Middle Earth Calls

Hello from the beautiful Waikato!
All the students and their outreach leaders are spread across the globe yet again! This time around I decided to move down to good old Matamata, and get a taste of the real world again.

When I decided to do this the Devil tried his best to overwhelm me. Many small things added up, emotional struggles, alongside the struggle to trust the lord with what He was calling me to do, going against all wordly logic. It came to the point where I truly felt like I was drowning, I fought for things to hold on to, promises to cling to.... but all this head knowledge didn't help, my head said one thing whilst circumstances had my heart convinced that I couldn't trust Him, that He wasn't going to come through, that He was looking elsewhere.  One day I came to the end of it, I was alone on base so in my overwhelmed state I poured out my confusion to my mother over the phone. She kept pointing me to the Lord, and I knew that even though I was struggling to trust Him He was the only one who could get me through.
Then the Lord brought the story of Peter to my mind, God called Him to do something that defied worldly logic, and He does out of faith, while he has his eyes on the Lord, he walks on on water and is able to glorify the Lord, the minuet he lets the I circumstances tell him what is going on, he begins to drown. I realized that I needed to focus my eyes on Him and His glory alone, but how to do that practically I had no idea!  By this time it was time to hit the kitchen again.  I had achieved some sort of release by getting it off my chest, but the problem was far from gone. The Lord led me to put on some beautifully worded songs from King and Country. As I worked He lead my through all the junk that was around me, He helped me set it aside and focus on His overwhelming Glory.  Once I looked at that,'all the things of earth grew strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace'. The problems did not disappear, or even diminish, but they faded and paled in comparison to His all surpassing glory and grace.  They where put in their rightful place.
Things chirped up from there as I continued to walk through the storm on water. Falling in love with Him anew.

The Lecture phase ended and after many sad goodbyes to the amazing group of phenomenal students, some quite teary, and after closing up the kitchen, I boarded a bus for the 6 hour trip to "Middle Earth".
Once I was settled down at my Grandparents, I started the tedious job of job hunting. Creating and printing CVs, going from door to door, looking for work.
Many times these waves threaten to overwhelm me, but as I focus on the Lord and listen closely to His voice all continues to go according to His plan, not mine.And though I don't understand, I know that His was are always the best.
Now as I have slide into this "normal" lifestyle for the next 4 weeks, hanging out with friends going to church and youth group, visiting family, I pray that the Lord has and will continue to provide opportunity after opportunity to spread His love, and I pray that as people look at me, that they see Him.
That through these last few weeks, His light will shine ever greater.

A few prayer requests:
 * That I will have wisdom, guidance and purpose in the last few weeks here
 * Continued financial provision and trust in Him as my living costs are about to go up again

Continued thanks and gratitude to all those who constantly support me with their love, prayers, finances, time and energy. Each of you who help me out in any way, are enabling me to do what Christ has called me to and help me change the world around me, and the world further afield in ways that I would never be able to do otherwise!