Tickets purchased

I couldn't be more excited to say...we are officially going to Australia! The tickets have been bought!

This adventure is beginning to seem more real, I'm actually traveling half way around the world, wow! A couple years ago I couldn't imagine this being His plan for my next step, so crazy! 

So what else is there to do? I'm going to be purchasing a backpack soon, still a few more minor details need to be set in stone, but most importantly there is still money to be raised! Emma and I are close but not quite to our goals! I will be sending supporter letters out soon, please let me know if you would like to receive a letter (text me your address or Facebook me). If you get a letter, by no means will I be expecting support just financially, support in prayer is even more important and very needed. Please please be praying for us. In this time all of our friends are about to leave for college or are going back to high school so it's a little weird having to wait and be patient but I know the Lord is constant even in this time of waiting. Please pray that we will be reminded of that every day!

I also want to take time to say,!thank you to all of you who have been supporting me-you all are such a huge part of this mission, I couldn't go to Australia  without it, so, thank you! thank you! THANK YOU!

Y'all are awesome! Thanks for stickin with me! :)

Autumn

Heaven Come

I've had a specific prayer recently, something that I've been anticipating to experience and see...Heaven.

     "Jesus, help us to experience Heaven      today."

Y'all I'm gonna be real, I want to see Heaven, I'm beyond excited for what awaits in eternity! Some of you who know me know I'm a little obsessed with "eternity" and I'm not ashamed to say "Oh yes I am!", but what would happen if our every day prayer became "Jesus, give us a taste of Heaven today?" Today. I'm  excited for eternity, and yes everything we do on earth can have an eternal impact, but I want a taste of that now. This is not an impatient prayer, it is a prayer that actually Jesus prayed and commanded us to pray “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:9, 10 NIV) 

So what if we actually prayed "Your kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven?" I feel like our days may turn out a little differently. What would happen? I honestly don't know, but what I do know is that the Holy Spirit would definitely be hangin around with us which means, anything could happen. 

This is something I've been convicted to pray now, not to wait until YWAM but now, to experience the kingdom today.

"Let Heaven come."

http://youtu.be/ln9Ls_fIqe0 -Our Father by Bethel

First Post!

Yay for the first post!
I want to first say thank you to each of you for taking this journey with me, and for those who have donated to my trip-thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't express my gratitude enough.

I will be posting on this blog specifically about the journey from now and all the way till when I get back from YWAM. For now, I will be sharing my story (or the story He is writing for me), simple thoughts, crazy questions, and the random moments the Lord takes me through during the waiting period for Australia. I will also be updating you all on my finances and will share the prayers that I need for my preparation.

I will warn you-I think I got an A in Language Arts only a few times in my life...so bare with my spelling, grammar, and all of that craziness. I will simply write whats on my heart, speak my mind-none of that fancy author stuff.

Thank you again for all of your support!

Autumn