Back in Australia

So I have successfully made it back to Australia and have been here for about a week now.  However, I am not back yet on the Sunshine Coast where I live and work.  I am in Newcastle, Australia for a 2 week course called Cert IV.  It is a course for DTS staff in order to offer the best possible training for students doing a DTS in Australia.  For those of you who are still fuzzy on what YWAM is and does I found a mission statement in some of the materials I have familiarizing myself with for this course.  It reads:

"Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to presenting Jesus personally to this generation, to mobilizing as many as possible to help in this task, and to the training and equipping of believers for their part in fulfilling the Great Commission.  As citizens of God's kingdom, we are called to love, worship, and obey our Lord, to love and serve His Body, the Church, and to present the whole Gospel for the whole person throughout the whole world."  I thought this was a clear description of what YWAM is and why I am a part of it.  

This week has been very busy with working through this course.  We spend a lot of time practicing what we have been taught in pretend situations.  It has been fun getting to know staff from other bases here in Australia also.  Fortunately, we also have time during the weekend to sightsee.  On Sunday we are going into Sydney which is a few hours drive from here in Newcastle.  We plan on going to a Hillsong church there for an evening service.  This course will last until the 29th of May and then I will be traveling back to the Sunshine Coast to prepare for the school starting in July.

Leaving home for the third time was very difficult and probably the hardest thing about coming back here.  I miss all of you at home, especially my family.  I am praying for you and think about you daily.  Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support.  I am excited for this next season of DTS.