I wanted to update you all and let you know where I'm going for the outreach phase of the DTS!! On Wednesday we were told that we would be splitting into 2 teams for the outreach. At first I didn't like the idea of having to split with people, we've all already become so close, after 3 months its going to be hard to separate. But they then explained and it became clear that it was right to split. We have a team of 12/13 (A lady from Africa is hopefully joining us on Monday!) which means we can go to 2 countries and have more of an impact.
The 2 options for outreach were Europe or Africa and we were given the afternoon to make a decision. I immediately wanted to go to Africa! I knew though, that even though this is what I wanted, God may have been saying something different. So, even though the thought of picking Europe scared me, I prayed about it and asked God that I'd feel a complete peace about going to Africa, and if Europe was where I should go, that I'd feel unsettled. So I left it for a few hours and when it came to write my answer, I realised that I'd felt so peaceful and not worried at all- very unusual for me when making a big decision like this! So I wrote Africa.
On Thursday we had a day of sharing our stories of faith with each other, something I've not done before! As I listened to the leaders and other students talk about their stories of God working through their lives in amazing ways and bringing them out of really difficult situations, I realised I've had it pretty easy and was worried my story would be boring! After I shared my story of faith I was really encouraged by everyone and told not to be ashamed of my story!! After each person shared we had a time of prayer for each person and one of the students, Kyounghwa from South Korea, had a picture of me holding a child and thought this was relating to the outreach.
It wasn't till Friday morning that we found out which leaders and students were going where! We were told not to discuss with anyone else where we were going but Aubrey and I (my room mate) guessed each others and were trying to figure out where everyone else was going! So on Friday morning we found out that Claire our school leader and Catrina one of our staff will be going to Africa and Billy and Salome, also staff, will be going to Europe! The surprise came when we found out 8 students chose to go to Europe and 4 of us are going to Africa!! The students going to Africa are; Aubrey, Sam, Benjamin & myself with the two leaders and the other 8 are going to Europe. Its obviously a pretty small team but Im really looking forward to spending 3 months in Africa!!!
Also, Kyounghwa told me after we'd announced the teams that in the picture she had I was holding a black African child, but didn't want to say it at the time because she didn't know where I'd picked to go!! Thought it was pretty awesome! :)
So, I'm sorry if I ramble, I've realised that what I've explained in 4 paragraphs, Aubrey explained in 1 in her blog!! So if you'd rather read a more concise blog.. Drop me an email and I'll send you the link!! I also apologise if my english is getting slightly ungrammatical! I think the break from studying has seriously effected how well I communicate!!!
Peace out. x
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