Intercession and Worship week.

Well this week has been a crazy week! Just with God speaking and everything. I am starting to feel some sort of direction with what I am going to be doing next year but wont say what it is until He confirms it! (sorry to keep you wondering).

So this week in lectures it was intercession and worship and our speaker was a guy who has been with ywam for around 30 years I think. I personally didn't like this week because I had a hard time following the speaker but the application times of intercession was amazing! We interceeded for Turkey and God showed up! He gave a couple of us pictures, and a bible verse and it was sweet! We also got to interceed for Mexico (which is where we are going on our outreach) and it really made me more excited to go! I am really getting a passion for intercession which is cool because before I would have to say that I was a nervous prayer and the problem was I was trying not to say the wrong thing but now I see that it's between God and me and thats all that matter... even when you are praying in a group of people.

Frig last night we went to kangaroo island and I got to see a kangaroo! It wasn't close up because it was hopping away so I chased it! I also sang at open mic night wednesday at our base it was pretty nerve racking. I haven't sang in front of people in a couple years I think... but it was good to get over my insecurities in that area! Thursday was amazing!! we were fasting for 40 days because of our precint and God wanting it to grow. So we had a big 24 of worship celebration ending with a potluck and worship with everyone! Our time slot was midnight till 1 and it was awesome. God showed me a lot about things in my life I need to lay down.

This week is the NLM which is a leaders conference with the leaders from different bases coming here. It's going to be a sweet week of seminars! I don't know which ones I will be doing but we shall see!

I hope everyone is doing fantastic!!!

The picture is of my small group!!

Leah, Nikki, Sasha, Nathalie, Cheryl, Courtenay, Courtney, Talia and Kristen our leader!!

week 3

This past week has been the most intense week so far! We had lectures on reptance and forgiveness. God worked wonders in mylife! It's one thing knowing and thinking that God is all forgiving but actually being able to feel it is a total differentand amazing feeling! Wow God is good!Life here in Perth has been great! Tonight was hilarious... we took the our rolly computer desk chair down the street in front of the base where there was a hill and went down it! It was a blast! Tonight was just a night of sillyness! :)Last thursday was so sweet during base intercession time. We split up into groups of 2; the whole base and we were each given chapters in the bible to read and so in 45 minutes we read the whole bible as a base around our precinct! It was sweet! I read 9 chapters in Isaiah which I have to say I love that book! This coming week is on Intercession and Worship which I am very excited about. I think a man named Ed Sherman will be speaking. I love times of intercession at the base. The presence of God is friggen sweet.
So during the week of The character and nature of God we had to split up into groups and creatively describe Gods character.We decided to write a poem. It was written by myself, april, courtney, and allison.So here is the poem:\

When I look to the river with the morning sky reflecting on the water and two dolphins surfacing I am reminded of the splendor of your imagination.I sit here unsure of how I am going to fix myself, my problems, my insecurity, and my uncertainties but I think of yourhealing power and incomprehensive mercy.Your mind so beyond what I can comprehend. Your thoughts are more numerous then the stars, God, your knowledge is unparalled. All creation sings of your glory. Our life stories are written in the palm of your hand. Your presence is everywhere.Have mercy on me my God According to your unfailing love and according to your great compassion, for your love enduresforever.God, your truth brings transformation. I am fearfully and wonderfull made by a God who makes no mistakes. I am valuable because I am yours.

Read by myself, April, Allison, courtney, lauren and Nikki!

Please pray that all distractions this week are gone and that I am able to hear all that God has for me!!! love you all!

So yesterday was the first day I actually felt like I was in Australia! Most likely because we went to the beach and it was so incredibly hot! I can only imagine how hot it will be in like a month or so!
This week our lectures have been on the nature and character of God. It has been so amazing our base director Shirley Brownhill has been the speaker. One thing I loved about hearing her speak was that she totally brought it down to our level in ways that we can relate and it was awesome. It was such a challenging week though. Realizing areas in my life that needs healing and the fact that I need to be more intentional with my relationship with God in order to get to know his character. I know that God has started gearing me up for huge changes in my life. I was at first really nervous about it and not sure if I was ready for the changes and the healing but when I was praying with my one on one (who I love... her name is Kristen!) I heard God just simply tell me that I am ready! Which made me super excited to just deal with stuff in my life that have gone undealt with!
We did evangelism night on Thursday night and it was very nerve racking. I have never done evangelism like that before so I was super nervous. I talked to this one guy in a video store and we chatted a bit and I asked him if he went to church or believed in God and he said "I am gay thats my boyfriend over there" and I just told him that he can still be gay and love Jesus. However he had already put an end to our conversation so that sucked. But it ended off a good night. On our way back to the base we stopped and talked to this guy and we just had a good time talking to him and we got to pray with him which was awesome.
I absolutely love it here! We are so busy that sometimes I get really overwhelmed but overall it's good. I am loving it in the rego office but sometimes it gets so hot in there!
This coming week will be a challenge we are doing repentence and forgiveness! I know it is going to be an emotional week! Please pray for me this week because I know that it's going to be super draining!!!
Miss you all!!

This week in lectures we learned about Hearing Gods voice. The speaker was Peter Brownhill who is the founder of our base.He was such a good speaker. I felt so challenged by his teachings. One thing that really stuck with me was that God will distort truth in your life that will make it very hard for you to hear Gods voice. I have been very challenged this week and look forward to getting deeper in relationship with God. Next week is the Character of God and the speaker is Shirley Brownhill who also founded the base. We went sledding this week!! Without snow of course! haha We used broken down cardboard boxes and sledded down a hill. It didn't work so well. So we decided instead to stand in a jagged line and spin around for 20 seconds and see who could run to the tree. It didn't work so well. I definitely didn't make it to the tree. However I was challenged by someone tospin around 20 times fast holding onto a piece of cardboard and then when I was done drop it on the the ground and thentry and jump over it. It was hilarious. I thought that I made it but everyone said I wasn't close. I just ended up falling over kind of mid air. I was very dizzy. I honestly feel like I have been here in Perth for weeks when I have really only been here for one week. I feel so at homehere. The people are amazing. Today we went sandboarding which was so much fun. It was the first time I have ever been sandboarding and it's nice to report that I stayed on the board the whole way down... with Courtney on my back! I have been pretty sick this week which has sucked. It started with a sore throat and now it has morphed into a stuffy nose and cough. The doctor said I just have a virus and should rest as much as I can. Which if you know me is pretty hard for me to do. I started my work duty this week has been so much fun. I work in the rego office (which to you canadian folk means registrar office). I just do filing and stuff. It's fun.

So I have come to the conclusion that I need to learn french! Joanne, my bunkmate from Switzerland is a sleep yeller! And since she speaks french I cannot understand what she is yelling! I am very curious to know what she is actually yelling! So I have obviously arrived here safely on Saturday night at about midnight! I was so tired but could only sleep until 530 in the morning! This morning was the latest I have slept in.... 645!!! I have been very jetlagged and it sucks majorly! But I have been having a great time so far. I live in a building called 228 with about 20 girls and there are about the same amount of guys on the other side of the hall. There are also 5 girls who live in a house at gladstone (Trish would be one of them!). Total there is over 40 of us and they are mostly american and Canadian which is odd! I honestly don't feel like I am in Australia! It's been quite sureal! It's very beautiful there and such an interesting culture. One thing I don't like about here is that when walking pedestrians do NOT come first... the cars will mow you over if you get in the way! Trish and I have almost got hit like 6 times! It's been very funny. It has already been extremely challenging so far which has been good!

Thank you everyone for your prayers! It means a lot to me!!

Bailey