Next Steps!!

Hey Friends and Family!

Well I've been home for about a month now and i'm learning a lot from being back in my hometown. I was worried that I wouldn't hear God as well or as often being away from YWAM and back into everyday life. But God is so faithful! He loves to speak to His children. We just have to position ourselves to hear His voice and listen! He is speaking a lot and teaching me so much about what the next season of my life will look like! 

I will be home until early August and then I will be going back to Madison, Wisconsin to join Youth With A Mission. I will be making a two year commitment and I am so excited to go back! The first six months I will be a volunteer staff of the Fall DTS (Discipleship Training School). The next nine months I will attend a secondary school at YWAM called Lauchpad, where I will be learning leadership skills and will be "launched" (encouraged and coached) into my calling. Which will be working with orphanages around the world! (Long story short!) During the two years with YWAM, as volunteer staff, I will be relying on the monthly supporters God gives me. I cannot wait to experience His provision! 

During my time back home I have really felt God saying that He wants these next few months to be a season of rest for me. If you know me, you probably know I have a hard time resting. I always want to be going somewhere and doing something. But I am realizing the importance of rest and learning more and more about what that will look like for me. So in the next few months I will be doing a lot of resting, hanging out with friends and family, and working on fundraising. 

Thanks for reading! If you have any questions, i'd love to answer them in the comments below! =D 

I'm Coming Home!

Hello Family and Friends!

I'm coming home! As some of you know, I've completed my Discipleship Training School with YWAM (Youth With A Mission)! I can't even begin to describe to you have much I've learned and grown over the past six months. But I'm going to do my best over the next few months to update this blog regularly with stories from YWAM. I spent three months in Wisconsin learning SO MUCH about who God is and what missions is and how they are connected. Then I spent two months in China putting into practice the things that I learned and bringing the hope of Christ to that nation.

Thank you so much to everyone who supported me prayerfully and financially on this journey to YWAM! I couldn't have done it without you!

I'm trying to keep this super short because I know (out of all of my three readers, including my mom) that no one wants to read a super long post... Even though I have so much to say! I'm going to break it all up into multiple posts. I will be updating more over the next few months with stories from my time overseas. There a few stories that I won't be able to share online, so for those you'll have to ask me!

I love you all and your support means the world to me! Once again, thank you!

Getting Ready For Outreach!

Hello Everyone! Things are going so well here in Madison. God just continues to blow my mind with all that He is showing me. Recently we've had so many great teachings. Like Relationships, Fear of the Lord, Destiny, and Roots! We are all getting ready for Outreach!

Destiny Week

I could write so much about this week of teaching. It was my all time favorite and I learned SO MUCH! Wick and Jan Nease were our speakers and they have an AMAZING organization called Streams of Mercy. They connect people and resources to orphanages around the world who need support! I want to do  practically the same exact thing. It's SUCH a great organization and I highly recommend it for anyone looking to invest in the lives of orphans around the world!


More on Outreach 

Outreach is coming! And it's coming FAST! We will be leaving on January 3rd and returning on February 18th. We have bought our tickets and applied for our visas. It's so real now. We are going to East Asia!!!! I absolutely cannot wait! We will be working with an organization who rescues women out of the sex slave trade and teaching them valuable skills and gives them jobs making jewelry. We will be helping out at some special needs orphanages. We will be doing a lot of English Corners where we will teach English and do some friendship evangelism! And we will be doing a lot of prayer and intercession! We are spending a lot of time in prayer to ask God what else He wants us to do while we are there.

God is The Provider

One of the biggest things God is reminding me of is how much He cares about me and wants to provide for me. I know He has called me to go to this country in East Asia, and I know He is going to provide the way for me to get there. He has constantly provided for me over and over again here, and throughout my life! I have absolutely NO REASON not trust Him in this.

Funds

I currently have about $450 towards outreach. I still need about $3,050. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with me financially? If so, you can donate via papal in the top right hand corner of this page, or via check by mail.

Kayla Burick
N1707 County Road N
Columbus, WI 53925

Thanks for reading!

UPDATE!

Hey everyone!

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to give you guys another update. It's been really crazy around here. We are learning SO much and don't have very much free time. Here's an update on what's been going on!

Outreach Reveal Night

WOW! On October 14th we had Outreach Reveal Night, where the YWAM staff revealed outreach locations. We started out the night with worship and then went upstairs and saw all of the options. The options we're Uganda, Thailand, Mexico, Napal, and one that I'm not allowed to mention online. Long story short, I will be going to that one that I'm not allowed to mention. If you want to know where, just shoot me a Facebook message, email, or text and I can tell you. I'm just not allowed to post it online. I am SO EXCITED and absolutely cannot wait to see all that God is going to do there. It's going to be life changing!

Intercession

We have been doing intercessory prayer for the nation of Bhutan twice a week. It is insane how much God is speaking to us about through that and sharing His heart with us about the people there and the new life He wants to bring to that nation.

Go Conference & Camp David
(Speakers - Brian Hogan, Brad Stanley, and Amanda Siebold)

On October 18th we visited Camp David of the Ozarks in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a camp for kids whose parents have been incarcerated (put in jail). They do a great job showing those kids the love of Christ! They have such an incredible ministry there and we got to spend some time praying over the campgrounds and the staff.
Then we went on to the Go Conference for a week where we learned about Urbanization, Voice of the Martyrs, and Church Planting. We spent some time doing intercession for Kenneth Bae, who is a missionary that was detained in North Korea for two years. We just heard today that Kenneth along with Matthew Miller got released. God answers prayers!

Spiritual Warfare and Holy Spirit
(Speakers - Lea Groff and Mike Esposito)

The past two weeks we've learned a lot about Spiritual Warfare and the Holy Spirit. I went into Spiritual Warfare week with a lot of fear and uncertainty. But the main thing we learned was the power and authority we have to speak out against Satan and declare who God is! We most definitely don't need to walk in fear when it comes to spiritual warfare, but instead walk in VICTORY because of who God is!
We also learned more about who the Holy Spirit is and discussed speaking in tongues and gift of the spirit.

Camp Tuesday

We have the awesome opportunity to mentor some elementary age kids every Tuesday! It is so great and I cannot wait to see all the God does through it!

Financial Support

I'm still raising money for my outreach! If you would like to donate you can do so on the top right hand corner of this blog! Thank you so much!


So there's the update! I am having such an amazing experience here at YWAM and I'm am just so thankful that I get to be here. Thank you all for the prayers and support! Love you all!

YWAM Madison DTS 2014!

Hey Friends and Family!

I finally have a chance to do a blog post to update you guys! The wifi is super bad here, so it takes me a while to respond to texts and do blog posts. But I want to tell you guys a little about the first few weeks here at YWAM! 

Not only is this place incredible, but these people are incredible! The unity we already have is unbelievable. It's only been three weeks! There are 32 students, 7 guys and 25 girls. We all have a desire to serve God and to help people. We have gotten so close. It really feels like family. 

God has done so much in my life these last three weeks. I can't even begin to describe it all. Our schedule is pretty busy. Every day we have scheduled Quiet Time, Worship, Class, and Community Responsibilities. And then there are 1 on 1s and small group time, homework, and morning workouts. I love the schedule so much! But by the time Friday rolls around I am so exhausted. Let's just say I'm drinking a little more coffee than usual. :) 

We have heard so much good teaching in class from some amazing people! We heard from Troy Sherman, Lea Groff, Manuel, and Kathy Ryan. A few subjects have been Hearing God's Voice, Worldview, Clean Conscience, and Identity and Destiny! So much wisdom! 

We survived the Survivor camping trip! But that's a whole different post for a different time. Let's just say we spend a few days in the woods with some beans and rice, a tarp, and a Corrupt Government. Long story. 

For the four or so people reading this blog post, ;) thank you! I miss you all and cannot wait to see you guys hopefully around Christmas time! 

My address here is below!

Kayla Burick 
N1707 County Road N
Columbus, WI 53925 

Plus, I would love to see comments on here! So if you read this I would love to hear from you! 

YWAM IN 8 DAYS!!

It's almost here!!!!! WOW! I cannot believe it! In 8 days I will be flying to Madison, Wisconsin for this next season of my life! I cannot wait to see all that the Lord does in and through me. I am so blessed. I will be updating this blog regularly to update you all! If you'd like, sign up to get an email every time I post. At the top right of this page. Thank you all so much for all of your prayers and support!

Mexico and YWAM!

Hello Everybody!

I just wanted to clarify on my plans for Mexico and YWAM! I will be going on a short term mission trip to Mexico from June 31st - July11th. Then I will be leaving for YWAM mid September and will be in Wisconsin for Training for four months and overseas doing outreach for the next two months. I am SO EXCITED about both of these things!! Absolutely cannot wait! Praying huge prayers and believing God for the impossible! I would love your support! You can support me financially and/or prayerfully! =D And the wonderful "Donate" button at the top right makes it oh so easy through PayPal! Thank you all so much!