What am I doing with my life??

Alright so it's time for an update.

Well for starters I have been accepted on Staff with YWAM Orlando! I'm super excited about that!!
I cannot wait to get back to Orlando - both for the ministry and the people - but I'm planning to be home until early August. I'm excited to have this time to spend with my family since we've been in different countries for quite a while, so this should be fun.
During this time I will also be support raising. I am required to raise a minimum of $1000 per month. If you would like to be part of this, I would love to tell you how you can be involved!

I have also been taking some driving lessons...it's about time eh!
My American friends would laugh at me for my constant apologizing to the other drivers on the road - they would tell me I'm SO Canadian! Driving is not my specialty yet as I am still quite chicken...

Right now I am reading through the gospel of John and quite enjoying it. During my time with YWAM my desire to not only read but understand my bible has grown tremendously. During my first training school I was required to read the new testament and in my second school I read the old testament. I'm kinda embarrassed to admit that was the first time I had read through my entire bible... While it was good to get through the whole thing, the time limit doesn't allow much time to really study it. I am really enjoying having the time now to pick through everything and read different translations and be able to research some of the stuff I'm learning. I love it!

Well I think concludes this update on my life.
Until next time,

Peace
SJ

Everything must go!

So I'm sitting in my room right now looking at the piles of stuff...EVERYWHERE!

I have so much stuff it's just ridiculous. It's crazy to me that while I've been gone, I've been able to live out of two suitcases - considering the amount of stuff in this room i think that's pretty impressive.
So the conclusion I've come to is this...I really don't need most of the junk in here.

So what do I do about this?

I've decided to have a garage sale!
I'm pretty excited to be able to get rid of all this junk that I really don't need.

I'll keep ya posted on when the big sale will be!

Peace.

Fresh Start

So this morning I decided I need a fresh start with my blog. It needed some color for starters, and perhaps some consistent updates...
Here's the thing, it was mentioned to me the other day that since I'm at home I should have lots of time to blog, but since I've been home I just haven't felt like anything blog worthy has happened.
Maybe my expectations of what is blog worthy are too high? hmmm things to consider.
So anyway, All that to say that I'm going to try to be more consistent about my blogging.
Wish me luck.

Alright so I'm finally in my own house again! I've been home for almost a month but only managed to move into my house 4 days ago. I have really enjoyed living with Grammy and Grampy for the past few weeks but it's wonderful to be in my own space with my own things again.

Well I'm off to make some muffins.

Peace
Sarah Jane

Aah It's been TOO long!

Oh my goodness, I cant believe how long it's been. I feel like I havent had internet in so long! Right now we're having dinner at a friends house and we are fortunate enough to be able to use their computer!

The past two weeks have been great! My week in Charleston was packed! The days were long but it was definitely amazing. We did alot of dowtown evangelism and alot of work with the college group at the church we were staying in. When we were praying about our week God was really putting the church youth and college groups on our hearts so we really dug into that. We were able to do a couple services with them, share testimonies, do some dramas and get to know the students. It was a very fruitful experience.

Last week we were in greenville south carolina. That was a big week for ministry as well as for our team. We again spent alot of time in the downtown area which was great. We met alot of people that we will be keeping in contact with and hopefully be able to see again. Our team spent alot of team time praying for each other and really working through our struggles together. God really moved and alot of healing took place.

I'm currently in Atlanta, we got here yesterday and were able to spend the day exploring dowtown and getting a feel for the city.
Tomorrow we're going to spending the day working with kids! I'm so stoked!

Well we're on our way out so i gotta be going. Keep praying for us, i would really appreciate that!

Peace!

Good Bye Miami...

We have left Miami and are spending the night in Orlando on our way to South Carolina. I have grown to love Miami over the past weeks and it was definitely sad to leave.

This next week is a big one...I'm leading it!
We're going to Charleston South Carolina where we'll be working with a few different ministries over the week. Please pray for my leadership team (Stacie, Nathaniel and I) for patience as well as wisdom and discernment. We're pretty excited to have this opportunity to lead out.
I'll let you know more as the week goes on.

If you could pray for my health as well that would be much appreciated. Ever since I left home last January my body hasnt been able to make it through a cold front without getting sick. I've been working on this cold for about two weeks now. I really dont want this to be a hindrance to my ministry so prayer would be great!

Thank you!!

Peace

His ways are higher

So it turns out God works in mysterious ways. Go figure eh.

Last Monday a team mate and i went to give blood at one of the college campuses we were evangelizing at. We figured it would be quick and then we could go out and talk with some students.
I'm not sure what made me think i wanted to do this since blood makes me kind of squeamish and i have a strong dislike for needles. But regardless, I found myself in the "blood bus" with a needle in my arm stealing a large quantity of my blood. I'll admit the needle wasn't so bad so long as I didn't look, it was after the needle came out that the problem started. The lovely nurse took the needle out, gave me a band aid and some powerade and sent me on my way. She of course asked how I was feeling and such and I was fine so off I went.
Well I didn't make it more then 5 feet past the bus when i started feeling light headed and blacked out. The nurse came out and with the help of my team mate managed to get me back in the bus. Talk about kinda embarrassing... They kept me on the bus for another 45 minutes pumping me full of fluids. I was really quite annoyed with the whole situation...I don't enjoy being incapable. I kept thinking how i could be out evangelizing to people on campus but instead i was stuck in a blood bus trying to remain conscious. I really was not impressed.

Well while I was in there we started talking this guy giving blood across from me, that came in shortly after they brought me back. He was pretty interested in what we were doing with the campus ministry. He wasn't a christian but he was definitely seeking truth and seemed excited by the idea of a personal God who sent His own son to die for him. We were able to chat with him a few more times after that day and he actually gave his life to the Lord last week. What a blessing. It was such an encouragement to me to see how God used a situation that was really frustrating to me and brought something beautiful out of it. Praise God. He is continually showing me that in my weaknesses He is strong. Love it.

I hope this encourages y'all back home, God can use whatever situation we're in, it's not about what we can do it's all about Him.

Peace

Week One

Holla from Miami!
We've been here for a week now and I love it.
My team is working with a campus ministry at Miami Dade called WAVES. WAVES is a student run christian club on campus and is fairly well known by the students. Today was the first day of classes and our first day going out on campus and it went really good. The students are pretty open to hearing what we have to say and most of them are really searching for something. Today was a huge encouragement to me, I was able to talk to a lot of people and was able to share the gospel with ten different people - it really made me excited for the next month down here.
It occurred to me today how much God is doing in me and has done in me in the past year. Before coming to YWAM I dont ever remember sharing the gospel with someone on my own, I've never had the boldness to just start talking to people like that, but it's really become a lifestyle. I love it. This is what God has called us as Christians to do - Go into the world and share the gospel.
Please continue praying for my team as well as the students we'll be working with!
I'll keep you posted.
Peace.