Hello Everyone,
Well, I’m back here in Newcastle Australia and I’m loving it! It feels like I’m home again. I got off the plane and was greeted by sunshine and cold weather. I certainly don’t mind cold weather as long as there is sun! It’s been around …degrees here and it’s colder inside the house than outside.
STS (Staff Training Seminar) started on the 13th and has been amazing so far. We’ve had different staff speaking to us on different procedures here at the base and protocol. David Stephenson (AKA Stevo our base director) talked to us about the transition from student to staff. It was very important for all of us to here, especially since some of us have just finished DTS and have gone straight from being student to staff.
We also had Daniel Norris who is in charge of our Youth Street Ministry talk to us about Positive Reports. At first I had no idea what that meant, but then he broke it down as simply as saying the power of your tongue can build up your fellow staff members or tear them apart. As you can imagine, sometimes tensions run high when you live with almost a hundred people and work with most of them as well. Communication isn’t just something you should do around here, it’s a ministry lifestyle.
This Saturday was one of the best day’s I’ve spent here in Newcastle. We left the base at 7:15am and drove 10 minutes away to a Compassion Organization building where we set up a seminar for the Not For Sale champagne. The founder of the organization David Batstone spoke and was there for an all day seminar. I and one of the other girls on STS with me ran registration and then did hospitality which basically means setting up morning tea and making sure the speakers were comfortable and fed.
The cool thing about being on Hospo (hospitality) was I had the chance to speak with David Batstone for a while and talk to him about my calling and how it tied in with his organization and what he had been speaking on. YWAM is now partnered with Not For Sale and is now running programs called Academies where staff can get further training on how to undercover human trafficking rings within cities around the world. It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. The Academy provides training in a smart safe way and researching at a distance. He spoke about how students as his University had a project on discovering a human trafficking ring in San Francisco and they researched filed court documents and tracked chat rooms talking about certain locations within the city where there were reporting’s of young scared girls who couldn’t speak English in “massage parlors”.
David asked me where I was from and I answered I was from Seattle WA. He said he was on his way there soon and speaking at a church called Overlake Christian Church. I laughed and told him I grew up in that church. He is holding a seminar and Academy training there. If you are interested in learning more about Not For Sale I would suggest keeping an eye on the Overlake website and seeing when the seminar is. When you find out that information, GO. Seriously it will change your life. Ignorance is NOT bliss when you know how much a difference you can make just by being informed.
David also said Not For Sale was going to be holding an Academy here in Newcastle in a few months and asked me if I was interested. I was almost jumping in place as I said yes. Looks like things are happening faster than planned and it’s amazing! Some of the other girls on staff here who are also interested will be praying about how to get all this started at YWAM Newcastle. We have quite a bit of prep ahead of us but we’re all so excited!
Please keep me in your prayers. My prayer requests are;
• For finances, I still need more financial support more staff fees as well as living expenses. Please contact me if you feel lead to give.
• For my health. I’ve been extremely exhausted lately and having sleeping issues.
• For wisdom as I’m following my calling.
Thank you all. Thanks for reading my updates and being involved in my life and my ministry!
Well, I’m back here in Newcastle Australia and I’m loving it! It feels like I’m home again. I got off the plane and was greeted by sunshine and cold weather. I certainly don’t mind cold weather as long as there is sun! It’s been around …degrees here and it’s colder inside the house than outside.
STS (Staff Training Seminar) started on the 13th and has been amazing so far. We’ve had different staff speaking to us on different procedures here at the base and protocol. David Stephenson (AKA Stevo our base director) talked to us about the transition from student to staff. It was very important for all of us to here, especially since some of us have just finished DTS and have gone straight from being student to staff.
We also had Daniel Norris who is in charge of our Youth Street Ministry talk to us about Positive Reports. At first I had no idea what that meant, but then he broke it down as simply as saying the power of your tongue can build up your fellow staff members or tear them apart. As you can imagine, sometimes tensions run high when you live with almost a hundred people and work with most of them as well. Communication isn’t just something you should do around here, it’s a ministry lifestyle.
This Saturday was one of the best day’s I’ve spent here in Newcastle. We left the base at 7:15am and drove 10 minutes away to a Compassion Organization building where we set up a seminar for the Not For Sale champagne. The founder of the organization David Batstone spoke and was there for an all day seminar. I and one of the other girls on STS with me ran registration and then did hospitality which basically means setting up morning tea and making sure the speakers were comfortable and fed.
The cool thing about being on Hospo (hospitality) was I had the chance to speak with David Batstone for a while and talk to him about my calling and how it tied in with his organization and what he had been speaking on. YWAM is now partnered with Not For Sale and is now running programs called Academies where staff can get further training on how to undercover human trafficking rings within cities around the world. It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. The Academy provides training in a smart safe way and researching at a distance. He spoke about how students as his University had a project on discovering a human trafficking ring in San Francisco and they researched filed court documents and tracked chat rooms talking about certain locations within the city where there were reporting’s of young scared girls who couldn’t speak English in “massage parlors”.
David asked me where I was from and I answered I was from Seattle WA. He said he was on his way there soon and speaking at a church called Overlake Christian Church. I laughed and told him I grew up in that church. He is holding a seminar and Academy training there. If you are interested in learning more about Not For Sale I would suggest keeping an eye on the Overlake website and seeing when the seminar is. When you find out that information, GO. Seriously it will change your life. Ignorance is NOT bliss when you know how much a difference you can make just by being informed.
David also said Not For Sale was going to be holding an Academy here in Newcastle in a few months and asked me if I was interested. I was almost jumping in place as I said yes. Looks like things are happening faster than planned and it’s amazing! Some of the other girls on staff here who are also interested will be praying about how to get all this started at YWAM Newcastle. We have quite a bit of prep ahead of us but we’re all so excited!
Please keep me in your prayers. My prayer requests are;
• For finances, I still need more financial support more staff fees as well as living expenses. Please contact me if you feel lead to give.
• For my health. I’ve been extremely exhausted lately and having sleeping issues.
• For wisdom as I’m following my calling.
Thank you all. Thanks for reading my updates and being involved in my life and my ministry!
