Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve done an update. I have once again been busy in lectures, doing homework, hanging out with people and working around Lewis House. The weather is still incredibly warm even though it’s now fall here in Australia. We have had a couple cool days which was a nice break from the heat. It was hilarious because everyone wore flannels, comfy pants, and sat around sipping on hot coffee reading and I was reminded of home. Seattle isn’t very far away when flannels and coffee are involved.
This week in lectures we’ve been studying “Lordship”. That word sounds strange on it’s own without any explanation. Lordship. Makes you ponder what it could mean or what it should mean to oneself. It’s meaning in YWAM terms is emptying yourself of everything you try to control and allow God to be Lord of your life. Most people would hear that and cringe and say “No way I’m in control”. I have to say, that’s the problem and that’s why things aren’t the way they should be. When we deny that God is God and put other things before him because they are more important to us, we are basically saying that we care more about other things above our creator.
Most people suffer from feeling depression of some sorts. It’s no wonder if they have no idea who they are or what they were created for. God loves us, God is good, he created us because he is good, so doesn’t it seem strange that we don’t want to be close to him? What is it that people are really afraid of? What is it that makes them push God away? Everything always seems to come back to control. We want to be in control of our own destiny, we want to be in charge of what makes us happy. It seems strange that we deny the one thing that makes us complete. And that’s having an intimate relationship with the God who created us.
Our speaker for lectures was Mark Parker, an odd man from New Zealand. He’s a base director there and he screams a lot. And I mean a LOT. I have never met anyone as loud as him. He loved to shout, scream, jump up in down, and dance. He was probably the strangest speaker we’ve had so far when it comes to personality type. But I enjoyed every minute of it. I love it when people challenge why you live the way you do and why you believe what you believe in.
We always had a pastor and some other volunteers from Maui come to our base to help build our new Youth Street Building. Youth Street is a ministry out of our base. It’s to help the Aussie youth have a safe place to hang out, have mentors, and learn something new such as how to skateboard, paint, play an instrument, etc. We normally have Youth Street at the house we all live at, but our base has a warehouse they bought and are trying to remodel it into the new Youth Street.
Dwayne, the pastor from Maui also has a side business in construction and was a huge help this last week. He also has an amazing gift of prophecy. I’m still amazed whenever I see someone use that gift and it blows my mind. He has such a good heart and made himself available to pray with each and every person at the base. We have over 90 people living here! You do the math! He certainly didn’t rush it either. When he prayed for me what he told me was spot on! God certainly is doing amazing things in his life.
Outreach is fastly approaching. I can’t believe I only have one week of lectures left and then another week of outreach prep and then I’m gone! Our India team is currently learning some dramas so we can perform them for people. I was casted as a demon which was interesting. I guess I make good scary faces or something :-) I still need $1100 for outreach and I’m praying I’ll get every last penny! Me and another girl on my outreach team are currently fundraising. We’ve made cookies and have been selling them. It’s been such a blessing because people are so generous and giving around here. We made close to $50 for one batch because people paid more than we asked for!
Please email me at lisamorrone@gmail.com if you would like to contribute financially. I would love it and it would be such a huge blessing to me and my team! Thank you so much for supporting me with your prayers and for reading my updates. I love you all and you are close to my heart. God has big things in store for me and the same goes for you! You just might not know it yet :-)
This week in lectures we’ve been studying “Lordship”. That word sounds strange on it’s own without any explanation. Lordship. Makes you ponder what it could mean or what it should mean to oneself. It’s meaning in YWAM terms is emptying yourself of everything you try to control and allow God to be Lord of your life. Most people would hear that and cringe and say “No way I’m in control”. I have to say, that’s the problem and that’s why things aren’t the way they should be. When we deny that God is God and put other things before him because they are more important to us, we are basically saying that we care more about other things above our creator.
Most people suffer from feeling depression of some sorts. It’s no wonder if they have no idea who they are or what they were created for. God loves us, God is good, he created us because he is good, so doesn’t it seem strange that we don’t want to be close to him? What is it that people are really afraid of? What is it that makes them push God away? Everything always seems to come back to control. We want to be in control of our own destiny, we want to be in charge of what makes us happy. It seems strange that we deny the one thing that makes us complete. And that’s having an intimate relationship with the God who created us.
Our speaker for lectures was Mark Parker, an odd man from New Zealand. He’s a base director there and he screams a lot. And I mean a LOT. I have never met anyone as loud as him. He loved to shout, scream, jump up in down, and dance. He was probably the strangest speaker we’ve had so far when it comes to personality type. But I enjoyed every minute of it. I love it when people challenge why you live the way you do and why you believe what you believe in.
We always had a pastor and some other volunteers from Maui come to our base to help build our new Youth Street Building. Youth Street is a ministry out of our base. It’s to help the Aussie youth have a safe place to hang out, have mentors, and learn something new such as how to skateboard, paint, play an instrument, etc. We normally have Youth Street at the house we all live at, but our base has a warehouse they bought and are trying to remodel it into the new Youth Street.
Dwayne, the pastor from Maui also has a side business in construction and was a huge help this last week. He also has an amazing gift of prophecy. I’m still amazed whenever I see someone use that gift and it blows my mind. He has such a good heart and made himself available to pray with each and every person at the base. We have over 90 people living here! You do the math! He certainly didn’t rush it either. When he prayed for me what he told me was spot on! God certainly is doing amazing things in his life.
Outreach is fastly approaching. I can’t believe I only have one week of lectures left and then another week of outreach prep and then I’m gone! Our India team is currently learning some dramas so we can perform them for people. I was casted as a demon which was interesting. I guess I make good scary faces or something :-) I still need $1100 for outreach and I’m praying I’ll get every last penny! Me and another girl on my outreach team are currently fundraising. We’ve made cookies and have been selling them. It’s been such a blessing because people are so generous and giving around here. We made close to $50 for one batch because people paid more than we asked for!
Please email me at lisamorrone@gmail.com if you would like to contribute financially. I would love it and it would be such a huge blessing to me and my team! Thank you so much for supporting me with your prayers and for reading my updates. I love you all and you are close to my heart. God has big things in store for me and the same goes for you! You just might not know it yet :-)
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