later with me..

So much has occurred.. and so much has changed..
There was much too much for the blogosphere..
things too deep and complicated..

Suffice to say.. I'm not on staff with YWAM anymore
[didn't leave on bad terms] and am so stoked for this
new season of my life!

New blog coming soon..
stay tuned..

::Day 3

it's week 5 of the
School of Worshipping Warriors
and we have no lectures this week.
instead, our school is organising and running
the 24-7 worship week on base.

we feel that God is taking us to a deeper level
calling us to Come Away and Run with Him..
..to go back to our first love
to remember what it is like to be in love with Him
and go deeper..
..to break off all our old mindsets of what
we have always been told that He is like
and the way worship should be
..He wants to pour out so much
and show us more more more
He just wants people who are willing to want that
to burn with passion for Him
as He burns with passion for us.

on Saturday night we felt God wanted to
show us more of His love and beauty
for us to captivated and captured by Him.
It was a powerful time and we mostly sang out
prophetically..
~ fun!!

it's day 3...

My beloved spoke, and said to me:
Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away'
~ Song of Songs 2:10

SOWW Week 2

The first week of my SOWW
[School of Worshipping Warriors]
was orientation and a short outreach up to the north coast of NSW
to a surf town called Yamba, about 2 hrs south of Byron Bay.
We went to an Indigenous mission there
to help with worship for an Indigenous Easter Conference.

The spiritual atmosphere was very heavy
God moved incredibly through us being there and the people that
attended the conference.
We worshipped over the land, did open airs, hung out with the kids
and loved people.

I saw a huge angel one night, in the hall where we stayed
when God woke us up to pray at 2:30am for the community.
We felt such a shift in the spiritual atmosphere that night.
It was beautiful! God's presence was so manifest there
and we are excited to send a team there again soon.

We have just finished the first week of lectures for the SOWW
we had Kevin Norris from YWAM Kona [Hawai'i]
speaking on the Character and Development of a Worshipper

basically, it was all about Knowing God
- in the LoveSick way!
Needless to say.. I was totally stoked - this is my favourite topic
EVER

the week was really heavy [in a good way]
with God doing a lot in all of us and setting us free from a lot of things
there is still so much to process and I know that
God is only going to multiply all this stuff
and keep turning my word upside down.

It's awesome!

There are 9 students on this school with me
All but 2 are base staff here at Island Breeze Sydney
and are made up of the Protocol team, Indigenous ministry
and Worship team on our base.

Here is a little taste of the last day of lectures this week
talking about expressing yourself to God and the power of words
and being whole-hearted -
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Be Real

Is there a better way?

• Tell it like it is – real, genuine, authentic – lament
• Remember what God has done – thanks
  [enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise]
• Speak out what He is like – praise
  [You are my refuge, You are my provider, You are my comfort..]
• Express your confidence in what God will do in the future – confessing your hope
• Surrender to Him, receive His love – worship
  

Hebrews 10:23 – 'Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful'

Remember what God has done – I remember when You...
Remember Who He is/What He is like – You are our ...
Remember His promises – Speak hope into the future – wars against the lies of the enemies
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to contact me - cassandra@islandbreezesydney.org

the first day of my life

Now it is time for an Update.

since I left in Nov 2009 to go up to Brisbane,

much has Occurred.

So let's break it down..

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Back to Island Breeze Sydney

I came back to Sydney in January and

joined as staff at YWAM Island Breeze Sydney
We had the YWAM 50th Jubilee Celebration in Canberra
and I settled into Indigenous Ministry and Communications on base.

Our base

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Kitchen Injury

About 4 weeks ago, I burnt my left hand around the area of my
thumb (on the back and a little of the palm)
whilst trying to move a slow-cooker full of bubbling stew.
The burns were 2nd degree, and made life hard for a few weeks
but it is healing well and I didn't have to go to the burn clinic
or see a specialist.
I do have to keep it covered in the sun for 6 mths
to prevent permanent discolouration.

my hand during the healing process

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Warriors Join Together

At the end of February, God brought a man alongside me.
A warrior after His heart.
He was already a friend over last year and is also staff on base with me.

So, I am now in a relationship with a wonderful man of God
and learning more of God's heart through it.
It's beautiful.

God is already doing so much restoration and healing through him.
He is overseas at the moment, doing a leadership school.

Me & my Warrior

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Created to Worship

I was meant to staff the June - Nov
Discipleship Training School [DTS]
but after prayer and taking various things into account,
I have decided to do the School of Worshipping Warriors [SOWW]
which starts today.
This is the first worship school of this kind to be run on our base.

Opening of the SOWW

Bollywood Hen's Night for a girl on base

I know I am called to worship and so this is a good
training ground for me.
I am very excited for what God is going to do
over the next 6 months of this school.
I want to go deep deep deeper into the river of His Intimate
Amazing Beautiful Love Glory Fire Heart

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If you would like any more information or would like to
support me either financially or in prayer,
please email me at
cassandra@islandbreezesydney.org

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz.) And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere. Of course, I had always known He was, but this time I felt it, I realized it, the way a person realizes they are hungry or thirsty. The knowledge of God seeped out of my brain and into my heart. I imagined Him looking down on this earth, half angry because His beloved mankind had cheated on Him, had committed adultery, and yet hopelessly in love with her, drunk with love for her.

— Donald Miller

a snapshot view

my life has been hectic busy lately!
but here is a snapshot of the last few weeks..

New Year's Eve worship @ the park,
the YWAM 50th Jubilee Celebrations in Canberra
with Loren and Darlene Cunningham and
Australia Day @ the park


New Year's Eve



Australia Day @ the park



YWAM 50th Jubilee Celebration @ Canberra


Some of the guys from my base

Away til mid-Jan..

I'm in Queensland at the moment, visiting friends & doing training for YWAM in Jan.. So I'll be back on the blogosphere in a few weeks..

Photos & musings to come!
Mele Kalikimaka :D
Merry Christmas x

the last month or so..