espana.

hey. i am here in spain. at the very tip... in between the Med sea and the atlantic... looking out at morrocco... working with a backpackers cafe. i am in charge of doing their laundry.. it is an amazing ministry... brings light into the area. had a visit with ladies that are going through rehab. touched. moved. challenged. god is great. they are strong women... facing victory after suffereing with heroin or coke... alcohol for over 30+ years. found the lord... fighting for him in their lives... to fill their emptiness.

I move to another place called MALAGA tomorrow. will be doing ministry until the 8th of sept.. then make the trip back to paris by car... two day drive or so. from there myself and my team head up to Belfast, Northern Ireland... to work in a tiny village called kesh.. back in perth on the 26th of sept. new seasons. daily. change. adaptation. catipulted. just a quick overview.. b/c i am not sure when i will have internet next.. loves. xoxoxo

hopefully will have new pics up soon. :)

el senor.

´expect to encounter adversity in your life, remembering that you live in a deeply fallen world. stop trying to find a way that circumvents difficulties. the main problem with an easy life is that it masks your need for me. when you become a christian, i INFUSED MY VERY LIFE INTO YOU. empowering you to live on a supernatural plane be DEPENDING ON ME. anticipate coming face to face with impossibilities: situations totally beyond your ability to HANDLE. this awareness of your inadequacy is NOT something you should try to evade. it is PRECISELY where i want you.. the best place to encounter me in my GLORY and POWER. when you see armies of problems marching toward you, CRY OUT TO ME! allow me to FIGHT for you. REST in the shadow of MY ALMIGHTY PRESENCE.´ (SARAH YOUNG in devo: ´jesus calling´)

dwells:remains:rests:relaxes:calm: because there is trust. hope. comfort. not anxiousness...

Ps. 91:1 ´he who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the almighty´

This was back on the 18th of Aug... i am learning how to depend on god. what it means... how it is the very essence of all that i am... to hide in him. i was extrememly sick for three days.. attacked. yet holding on. to him. his truth. his love. who he is... alone. brings relief knowing i have a god that is committed to me. loves me. is satisfied with me...as i passionately pursue him and and him alone!!! i am not identified by where i am or what i am doing.. .but by the relationship i have with him. :) sigh.

french fun..

This is me... enjoying some nice `glacier' ice cream.. .quality team time... enjoying the french breezee... :) myself and anna-lisa... the team... then our lil surfer shed that we slept in.. i was up on a loft.. .trying to not fall off most of the time. but it was great.. nice and cozy. sad to leave this place...

Random photos.. to remind u of me. :)

Me and Mimi.. alil four year old with HIV..she is soo precious. plz pray for her health!!! (Piet Ritief, SA)

Biarritz. Random Story.

I love europe. Most importantly b/c i love sharing with people... The other day I met a girl from Ireland... got into random convos.. then she asked what I was doing... told her. ;) She said she is a catholic.. that religion is just apart of their culture.. then i asked her if anyone had ever told her she could have a relationship with god.. SHE said "No, You can?" Man. It was such a god moment.. opened up the door for me to share with her.. lil pieces about my testimony.. portions of who god is... She had a friend who was glaring at me the whole time and then told the person i was with.. wow. great speech she has there....hahahah. no but this sarah chick asked heaps of questions.. let me pray for her... then gave me a huge hug... and that was that... but i left in awe yet again of how god moves.. even speaks through me.. how i may never know if she comes to know him.. but that she now knows she can have a relationship with him... hmm. god is great!

Durban Beachfront... i looooove the ocean.

Paris-Bordeaux-Biarritz

greetings... just wanted to give you a lil run down on what has been happening... i was in paris for two weeks... then to a town called bordeaux.. now living on the south west coast of france in a VERY touristy town caled biarritz!!!!

Paris. Was beautiful. A melting Pot of people... from all over.. north african refugees...the spainish.. english. french. people from all over... it was great seeing the good ol' buildings.. that are famous. i have no idea how to spell.. or even attempt. the mona lisa.. was great.. the painting is alot smaller than i tought... took an elevator up to the top of the eiffel tower... o man. lol. ministry was full on.... i was in a m.usl.i-m focused group.. which was full on... i was challenged.. learned alot more about the religion... the differences. the way to shed light. the reality of how decieved the people are... yet... in the same place as those that live and thrive in materialism... humanistic.

When I was watching the Tour le France ride by... random that the last day they drove through the lil town "antony" i was staying at. I got to talk to this guy.. who is from a people group(again i dont know how to spell the name... maybe i need to go back to school..haha. lol).. which is the second most unreached in the world behind the maldives... it was his birthday. he is a m.u.sl-im. first time i had ever heard someone admit that in 'paradise' he will be able to drink, sleep with as many people as they want... b/c i guess that is the way their god is 'holy' lol. no it was good to be able to share with him more about who god is.. his characteristics... he was blessed. challenged.

In bordeaux. I became best friends with a lil three year old named Priscilla. Her mother and grandmother are from Gabon.. on the west coast of Africa near Congo... her family used to be mu.s.lims... now they are living strong for the lord... I had a real heart for this family... was able to befriend them... hear about their culture.. past struggles.. pray for protection over them.. where there hasnt been in the past.. I met a 25 year old guy named Gauthier.. who was in love with his wine. Does not believe in God... does not think it is for him... yet... after sharing with him... bringing perspective about beauty, love, life, hope, trusting others... he was blown away. had never heard about people living and loving jesus on a daily basis... man. it was definately a convo from the lord.. i walked away that night.. feeling alive. realized no matter where i am in the world.. i love sharing about the god who set me free... sharing with people about who he is... being someone to help bring light where there has been darkness... i love our lord... the beauty he has created in each and every individual... the way i can see him in people that dont believe in him... the way he is moving in my generation excites me... i just want us to move... to go into this world.. into our communities and bring truth. shed light. be real. honest. loving and lovable.. :)

Yes. I love it here in Biarittz as well... a lil hard with so many transitions... god is going deeper and deeper in my life.. walking through certain mindset.s... old fears.. fighting against the spirit of depression that is over this country.. not allowing it to have any hold on me... Here in this lil surfer city... i am living with an australian family... they have six beautiful kids (5months, 4, 6, 8, 16, 18) An amzing family.. still transitioning into the culture... we are apart of a surfing event they are putting on this friday.. their first evangelistic since they have arrived!!!! Today though..we woke up to go to the beach.. and someone had come and STOLEN all of their surfboards and wetsuits.... so sad. praying they will be returned!!!! I have had really good convos... in which i mean talked to people about what they believe, why, listened to their stories... shared my story. sharing more and more about who my god is.. .how i am learning about him everyday.. learning to hear his voice... i will be here in france for another week ... then head to Spain... then I am taking a lil bus trip to madrid with a guy on my team... we are going to see some of our friends from our DTS... my ol' bunk mate elin maria from norway... a crew from denmark and a gal from the states...I amm sooo excited since it has been more than a year that i have seen them... and i said goodbye to them of all places...while i was in Cairo... :) sorry this is long. will try to throw up some photos of the trip... can look at some from south africa on facebook. miss you guys. love you all.... Kath

My team members : Dan and Kate (Brazilian and Australian), Anna-lisa (Aussie), Amber, Tim and I ( Americans), Landry and Leah (Canadians), Ellen and Adam (New Zealanders) Boy. Do we have heaps of fun... always heaps of laughter... many a times am i laying on the ground...b/c of not watchin where i am walking or not thinking before i speak... so i get pushed over.. or buckle over in laughter... ;)