blessed with the minimum of damage from the storm. A lot of Townsville was affected by it and we have already helped over 20 different homes in the community. The base lost power, clean water, air-condtioning, and a few other resources, but we were more than prepared for the worst. We are so blessed to have only been without them for a couple of days. So much of Townsville is still without these. Being cooped up with 18 other girls in my flat was such a fun experience. Even in the midst of discomfort and humidity we had an awesome time getting to know each other on a whole other level.  We are extending our 24/7 prayer we have been doing for the next 2 weeks for another week to pray for the other towns and cities affected by Yasi. Just to clarify, everyone on the base is safe and sound. Please keep the other Queensland cities in your prayers. We still hope to continue to be used by God in any way to assist the other cities and the rest of our community.