In A Matter of Hours

A year ago I was sitting in a small house in Central Asia asking God what He was calling me to next. It's taken a whole year to get to this point, and now my suitcase is packed. In a matter of hours my whole life is going to change....

Will this be my reality?

Two years ago I embarked on what I thought would be a six month trip to Australia and surrounding nations. I was going to learn more about God, grow my personal faith, and discover more about myself as a person. Six months turned into a year of learning, growing, stretching, and ultimately releasing my past, present, and future into God's hands. Lots of changes have taken place in my life since I first set out two years ago with the questions "Who am I?" and "Who is God?" Yet, this may be one of the biggest changes thus far.

I'm moving. You probably already knew that, but for me it's still sinking in. I'm moving for two years. To the date I have not been away from family for more than roughly six or seven months. My destination is Australia. The land of kangaroos and koalas. The country full of poisonous anything and everything. The nation that gave me a deep love for my Saviour, other nations, and missions.

Now as the minutes tick by the time is approaching for me to set out for Perth, Australia. There I will be on staff at Youth With A Mission's ministry location. Taking part in a leadership school, participating in worship and prayer times, learning how to bring the Gospel to the nations and those around me, are only a few of the things I will be doing. So stay tuned!

Perth, here I come!

A Season of Change

The days are cooler, the leaves are changing, sweaters are being pulled out, and a new school year approaches. Fall. A season of beauty. A season marking an end to a summer holiday, camping, and days out in the sunshine or at the lake/beach with friends and family. A season that marks the beginning of something new. Fall is a season of change.

This year September is the launch pad for change in my life. My notice was handed in at work and I now only have four days of work left and seven days until I leave! I am soon be leaving the work place where I have been spending forty hours of my times for the last eight months. Instead of working I am preparing to depart on a journey I have been anticipating since December. I'm going to Australia!

Tomorrow also marks a big change in my life. Actually in a roughly nine hours time... but who's counting? I will be turning twenty! I don't usually broadcast my birthday (honestly I hardly ever tell anybody), but this year it seems like a milestone is being passed. Not only will I no longer be a teenager, but twenty is going to bring a lot of changes to my life.
Just a short week into my twentieth year I will be leaving home and moving to Perth, Australia for two years! I am so excited and yet quite nervous for this upcoming trip. I am literally packing my life into two suitcases (one is a carry-on) and moving hundreds of miles across the ocean, and this time none of my family is coming with me. I've never been away from home for such a long period of time either, though I do plan on visiting Canada at least once in those two years.
I'm not just moving to Australia for a holiday either. I am going to join a global, non-profit, Christian organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and serve as a volunteer on their base campus in Perth for those two years. Again, super excited and really nervous. This organization gave me a love for God, pe

ople, the nations, missions, and travel. I'm looking forward to this time in which I get to serve and help give back. During these next two years, I will also be taking a school on base that will help further equip me in leadership skills, identity in Christ, sharing my faith, and much more! Two years in my mind seems like ages, yet I also know time can go by very quickly.

When I first returned to Canada I had no idea I would be staying for a year. A year of growing my trust in God. Trust that He knows better than I do. Trust that He will provide. Having trust that He will walk with me and that His love never fails. Even trusting Him with the little things like getting to work on time day after day. He's been faithful and ever so patient through it all. I've only been late to work twice! :)

So yes, a season of change is approaching. What will I learn? Who will I become? How will I be challenged? What does this year hold? How will my faith grow in God?

So many questions.... Would you like to journey with me as I seek the answers?

Here's to another year! Twenty here we come!