This is the combination of Middle Earth and the Outback. We arrived in Australia on Wednesday the 27th and have taken the past few days to explore the town and get in touch with our YWAM contacts. But it took me until the third night to be fully present in Australia. I was still thinking back to New Zealand, to the family we were blessed to be a part of for almost 3 weeks and to the kids we were privileged to love.
We jumped into a strange 80’s hippie land here in Byron Bay, where we’ll live with two other teams for the month. It is hard to find words to explain this place, and yet there is something here. You can feel that people are searching for God, for meaning in life. And that is part of why people from all over the world come here. It is a place where you can reach the nations, because so many are represented in the people you meet when you walk down the street.
If I’m going to be honest, here it is. Byron Bay is one of the farthest things from my comfort zone. The past few days have been like living in a daze, half here and half of me still in New Zealand. I guess that is one thing I’m struggling with. It is hard to listen to God when you’re not fully present. And I haven’t been fully present, so I have to admit that it’s been hard to hear God. But I want to hear him. I want to follow him and his guidance.
So I’d ask that all of you out there reading this, whether you know me well or not, please join me in praying that I would hear God, that I would be present in the moment, whatever it is, whatever He is doing, I don’t want to miss it.
