Yesterday our team leader asked us all what God has been teaching us lately. I thought about it, and I was like well he’s taught me a lot. I’ve learned that my way isn’t always the right way. I have learned that I depend on myself too much to fix things and that I need to learn how to depend on God more. I have learned that I need to give those things to him so that he can fix them. I’ve also learned that since I am a compassionate person, and since I love to listen and help people through their problems I carry their problems and it weighs myself down. I know that I love listening and helping them but each new day I need to lay those burdens down to the Lord so that I can be relieved of those.
But the most important thing that the Lord has been teaching me lately is the importance of PRAYER. This may seem like a DUH statement, but we never know how powerful our prayers are. I have never been a big prayer person; I always looked away when they were looking for someone to pray, I always said the generic ‘God is great’ dinnertime blessing. But the Lord has been teaching me that I don’t have to be nervous about saying 10-minute strong prayers. God hears my choppy short 2 minute prayers. I don’t have to say big words because God wants me to pray how I talk to real people.
I have learned this so much within just the past 2 months. I talked in my last blog about Malaysia and the ministry I did with trafficking and prostitutes. One night 3 of us and our ministry contact when to a place called Beach Club which is like any club that is a hub for foreign trafficking and prostitution. I was so excited to get to go because like everyone knows my heart is in outreach and building the relationships with the girls. But this night was different; I went to the Beach Club thinking I was going to get to go in. But God had a different plan for my night. Only 3 people could get in free so the other 2 went with our contact. I was happy that the other 2 girls got to go and experience and talk to the girls but also very disappointed that I didn’t get to go in. But like I said God had a different agenda for my night. As I was sitting outside the bar I thought to myself ‘this sucks’ but soon after that God really spoke to me and convicted me. I was more upset about not getting to go in and minister to the women but God placed me outside to pray for every man that went into that club. I saw every mans face, and I prayed for each man specifically. My night wasn’t planned to go into the bar, but it was to teach me how important prayer is, and how my prayers for the men were more important that night then the conversations I would have had inside the club.
This past week we did some door knocking evangelism in a 10-floor apartment building. I was scared to death about people shutting doors in my face or yelling at me. But I knew that I came on this trip to be pushed out of my comfort zone and to be shaped into a different person. I want to be bold about my faith and I want to learn how to evangelize properly and most effective! Today we did another evangelism ministry and went to the park to talk to some Australian aboriginal people. Once again God had different plans for our time. We got to the park and there were only 3 people there. But there were 5 of us going to minister. 2 people went and talked to them and the 3 of us stood back and waited for more people to come. But God didn’t bring anyone else into that park, but God told me I needed to pray over the park and specifically I need to pray for every person that walked on that sidewalk. Later I was talking to one other girl with me and I was just telling her what I felt like I need to pray about and she said she also prayed the exact thing, she prayed for each person that walk on that piece on concrete. The Lord has a reason that there wasn’t anyone to talk to, the Lord had a plan and has a reason for going to that park. Not only was it to confirmation to what I had been thinking the Lord was trying to teach me, but just to show me how important it is to always be in prayer about anything.
Colossians 4:2 ‘Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful’
Here’s an update on our Australia ministry:
We are working with YWAM Perth and its been a amazing week so far!
We have been doing a lot of ministry within YWAM like working in the kitchen and helping cook the meals.
We have been working with one of YWAM’s ministries called ARMS where they are a crisis group that goes into homes and cleans them up and helps them keep their homes.
We have been going to homeless feeding most night and ministering to the homeless and the aboriginal people that come. This has been such a blessing!
We also have been doing some door to door evangelism.
Every morning for 30 minutes we do family chores with the rest of the staff and students of YWAM. My job is kitchen so usually I chop veggies or peel potatoes (for all the times I wouldn’t do it for my momma)
Thanks for the prayers and support!
Lots of Love from Australia!
Savannah
But the most important thing that the Lord has been teaching me lately is the importance of PRAYER. This may seem like a DUH statement, but we never know how powerful our prayers are. I have never been a big prayer person; I always looked away when they were looking for someone to pray, I always said the generic ‘God is great’ dinnertime blessing. But the Lord has been teaching me that I don’t have to be nervous about saying 10-minute strong prayers. God hears my choppy short 2 minute prayers. I don’t have to say big words because God wants me to pray how I talk to real people.
I have learned this so much within just the past 2 months. I talked in my last blog about Malaysia and the ministry I did with trafficking and prostitutes. One night 3 of us and our ministry contact when to a place called Beach Club which is like any club that is a hub for foreign trafficking and prostitution. I was so excited to get to go because like everyone knows my heart is in outreach and building the relationships with the girls. But this night was different; I went to the Beach Club thinking I was going to get to go in. But God had a different plan for my night. Only 3 people could get in free so the other 2 went with our contact. I was happy that the other 2 girls got to go and experience and talk to the girls but also very disappointed that I didn’t get to go in. But like I said God had a different agenda for my night. As I was sitting outside the bar I thought to myself ‘this sucks’ but soon after that God really spoke to me and convicted me. I was more upset about not getting to go in and minister to the women but God placed me outside to pray for every man that went into that club. I saw every mans face, and I prayed for each man specifically. My night wasn’t planned to go into the bar, but it was to teach me how important prayer is, and how my prayers for the men were more important that night then the conversations I would have had inside the club.
This past week we did some door knocking evangelism in a 10-floor apartment building. I was scared to death about people shutting doors in my face or yelling at me. But I knew that I came on this trip to be pushed out of my comfort zone and to be shaped into a different person. I want to be bold about my faith and I want to learn how to evangelize properly and most effective! Today we did another evangelism ministry and went to the park to talk to some Australian aboriginal people. Once again God had different plans for our time. We got to the park and there were only 3 people there. But there were 5 of us going to minister. 2 people went and talked to them and the 3 of us stood back and waited for more people to come. But God didn’t bring anyone else into that park, but God told me I needed to pray over the park and specifically I need to pray for every person that walked on that sidewalk. Later I was talking to one other girl with me and I was just telling her what I felt like I need to pray about and she said she also prayed the exact thing, she prayed for each person that walk on that piece on concrete. The Lord has a reason that there wasn’t anyone to talk to, the Lord had a plan and has a reason for going to that park. Not only was it to confirmation to what I had been thinking the Lord was trying to teach me, but just to show me how important it is to always be in prayer about anything.
Colossians 4:2 ‘Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful’
Here’s an update on our Australia ministry:
We are working with YWAM Perth and its been a amazing week so far!
We have been doing a lot of ministry within YWAM like working in the kitchen and helping cook the meals.
We have been working with one of YWAM’s ministries called ARMS where they are a crisis group that goes into homes and cleans them up and helps them keep their homes.
We have been going to homeless feeding most night and ministering to the homeless and the aboriginal people that come. This has been such a blessing!
We also have been doing some door to door evangelism.
Every morning for 30 minutes we do family chores with the rest of the staff and students of YWAM. My job is kitchen so usually I chop veggies or peel potatoes (for all the times I wouldn’t do it for my momma)
Thanks for the prayers and support!
Lots of Love from Australia!
Savannah
