Home Sweet Home

Hey everyone!! I hope all is well. I have been busy preparing for the new school! During the preparation time a lot of things are on the go, but its mostly just "needs to be done" stuff, so none of it is overly exciting. Which is why I haven't updated in a while. But once the school is on the go things will pick up and I'll will have plenty to say and stories to tell. The School starts on Feb. 14th, so only about a week and a half left. We have 20 students, 13 girls and 7 guys. They are mostly from Canada and America, but there are also a few from Europe (Norway, Belgium, Germany, etc...).

Theres is some big news to report on though, me and four other amazing, solid, passionate guys have moved into a house off base that we are renting. Our rent has gone up about $15/week, but its great to finally have my own room to worship in and now that I am getting more opportunity to teach, I need a quiet place to study. Most people on base when on staff and here long enough will be given the opportunity to move off base. But we decided to pursue the endeavor on our own and found a Christian guy who cut the bond from $1500 to $500 and the weekly price by 50 dollars. He is really amazing and left a bunch of furniture as well. So we have been so place and really see Gods favour on the situation. The man (Don) said has lived accross the street from some of us for a very long time and said "[he was] excited to be able to help us because we are partners in the mission we have" and he realizes we don't get paid. It was such an amazing example of love to us. We didn't really expect it at all. Even though we were praying.

And I mentioned about praying for vehicles before, but part of my intention was to get the word out there and I was wondering if anyone had any connections in the business world or any creative fundraising ideas to help us out. Have a think and a pray and let us know. We have people who do some public relations, but mainly our vehicles and expenses are often paid by pastors in local churches. They are constantly fundraising to help us as the mission focused arm of the church. Its really awesome to see the reputation YWAM has in the community and churches in the area, they really to love us and enjoy partnering with us. But aside from the churches Dave (our base director) has many connections in the business world and in politics as well. But sometimes God wants us to "expand our tent pegs" and go to knew places for our resources! So let me know if you have any ideas, you can email me at adam@ywamoz.com.

I had a revelation today while in lectures on Biblical worldview about a couple things. We were talking about how welfare and reaching the downtrodden is actually the churches job not the governments, biblically anyway. I started thinking how the reason the church is in effective and the world is in the shape it is, is because of the mis-conception of what church is. We, very often, here that its the churches opportunity to reach these people and take care of and love those around us and look up the chain of command. I do this as well, its just as much a mindset in me that needs to be broken. But we look to the church as an organization, rather than what the church actually is, the BODY of believers...US people, we are "living stones" and therefore, when the bible says its the churches job that means specifically ME, and YOU and joe in the pew next to us. haha Its a real issue that can't just be tolerated, but needs to be changed. We need to take ownership and started to shift our mindset, remember that the "church" building should be our outreach centre and a place we facilitate the things we do as THE church. Rather than shifting our responsibilities up the chain of command, I want to start saying "I AM CHURCH". And Christ is my head!

Blessings!