New year new dreams

Hey Guys,

  Well it’s the new year, it’s been a whole year since I left home. It’s amazing thinking about how many people have backed me up this year, and how y’all blessed me so much with all the prayers, finances, and encouragement. I can’t wait to see how the next five and half months go.

  It’s been a crazy year, looking back, I left home for the first time; I’ve been on fifteen different planes, I lived in four different countries, I learned so much about God, I’ve grown in relationship with God, my brother got saved, I’ve grown as a young woman who has learned to rely on God more then herself, I’ve learned how to trust others, I’ve gained a family in YWAM Perth and friends all around the world. I’ve changed more than I thought possible, and done a lot more then I thought possible. I’m so happy for all of you who’ve supported me to go through all of this, and I’m so excited to see where I go in this new year.

  God gave me a couple words for this year: “Learning to trust Him for my strength, joy and support for this year of new challenges.”  “Learning to run at my giants, whether they are fears, or new things to learn and try.”  “Am I committed to the ‘yes’ I’ve made to God and where ever that will take me?”

I’m excited to see where God takes me with these words and how I’ll change over this year.

  As many of you know the school ends in early June, most of y’all also know God has already provided the money for the flight home. I’m excited to say I’ll be home the first week of June.

 Something God has been challenging me in is trust and obeying WHEN he says do something! Learning how to obey by faith, and not waiting for people, circumstances, and/or for the finances to come in for confirmation, to say “okay now I’ll do it, now I believe you’re actually speaking to me and I can obey now.”  Something else He’s been teaching and trying to grow me in is relying on His grace to get through stuff and instead of leaning on my own strength.

  During my first school, God asked me if I’d lay down India, and take up the 10/40 window, I said yes. The 10/40 is a huge area, but YWAM Perth is right at the gate way to the 10/40 window and send almost all their teams there.  By coming back and staff in Perth I’ll be helping to train and send people with skills to bring the gospel to the 10/40 window. God called me to staff in Perth for five year, I’m still coming home but I’ll be mostly home to raise support.

Part of the cost of being on staff are some one time fees. YWAM Perth offers a school for staff to make it easier to get a student visa to staff, but when you’re on a student visa you also need insurance. Here are the costs that I’m aware of right now. 

Staff School- $2,960

Health insurance- $2,350

Visa- $560

One time- $5,870

This covers four years of insurance, health insurance and staff school. (There aren’t any five year student visa’s.) I have to have all of those payed in at once when I go back after being home, so that I’ll have all four years covered and not have to worry about it later. The last year will have additional expenses, but I don’t know what they are right now, and that’s a long way off.

In addition to the four year fees, I need to have monthly support, to pay for basic day to day living stuff. Here are my estimated monthly expenses:

Accommodation- $375

Food + vitamins- $125

Hygiene- $50

Laundry + clothes- $50

Misc. expenses(trips to stores, misc. medical, etc)- $150

Monthly- $750

If 25 people were willing to commit to giving $30 a month then I’d have all the support I need for the monthly living expenses.  Please prayerfully consider if God will have you be part of the ministry I’ll  be part of here at YWAM Perth. 

Thank you all for your prayers and support throughout this journey, I look forward to seeing you in June.