The Jesus Hotel

Hello loved ones!

WEEKLY UPDATE: This past weekend my team went to the Jesus Hotel, which is a home owned by a beautiful couple Laurie and David (pictured). They’ve opened up their home to missionaries, Christians, and people who are in need of a home. We took that time to brainstorm and really form a concrete foundation for what we think God wants this ministry to be. Our hearts and minds dipped a few years into the future as we dreamed of the “could be”s and the essentials. It was a wonderful weekend of refreshment and family, as well as brought our small team closer and honed in on direction.

This upcoming weekend, the whole base is participating in G.O.D. (Global Outreach Day). This is actually a worldwide event (videos links below).  The base will be involved in many different activities and ministries amidst the community, but I will be specifically involved in the music vein, which includes worship at the YWAM G.O.D. dinner and at Mount Cootha, as well as serving at The Meeting Place Café. The Meeting Place Café is the café that was built on the YWAM base as a ministry to help develop more relationships within the local community. My team will be praying, taking photos, and playing music in the café. We actually wrote a song for G.O.D. so we will be performing that as well. Hopefully we will get a quality recording or video so I can share that with you next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwY6Q4zWr0o (worldwide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDr0Lgw_Ouc (Brisbane)

PERSONAL UPDATE: My time here has consistently been an amazing experience and I have been learning more and more about what this year will look like for me personally. There are so many opportunities here to perform and share music; everyone is so crazy talented and creative, there’s always an opportunity to share new music and collaborate with others. Every Sunday night, the café has open mic, which I know that I need to utilize; it is a chance to step out of my comfort zone and perform music for a smaller audience. There’s no better place to step out than this. However, it is definitely not natural for me to perform and I’ve needed so much courage to get up on stage. And I know that in this time I need to really work on my craft and let myself journey through this process of creating and failing and learning and growing.

Overall, I’m so thankful to be here and feel so fulfilled each and every day. I don’t think I’ve ever had an opportunity like this one where I get to work and serve full-time doing my biggest passion: worship and music. At the end of each day, I find myself tired as I fall into bed, but with such rest in my heart because I know I’m in a place of obedience.

Also, something really fun to share: I recorded on Nate Sabin’s new album and it just came out! The song is called Come Down, written by Nate Sabin. Here’s the link if you’d like to purchase it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwY6Q4zWr0o

With love,

Lyss