New Beginnings: Week One

Hi. Well, it's been a good 1st week... I had my 1st staff meeting on Wednesday, and my 1st missions and leadership training class today. I am getting really excited about what God is doing and wanna go for it and trust and believe... then I think about the 2 years and think yep... I'm going home... just got here they won't even know... ... but I think that is just a commitment thing. It's more of that walking on the water stuff... I get scared but i've gotta keep walking and I know God is faithful and trustworthy. A good aspect of my class is going to be the depth in which we study and practice missions and leadership training.  We read over the whole plan and it looks wonderful... so specific... all the ins and outs of full time ministry.

I have learned to love ice again in my drinks... Australians have the coolest ice trays... I have little fish ice cubes and sticks and all kinds of fun ice.  When it's so hot it's refreshing.

I am learning things about art.  I am excited to bring home and teach others what I am learning.  It's been quite fun and it's a great way for people of all ages to communicate.  

Today we worked a little bit with charcoal.  Using art for missions has still been challenging.  I want to do everything a mile a minute... it's hard for me to slow down.  I really feel like God has been showing me this week that He wants me to slow down... slow down.... and trust Him. I got a picture (in my mind) of me doing art in the park or with the homeless in the park and leading people to God. (Such ideas bring great joy to my heart) As I worked on some art skills today I felt a bit freer personally so I know it will minister to others as well. 

I am supposed to be focusing on a piece or a medium soon to sharpen.  I want to work on sharpening my cartoons as well as drawing portraits.  There is something about drawing with someone or of someone that makes emotional walls come down.  It is then the matters of the heart are revealed.

Tomorrow we are going to be a part of 'live art' for the church with out walls tent meeting.  It's a festival and we will be serving through art and sharing about it.  Others are welcome to join.  It will be good for me to have some practice. 

Ok... tomorrow has turned into today and it went well.  I drew a wonderful kangaroo from a wildlife magazine.  We were hoping to talk with people but there weren't many so we are going later and longer tomorrow which I am excited about.

*Please pray for divine contacts tomorrow evening here in Perth (by the river) I really want to share about Jesus and impact someone... maybe more than one.

Sweet dreams... or should I say good day mate... 

(ok... so the evening came and went and I got to talk with a girl... I started to draw her and saw the slashes on her arms.  We started to talk but she had to go, I got to finish the picture I drew of her though and encourage her.  Talking with her and encouraging her made my night... thanks for the prayers.