Whats next?

After finishing up all the de-brief & a re-entry weeks. I now have 2 weeks until the sunny Christmas arrives. So myself Ian & Jonny are planning to travel around the south Island. With only the bare essentials some camping gear, tent & stove and the odd penny in our pocket. Just wandering around reminising all the times past and figuring out all the things that have been learnt. So plenty of late night bon-fires & worships up the mountains & beaches around this amazing land. Jacob will also be joining us for the first week & he's bringing his beautiful 1977 Datsun.

I also have plenty to be thinking through during the next three months here in New Zealand. Whats next for me is still a big question mark but theres always going to be plenty of roads to go down. But as ive been praying through all the options and all the things which are on my heart there three areas which id love to persue. The three areas are Leadership, Ministry & the Word. They are just three areas which have been highlighted which will be parts of my future and what I really want to learn about and grow in.

With ministry I want to learn how people are doing it. I want to see how people are reaching the people around them. I want to see how people are been effective and how people are going out to the streets and telling the people around them about Jesus. I would love to find a ministry and ministries which I could fit into or even just join in and observe. I just want to learn how to set up ministries how people have failed and learned from their mistakes. So that in my future wherever I end up ill have this experience. So all that this will involve ill have to start looking because who knows where this will bring me in the world. So id love god to open some doors for me to experience this.

Another area id love to pursue is Leadership. Over the past six months ive realised how much I enjoy leading people. Its something ive been involved in over the past 8 years or so. Now im realising I enjoy it a lot. So how I would pursue this im not sure theres plenty options everywhere.

Then there is the Word. I cant see myself settling down for 3-4 years for Bible / Theology college. So another option is a Basic 3 month course. Its called a BCC Bible Core Course. This is a 3 month bible inductive study which you read the full bible and then also you study 16 books intensely. Theres a 9 month school in south Africa and also England but im mainly looking at the 3 month school. Theres one here in Oxford new Zealand but theres also a couple in Australian & across Europe which look interesting. This school would give me the chance to Learn how to study the word in context and inductively. So basically giving me the tools to study the bible which will be vital for whatever Pete ends up doing right. So thats another option then.

But ive got Christmas to get through and then onto Sojourn early January. Then onto Parachute which is a big Christian festival in new Zealand, & then onto City Lights which is a 4 day event organised by ywam Auckland to get together and do some evangelism in Auckland city. So that should be exciting. But then after that who knows we'll see all I know is im excited and I wanted to start seeing lives transformed. I want people's eyes to be opened, people set free and living in the truth with Hope.