Orientation, Passions and 24/7 Prayer

I also had to do staff orientation last month. That involved a lot of listening to the different leaders/elders of YWAM Harpenden explaining the different values of the base. We got a full tour of the base, had lunch with the Leadership Team (LT), had a scavenger hunt around Harpenden (Liesel and I won), and going out to the pub with the base leaders and some national leaders of YWAM.

The week after that, we had ‘At Home Days’ here at the Oval. Every day, there were teachings, ministry times with each other (praying for and encouraging one another), lunches made by people around the base, a time when everyone took something of their own belongings and gave it to someone else (I got a cool black dress and I am cleaning/organizing someone’s flat for them) and we prayed for the nations and for the future renovations plans for the Oval.

This past Monday, Laura Mudd came in to talk to us about our passions and how do we properly communicate that. It was extremely useful as I never know what to tell people when they ask what my passions are but when looking through all of the major events of my life, prophetic words, any spiritual gifts, using StrengthsFinders and the Myers-Briggs test, there was a common theme of being someone who comes alongside others and seeks to restore, relate to, develop and encourage others. And that is something I have been learning a lot about since I’ve gotten here; what kind of person do I want to be and how can my passions be used to develop my own character.

This week also marked the first week where my schedule is how it is supposed to be. Monday and Thursdays, I am in the office prepping for January which usually consists of praying for the trainees, updating any database information, emailing the students and contacting possible local outreach opportunities. In the afternoons, I am also overseeing work duties and then going on local outreach on Thursday. Tuesdays and Fridays, I am in the classroom and involved with small groups and tea breaks. Wednesdays is a kitchen day as I have to have certain amount of hours of work duties for the base every week.

This week was a 24/7 week of prayer here at the base to celebrate everything that happened during the Olympics (people coming to Jesus, healings, having nations come to the base for different events). I was a gatekeeper, which means that every day from 0:00am to 1:00am, I was in the prayer room to cover the shift. People on the base could come and go as they pleased to come pray. There were 24 of us who made sure that there was always someone in the prayer room, ensuring it was 24/7.

The weather is holding up pretty good here (although there are days where it absolutely downpours) and even right now the sun is shining (yesterday there was hail). But the coldness gives me hope for snow this year.