LOVING TO WORSHIP

HELLO!! I hope everyone is doing well! I wanted to update all of you on some of the things that have been going on these past couple of weeks. Life has been great! I have been learning a lot about leadership and have enjoyed being poured into constantly from the teachers at the school. I have been falling in love with worship more and more. My eyes are being opened more each day on why we should be constantly worshiping God. Not just with music but with our lives. Jesus's personality is one of many reasons why we should praise God!

Psalm 145:8
"The LORD is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love."

I absolutely love that verse! Jesus is so patient with us and is always pouring out His love even when we don't deserve it. Also, sometimes I can catch myself starting to worry about certain things and or to feel overwhelmed with stuff going on but this next verse has really helped me as well!

Psalm 146:8
"The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down."

So whatever situation you my be in, know that God is there to lift you up! I always have to remind myself to be thankful in ALL circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:18)! God will bring good out of any situation and I have been really seeing that here! He uses hard situations here to mold me into the man He wants me to be. One of my teachers here told us that we should constantly be changing. That we need to take responsibility for our life and stop blaming others or our past about the things we may do. We need to be disciplined and start working towards becoming like Jesus. God will help us along the way but we have to make the choice to do so. There is something we can change each day to be more like Christ!

About two weeks ago I was able to go to the Zoo in Sydney and to the Blue Mountains! It was so much fun! Below are the pictures from those days!

The ferry takes you straight to the zoo. So this is what you get to pass while riding it! So cool!

The views from the zoo where amazing!

This picture just cracked me up! Poor guy wants go be in the city!

Blue Mountains!! God is so amazing!

There were beautiful waterfalls everywhere!

This is on top of the first waterfall that I showed above!

These rock formations are called 'The Three Sisters'

Prayer Requests:

Waroeng Coffee needs prayer that business comes for them! I believe it will and that God will be glorified in it!

LIFE HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD!

Hey everyone! Ok now I am really sorry for slacking off on my blog! I am excited to update you on some things that have been going on here in the great country of Australia. Life has been going so good these past couple of weeks. I am learning a ton from my devotional times with Jesus and from all the teachers at Hillsong. Lately, I have been so hungry for the Word of God! I want to consume my mind with Scripture constantly.  I was reading through Psalm 119 the other day and it was exactly how I was feeling.

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions. 

Psalm 119:20

I am always overwhelmed with a desire for your regulations.

I want to be constantly asking God to open my eyes to His awesome truths when I read His Word and I always want to have a huge desire to learn. 

  A couple of weeks ago we had Colour Conference and it was awesome! I was on the Refresh Team (AKA: cleaning toilets, emptying bins, and vacuuming team). Now, this probably wasn't the most fun job to do (haha) but I ended up loving it! God really taught me some great things through it. One of the things I learned was the "strength of the Lord". Ok, I know we have all heard this  billions of times but this really clicked for me those two weeks. It was a lot of work and I was tired but on the second day someone said, "use the strength of the Lord." I remember thinking to myself, "God I really want to see your strength in me these next two weeks." It was awesome! I had energy that only could of come from God those two weeks! God is so good!

Below is a picture from the last part of the conference! Pretty cool stuff!

So this next picture are the seats in their movie theaters! Are these not crazy nice or what!? So much room and relaxation! haha

Last monday night my tutorial group had our first performance night! It went great! I was so proud of everyone and we all had a blast!

This is a spot I sometimes go to, to spend time with Jesus. So calming :)

AND of course! HAPPY EASTER! I drew this at my work Waroeng! haha

Prayer Request:

So the past 4 weeks I have been having the crazy stomach issues. Every time I would eat it would hurt like crazy. I went to the doctor and he said it could be acid build up or ulcers. He put me on this medicine that is kind of helping but slowly. So I just need prayer that this goes away so I can eat normal food! I want easter eggs :)

Also, if you could be praying for the place I work at. It has been getting slow and we need for that place to get business! I believe God is going to show up through this and bless the owners like crazy!

I love you all!