Hey everyone! I urgently need your support! I have 9 weeks of Outreach coming up spread over September-November and I need a total of $3320.00 to cover all costs ( due this Friday, I know!!! soo soooon!).
Thanks to God I have already had 3 people tell me they will give me money, but am believing that God will provide all I need by the time I need it.
I am hoping you will consider joining me in missions, partnering with me in reaching the lost through your prayers and financial support. I am so excited for what God has planned for me during my weeks of Outreach. I have never really done this before but I know that I will be stepping out of my comfort zone and doing things I've never dreamed of doing. I have never been a public speaker, but God is preparing my heart to have something ready for any opportunity I may have to speak. I also know that while in Papua New Guinea I may be asked to lead some worship songs, and share Bible stories with the kids in ways they will understand. It is all so exciting.
For my 3 week Outreach this is how it will go:
Week 1: Mission Adventures- This is where a 3 different Yo
uth groups from Australia will come here to the base. I will be on staff with my DTS, and we will be training these kids for missions, and being a support to their Leaders. We will be alongside them, teaching them about Evangelism and just doing life with them.
Week 2: Outreach to Mount Isa with Mission Adventures Team-This is where we will take the kids we have been training and go on outreach, taking the gospel to Mount Isa, which is primarily indigineous. Sharing the Gospel can be done in many ways, even just playing games with the Aboriginal Children or just having the way we live being watched. It will be a very fun week with the kids, and I am sure they will have just as much fun as we will reaching out to the Aborigines, and doing anything from painting houses, to leading church services etc.
Week 3: 5 Day Escape- The Youth Street Kids here at the Townsville base come here every Saturday for Youth Street, which is kinda like a Youth Group. Some of these kids don't have many Christian friends and people that influence them in a good way, 5DE is a great way to spend time with them, building up their faith and also having fun at the same time. We will be visiting 2 theme parks, surfing, and just having time together. I am excited for what God will do on this trip, because I know that while the kids are having fun, they will be so open to what God wants to say through us because we are taking the time to hang out with them.
So yea, that is my Minor Outreach.
For my 6 Week Major Outreach, I will be heading to Papua New Guinea with my Outreach Team. My leader Keevy has advised us of the basics of what we will be doing but because things can change very quickly in Papua New Guinea, nothing is very definite. I am going to get my Hep A, Hep B and Typhoid Shots tomorrow, so am a bit nervous about that, please pray for me that I don't faint or something :). There is a high chance of getting malaria too, so am getting pills for that, but please pray for good health and God's provision while I am in PNG. In PNG we will basically just be heading to the villages that our Ship will be going to next year. The Ship will be going there to provide medical help and advice and will be going to a few different villages. My school is going with the IPHC (Introduction to Primary Health Care) class. They will be providing basic health care and advice in the different villages we go to, and we will be partnering with them and helping them out. We will probably be visiting a few hospitals and raising awareness about the Ship Tour that will be happening next year. Did you know that 1in 7 women in PNG die of Childbirth?? That's crazy! It makes me really sad that they don't have simple skills to be able to prevent this. Part of what the IPHC will be doing is training in this area, to try and take this number down. I am very excited to be partnering with them. We are also going to be doing things like leading church services, staying up late sharing our testimonies, doing dramas/skits, and just playing games with the kids of PNG. Please pray that I will not get sick, and that God will refresh me every morning as I wake. We heard from the previous PNG Outreach Team, that you hardly get any sleep because its just GO GO GO! so please pray that when I do get to sleep, that I really do rest. For those of you who know me, you will know I am a very light sleeper, and I do not operate very well when I am tired. Please pray that I will learn to walk in the opposite spirit, no matter what I feel, pray that I will have strength to do whatever it is that God needs me to do, and pray that what I say will effect the hearts of the people in PNG! I am so excited for what God wants to do through my team and I! Please pray for us. If you are able to provide financial support, you can either send a cheque to my parents:
Gia White
C/-Adam White
11 Sovereign Way
Paraparaumu 5032
or just do Direct Credit into my New Zealand Bank account
Bank of New Zealand
02-0733-0041387-083
If it doesn't let you do the 3 digits at the end, just drop the zero. As long as the 83 suffix is there, it will work.
Thank you so much for reading my blog! I hope that you will join me in this amazing opportunity!
Love Gia
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
I'm backkkk!! Yay!! You do not know how nice it is to come back to the base here in Townsville. No dust, no bull ants, no spiders, and toilets that flush properly hehe! Reminds me of how I need to be thankful to God at ALL times! We arrived in Hidden Valley on Sunday 16th August at approximately 11.30ish....2 hours away from civilization, and all other necessary things. This was my first time camping properly so it was really exciting!Hidden Valley is a beautiful place, tucked in the middle of a nowhere. We had a creek nearby which we could swim in, we even had hot showers, a proper kitchen with amazing food. Most of our activities were held in a huge shed which is on the property. The weather was really hot during the day but the night was a little chilly and the mornings the same. We were woken up each morning at 6am ( without fail) by the Kookaburras in the trees, unless of course you were a really heavy sleeper (which was not me).
Our first night was amazing. We had worship under the stars after watching a video “How Great is Our God” and He really is great! There was even some stars in the sky that looked like love hearts, and the Milky Way was able to be seen too. It was soo awesome!
We had amazing breakfasts! Pancakes, Bacon & Eggs, Porridge, French Toast...it was soo good! I definitely did not expect that.
I tented with my best friend here, Alexis Leavitt, she is from Laguna Beach California, and she is one amazing woman of God. It was really awesome to spend some more time with her. Thanks to my wonderful Mum and Dad, I had a really nice tent and a thermarest (though I didn’t figure out how to work the thermarest till the night before we left, so was sleeping on hard mat the whole time, silly me).
Our DTS got the whole first week to ourselves, there was just 28 of us, and it was a really good time. Week 6 was all about Lordship, just learning to make Jesus the Lord of our lives. My school leader Ryan Booker led this week and he did an amazing job! I made Jesus Lord of my life, laid down all my stupid goals and aspirations and promised to do whatever he wanted for my life. It was tough but I know it’s the best thing. Still have to lay down things everyday but it was awesome.
We spent most of our days here swimming in the creek, sleeping in the heat of the day, walking through the woods or just hanging out.
Week 7
The Staff joined us this week, which took the number of people on the campsite up to 120..yea you read that right haha. Imagine that, breakfast, morning tea, lunch, dinner, and supper for 120 people for 5 days!! I felt sorry for the girl who had to organize how much food to bring up! I was on breakfast preparation on Tuesday, which was the one day that I got sick. I was nauseous all day till about 3pm. It really sucked, but thank goodness that night I had an amazing sleep. Alexis prayed for me, and I slept through the night, even through the Kookaburras, which is a miracle J.
I spent alot of time with one of the Staff Couple’s little girl, Raelynn Woje. She is 3 and absolutely adorable. She clicked with me the day before I left with camping and kinda stuck with me through most of camping. I have gotten to know her mum Rachel Woje, and her husband David, they are such a beautiful family. I took Raelynn for walks and played with her in the creek. She was sick the same day as me, so we coloured together in the shed.
We had lots of corporate worship, and I danced around the field like a nut but it was sooo fun!
I asked God for confirmation on what I could do if I came back on staff in April and funnily enough, the YWAM base director Ken Mulligan asked me if I was interested in joining the Ship Tour that our base is going to be running next year. He said that he had been wanting to talk to me about doing something with music, because he knew that I sing and play piano as I had told him this previously and he thinks that God has placed an annointing on me and he would really like me to join this as it is a new development that Reef to Outback is taking charge of . I was really excited! The Australia PNG (Papua New Guinea) Ship Tour is basically just going around to different ship ports in Australia which our Ship is going to be docking in and raising awareness about the problems in PNG, also raising support for the tour, then we head to PNG and do some work there. I am going to PNG for outreach so it will be good for me to get to know the place a little more. Ken has asked me to pray about it. I am really excited about it and would love to do this but will see what God wants me to do. So yea, if you could keep this in your prayers for me that would be good, just that God would confirm what he wants me to do. I’m not in a hurry but its something I will need to confirm eventually J.
Week 7 was all about Evangelism and the Holy Spirit. David Stevenson from the YWAM Newcastle base preached this week. He is a New Zealander, so I talked to him a little about Paraparaumu which was cool. I had a really great week. Was a bit sick during the week which slowed me down but really seeked after God for a spirit of boldness to be an Evangelist and it was really awesome! I had some good God time this week.
The last night of our camping we all sat around the fire and all the different nations were grouped together. I joined the New Zealand group. It worked out that there was a stick and if you were given the stick you had to get up and do something that related to your culture. The New Zealanders attempted a medley, I got up and sung Pokarekare Ana to start off and then they joined in with Slice of Heaven and How Bizarre, it kinda flopped because we forgot the words to Slice of Heaven but it was still fun. The Aussies, Americans, English, Scottish, Phillipinos, Swiss, German people also brought some interesting things to this fun time.
All in all I had an amazing time camping, getting to know some more of the staff members better and just having fun with my friends! I will write again soon! To see some pictures of Camping you can go to these links : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146357&id=700994895&l=1294a1942d and http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146364&id=700994895&l=9c9af777c2
Our first night was amazing. We had worship under the stars after watching a video “How Great is Our God” and He really is great! There was even some stars in the sky that looked like love hearts, and the Milky Way was able to be seen too. It was soo awesome!
We had amazing breakfasts! Pancakes, Bacon & Eggs, Porridge, French Toast...it was soo good! I definitely did not expect that.
I tented with my best friend here, Alexis Leavitt, she is from Laguna Beach California, and she is one amazing woman of God. It was really awesome to spend some more time with her. Thanks to my wonderful Mum and Dad, I had a really nice tent and a thermarest (though I didn’t figure out how to work the thermarest till the night before we left, so was sleeping on hard mat the whole time, silly me).
Our DTS got the whole first week to ourselves, there was just 28 of us, and it was a really good time. Week 6 was all about Lordship, just learning to make Jesus the Lord of our lives. My school leader Ryan Booker led this week and he did an amazing job! I made Jesus Lord of my life, laid down all my stupid goals and aspirations and promised to do whatever he wanted for my life. It was tough but I know it’s the best thing. Still have to lay down things everyday but it was awesome.
We spent most of our days here swimming in the creek, sleeping in the heat of the day, walking through the woods or just hanging out.
Week 7
The Staff joined us this week, which took the number of people on the campsite up to 120..yea you read that right haha. Imagine that, breakfast, morning tea, lunch, dinner, and supper for 120 people for 5 days!! I felt sorry for the girl who had to organize how much food to bring up! I was on breakfast preparation on Tuesday, which was the one day that I got sick. I was nauseous all day till about 3pm. It really sucked, but thank goodness that night I had an amazing sleep. Alexis prayed for me, and I slept through the night, even through the Kookaburras, which is a miracle J.
I spent alot of time with one of the Staff Couple’s little girl, Raelynn Woje. She is 3 and absolutely adorable. She clicked with me the day before I left with camping and kinda stuck with me through most of camping. I have gotten to know her mum Rachel Woje, and her husband David, they are such a beautiful family. I took Raelynn for walks and played with her in the creek. She was sick the same day as me, so we coloured together in the shed.
We had lots of corporate worship, and I danced around the field like a nut but it was sooo fun!
I asked God for confirmation on what I could do if I came back on staff in April and funnily enough, the YWAM base director Ken Mulligan asked me if I was interested in joining the Ship Tour that our base is going to be running next year. He said that he had been wanting to talk to me about doing something with music, because he knew that I sing and play piano as I had told him this previously and he thinks that God has placed an annointing on me and he would really like me to join this as it is a new development that Reef to Outback is taking charge of . I was really excited! The Australia PNG (Papua New Guinea) Ship Tour is basically just going around to different ship ports in Australia which our Ship is going to be docking in and raising awareness about the problems in PNG, also raising support for the tour, then we head to PNG and do some work there. I am going to PNG for outreach so it will be good for me to get to know the place a little more. Ken has asked me to pray about it. I am really excited about it and would love to do this but will see what God wants me to do. So yea, if you could keep this in your prayers for me that would be good, just that God would confirm what he wants me to do. I’m not in a hurry but its something I will need to confirm eventually J.
Week 7 was all about Evangelism and the Holy Spirit. David Stevenson from the YWAM Newcastle base preached this week. He is a New Zealander, so I talked to him a little about Paraparaumu which was cool. I had a really great week. Was a bit sick during the week which slowed me down but really seeked after God for a spirit of boldness to be an Evangelist and it was really awesome! I had some good God time this week.
The last night of our camping we all sat around the fire and all the different nations were grouped together. I joined the New Zealand group. It worked out that there was a stick and if you were given the stick you had to get up and do something that related to your culture. The New Zealanders attempted a medley, I got up and sung Pokarekare Ana to start off and then they joined in with Slice of Heaven and How Bizarre, it kinda flopped because we forgot the words to Slice of Heaven but it was still fun. The Aussies, Americans, English, Scottish, Phillipinos, Swiss, German people also brought some interesting things to this fun time.
All in all I had an amazing time camping, getting to know some more of the staff members better and just having fun with my friends! I will write again soon! To see some pictures of Camping you can go to these links : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146357&id=700994895&l=1294a1942d and http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146364&id=700994895&l=9c9af777c2
Friday, August 14, 2009
Week 5...im leavinggg!!
So I titled my blog I'm leaving, so you would realize the importance of this blog. Week 5 has ended but Week 6 and 7 will be spent camping in the bush...sooo..therefore, I will be out of contact, as obviously there's no internet out in the whops right? haha
So just letting you know, I will fill you in on all the camping when I get back and also upload pictures to facebook and give you the album link, so you can take a look. If you don't have facebook and do want some of my album links, just send me an email and I will give them to you :).
So, Week 5 was "Identity" Week. The beginning of the week was a bit of a struggle for me, I had a few issues to get through, but I really am happy now. I am so happy I think my friends are a little weirded out, but hey, thats ok ... maybe they will understand :).
I have a boyfriend,yep...u heard me right...haha. No, not a human boyfriend, just the best boyfriend ever...
Ok, sounds crazy but I made a response to God yesterday, best thing I could do, and I'm putting Him first, instead of chasing after boys (which most of you will giggle at reading, because you know I've been a boy-crazy girl since I can remember) haha. It was really cool. God really romanced my heart, and I dont care how nutty it sounds. I was made for Him, your opinions don't really matter... ( in the nicest way possible) :)
It has been a really great week, and my eyes have really been opened to the way that God sees other people. I made ammends with some people who I haven't treated the way Jesus would have, and that was really great.
I just want to say I love my family! They are the best family in the world. I want to honour my mum and dad for the way they raised me, and kept me safe. I used to take it for granted, but THANK YOU MUM AND DAD! I am so proud to call you my parents. Thank you for loving me as I am , and for always being there for your little girl! I love YOU BOTH!!
So after all that, I bid you adieu till the next time I write, which will be in 2 weeks! I hope you all have a great 2 weeks!
Love Gia
So just letting you know, I will fill you in on all the camping when I get back and also upload pictures to facebook and give you the album link, so you can take a look. If you don't have facebook and do want some of my album links, just send me an email and I will give them to you :).
So, Week 5 was "Identity" Week. The beginning of the week was a bit of a struggle for me, I had a few issues to get through, but I really am happy now. I am so happy I think my friends are a little weirded out, but hey, thats ok ... maybe they will understand :).
I have a boyfriend,yep...u heard me right...haha. No, not a human boyfriend, just the best boyfriend ever...
Ok, sounds crazy but I made a response to God yesterday, best thing I could do, and I'm putting Him first, instead of chasing after boys (which most of you will giggle at reading, because you know I've been a boy-crazy girl since I can remember) haha. It was really cool. God really romanced my heart, and I dont care how nutty it sounds. I was made for Him, your opinions don't really matter... ( in the nicest way possible) :)
It has been a really great week, and my eyes have really been opened to the way that God sees other people. I made ammends with some people who I haven't treated the way Jesus would have, and that was really great.
I just want to say I love my family! They are the best family in the world. I want to honour my mum and dad for the way they raised me, and kept me safe. I used to take it for granted, but THANK YOU MUM AND DAD! I am so proud to call you my parents. Thank you for loving me as I am , and for always being there for your little girl! I love YOU BOTH!!
So after all that, I bid you adieu till the next time I write, which will be in 2 weeks! I hope you all have a great 2 weeks!
Love Gia
Friday, August 7, 2009
OUTREACH!!
So we found out our Outreach location on Thursday! Yay!
I have two Outreaches. The first is for 3 weeks and for the first week my team will be joining Mission Adventures, which is a training camp for youth groups. I will be on staff here. The second week my team will be going to Mt. Isa, which is primarily Indigenous people, but has the odd white person :). The third week, my team will be going on 5DE ( 5 Day Escape) which is pretty much visiting 2 theme parks, hanging out with the Youth Street kids, and building relationships with them. I am very excited for this....as I've only been to one big theme park, because New Zealands theme park does not compare haha.
For my second outreach which is 5 weeks long, my team will be going to Papua New Guinea. We will be joining the IPHC (Introduction to Primary Health Care) School which is currently running.
We have been told we need between $2000-$4000 for this, and I have about $1800 saved up right now. If God puts it on your heart to support me, and help me get to these destinations, please email me and I will give you my bank details.
Please pray for me as I prepare for outreach, that God would continue to grow my heart for the lost and that I would be able to share my testimony in a relevant way. Also for confidence and strength.
Thank you for reading
Gia
I have two Outreaches. The first is for 3 weeks and for the first week my team will be joining Mission Adventures, which is a training camp for youth groups. I will be on staff here. The second week my team will be going to Mt. Isa, which is primarily Indigenous people, but has the odd white person :). The third week, my team will be going on 5DE ( 5 Day Escape) which is pretty much visiting 2 theme parks, hanging out with the Youth Street kids, and building relationships with them. I am very excited for this....as I've only been to one big theme park, because New Zealands theme park does not compare haha.
For my second outreach which is 5 weeks long, my team will be going to Papua New Guinea. We will be joining the IPHC (Introduction to Primary Health Care) School which is currently running.
We have been told we need between $2000-$4000 for this, and I have about $1800 saved up right now. If God puts it on your heart to support me, and help me get to these destinations, please email me and I will give you my bank details.
Please pray for me as I prepare for outreach, that God would continue to grow my heart for the lost and that I would be able to share my testimony in a relevant way. Also for confidence and strength.
Thank you for reading
Gia
Week 4
So...week 4 has finished. It seems these days I barely even start the week and then its over! :) This week at lectures we learnt about the Father Heart of God. We also learnt alot about the Trinity, which was quite cool. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all have different purposes but are part of the same family. We learnt how, as we mature in our prayers, we will know who to direct the prayers to, because the different members of the trinity do different things, but that they know who we are praying to even if we dont.
At the beginning of the week on Sunday, the girls were told to get dressed up nice and be on the deck at 6. We were so excited, as we didnt know what to expect. The getting ready started at 4, imagine that, 14 girls crammed into one bathroom trying to share two mirrors. It was madness!
I'm sure everyone could hear things such as " is this colour eyeshadow right for the dress?....should i wear my hair up or down??" etc etc hahaha.
We soon found out that the boys had prepared a lovely 3 course meal for us, Appetizer, Main Meal, and Dessert ( which was Ice Cream cake). They did this all to honour us as women of God. Some of the boys read out some verses from the Bible for us, and then we all sat down to eat together. It was a really fun night.
Apart from that, I completed my Book Report this week and handed that in. It was on the book "Is That Really You God?" by Loren Cunningham.
This Sunday we are going to Billabong Reserve, I am planning on getting some pictures with Koalas and Wombats :)
Will write again soon!
Gia
At the beginning of the week on Sunday, the girls were told to get dressed up nice and be on the deck at 6. We were so excited, as we didnt know what to expect. The getting ready started at 4, imagine that, 14 girls crammed into one bathroom trying to share two mirrors. It was madness!
I'm sure everyone could hear things such as " is this colour eyeshadow right for the dress?....should i wear my hair up or down??" etc etc hahaha.
We soon found out that the boys had prepared a lovely 3 course meal for us, Appetizer, Main Meal, and Dessert ( which was Ice Cream cake). They did this all to honour us as women of God. Some of the boys read out some verses from the Bible for us, and then we all sat down to eat together. It was a really fun night.
Apart from that, I completed my Book Report this week and handed that in. It was on the book "Is That Really You God?" by Loren Cunningham.
This Sunday we are going to Billabong Reserve, I am planning on getting some pictures with Koalas and Wombats :)
Will write again soon!
Gia
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