Catyler Jayd

Looking back at Holy Spirit week and looking forward to Lordship week! Yesss go Jesus!! SO much happened last week... and being that it was Holy Spirit week, if you're afraid of spiritual stuff or are a little freaked at being filled with the Holy Spirit, then BEWARE. Gettin' FILLED We had a super awesome speaker this week named Pablo, or as my British friend would say, "just a man called Pablo." (There are so many little strange things that they say in England that are  almost regular but just weird enough that it's a little funny.) So we were learning about spiritual gifts and about being baptized in the Holy Spirit, and it was super interesting. He also explained that God gave us natural gifts and spiritual gifts, and that we shouldn't make our passion just become a hobby. It made me realize that I can't just be a musician on the weekends or every once in a while; God wants me to use it as a mission. So anyways. It was the end of the week and Thurs...

Life has been crazy lately!! I wasn't expecting there to be homework, or amazing alleys to explore, or the crazy Uber drivers, or beautiful pythons, or the best iced chais there ever was. I love Toowoomba. It is the biggest inland city, yet it still has a small town feel. I'll separate a few of my experiences into sections again for your convenience. :) Outreach Location!!! I found out where I am going for outreach last week! I will be headed to East Timor, a little island near the north part of Australia. You may have never heard of it before; I hadn't. It's still very 3rd world, and is partly jungle, partly farmland. It looks beautiful. We're going to be there for 6 weeks, then for the last 2, we will be in Darwin, Australia. Darwin is basically the OUTBACK outback of Australia. It is filled with the aboriginals of Oz and has many problems with drug and alcohol abuse along with homelessness. Both places will be a bit of a challenge, but I'm extremely exci...