Friday 25 May 2012
In the last week I have been working on putting the finishing touches on my application to Watoto 360. I have been going over it to make sure I have said everything that I needed to, getting all the contact information for my references and double checking that everything is signed and dated as it should be. Yesterday I spoke to my last reference, today I scanned in the papers with my signature and this afternoon I sent off all the papers to the head office! Now all that is left to do is send the application fee and wait. I must confess that now that my part in this process is over I will be spending the next weeks very anxious to receive the reply as to whether or not I have been accepted into the program. I have been warned that the processing of the application can take up to three months!! My prayer is that it would only take one so that I can continue preparing myself and can plan for the next year. I can not think of a better grad present than learning that I have been accepted. If all goes well I will begin the program on January 6,2013 and will be involved in daily bible classes, outreach ministry, and many other life changing activities. The thing that I look forward to most though is the chance to spend time with the children. This is where my heart is drawn, how I love the kids! I can think of nothing better than to be in a program where children are so cared for and loved.
Monday 21 May 2012
Well, I have never written a blog before so I am not really sure where to start. Oh well here goes! From a very young age it has been my dream to go to on a missions trip to Uganda, Africa. I remember how I just could not wait for the day when I would graduate and then I could be on my way. Well in a little over a month that day will be here.
As the years have past I have spent numerous hours pouring over the information for various programs, searching for the one that I felt I was being called to. One such program was a YWAM ( youth with a mission ) program that would have me based out of Sydney Australia. Being as I have traveled Down Under before with my family and that I happen to love it down there I felt that this would be the program for me. Everything about it was appealing and it fit much of what I wanted to do. However there was one small problem, though the outreach portion of the program did travel to Africa, it did not include a visit to Uganda. For quite a while I was bound set on going with this group any way. It drew to me in a way that I knew I would enjoy my time and I also knew exactly what joining this group would look like as I have had many friends and relatives who have gone to participate in the six month DTS. A second program that I had heard about briefly was a six month ministry school called Watoto 360. Set in Kampala Uganda the program offers outreach to the poor and hungry, bible classes and so much more.
In retrospect I cannot believe that I did not jump at the opportunity to join watoto instantly, however for many months I was torn between which of the two programs I should apply for. In truth I really did not want to join Watoto, for it was more of an unknown than YWAM. I did not know what to expect from them and I knew so many people who could vouch for YWAM. During the summer of 2011 I found that often what I want and think is best for me is not what God knows will be in my best interest. On a rare Sunday when my family and I attended a church in Red Deer rather than our home church in Sundre I found this out first hand. To this day I cannot remember what was said or what worship song it was that affected me so but on that day I felt God telling me that Watoto was the place for me, whether I liked it or not. Since then I have been seeking him out and gathering as much information on the program as I can and in the last six months I have begun the process of following God's leading in this matter. I have come to love the Watoto program and this week I will be sending in my application form. From there it will be a waiting process to see what happens next. No matter what happens I know that God has had his hand on this whole process from the beginning till now. I have been repeatedly taught about patience and provision so now I plan to leave everything in the hands of the one who is trustworthy to carry on the good work he has started in me until completion. Again I may be required to learn about patience is as it can take up to three months for the application to be processed but as I am trusting that this is where God is leading me at this point in time I am planning and thinking as if I already have the acceptance and will be flying to Uganda in January 2013.
As the years have past I have spent numerous hours pouring over the information for various programs, searching for the one that I felt I was being called to. One such program was a YWAM ( youth with a mission ) program that would have me based out of Sydney Australia. Being as I have traveled Down Under before with my family and that I happen to love it down there I felt that this would be the program for me. Everything about it was appealing and it fit much of what I wanted to do. However there was one small problem, though the outreach portion of the program did travel to Africa, it did not include a visit to Uganda. For quite a while I was bound set on going with this group any way. It drew to me in a way that I knew I would enjoy my time and I also knew exactly what joining this group would look like as I have had many friends and relatives who have gone to participate in the six month DTS. A second program that I had heard about briefly was a six month ministry school called Watoto 360. Set in Kampala Uganda the program offers outreach to the poor and hungry, bible classes and so much more.
In retrospect I cannot believe that I did not jump at the opportunity to join watoto instantly, however for many months I was torn between which of the two programs I should apply for. In truth I really did not want to join Watoto, for it was more of an unknown than YWAM. I did not know what to expect from them and I knew so many people who could vouch for YWAM. During the summer of 2011 I found that often what I want and think is best for me is not what God knows will be in my best interest. On a rare Sunday when my family and I attended a church in Red Deer rather than our home church in Sundre I found this out first hand. To this day I cannot remember what was said or what worship song it was that affected me so but on that day I felt God telling me that Watoto was the place for me, whether I liked it or not. Since then I have been seeking him out and gathering as much information on the program as I can and in the last six months I have begun the process of following God's leading in this matter. I have come to love the Watoto program and this week I will be sending in my application form. From there it will be a waiting process to see what happens next. No matter what happens I know that God has had his hand on this whole process from the beginning till now. I have been repeatedly taught about patience and provision so now I plan to leave everything in the hands of the one who is trustworthy to carry on the good work he has started in me until completion. Again I may be required to learn about patience is as it can take up to three months for the application to be processed but as I am trusting that this is where God is leading me at this point in time I am planning and thinking as if I already have the acceptance and will be flying to Uganda in January 2013.
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