I have a lot to update on since I haven't written in a while. This past summer was incredibly busy, but such a blessing. I was able to travel home to England to visit my mom and sister and relax with them and talk about what has been going on in our lives. The journey back to America was anything but simple. Problems with my passport and missing my flight meant spending 24 hours in London and re-booking my flight. Thankfully God softened the heart of the man scheduling my flight because he waived the charges and upgraded me with a better seat as well. It made me feel so much more relaxed about the mishap and I realized that God sees the little moments and edits the details because He loves me!
Next was a visit to my boyfriend's family's house in Colorado. His mom is so supportive of the work that we do through YWAM and of us. It was great to have a mini-vacation and see her. I have a lot of family from Colorado, and never having been there before, I really enjoyed being able to experience life in their state. It's such a beautiful place as well. Then it was back to training and working. We drove from Colorado to Madison, Wisconsin (totally 18 hours in a row driving time) to join staff from other USA bases and learn how to best be staff to the students. Connecting with the other staff and forming friendships with them was a lot of fun! It was such an informative week as well. I'll definitely be returning to the next seminar in 2014.
Since being back at base and having the Discipleship training school start, the months have flown by. I have worked on setting up for the 10th anniversary, driving the base vehicles for grocery shopping trips and camping trips (being recently added to the base driving list), and helping in various domains to keep the place running. I now prepare lunch for 30+ people, am the main person who does the grocery shopping and run the communication section of the office. As well as grading book reports and trying to find more ways for us to save money as an organization, I am kept busy watching children for the families here too. I love doing all of it. Having a variety of things to accomplish keeps me incredibly happy and doing all these things for God? So great!
I've been blessed with gaining more financial supporters but am always excited about more partners in ministry! This would enable me to receive more training and start saving up for global outreach in the future. If you would like to get involved please donate via www.ywamozarks.org/donate and indicate that it is for Katie Williams. Thanks so much!
This picture to the right is from the most recent camping trip that I went on. Our base joined with the Madison base for a week of teaching on Spiritual Warfare. Such a powerful time for the students especially! Our big group then traveled to Northwestern Arkansas for the GO Conference! We listened to Rob Morris of Love146, David Hamilton and Brian Hogan share the work they have done in multiple countries and get us focusing on going to the nations!
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