Confirmation

I don’t even know where to start to describe what God is doing in my life currently. I am so overwhelmed, so blessed, and feel so absolutely adored by my creator. I don’t even know if I have the right words to convey exactly what God is doing in my life but I will try to explain the best I can to share with you what he’s currently doing.

Before I left for camping God spoke clearly to me that I wasn’t coming home. At first I felt fear and confusion. “What does this mean God? Where am I supposed to go? What about my family and friends in Washington?” I had a bunch of questions and not one of them was “How can I serve you God?” During that time I shared with one of the girls on my DTS what God told me and I said that I felt like I have been the glue trying to hold everyone together. Later in the week during worship and intercession my friend who works here on base and whom I’ve known since I was 15 came up to me and asked me what was up. I shared with her what I was struggling with and she flat out said “Lisa you aren’t the glue”. At those words I felt a shackle break and something release. I didn’t have to carry the weight of the world and everyone else.

During camping during one of my quiet times by the water God reminded me of something someone spoke over me several years ago, a calling that I have been avoiding. And that is being a teacher. I didn’t understand what “teacher” meant. I certainly didn’t envision myself in a classroom in a high school teaching a subject to students. I didn’t feel any sort of passion about it. I also didn’t feel like I had anything to teach anyone. So I just put that word on the shelf and ignored it because I didn’t think that it applied to me at all. But clearly, God stirred this up once again and stirred up all the emotions that came with it. “God what could I possibly teach anyone? Look at me! Look at my past! I screwed up majorly, how could you use me?” He kept pressing on me that he was calling me to teach.

Suddenly Father Heart of God week hit. I didn’t realize that there were still some hurt issues of trust in my life that I hadn’t received healing from. Our group had something called openness and brokenness and I felt called to confess my disobedience to God and to others by not sharing what God has told me to tell them. PING! Another chain snapped and a huge door swung wide open. Stevo who was our speaker on Father Heart of God is our base director. When I went up front to speak and confess I started to cry and he grabbed my face with his hands. He spoke prophetic words over me and said that he felt like God was going to use me to teach. Then he said he saw the heart of Ester in me and that God was calling me to such a time as this (quoting scripture) and that I would step out in faith and obedience and lead others and save a nation. It seemed so outrageous but I felt something inside me click like it fit and it all made sense. Missions, God was calling me to missions. Stevo ended his word for me by praying over me and saying he wanted everyone to commission me out. (Commission, sending someone out on the mission).

So there I was struck with the realization that A) I was being called to Missions and B) I wasn’t going home. HOW THE HECK WAS I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO MY MOM!? Well, God has given me the gift of writing so I took out my notebook, put on my ipod and listened to worship music, and wrote probably one of the most healing and freeing letters I’ve ever written in my life. I broke out into laugher and sobs. It wasn’t the longest letter, just a letter thanking my mom for being such an amazing influence in my life and telling her I wasn’t coming home and God was calling me a life to missions.

When I got back from camping I stuck a stamp on the letter and stuck it in the mail. Later I realized I had the wrong stamp on it, only local postage so I prayed and prayed that God would just get it home anyways considering I didn’t put a return address on the letter and it would have been lost. I’m happy to say, it made its way home. I received an email from my mom the other day to much joy and tears.

At first she exclaimed her surprise and shock. Then, she said she went straight to her bible and asked God for a word and for confirmation. She opened her bible and it was straight to the passage in Ester “And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?". In that moment she immediately realized what God was saying. I’m so thankful she shared that with me because it was more confirmation that what I’ve been hearing has been right.

Then during worship and prayer a girl in the school came up to me and said she felt like God was telling her to share with me that she felt like I was a tree bearing good fruit and she shared with me a passage in Psalms 1. I didn’t know what it meant so I wrote it down in my journal to look to later. Then Holy Spirit week hit. We were practicing praying together in pairs and getting words and images together and another girl got the same image of a tree bearing good fruit. Coincidence? I think not.

Then our speaker Stefaan Hugo was going around to different people in our classroom giving them prophetic words. He called me by name and walked over to me and said that he felt like God was telling him that I was suppose to teach and lead others, that I would travel the world and affect a whole nation. I started to cry as I felt so overwhelmed and thankful for God continually speaking to me and confirming it for me again and again.

Later on I had work duties in the offices. Most of the students on the DTS have work duties such as cleaning, cooking dinner, etc. But for some reason I was chosen to work in Accounts in the office alongside my friend who I’ve known since I was 15. As I was working on some data entry on some finances, Stevo our base director walked into the office. I shared with him about my mom’s email and her confirmation, and then what Stefaan spoke over me and the confirmation in his words. Stevo just grinned and said “Well that’s excellent buddy”. Then Kat, my friend turned to him and said “Yeah you should consider Lisa to staff the October DTS Stevo”. At first I was embarrassed but then I realized Stevo was looking at me seriously. He asked me if I’ve been praying about staffing and I said yes. He smiled again and said “Well keep praying and we’ll talk buddy”.

Now, as my readers, I am asking you to join with me in praying. I know I am being called into Missions, I know God is calling me to teach others in Missions, but I don’t know where I am supposed to do it. I would love to stay in Newcastle, I felt like I was home the instant I was here. But I want to be where God wants me to be. So please pray that God gives me confirmation on where I need to go. He has already blessed me so much by confirming everything else up to this point.

Another thing I am asking you to pray about and partner with me on, is finances. I still need about $1900 USD for outreach. Now I have seen God do some pretty amazing miracles so $1900 is definitely not too big for God to handle. But it will take others obedience to give. I have lots of friends on facebook and if 100 of them gave me $19 I’d have everything I need. See? Definitely not too big. Please email me if you would like to support me. I would appreciate it so much. lisamorrone@gmail.com

Performing

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Performed recently with my friend Nathan for my other friend Evan's birthday party. It was a lot of fun and I'm trying to branch out and get use to singing in front of people. Enjoy!

Back from Camping and Announcing my Outreach Location!

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Camping out in the bush was an incredible experience. It was definitely interesting not being able to shower for two weeks. The positive is that we were camping next to a lake called Freshwater and it has teatree oil in the water because of the trees surrounding the lake. Teatree is really good for the skin and is a natural cleanser so thank God for that because otherwise we would have been way more nasty! It was absolutely beautiful at Freshwater.


We really did rough it. No showers, no electricity, no bathrooms, no water other than what we had to carry or take a boat across the lake to get, and lots of wildlife and bugs. But I have to say I loved every minute of it. I immediately braided my hair knowing how gross it was going to get, tied some feathers in, and made a spear. Yes, I made a spear. For those of you who actually know me this isn't a surprise at all.


My first day after carrying all our luggage to the campsite, me and another girl saw a poisionous snake that was only several yards away from us. We made sure to avoid it! Also one of the leaders was greeted in our kitchen/cooking area by a dingo. I chased it off and ran after it into the bush which was hilarious. Dingos are timid like Coyotes. They're actually pretty cute and look similar to a household pet. Yet they can get pretty aggressive when they're in a pack or extremely hungry. We also shared a campsite with Goanna lizards. They're absolutely massive!!! I knew they would be large but I guess I didn't picture they would be THAT big!


Our lecture topics for the week were Character of God and The Father Heart of God. By far my two favourite subjects so far. It was an incredible experience to be outside surrounded by absolute beauty and God's creation and study who God is. As part of our activities in our small group we had to sit somewhere on our own and find something in nature that displayed God's character. I went out onto the boat on my own and as I sat there bobbing on the water I was stuck with a revelation. In my humaness I had been limiting God's power. I guess sometimes I think of God as a human with supernatural powers. But he isn't, he has more power than we can ever grasp.


Right there in the boat I told God that I was sorry for limiting his power in my life, that I hadn't given him the small things that I thought were too insignificant to bring before him. I told him I knew how powerful he was and I wanted to see his power. So I prayed to see fish jump out of the water and go on land. I sat there waiting and nothing happened. I said outloud "It's ok I can be patient i'll wait for it God. I know how powerful you are." Later on that day I was reading "Is That Really you God?" which is a book our DTS is reading about the founding of YWAM. As I started reading it I felt God's presence with me and all of sudden in the story it talked about a miracle that happened in Greece. Thousands of fish jumped out of the water and landed on land. I laughed outloud right there. God has a sense of humor and he does not limit himself to show himself in one way or the way we think he will show himself.



We also had the opportunity to share with each other a 10 minute testimony which was an amazing time. It was so powerful to hear people's stories and where they have come from. It doesn't mattter whether someone has been through a lot or not very many struggles at all. Through both, God's grace is evident. Some people struggled with feeling like they had a boring testimony and those of us that had been through some rough times were able to tell them how encouraging their testimonies were to us. It definitely brought more unity to our DTS.


One thing our group learned together is that we all were struggling with a fear of man. We were afraid to open up to each other, we were afraid of being judged. We all realized how much this fear had been holding us back. During the Father Heart of God week I felt so convicted by this. We had a chance to do something called Openness and Brokenness which is where we stood up in front of our peers and confessed our sins or an area we were struggling with. I felt God really press on me that he wanted me to stand up in front of everyone and share.

I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what to feel like but as I got up in front of everyone I began to cry and I told them I was struggling with being disobedient. I explained that my disobedience was a lack of faith in believing that God can use me still after all that I've been through in my past. I also apologized for not being obedient by sharing with them or praying with them when God has been pressing on me to do so. It all stemmed from a fear of how they would react and by disobedience was withholding something God wanted to share with them. It was amazingly freeing to ask for their forgiveness and open myself up like that.

David Stevenson our base director was the one speaking on The Father Heart of God and he stood up front with me. He grabbed my face in his hands and looked me in my eyes and told me that he didn't know what I had been through in my past but he saw in me someone who was completely grateful for the grace God has given me. He said he saw the strength and character of Ester in me and that I had ability to be used by God to change a whole nation. He asked me what else I knew about myself and have been running away from. I shared with him that I knew I was suppose to teach and I'd been struggling with feeling like I was unworthy to be used. He prayed over me and said I didn't have to be afraid anymore and that God would use me. Then he asked the group to pray over me to commission me out on the mission.

I have to say I'm incredibly grateful for being here and everything that i've been witness to. God is doing some amazing things and I'm being stretched in ways I didn't even know I would be. I know without a doubt I'm suppose to be here. I could be in college somewhere in a windowless lecture hall listening to a stuffy old professor drone on. Instead I get to study with students who share a similar passion as me. I have teachers that consult with God in their teaching and speak prophetic words over us. I consider myself incredibly blessed.

As a last minute group fun day, our leaders held a water Olympics for our school and we competed in teams in different events such as who could hold their breath under water the longest, marco polo blindfolded running through the water, water tag, and many other events. Our leaders told us there would be one more event after dinner and we were suppose to be blindfolded again. So we all were blindfolded and in single file waiting in the woods and they told us that we were going to be taken to different locations and we'd have instructions there.

So there I was, standing in the woods and waiting impatiently trying to figure out what was taking so long. Finally I felt someone take my arm and start leading me away from the rest of the people waiting in a line. I heard Live's voice tell me to make sure I was quiet and to not say a word. Then we stopped and he left me there to wait. Standing there I didn't know what to think. I kept hearing the sound of other people walking by me or rustling near me. Finally we heard him shout out to take our blindfolds off. In front of us were my leaders Tessa and Jeremy holding a map of India smiling. I looked around me and realized I was standing next to my outreach team. I am going to Chennai INDIA FOR OUTREACH!!!!! Yay!!! I'm so excited!

I still need to raise money for outreach so please please please contact me if you feel lead to support me! I could really use your help and prayer. lisamorrone@gmail.com

Thank you everyone for everything. God has been doing so many amazing things in my life and I'm so glad I get to share them with you on here.