Sunday, August 29, 2010

Faith of a Mustard Seed?

Tomorrow I will be leaving for three weeks on a mini outreach. During that time I have a book report due, outreach funds due, and weekly homework due. I'm turning in my funds for outreach right now and after that I have no money. Literally none. I have faith God will provide but I have to do something towards getting it also. If you are lead to help me in this manner let me know. I still need prayer as well. Prayer more than anything. I love it here but when you say "God break me" you better be prepared!!! (:


You can send donations here to australia or to my home address.

youth with a mission

Shannon Baxter

671 Samford Road

Mitchelton QLD 4053


or


Shannon Baxter

58 Arrowhead Drive

Stafford Virginia 22556


I'm sorry I haven't talked to a lot of you. We have a pretty busy schedule. If you want a more specific update, message me!!

Thank you for your time and prayers.


Shannon Baxter

Monday, August 9, 2010

Amiss weekend

Well I have been here for 5 days.
Friday we just hung out and went to Brookeside(mall) about four times. Saturday we did "Go Day" which is just outreach into the community. My group did waterways. We picked up trollies(shopping carts) and rubbage(trash) out of the drain pipes. Later on Saturday we left for our "bonding weekend". We went to Hosanna Farm stay. (campground essentially) The first night we had dinner, amazing worship, and shared our testimonies. We have 20 students and 6 leaders so we ran out of time. So on Sunday we had a family breakfast and shared more testimonies. We broke for lunch than went on an optional hike. Out of the 26 people 24 went. We went to Mount Warning. It takes about two hours up and two hours down. At the top there is a chain to get up the rocky peek. The pictures are amazing and I will update later. On the way down rolled ankles occurred. Nothing serious. Once we were all down it was dark and we realized not all of us were at the bus. Four people were missing. Ironically they were the firsts one down. So we drove up and down the mountain looking and honking. To no avail. We drove to a Bed and Breakfast and sat in the game room. Which it was more like a trailer hookup. And we sat and waited and prayed for two ish hours. Kim (our leader) took all the students back to Hosanna and they called the cops and they sent out the search team. The four people just ended up making a bed with palm trees. They got up and started following the river and ran into the search team. That specif team had just gotten off the road. God timing! They were out in the wilderness over night. It was very bonding very quickly. God has big things planned for our group. Please keep us in your prayers.

When we got back to base Luke and my baggage finally got here!!!! It was awesome!
We had some girl time and brushed each others hair and talked. (: but now I am having talks with Dusty and Hannah. Thank you for reading and I will post pictures sooon!

Love you all.


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

65 and cloudy

After the wrong airport, a making out couple next to me, delicious airplane food, and a numb booty I am here. It smells great. It's cold. And I don't have to wear SHOES! I walked to the mall without any on. THEN I walked INTO the mall!!!! Fanfreakintastic. I need to talk to mi mama. :(


Prayers are still needed. My bags never left DCA!!

And on a side note, I can feel that God brought each one of my fellow students here. Ahh amazing.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Ready, set, row.

Shannon Baxter
Youth With A Mission
671 Samford Rd
Mitchelton QLD 4053 Australia


letters, letters, letters!!!
(:

I am leaving in 27 more hours. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH