Anyway, a quick update on the haps at YWAM, Oak Ridge: our two DTS's are both on outreach. It was a good lecture phase for both schools, even with really a skeleton staff for much of that time. The Young Couples DTS is in Samoa at the moment, after a month in Tasmania. They spent a day here at Oak Ridge as they transitioned between places and traded cold-weather clothes for warm-weather clothes! It sounds like Tasmania was a great time... they helped out a lot with practical needs in the community they were staying in.
Our Adventure DTS is in Cambodia and from the sounds of it, having a great time! They are working with a YWAM base there, and it sounds like they're working a lot with young kids, and teaching English some. I anticipate that this will be a very good time for them-- Cambodia is very different from NZ! There is a lot of opportunity to share the love of God with those who may not have seen his love in action through Christians before.
Here on base, we are having a little "down" time-- still running our kids ministry in Maungaturoto, as well as working on youth outreach, but things are moving much more slowly and quietly than when the DTS's were here!
Most of you have probably heard my latest news through the grapevine, but for those that have not: I have only two weeks left in New Zealand. I came to a decision not too long ago that my time here needs to come to an end. I definitely feel a sense of completion as I contemplate the last several years that I've called New Zealand home, as well as a lot of sadness at saying goodbye! I have spent a lot of time praying about this, and really feel that it is time for something new.
Having said that, I have no idea what that new thing is or will be! I am moving back to Portland, at least to start with, and am hoping things will become more clear once I am there. The only thing I really know is that God is good, and has done amazing things during my time here, and I feel privileged to have been a part of it. And I am really grateful to him and also to all my friends and family who have supported me and cared for me; I am at a loss for words, really, when I consider it.
So, the next week is for packing and finishing things up on base, and then I will spend my last week in Auckland with a good friend. I will be home at the end of June, just in time for all the best summer fruit! I have a lot of good-byes to say, which is surreal and really sad in the moments when it's not surreal. And I have a lot of decisions to make and things to process through, which is a bit daunting when I think about it too much. So, if you think about it, please say a prayer for me as I transition to the next thing.
Hope all is well with you!
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