Duh A Team is where it's at.

Okay, I am lacking in the blogging department. Last week was absolutely crazy, and this week I continued in the lacking department, but no more shall I continue this way.

There are so many things I could blog about for endless hours each. So in this blog I’m going to do a quick synopsis of the big events in this last week and a half.

Last Tuesday, October 5^th, we had our base gathering. It was huge for this base. There have been some crazy God things going on all around the world, but they all come back to LA. God is doing something huge in LA. We’re not exactly sure what he is doing exactly, we just trust that it’s huge and in his hands. God has been moving here, it’s just that he’s relaying information piece by piece now and involving his children. I’ve been praying about what God may have for me after this season. Maybe going back home to seminary, staying here and going to CSBS or SOMD. During this gathering I sensed God asking me to let go of seminary for now. I’m not sure exactly why or what I’m doing; I just know that God has me here in LA and I’m going to be part of his big plan, whatever that may be.

Wednesday October 6^th, we received our outreach locations. Wednesday mornings we have small group and our small group leader, Synnova (who is from Norway), had us go off for 5 minutes so that we could talk with God. She told us to go ask God where he wanted us to go on outreach (without us even knowing the outreach locations). During this time I kept on getting China and Thailand. Later that night we find out that the outreach locations are to Mexico, South Africa, Haiti/Dominican Republic, and Thailand. =D Sooo, after we found out the outreach locations they gave us 45 minutes to pray and what not until we had to turn in our desired location. They had us write down our number 1, 2, and 3 place. For the first half hour of prayer I struggled. I wanted my outreach location to be where God wanted me to be, not where I wanted me to be. During my prayer I kept on setting Thailand aside saying God not my desires, but yours. After not really hearing anything one of my favorite verses popped into my head; “delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). Then I sensed God saying, “Sarah what’s the difference between your desires and my desires?” At that point I was like okay God, Thailand it is. When I wrote down Thailand as my number one choice I had this awesome peace about it. After we all turned in our choices the DTS school leader took them all and prayed over them all. He was hoping and praying that God would make it so that everyone’s first choice would be split evenly into team four teams. Long story short, funny thing is God changed some plans. He made a South Africa team, a Haiti/DR team, and two Thailand teams. This is one reason I love YWAM. They’re all about championing young people, and not only do they just believe in this principle they live it out. I am on the Thailand A team. God is doing some awesome stuff. I’ll have to write more about my team another time. Time for bed; I am exhausted.