Prayer Answered

  A few days ago ...My prayers were answered in an odd way . I am really praying that God is going to keep me there and I know that He will make away . A few days ago Ywam contacted me and told me that I needed to reapply for another for another type of visa  . Honestly the reaction in my heart was "Lord time is running out and I need to apply for another visa ...hmm what does that mean ?"  I have had  the days planned out making sure that I would have plenty of time to get everything taken care of. I was going to have a "Special Program " visa . It only gets better, I applied for a " 1 Year Working and Holiday visa " . Now I have many unknown doors that could possible open. I was granted the visa 6 hours after I applied . I was really surprised and greatly relieved . It happened quicker than I could have imagined . Every day that goes by, I am excited to see the plan of God go forward in my life ...He is the ultimate dreamer of dreams ...He dreams up almost impossible dreams for the human mind to come in agreement with . Our dreams would not be valid if we could accomplish them on our own .

Working and Holiday Visa

 So , it turns out that I have to apply for a new visa , its called the Holiday and working visa . Its is a blessing that I could have oppurtunity to work and stay in Australia . I am very excited however I would love it if you would cover this process in prayer .

Whoop ...Whoop...

   I can't get over the exciting feeling dancing around in my heart ...I just bought my airline ticket for Australia. I am so excited to have 2/3's of the journey under way . I am looking to stay for 6 months and believing for God to open the door.  I am so grateful to see God's faithfulness along this road of  opportunity.

Love to the Nations .....

  Well, my visa has arrived in Darwin . I am so excited , it is going to be  reviewed this week . Some very exciting idea's have come up . I would love to partner with My mother in her ministry " Love to the Nations". We have been reaching out to a few different nations and would be excited to carry it on in Australia . I will praying for an open door and a contact . I looking forward  to what God has in store .

Surprises ....

  There are great amount of surprises that greet us around every corner ....If I look back at the at the smallest and silliest desires of my heart ... and forgetting what I asked for ... I have received it at one time or another.I remember telling a co-worker , " The most beautiful thing about serving God is that when you honor Him with your life style , He will honor you with His presence. "

Life beyond the Horizon ...

  I have learned to look at the horizons of life with a new perspective ...every morning the sun rises with its bright new rays ...freshly warming the earth . Every evening the sun sets, flushing the skies with its brilliant colors . Every day the Creator of Heaven and Earth ...breathes His life into the skies and every night He lights our paths with twinkling stars that are bright masses of intense fire. He set the sun not too close that we might burn , He set the sun not too far away that we might freeze ...but He set it close enough to man and the earth ,that we would be taken care of . In every detail , He is present . He is the past,present and future .He was nailed to a cross that I could be redeemed from my sin of the past ,He lived a life on earth so that I would know how to walk in the present ,He was raised from the dead so that I could have a future . He is the Almighty God. Instead of fearing what lies in the horizon of tomorrow ,there is always hope laying in the other side of every mountain. He grants the oppressed peace ...He heals the sinner ...Picks up the defeated...
Psalm 18:32-36
" It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect . He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He enables me to stand on the heights . He trains my hands for battle ;my arms can now bend a bow of bronze.You give your shield of victory ,and your right hand sustains me;and you stoop down and make me great .You broaden the path beneath me,so that my ankles do not turn."

Stolen Generations....Identity Thieft...

  I cannot help but wonder how the "Stolen Generation " is still deeply wounded and effected .Its estimated that 100,000 children were taken from their families in a 60 year span . I  have been doing light research on various subjects concerning Australia in my spare time.
   In 1869 the "Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines" was established, the nightmare and horror of separation began. The Governor could remove any child of Aboriginal decent to a reformatory or industrial school .Similar legislation's were passed in other colonies:
New South Wales 1883
Queensland 1897
Western Australia 1905
South Australia 1911
   By 1915 the NSW Aborigines Protection board is given power to remove Aboriginal children without a court hearing .
  While the government wanted to culturally reprogram Aboriginal children ,to make it in modern society, the results were emotionally damaged human beings . As well as being a stolen generation ,there is a deeply embedded feeling of identity theft . The impact upon the generation has only left a negative social and psychological effect on the indigenous community. The social impacts of forced removal have been measured and found quite severe.
  Here's a quote that I can came across " Four generation of my family went without parently love ,without a mother or father. I myself found it hard to show any love to my children because I wasn't given that , so was my mother and grandmother .
~Carol~
On Feb. 13th a formal apology was given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to the stolen Generations. My prayer is  that The Stolen Generations will be redeemed by God . 

Rain Drops in a Barren Land .....

  When I was 17 years old I remember the Lord clearly speaking to me ......I was praying and the Spirit of God visited my room and said to me "Shelly, you will walk in dry and desolate places....people's feet will burn in the desert floors and crack but your feet will go unscorched ." He is a sustaining rain . I remember thinking to myself where could that place be.
   One day I was sitting in the floor of the IB in the Bible College that I was attending and once again the Lord met me there. He spoke like a gentle wind , and with sweet whisper into the ear gates of my spirit . He said to me "Just as a flower passes through many seasons and becomes battered , it returns to life every spring even if there is not evidence of its existence . God is a poet that comes to woo the heart of man with His unfailing gracious love that exceeds the understanding of a mans heart .
   I am very excited to step into the intricate calling of God upon my life . I am delighted to follow in the footsteps of my Father . How beautiful are the feet of those that carry the Gospel of Peace . I know that God has called me to Australia and will soon be launching into a great destiny . As of now I am preparing daily and getting ready for the trip . I have sent of my visa and waiting for word that it has been received .
~Shelly~