Broadcasting once again...

The computers here at the Perth station have not been functioning for almost two weeks. I borrowed one of my room mate's computer so I'm once again blogging.

Being here in Perth for now two months I've now come to realize that coming here was the best decision that I have ever made in my life (next to accepting Jesus Christ). I know that sounds pretty radical but I've seen so much breakthrough in my life. I just have to thank all my supporters once again. I can't thank you enough for helping me get here.

We're now finished with our eighth week here at the base. In the past few weeks we've learned so much. Some of our topics were Authority and Submission, Father Heart of God, and Relationships. This week Sheryl Brownhill, the director of the Base, spoke to us about relationships and how to pursue healthy relationships with God. We were all captivated as we heard Sheryl's testimony who grow up in Sydney in a very rough neighborhood. Her dad was known as the best street fighter in the city and her home life was full of violence and anger. Back when she was only fifteen, Sheryl often got into fights. When Christians came to witness to her she would sometimes use her fists to beat them away. One day, though, she heard a voice. It was a voice that spoke to her with love and compassion and Sheryl grew to love the voice. Her life began to radically change as she listened and obeyed the voice. One day in the school yard, one of the Christians who had previously attempted to witness to her and was thoughly pumled came up to her hesistantly. "Sheryl, you're so different. What's happened?" Sheryl explained to him about the voice. "Do you want to know the name of the voice," the still hesistant Christian asked. "He has a name?" Thus began Sheryl's life with Christ that completely transformed her and her family.

Sheryl had amazing wisdom about relationships. One of the most important points I think she said during the week was, "Develop an ambition for others." What that means is that you make it your ambition to help people get closer to God. Make their progress in their spiritual journey your priority. Pride often hampers us from seeing the gift and the contribution others can make and helping to bring that out of them. Of course we need to manage our own relationship with God and grow in it but I think what America Christianity has been suffering from is that we're too self-focused. We're too self-focused on the areas that we need to grow in or our own problems. Sheryl said, "Your measure of success is how many people you call out into their spiritual destinies...It's not about creating your own ministry and slapping your name on it." That's something I will now live out for the rest of my life.

We're still preparing for our Outreach. We're really committing to prayer as our team has to raise $30,000 total for all of us to go. This weekend we'll be running a couple of car washes to help us raise support.

Thank you all again for being a part of my life. I was reminded this week as I looked at some photos my dad sent me of our family Thanksgiving how great it is to have family and friends back home.