Hey all,
I'm back in Australia; outreach went well! We finished up our last two weeks running two "mini weeklong DTSes." Both weeks we taught the teens the things we had learned ourselves over DTS. We shared on: Character and Nature of God, Father Heart of God, Hearing God's Voice, Lordship, Fear of the Lord, Spiritual Warfare, and also other things like how to write a testimony etc. It was really great to see the teens interested and growing, asking questions and becoming bolder. It was a huge blessing from God to share those things, even though some of them I had just come to understand a few months ago.
One thing God just keep blowing me away with is His goodness. I have always known God is good, but now God continually puts that knowledge more and more in my heart! It was always good to know God is good, but its amazing to be able to actually feel God's goodness in my heart and see it in my life. I guess God has also been giving me knew eyes to see His goodness and blessings with, and teaching me to really appreciate them.
God taught me a few things in India, one of which was to be faithful in the small. Our first few weeks we seemed to have a lot of children's ministries, and also down time. It was a huge struggle for me, because I don't feel called to children's ministries, and I hate not having something to do. When I left for outreach, I expected to be extremely busy and teaching, serving or preaching constantly. When I realized it wouldn't necessarily be like that, it was very hard for me to not be frustrated. But I asked God about it, and God being good as He is, gave me revelation. Its pretty exciting to be given something big to do, but when you are given "small things" and not a whole lot at a time, that for me was a huge test of faithfulness. I knew I had to grab hold of what God was giving me, and do it with all my heart, even if it wasn't something I wanted to do. God revealed that if I showed myself faithful in the small, He would continue to give me more, and opportunities closer to the area that I feel called to. So, I gave my all! It was extremely exciting the last two weeks as God gave us the opportunity to teach and mentor the teens in the mini DTSes. I have realized I need to constantly be open to God's growth and direction. On outreach I figured our team would be teaching and serving constantly from what we had learned, and we did chances to do so. But, what really blew me away was how many things God taught me while on outreach! :)
