live art in the city of Perth
We have officially hit the middle of our lecture phase for our schools! 6 weeks done, 6 weeks to go... and then...........well, here's some new news:
God has been stirring my (Andrea's) heart for taking on greater vision and running with it for the rest of my life. Yes, this sounds big, but its the beginning days of something incredible Gods placed in my hands.
Let me explain what the next year and a half of our lives will look like: So, usually with our schools we go on a 3 month outreach after the lecture phase, this year however things are shaping up to be a bit different.
I will be doing a 9 month training course called 'The Leadership and Pioneering School'. (LAPS for short) It's a school that will take the vision I have of 'using visual arts to reach communities' to another level. At the moment the vision I carry is not as strong as I know it could be, and because I want to implement this vision for the rest of my life, doing this school now will equip me with strong foundations and a platform to take the call that God's put on my life with more clarity.
This means that I won't be going on outreach with the school this year and Sven will join his school for a month in Nepal then come back to Perth to be with me. As Sven and I have been praying through this decision, we realise the level of intensity that it will be for the next year and a half, but the incredible strength it will bring for our future as we continue on in missions.
It will be a season of trusting God like never before for the energy to keep going, dealing with areas of sacrifice and also being in eager pursuit of the acts of obedience that God would lead me in to see the greatest financial need I've ever had met since I've joined YWAM.
Here's the breakdown of the next year and a half:
Oct 2012 - Jan 2013: Both leading schools
Jan - Mar 2013: LAPS Lecture phase, Sven on outreach during January
Apr - June 2013: LAPS Outreach, Sven will join
July - Sept 2013: LAPS Lecture phase # 2
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014: Both leading schools and Outreach
Please be keeping us in your prayers as we look to the next steps ahead but continue on in the daily things we do.
Much love,
Andrea and Sven
God has been stirring my (Andrea's) heart for taking on greater vision and running with it for the rest of my life. Yes, this sounds big, but its the beginning days of something incredible Gods placed in my hands.
Let me explain what the next year and a half of our lives will look like: So, usually with our schools we go on a 3 month outreach after the lecture phase, this year however things are shaping up to be a bit different.
I will be doing a 9 month training course called 'The Leadership and Pioneering School'. (LAPS for short) It's a school that will take the vision I have of 'using visual arts to reach communities' to another level. At the moment the vision I carry is not as strong as I know it could be, and because I want to implement this vision for the rest of my life, doing this school now will equip me with strong foundations and a platform to take the call that God's put on my life with more clarity.
This means that I won't be going on outreach with the school this year and Sven will join his school for a month in Nepal then come back to Perth to be with me. As Sven and I have been praying through this decision, we realise the level of intensity that it will be for the next year and a half, but the incredible strength it will bring for our future as we continue on in missions.
It will be a season of trusting God like never before for the energy to keep going, dealing with areas of sacrifice and also being in eager pursuit of the acts of obedience that God would lead me in to see the greatest financial need I've ever had met since I've joined YWAM.
Here's the breakdown of the next year and a half:
Oct 2012 - Jan 2013: Both leading schools
Jan - Mar 2013: LAPS Lecture phase, Sven on outreach during January
Apr - June 2013: LAPS Outreach, Sven will join
July - Sept 2013: LAPS Lecture phase # 2
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014: Both leading schools and Outreach
Please be keeping us in your prayers as we look to the next steps ahead but continue on in the daily things we do.
Much love,
Andrea and Sven
... also, check out the video testimony from one of our times in the city!