Hello Family and Friends,
I have been so excited to let you know what has been happening here in Perth!
New News:
I have been in Perth, Australia now for 6 months on backbone staff serving in Hospitality. It’s been great to experience a new, slower way of living. I have learned and grown in so many different ways. Baking cakes and decorating them has been my favorite aspect of hospitality. There is always a cake to decorate for someone, learning a bit about that person and what they like. Valuing the individual has been my favorite part of it all. The time has come now for me to move on to a new ministry!
I will be joining a ministry called Faces 58. It is a ministry that works to embrace a suburb and see faces change. Whole neighborhoods are affected as the Holy Spirit comes in power to individuals. We partner with the local church to initiate community-based creative projects. Our bottom line is evangelism and discipleship.
The past few weeks I have been in a transition stage from one ministry to another. I worked in the kitchen for a week, worked in property for a week, and was on holiday with a friend two hours south of Perth in a little town called Busselton, for another week.
Since being here i have really grasped the concept of how to give more of myself and have begun to slow down and look at the people I work with and to love how God has created me and what I have to offer those around me.
I will be in Faces 58 till the end of June and then I will plan on starting a school in July which I am excited to share about!
The Birth Attendant School (B.A.S.):
Every year Perth YWAM base runs a school called the Birth Attendant School which I am planning on doing at the beginning of July. I will be trained and equipped in basic midwifery skills. And also discover God's passion and love for those who are oppressed, specifically working in developing nations. I will assist in delivering babies, interceding for them through prayer, worship, and proclaiming truth over them. Some countries are highly uneducated in the area of child labor and there are many deaths because of lack of nurses, knowledge and education in these poorer and more rural areas. This school has gone to India, Africa, the Middle East, the Islands and many other nations. I will be going to a few of these areas of the world this next year, though, don’t know exactly where yet. To be honest, I would have never seen myself doing this school before, but know that God has spoken clearly for me to do it. As each day draws closer, the more I get excited about what I am going to be able to be apart of and experience. I am a firm believer and advocate in life and helping with life coming into this world through prayer and action, so there is no doubt in my mind why God spoke for me to do this school.
Thankyou so much for reading and if you have any questions, comments or want to chat, please send me an email at-
elizabethhuckaby@yahoo.com
Prayer Requests:
- Financial committers. I will be needing $1,000 a month for this next year as we will be traveling to different developing countries. Right now my financial support is at a 20% mark of my monthly goal.
- Preparation. As I prepare for the school and begin to get creative ideas for raising support on base .
- Ministry. The next month I will be doing ministry in Perth city. Working with juveniles every Thursday afternoon and also valuing people on a one on one base.
*If God is speaking to you to give and would like to be apart of this ministry financially, here is the easy way to send your check:
All checks to be made out to YWAM. You can send your
donor-preferenced gifts to
YWAM, PO Box 3000, Garden Valley, TX
75771-3000.
-Please don’t put my name anywhere on the check but include my name (Elizabeth Huckaby) on a separate piece of paper.
Thankyou again and would love to hear from you!
All for Him, Elizabeth Huckaby
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
what a great day
so its been incredibly hot here in Perth, Australia. like to the point of waking up in the morning covered in sweat. yeah, that hot. but the weather completely changed 2 nights ago as we went into the city of fremantle
what is Fremantle?
Fremantle was established in 1829 as a port for the fledgling Swan River Colony and was the major city in Western Australia for much of its early history. it is the port and opening point to swan river, where perth city is located 30 minute drive up the river. It was a significant port into Western Australia and a place where many prisoners were sent to from England because they were running out of room for their prisoners. There is much opposition and isolation in this place even now to this day.
At the Perth YWAM base i am apart of, we do evangelism every Thursday night. Fremantle is this months focus on reaching to tell about who God is and His love for the people in this place. As we went to this place last Thursday, it was an incredibly cold night but it was so good to worship in the park with 200 others proclaiming God's name in this city struck with isolation and separation. I felt God's presence in that place as the army of God rose up and worshipped Him.
The next morning the entire base had a worship and prayer time from 5 to 7 am. we were all up bright and early and it was again a crazy cold morning. Because this city struggles with issues of isolation and rejection as a whole, it not only affects the city, but the base and all of us that live here. After that prayer meeting, there was a greater sense of unity and joy for what God is doing in and through each of us.
i was incredibly blessed and encouraged. i now can fully say that i love being here despite my shortcomings, God is a gracious God and so good to me. i am beginning to feel like this place is home, because i see Gods heart for me and the people that are around me.
:)
what is Fremantle?
Fremantle was established in 1829 as a port for the fledgling Swan River Colony and was the major city in Western Australia for much of its early history. it is the port and opening point to swan river, where perth city is located 30 minute drive up the river. It was a significant port into Western Australia and a place where many prisoners were sent to from England because they were running out of room for their prisoners. There is much opposition and isolation in this place even now to this day.
At the Perth YWAM base i am apart of, we do evangelism every Thursday night. Fremantle is this months focus on reaching to tell about who God is and His love for the people in this place. As we went to this place last Thursday, it was an incredibly cold night but it was so good to worship in the park with 200 others proclaiming God's name in this city struck with isolation and separation. I felt God's presence in that place as the army of God rose up and worshipped Him.
The next morning the entire base had a worship and prayer time from 5 to 7 am. we were all up bright and early and it was again a crazy cold morning. Because this city struggles with issues of isolation and rejection as a whole, it not only affects the city, but the base and all of us that live here. After that prayer meeting, there was a greater sense of unity and joy for what God is doing in and through each of us.
i was incredibly blessed and encouraged. i now can fully say that i love being here despite my shortcomings, God is a gracious God and so good to me. i am beginning to feel like this place is home, because i see Gods heart for me and the people that are around me.
:)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
blessings
can i just say that God is so good. He has been really teaching me to trust in Him. So my friend Cecily who came over to Perth, Australia with me got diagnosed with cancer while she was here in Australia and had to fly home a few weeks ago. We were all praying for her here at the YWAM base as well as people at home were praying for her healing.
well, she just got the test results this morning and they can't find any cancer in her body!!! what do i call that? A miracle as well as an answer to prayer. God is one the move. He is so good!
well, she just got the test results this morning and they can't find any cancer in her body!!! what do i call that? A miracle as well as an answer to prayer. God is one the move. He is so good!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
January/ February Update.. A bit of catch up!
G'day from down under! I have been in Australia for 4 months now! And it has been quite the exciting journey from home in San Diego to here in Perth, Australia!
Travels:
I went on a little vacation before I went straight to Perth after I left the U.S. I was able to visit friends in Ireland and England that I haven’t seen in years and it was great to catch up with them and to experience the different countries and their hospitality. In many ways, it prepared me for my ministry in Hospitality. Then I stayed in Sydney with my friend Cecily for 2 weeks before our final destination, Perth.
I saw God working in and through the different people I visited as they were involved in their church, or holding youth groups in their homes, loving their friends and family, being open and honest with one another about God‘s grace on their lives. I saw people’s passion for Jesus and it was a great encouragement for me to see this passion in their daily lives.
Perth!
I arrived in Perth, Australia the beginning of October. I joined what they call the backbone ministry which is needed to keep Youth With A Mission Perth running smoothly. I am in a season of working in Hospitality which is basically serving the base. Not necessarily the place where people go “Wow, your changing the world!” but I am more in the role of serving people day in and day out.
You might be asking, “So what does that mean? or what exactly do you do when you serve the staff?”
I am able to reflect in this time on what it means to serve the nations. So many different people from different places come in and out of this base every 3 months and I get to serve them as they are in a season of learning more on what it means to go out and disciple the nations in all spheres of society. So far I have really enjoyed this ministry and what God is teaching me through it.
It has taken a bit of time to get used to living and working with the same people everyday, having 150 staff to get to know, and having 150 students on base for 3 months, leave for outreach and then having a whole new crew of students come. It’s a completely different way of living, but I am beginning to enjoy it and realizing why God has me here at this time.
Something I am reminded of often about is from the book “A Cup of Cold Water” which says, “Our world is filled with scarred, hurt people and their needs will never be met unless we go beyond role-oriented relationships and share ourselves personally. For us, to identify with a person in need is to follow the example of Jesus. We are to serve people not only out of compassion for them, but also as a testimony to Jesus.”
I really wanted to catch up with you and let you know how things down under are going. I am in expectancy of an amazing year. There are a few more plans I have coming up that I will talk about in my next letter. Thankyou for your prayers and want to hear from you. You can email me at elizabethhuckaby@yahoo.com
Travels:
I went on a little vacation before I went straight to Perth after I left the U.S. I was able to visit friends in Ireland and England that I haven’t seen in years and it was great to catch up with them and to experience the different countries and their hospitality. In many ways, it prepared me for my ministry in Hospitality. Then I stayed in Sydney with my friend Cecily for 2 weeks before our final destination, Perth.
I saw God working in and through the different people I visited as they were involved in their church, or holding youth groups in their homes, loving their friends and family, being open and honest with one another about God‘s grace on their lives. I saw people’s passion for Jesus and it was a great encouragement for me to see this passion in their daily lives.
Perth!
I arrived in Perth, Australia the beginning of October. I joined what they call the backbone ministry which is needed to keep Youth With A Mission Perth running smoothly. I am in a season of working in Hospitality which is basically serving the base. Not necessarily the place where people go “Wow, your changing the world!” but I am more in the role of serving people day in and day out.
You might be asking, “So what does that mean? or what exactly do you do when you serve the staff?”
I am able to reflect in this time on what it means to serve the nations. So many different people from different places come in and out of this base every 3 months and I get to serve them as they are in a season of learning more on what it means to go out and disciple the nations in all spheres of society. So far I have really enjoyed this ministry and what God is teaching me through it.
It has taken a bit of time to get used to living and working with the same people everyday, having 150 staff to get to know, and having 150 students on base for 3 months, leave for outreach and then having a whole new crew of students come. It’s a completely different way of living, but I am beginning to enjoy it and realizing why God has me here at this time.
Something I am reminded of often about is from the book “A Cup of Cold Water” which says, “Our world is filled with scarred, hurt people and their needs will never be met unless we go beyond role-oriented relationships and share ourselves personally. For us, to identify with a person in need is to follow the example of Jesus. We are to serve people not only out of compassion for them, but also as a testimony to Jesus.”
I really wanted to catch up with you and let you know how things down under are going. I am in expectancy of an amazing year. There are a few more plans I have coming up that I will talk about in my next letter. Thankyou for your prayers and want to hear from you. You can email me at elizabethhuckaby@yahoo.com
Saturday, January 23, 2010
live to love. love to live
Now living in a completely new environment, its encouraging to be surrounded by people who love Jesus and love others. The YWAM base is consistent in what it does, but people come and go so often that it becomes difficult to establish roots with people.
God is teaching me how to give more of myself to Him. To begin to slow down and look around at the people i see everyday. To slow down and see people as people. To slow down and love others. To slow down and love how God has created me and what i have to offer those around me.
Perfect love drives out fear. The way to put off fear then, is to put on love... love is self-giving. Fear is self-protecting. Love moves towards others, fear shrinks away from them. The more fear, the less love, the more love, the less fear.
Profound!
Monday, October 26, 2009
The new home for me, for now.
Perth. the other side of the world. the other side of the equator. a smaller, more quiet city than the one i come from. beautiful sunsets, but broken and lost people that walk its streets.
Now that i have been living here 3 weeks, i am beginning to get settled in and experiencing life in a completely new way. Completely uncertain of the future and yet hopeful for where it will take me.
God. My Father. Jesus Christ. His Passion. His love. all of which i am experiencing day in and day out. Its Him and me. I believe being here is another stepping stone in what His plans are for me.
My favorite time of each week is evangelism even though i have only done it once so far. We (as in 250 people who live on the YWAM base) go out into the streets of Perth and talk to people about Jesus Christ and pray with them. I was reading about Islam this past week and that whole religion and where its headed in the world today. scary stuff. and on Saturday i was walking through the city enjoying the day off, when my friend Sophie and I stumbled upon this booth selling Islam material which i found extremely fascinating and stopped to look at what the guy was selling. I asked him what He believed and i had to re-iterate the question before he answered that he was a Muslim. Well, we had a small discussion about Christianity and Jesus as well as Islam. I quite enjoyed his curiosity on the trinity and how Jesus is God. I enjoyed it because for one, I am in a country where i can talk about Jesus with Him and second, it furthers my curiosity on knowing more about how i know what i know and to go back to him with clear evidence as well as pray for Him. His name is Muhammed and he is in my prayers and i hope to see him this saturday with some clear evidence of who God is.
Well, it has been an eventful few months full of new places and new faces. From San Diego, to Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Sydney and now Perth, i am living day to day, expectant of what each day God has for me and praying for joy so i can encourage those put in my life as each day comes!
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