Change--The Island Way

Two weeks ago we came back from Brisbane. It was a wonderful time. I heard from Auntie Lorrene this week and got a chance to remember all the wonderful things that happened in her home. 

Now we are in Townsville again. Since we got back we have worked almost every day on building the new dorms for student housing. In just one week from today they commence the October DTS and will need beds for about fifty students. They won't be ready and inspected by that time, but God will help us think of somewhere to stack them. Sometimes I feel like YWAM and my mother has the same philosophy in housing people. "It doesn't matter how many. We will just stack them like cordwood." I love my mom... (:

Since getting back to Townsville we have received some really huge news as a DTS. We are going to Papua New Guinea! (PNG) It has been a long time praying for this and most of us had completely reconciled ourselves to the fact that we would just be staying in Australia...but God is good.  It's a nice birthday present for me. 

This means that we all need $3000 for outreach though. We will be spending one whole month, November 14 to December 13 (my dates may be off by a day...?), in Central Province. I am so excited to tell the stories I gather there! I only wish I had a camera...but God knows what he was doing about that too. It will be so good to see how God does his thing. 

Weekends are full of events here as well. Sickness is rampant as sleep is limited and work is prevalent. The rugby team won the Sevens tournament last weekend, so that was really exciting for us as a base. This weekend we had a birthday in our team and some of the school went out to lunch and to the beach. Movies are quite common in weekends as well since it is so hot and people are anxious for rest after a long week. I stayed home yesterday and wrote letters, studied Ephesians, did laundry, and cleaned the bathroom. 

This is life here. Four more weeks and then we are off on outreach. One week in an Aboriginal community and then four in PNG. One more week back on base and then everyone flies home! Merry Christmas! I don't think I've ever been so excited for snow! Enjoy your leaves and colors and cool crisp air...maybe I'll see them again someday ;) I'll be enjoying PNG during Thanksgiving. 

Keep me in your prayers (:

•health (everyone is falling sick)

•finances ($3000 to go for PNG!)

•safety (even if I manage not to get injured building, I still manage in other ways...such as smacking a spinning fan in my sleep...)

If you would like to donate to my outreach for PNG as a birthday present you can do that at www.ywamrto.org/payments/