2 weeks to go

I have 9 minutes to write this to you.

I've down to mangaged my minutes out it's so crazy here. Please pray for endurance, for my to remember what is important to me in this time and not try for more then I can take.

This is the last week of lectures, next week I think we might have two and then we have a lot of packing and getting ready for outreach. Yet this week I have to get my last book report done (due Friday), prepare my creative presentation (presenting Friday) work with my group to get our movie presentation done (presenting Friday), do my journal (due Monday but I still don't have it back from Jenn yet), get letters with the official Turkey pictures sent which means getting to the post office during operating hours, I have to work with Liz about a video part of mine that somehow got deleted. I also have to be in lectures for 3 more days, tonight one of our staff is having a huge 21st birthday party, Friday night we're back in Christchurch for our last night of Evangelism and Saturday our whole school is going to Methven. In and amongst this I need to be getting everything set for Turkey which means getting a calling card so I can call my bank, call home, and such. Honestly it's so hard because my heart wants to just sit and talk and be the shoulder and invest in relationships which are so important to me and which are radically going to change now as we head into outreach but its' so hard when I know I have to so much that is due and I'm so anal about getting it all in on time.

But God is good, lectures this week are amazing and if our schedule was any different it wouldn't be right, this is exactly what I prayed for. I would rather die of exhaustion then boredom and this time is so unique to who I am in this place.


Please know I do miss you, I desire to talk to everyone and send home trinkets and letters and what not but it is just so crazy here. I love you and miss you. Know I think and pray about all of you and that is so much more important.

3 weeks to Outreach...
There is a last desperate plea for finances. Mostly because this is the last week that (well I suppose by human means) a check could get to me and get processed before I leave.(If sent from the states)...so again if there is n ability to support this mission financially please do.

This weekend I was gone again, I went back to Methven to stay with Pastor Annie and Mark for Jane's suprise party. It was great fun to hang out with everyone. It feels like Methven is my second home in NZ and I love my family there. I got to talk to Shaz for a long time and that was fun, we're really similar...I hope she can get into Christchurch on Friday and hang out. Sunday morning I lead worship...yea I know. I didn't have Luke there to lead and my just fill in the gaps and sing backing. This time God said, it's time to lead. It was good. God is sovereign and it's cool just to see when we live out His plan. After church Annie and I were talking and praying for a long time and it was really good...God totally showed up and spoke through her and just really confirmed some things in my heart and in my head. Speaking of leading, I lead Cleft on Friday night. It's so crazy how every night it looks so different, that ministry is never the same and I love that. We're so flippant when we pray God we'll do what you want, this is your ministry. He makes sure that happens with Cleft, he makes sure we never get too comfortable and never get to sure we know what we're doing or what is going on.

I tried riding on Saturday but even thou I can walk on my ankle, being in a boot and having a board on really hurt...so I spent most of the day in the lodge which was fine. I kind of assumed I might so I brought my homework to work on and my laptop and messed around with everyones iPods and worked on my video.

I watched my first Rugby game on Saturday night. Which I'll say will be my sporting obsession when I get home, The All Blacks are flaw less!!! I mean seriously they can't make mistakes I think. But man Rugby is a mans man sport, it makes the NFL players look like pansies!

So there is your quick update.
Prayer Points:
Direction and guidance and wisdom concerning some post YWAM decisions.
Insane vision and direction regarding Turkey, continued unity and passion for that place in and amongst our team. Safety, finances.
Just real presence of the Spirit in the last 3 weeks we have together in lecture phase. A huge amount of focus and concentration for the speakers and what they have to bring, just that last surge of passion and drive to get through it and head into Outreach.
Just a real joy among all us brothers and sisters that we would just enjoy each others company and learn from each other and just really look for opportunities to love on each other.

Update

It should be the first day back at school back at home. I'm sorry I have not written in ages. I hope everyone is getting on ok. I know it's a rough week for my family when everyone has to leave each other and go back to the respective schools and jobs, etc. I try not to make it real, in my head it's still summer and your all just enjoying each others company waiting for me to get home. I don't want to really accept the fact that life goes on and my baby is going to daycare. I think that's the hardest part for me this week. But life does go on, God is good and I am where I'm supposed to be.

Sorry I have not updated you often enough as I had planned. Things have gotten so hectic as lecture phase is very quickly coming to an end. We have something like 3 weeks left until we leave for outreach. Our speakers just continually get better and we just keep getting closer to each other and learning more and more about who we are in Him and what He's called us to do. It was really good for me last night to write down 5 things that I'm passionate about and that identify me...you know narrow them down to 5 was hard and I defiantly found my way around some of them but this is me basically in a nut shell:
1. The Nations. (Specifically the US, New Zealand, The Middle East and Africa).
2. Calling Isabelle into her destiny, facilitating her passions and creativity and enabling her to walk in her God given identity. Less specific would be calling children and women in their destiny....etc. etc. Marked by deep growing mutually edifying relationships that reflect the intimacy and character of Christ relationships. To help to put in place and grow girls into passionate Christ followers and history makers who fully understand and walk in there identity He has created in them.
3.Speaking and Writing. Using and being used in that area. Photo and art.
4. Running a community center/cafe/shelter/home/school/something? Someday. Community! Upper room, raising children there.
5. Being outside. Meeting, being, singing there. Mountains, oceans, forests.

We had to make these lists before we learned about human trafficking to show how much freedom we have to pursue these dreams and passions.

This weekend we took a trip to the west coast and stayed in a hostel. We went got to see the beautiful ocean, like we were totally on the tropical side of the island so it feels and looks like your on the set of LOST. We went through the rainforest. It was the most beautiful couple days of my life. (Visually)

Tonight team Turkey is going into Christchurch for our outreach meeting to have dinner and meet with Stacy and Aaron because they've both been to Turkey. (They both live at the Sk8 house).

I'm doing so well. Tired but good. I miss you and I think of you often. I pray everything is going well and you are blessed as your start school and work again.