Two weeks ago today I landed in Perth after spending two relaxing days in Sydney, which I must say is a very beautiful city. It took me around 50 hours including layovers to finally reach my destination but I am here and safe! Thank you all so much for praying for me for my travels! Last week I was one of the last to arrive to the base which I was definitely surprised about but it was really good. We had a Barbie (aka barbecue) on the river to break the ice a little bit. Everyone was very out going and it was very easy to feel very at home here. The city and Australia in general is so similar to United States that it really doesn't make me feel like I'm away from home. The first few days here we were just settling in and taking care of registration details and it was just a very relaxing time to catch up on sleep and kind of get a feel for the base and the city. Perth is a lot less populated than Sydney and I feel is more laid back than Sydney which is very nice. When you say thank you here, most times people say "no worries" which was amazing because I did not realize that I secretly already had some of the Aussie culture down already! Not going to lie, I say no worries a lot so I was very proud of myself for subconsciously starting to get used to the culture. Our Music DTS started lectures last wednesday on "Hearing God's Voice and Quiet Times" which was just an amazing time to learn new things and relearn/put into practice what I already know. I have just been starting to understand more about God and the love He has for us and have been challenged to really seek after having more quiet time in the morning so I can talk to Him because He is real and He actually does want to talk to all of us and spend time in His presence. This week was on "The Character and Nature of God" and wow, what an amazing week! This week just totally destroyed my opinion on God and the lies that I did not realize I built up about the Living breathing God! I was unfortunately sick wednesday, which I'm told by everyone, was a great day of teaching. I learned so much this week about God's Nature and understanding that when God calls us to do something, even if we don't want to or don't understand His motive, do it anyway. God never sets us up to fail and tells us to do something because He knows the outcome and it is obviously always going to better us and better His kingdom. I am one for simple revelations and that just blew my mind this week. I have just been challenged in so many areas of my life to really give everything to God and put all faith in Him. Friday was an amazing day, we started off with teaching which lead into a School worship time and I just felt the Lord telling me to pray over the fear of man, not only for me but for everyone because that was something I knew I was personally dealing with since I got here. I prayed over that and also had the intentions of asking God to breaking off other chains not only in my heart but everyone else's hearts. God kept bringing up the word freedom to me which was the desire on my heart, to be free from the lies and bondage that keep us from giving God all of us. More people started to pray/confess things that were holding them back and it turned into an amazing time where people were just prophesying over others and breaking off things in their own life and wow, God was moving in the room which was so amazing! You could feel the presence of God and sense a desire from everyone that they all were yearning for more from God. I took a lot out of that morning and yeah ha it already wrecked me, but I know God is not done breaking me down yet. Slowly but surely God keeps showing me new things I did not realize about myself that I need to change to really get everything He has for me. This coming week is "Repentance and Forgiveness" which I know...is going to be incredible and it is just going to wreck me completely. I am so pumped and cannot wait for the revelations that I need in my personal walk with the Lord and yeah ha it is going to be crazy! I will try not to write books every week but I definitely tried to make that short ha. I feel bad making people read a novel but its very hard to summarize a week where the Holy Spirit is moving.
One of my prayer requests would be that all my finances would be covered so that I can go on outreach and live out what I've learned and what I'm going to learn.
Thank you all for your support and if you want to contact me more directly my email is bennertyler@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Tyler
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