A Big Hello from Australia



Hello from Australia!!
The last month has been incredible. God has been doing so much in and through our YWAM Base here in Brisbane and in my life personally. Our Discipleship Training Schools that began in February are already almost halfway through their lecture phase and know their outreach locations and teams. We are sending teams to Peru, Malaysia, Brazil, Scotland, Russia, India, Saipan and Guam, around Australia, and I am Co-leading a team to England. So there is a lot of preparation happening at this time with finding contacts, making budgets and getting to know our teams, but God is working in great ways!
A few weeks ago my school road tripped to New Castle, Australia, for a week long evangelism conference called Circuit Riders. Other bases from around Australia also made the trek and we all came together to learn more about God’s heart for the lost. We discovered how we can live a life of joyful repentance, with hearts that will never take offense, intimacy with God, and extravagant love. We then would go out to the streets and coast lines to share God’s love and the power of the gospel. It was incredible to see some of our students step out in faith for the first time and pray for healing and for God’s love to impact lives. They also realized the importance of giving all their fears, past experiences, sin, and future dreams to God. There was so much freedom!! Praise the Lord.
After being in New Castle I was given the opportunity to teach for a morning on the DTS. I shared about Spiritual Disciplines in our relationship with God. It was an awesome experience and God was totally there. I shared about my personal revelations and walk with God and how that related to quiet times with God, personal prayer, and personal worship and fasting. Our School also had a 26 hours of worship event and have had more opportunities to serve our local community and in Churches around Australia. Soon our Base will once again be volunteering at Easterfest, one of the biggest Christian music festivals in Australia. Then, before you know it, we will be heading to our outreach locations. So right now many of the students and staff here are waiting in expectancy for God to provide. I want to thank everyone who has supported me financially and in prayer. Please continue to pray for funds to come in for our teams and to meet my own personal need. Soon we will have more details on what the Outreach in England will look like and where we are going specifically! If you are interested in a onetime donation or in supporting me monthly, please contact me at lindsey.music.burton@gmail.com. Or if you would like to have a chat or ask any questions or personal prayer requests I would be delighted if you sent me a message!
Thank you!
Lindsey Burton

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