Isaiah 60:1-3

Some people have not heard many stories of my DTS experience, and so I thought I would take the time to talk a bit about it now while I have the chance and before I start on staff with the July school. This is some details about the lecture phase of my DTS:
I went to YWAM expecting to grow close to God and to finally find some rest. Of course, I got so much more than I had bargained for. In my search for faith and peace, I realized that both these elements of life do not come easy. After spending a lot of time with the Lord and in the Word, I realized that God had brought me to that base for a reason and He made it quite clearly known to me. It was in my persistence to press into Him, that I found that He began to speak so clearly to me (this had never happened before!). Many times He had revealed to me that I needed to let go of my plans to take on His plans for my life. Let me tell you, there was a lot of resistence for a while because the unknown is a scary thing! How can you argue with God?! So, yes, I gave in, and I decided God was going to have my life. But how?! After praying again I realized that I had not confirmed my faith in him publically, He revealed a verse that clearly said we are baptized in water. Done deal! I was baptized in the ocean on Sept 20th, and what a glorious feeling! After such a long search for a supernatural rest and peace of heart, I had found it.
Then of course there was always the question of "now what?" That's when things started falling into place. I had since the beginning had Africa and India on my heart, and I had truly wanted to work with orphans. Well, I found out my outreach was to be in India and Nepal, but then that left Africa. I had not really considered staffing, until near the end of the lecture phase when I truly began to admire the leaders on my school. Within a week of discovering this desire, a staff member asked me if I wanted to help her staff a soccer dts in July with an outreach based in Africa working with orphans. Perfect right?! Well, I wanted God to clearly show me what He wanted and not just my heart, so to the bible I went! I made a deal, "God if you show me a specific date as to when you want me in Australia, then I will know." He showed me the first day of the seventh month. This was the date I knew the July school to start, and so my plans were set!

"Arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn." Isaiah 60:1-3