OUTREACH REVEAL!!!

Aloha! Yes, I am using Hawaiian lingo now :) 

I have already been here for 2 weeks and it has been incredible! My roommates and I are getting closer and closer as each day goes by. Much laughter, dancing, prayer times, deep conversations, frozen yogurt dates and beach days! It really is a blessing to be surrounded with a group of girls who genuinely care about you and know how to have a good time! 

Last weekend we had the privilege of volunteering at the Iron Man World Championships here in Kona! It was such a blast and it was so cool to see all the different athletes participating and how incredibly hard they worked to get to that point! There was a thank you dinner on Sunday for the volunteers which had good music, even better food and came with the company of some incredible people! 

We are in the swing of things in regards to classes which is amazing so far! Tom and Donna Cole, a couple who wrote Pure Heart, have been speaking to us this week on the book. They get to the roots of your heart and reveal things that have hindered your relationship with God that you didn't even know existed! There have been lots of tears, but of healing and then joy...and it is only the end of day 2 so the rest of the week can only get better right? 

We have times of intercession every other day, which are prayers that are rooted with a passion for others to have breakthroughs in areas they are struggling. Whether that being unreached people groups in the Amazon Jungle or family members who aren't saved. It has definitely been a learning experience for me but I am so excited to see how God increases this area in my own life! Ever since going to IHOP in grade 12, people there prophesied over me that intercession would be a huge part of my life. I had no idea what that would mean or what that looked like, but I feel like God has begun to reveal that to me since being here in a place that focuses on that. 

Sooo...now to the moment you have been patiently waiting for as I have been rambling about everything else! OUTREACH LOCATION!!! We had a scavenger hunt tonight to first figure out who we were going with, then they revealed where we were going and who our leaders are. In December I will be going with a team of 11 (or 12, I don't 100% remember how many) to PAPUA NEW GUINEA!!!! I don't know a lot of specifics yet, but I do know we will be going with YWAM Ships some of the time to reach people groups that cannot be reached by any other way than a boat. People will be giving medical attention and stuff like that, but our group will be ministering to the people being helped. I will let you all know more as the information comes, but for now I am super excited with where I am going as well as the people I am going with!! We all feel like we have a group of really strong people, who of which I can't wait to get to know better in the next few months! 

I am so excited to share this with all of you! I will update you on how much I will be needing for outreach fees when they tell us! Thank you so much again for all of your support and encouragement! It means so much to me and I wouldn't have gotten through the last week without it! I am doing a lot better in regards to begin homesick which is such a praise God moment! I feel way more at home and comfortable with the people and environment! So thank you for your prayers! 

If you want to ask me any questions, you can email me at smith.dani12@gmail.com or however else you want to contact me! I love hearing from you guys! 

Miss you all!! <3