Australia’, you would find breathtaking island
pictures & tropical dream vacationpackages. The Whitsunday area is Australia’s gateway to the Great Barrier Reef,
& it attracts tourists from all around the world.
So what if I told you THIS was the
location for my mission’s work this month?! What is your honest gut reaction??
If you are thinking what I was, you’re
skeptical at how Whitsunday, Australia is a missionary destination. Why would I
be living in a wealthy tourist/ vacation area? Was being sent to the coast of
Australia instead of the slums of Asia a cop out? Answer: No. Let me explain…
seeking backpackers from all over the planet. So let’s think outside of the box
for a minute… If the purpose of the mission field is to
spread the love of Christaround the world, that means working with the ‘lost souls’ in a
of Australia is just as ‘Missionary’ as working in an Asian orphanage or
African village. If my team could impact the views or lives of a handful of
world travelers, where would it spread?! Back to THEIR home country?! To the
people following THEIR journey?! Around the world on THEIR travels?! The
opportunities for impact are endless!
Our team prayer walks the streets of
Whitsunday on a daily basis. We pray for the hearts of the backpackers and
locals, and for divine appointments with them. Then we spend time out in those
same areas ‘mingling’. We spend nights playing music on the beach and having
barbeques geared towards ministry and are intentional with every opportunity we
have in conversation.
broken, and confused the ‘free spirits’ really are
.. and how manyof them are currently in Whitsunday, Australia. Conversation with these people
is completely natural for me. I have a lot in common with this backpacker
community. The dialog leads itself; I am just intentional about speaking truth
and life into whatever situation they are carrying with them.
Amongst our busy manual labor and
youth group schedules, we spend our ‘free time’ interacting with this
backpacker community.
and I am extremely blessed to be here. The potential for Kingdom growth is endless. Don’t worry supporters; next month I will be back in the Asia, but for
the time being, God is using my personality and gifts to the fullest in this ‘Australian
backpacker’ mission field.
announce were my team was being sent this month, but now I realize we were sent
here for a purpose of impacting lives. I can’t imagine a more fitting mission’s
field.
