Final Crazy Days in Perth!!

I am about an hour away from leaving from the airport and thought I should post something before I leave. It has been a crazy last week or so to say the least! Week 11 was our last full week of class. We had Chris Adams from base talk to us about Spiritual Warfare! It was a balanced and interesting teaching that I enjoyed very much. Cliff and Cristine were our teachers for week 12. They taught on missions. It was fun to end my time in Perth with my good friends teaching! They were great and a lot of fun!

This past Monday Perth had the worst storm they've had in 50 years. The sky was dark and ominous and reminded me of the few times I've been in tornado type weather. Reports say that it actually was a cyclone. Anyway, it started to rain a bit and then hail. A little later it was like the heavens opened and it started to pour like I've never seen. It rained so hard that much of the base and the streets were flooded. Quite a few roofs were damaged and a couple of the dorms had to be evacuated. We were without electricity on base for a few days. Needless to say we had to be incredibly flexible and creative to see everything run as normal.


In the midst of the storm and clean up we also have been fighting for visas for 23 students that come from more developing nations. There has been a lot of red tape and the Mexican embassy changing their minds about the process and what they need to do. It looks like most of them will have to wait 2-3 weeks to go to Mexico. Please pray that this situation clears, that they all are granted a visa and that they can come sooner rather than later! Please also pray that the government comes up with a way for students from these countries to get visas quicker because there will be people being sent to Mexico all year!

I don't know that I have had time to truly process my whole time in Perth. I know first and foremost that God gave me this time to relax me and to refresh me for more ministry. It has been such a blessing to have three months of learning more about him and sitting in his presence! I am so blessed by all of you that made this possible for me to come. I am so grateful! I look forward to stepping out to Mexico City and seeing all that God has for us there. We have heard phenomenal stories of what's been happening there and I am excited to get going. I'm not sure how often I will be able to have Internet but I will update whenever possible! Thanks again for your love and support of me! I know I couldn't do this without it! Thanks for reading!! See ya Perth!!