The End.

Well, its been a long time since I've blogged last. Every time I attempted to write one I couldn't think of anything new to write. This time however, that has changed.

This may be the last post that I post on here. Tomorrow is our final even and I can't believe it. In a way it feels like just yesterday that we started. But it also feels like I have been doing this for years. I am excited for this program to be done. It has been great but it has also had really challenging times. I will definitely miss these girls that I have spent the last nine months of my life with. I will miss the ministry opportunities. One thing I will miss the most is billeting. I will not miss traveling long drive days too much though ahah

Im really thankful that God has given me this amazing opportunity to partner with him. I have learnt so much and have been so blessed.

PS. here's a glimpse of our upcoming schedule:

Tomorrow: Event

May 7: Drive 10 hours to the ferry

May 7 night/May 8 morning: take the ferry to Nova Scotia

May 8: Drive to Quebec (14 hrs)

May 9: Drive to Parry Sound (14hrs)

May 10: Drive to Thunder Bay (15hrs)

May 11: Drive to Winnipeg (9hrs)

If you could pray that we will survive those crazy drive days that would be great!!!

When we arrive in Winnipeg, we actually have another event. This one will be different than any others though. We are doing it in a prison. I am excited for this event. God can work amazing wonders. Your prayers and thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Until next time!!

Forever God is faithful

Give thanks to the Lord
Our God and King
His love endures forever
For He is good, He is above all things
His love endures forever
Sing praise, sing praise
With a mighty hand
and outstretched arm
His love endures forever
For the life that's been reborn
His love endures forever
Sing praise, sing praise
Sing praise, sing praise

Yeah
Forever God is faithful
Forever God is strong
Forever God is with us
Forever
Forever

Right now, that is the song playing over and over in my head.

God is PROVIDING!

I feel so blessed in this moment!!!

I wrote before about Hillsong college and how once I said yes God started to provide. Well heres the latest...

I GOT ACCEPTED TO HILLSONG INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP COLLEGE!!!!!! I am MOVING TO AUSTRALIA IN JANUARY!

so immediately my human nature kicks in again and I start getting slightly freaked out because I need to make a great deal of money and find a very good job.

WELL here is MORE of the latest...

I JUST GOT A JOB!!! and it is such a God sent!! At first it didn't seem like it was going to work out but then all the sudden I got an email saying I GOT THE JOB! It's a waitressing position at an upscale steakhouse in Parry Sound that is opening in MAY. I then had to send her the email saying the dates I need off and the days of the week I would like to have off. (The days I'm shooting weddings, sundays off till 2 and only working a couple sundays, and flexibility with one weekend camping/working with another photographer) AND SHE SAID " Since I don't have the schedule done yet, I don't see why any of this would be a problem. Consider it all done :)" EXACT WORDS!!!!!

GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!

He is making my path straight! :)

ditched it

A couple days ago, we were driving on our way between saskatoon and regina. We passed a car that was in the ditch completely flipped over. About 100 meters after that, our van started to swerve out of control (we were only going 70-80kms in a 110) and we ended up in the ditch. THANK GOD that we didnt flip or turn or anything. We just went straight in. A cop was already back at the car behind us and he came to see if we were alright. A tow truck then came and managed to pull our van and our trailer out of the ditch and we were able to be right back on our way. The roads were sooo slippery. In 10kms we past 7 vehicles in the ditch in MUCH worse condition then we were in.

THE DITCH AFTER THEY PULLED US OUT:

We were all so thankful that God kept us safe.

--my favourite part is coming up--

On our way to where we were going the roads were ice, the wind was SO gusty, and it was half snowy. But all the sudden when we started on our way again, We look over to the left and you would never believe what we saw. The sun came out with beautiful clouds and on either side of the sun there was a rainbow!!

Made me think of Noah

After God flooded the earth, he gave Noah a sign that he would never flood the whole earth again. That sign of his promise was a rainbow.

I felt like it was Gods reminder and promise that He would protect us and no matter what we went through, He would be there.

Update on Kate Felsman's Life

Well, I have a story about my next season of life. Possibly.

For the past couple months I have been majorly stressing about jobs and what I am going to do with my life. BUgirl has been amazing so far and taught me alot about myself and also others.

Something it really has revealed to me though is the heart that I have for ministry. I long to be in ministry!!

The hard part was determining what I want to do and where I want to go. So, I asked God for help!! (smart I know ;)

Before any of this, before this year, my dream has always been to go to Hillsong College in Australia. I first heard about it when I was around 15. It really inspired me but I figured that I would never go there so why bother dreaming? Since then it has always been in my mind. I often found myself going to their website, reading the course outlines, studying each page, but then finding myself at the prices. After I saw that page I knew I may as well stop looking and stop dreaming.

This year however, I still found myself wanting to go and no matter what I tried to do I could not get out of it. I looked at soo many different schools and so many different programs but NONE are what I want. None feel like thats where I am being called. Some seem like they could be but every time I looked into it, it kept leading me back to hillsong...

Which lead me to the conclusion.

Maybe God is trying to tell me something. He gave me a couple verses to look up and they all had to do with having confidence in God and to stop worrying. Finally I said okay.

I remember the night. I was sitting on the bed and it hit me. I need to go to Hillsong. I have never been so passionate about anything and I feel like I am being called there.

The day after I finally said yes, finally said "Okay God, I know I cant afford this but I am going to trust that if you want me to go you will provide." I get a message about a job offer for one day that is going to pay a generous amount of money!! He is already starting to provide!!

Which leads me to the conclusion of my blog.

Tomorrow I hope to apply to Hillsong College in Sydney Australia.

I would appreciate everyone of your prayers! I really need them! Please pray that if God wants me at Hillsong, I will get accepted, and he will continue to provide financially and prepare me emotionally!

Thanks!!!!

Overview!!

Well, I think this may actually be the longest that I have gone without writing a blog. . . my bad.

I feel like so much has happened in these last four weeks that I have been on tour. I have many new stories and things that I will remember for a long time to come.

A few of them summed up:

Week 2 of tour #2,

ONTARIO

One girl I talked to IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! Last year (grade 8) all her friends started falling apart and started hating each other and themselves. One of her friends who is 13, decided she wanted to become prego because she was teased that she could never get a boyfriend. When she heard about this, she started pouring into her friend’s life. She told her that God loves her and various reasons why she shouldn’t. A month later, after continuous convincing, her friend finally gave in and said that she was right and that she wouldn’t become prego. Throughout her life, this girl that I talked to, has gone through a lot concerning self-confidence. When she was in grade 4, she used to stare at the mirror and call herself terrible names and literally pull out pieces of hair. When she was in grade 6, she had some really bad stuff happen to her from a guy. She has been carrying so many burdens on her shoulders and tonight she finally started letting go. She continues to be a great encourager and when her friends go through anything, her heart aches for them because she knows what it is like.

This event was held at a catholic church. I really enjoyed all the girls there and really respected them. They seemed to have hungry hearts for God and really wanted to learn.

Week 3 of tour #2,

MANITOBA

In the city, we did two events in one day. One jr. at 12:00 and a sr. at 5:00.

At the jr. event, I got a chance to talk to a girl from the inner city. She told me a little bit about her life and that she had six siblings, her parents didn’t live together, her brother and girlfriend are expecting triplets, and some of her family she just doesn’t see anymore.

Week 3 of tour #2,

NORTH DAKOTA

This is quite humorous, but a highlight for me is that we blew a breaker and we lost power during the skit. Jenn did really well however and kept going once I found the main lights. We tried to fix the problem but the coordinator couldn’t get in to the breakers so we managed to run off one light and one speaker and just my computer. The artist, Cecilia, went acoustic and we get to clean up in spare moments so clean up after went realllly fast. Like fifteen minutes! It was AWESOME! haha

I also talked to a few girls and they asked some super funny questions… Like: does it ever get warm in Canada? And do you guys even have facebook there?? --silly states people! :P

Week 4 of tour #2,

NORTH DAKOTA

@ A BIBLE CAMP

This was a crazy event. The girls were really cute and had a blast but man… they know how to talk at night and stuff. Unfortunately we had to stay in the same cabins as them… We did not sleep very much. --Kate

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There is a very brief overview of my last few weeks,

Currently I am in SK, and we are heading to Saskatoon tomorrow... which is quite exciting!

Also, I could use all the prayer I can get as I need to start figuring out my future!!

DONE TOUR!!

WOW, it has been a while since I have posted last and craziest thing ever.... IM DONE PART 1 OF TOUR!!! I WILL BE HOME ON SATURDAY!!!! its crazy!! A WEEK LEFT!

It still seems busy without the tour though! I have been doing a lot of office work and I have been really sick for the past couple days but thankfully im almost over it!

Right now I am sitting on my couch at home just reflecting on the tour and listening to music.

Its crazy looking at all the things God has brought me through in the past couple months. I have been able to do things that I never thought I could do, I have seen people and places I never thought I'd see, I have made long lasting friendships, I have confidence, and I have matured in my relationship with God to levels I never thought were reachable, and I continue to have an unquenchable thirst for learning more! Its a beautiful thing seeing what God can do and it has been such a blessing for me.

Christmas is coming up soon and I am so excited I get to see family and friends. I am so excited to tell people about things that God has been doing in me and through me.

I AM SOOO EXCITED FOR NEXT SUNDAY!! i get to sing AND play piano! I haven't done that for so long!! I am also talking in church :)

Anyways!

I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE SOOON!!

:)

Comfortable

Today was a great day

Cecilia and I went dress shopping and I found an awesome dress. That was super exciting because I needed one for the family life network christmas party.

We also had our fourth last event today which went really good as well.

Right now however, I am feeling a little sad.

I miss home and everything there. Im even looking at the picture galleries on the PSPT website just so that I can see familiar people and places. I love being home in winnipeg but it doesn't quite cut it.

Christmas at this point can't come soon enough. I can hardly wait to see family and friends again. I often wonder what it will be like. I know it hasn't been that long... its only been since August but it just feels like its been forever. I want to see my mom so much. It's weird shopping without her or one of my sister in laws. I also miss not being there for my friends. I so badly want to comfort them whenever anything bad is going on... Especially in those times when words just don't seem like enough. How i miss everyone.

Its weird how much I miss even small things. Like playing the piano at church all alone, bringing the church staff starbucks and then chilling there for hours, making coffees at the church, lunch with the youth, parry sound, my bed, my house, strangely enough... my high school, and much much more...

I also really dislike change and its scary in a sense that everything back home is changing and Im not there to see it. Even little silly things make me sad. Its almost like feeling left out.

Dont get me wrong however, I love being here, I love the girls that I tour with. They are some of the craziest, awesome, amazing, christian girls and they have been such a blessing. I have made some really awesome friends. I also have an awesome room mate. They are also encouraging and good at challenging each other to strive for more when it comes to our relationships with Christ. 24/7 with girls still continues to be an amazing rewarding experience.

Although that makes me really happy and feel so blessed,

I just can't wait to go home.

in half hour it will only be 16 more days.

I love touring and everything on the road is such a blessing but sometimes you just miss the places that used to be comfortable.