YWAM Staff - Nathaniel Baldock - Youth With a Mission

Well here is my week three update from around the world. God has been providing so awesomely, its been just so great to travel again and get to see so many friends that Has been too long since I last saw them. Some of the famous names include.... Dan C, Tim Walters, Emily Green, Emily H in Seattle, Mindy Irwin, Sarah and Ross Wagle, Monica McGuire, Tiff Lawson, Nathan Arkel, Dustin Wiens, Shawn W, Lindsey and soon to see Amelia... anyway so many More. Mainly because of Christian and Stephanie Carl's Wedding. So right now I am spending the next 4 weeks at the House of Prayer in Kansas. Yesterday was my first day and all I can say is that I am really excited for the next 4 weeks of time with God. Its completely different from the normal pace of life and primary focus that I have had, so already many things I am learning. EG, how to sit and focus and not be distracted, but how to actually meditate and spend time in Gods presence.

Random Snowy Mountain in Summer in Washington. Mt Baker baby!!!!
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Lots more in store for me to learn, and much that God needs to do in my heart. straight after Kansas though I am going to South Korea to spend time in a leadership development 2 week time with the YWAM Global Leadership Team. That in itself is a God story and one I am very interested in and looking forward to What god has in store. thank you all for your prayers. I really believe that I have an incredibly special time with the Lord ahead but also believe that I am able to miss what God has for me. So your prayers would be great.

I WANT IT ALL LORD!!!!!!!!

Here is some pics so far. the last one is saving a Turtle that we saw when I arrived in Kansas. Crazy And these are the Pictures from the Jan DTS outreach to Outback Queensland. Which was an Awesome time with the Lord and getting to meet many great people. Also as a team we had pretty much the time of our loves as well, they were awesome.

Jan DTS Is over...... So whats Next Buddy???

well I will need to update more on this but currently I will be flying over to Canada For my friends wedding, then spending a further 8-9 weeks traveling around the States and then over to Europe.... so thats just the Quickest overview ever but more will follow

Back IN Townsville, AND Staffing the Jan DTS!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited about what God is going to do over the next 8 months.. Plus Christmas on the base is fun even though we are away from our families. So more stories and updates later.

Home In New Zealand for 5 Weeks!!!!! Awesome.
well I haven't been home for long (about a Week) and there is already heaps to tell about. Firstly realising that you don't have your passport is not a fun thing only 4 hours before your flight. But getting escorted onto the plane by the Airline people is!!!! Also I am looking forward to some more rock climbing trips while I am home. This is only the second time I have ever had a rock brake in while i was climbing. SO scary.

I'M OK though!!!!!!

Anyway more Stories to come..........

IWT Aftermath!!!!
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Well I am excited to share with you all what God has been doing in my life over the last few months. I was just involved in the most busy and chaotic seasons that I have had so far as a missionary here in Australia. Impact World Tour just swept through North Queensland presenting a relevant and none compromising Gospel message in a way that has never been done before in this part of Australia. Not only were there over 100 team members from around the world that laid down their lives to come perform and present the Gospel to an more and more un-reached youth but we have also been blown away by what God is doing among the Local Churches.

Why North Queensland? And why so much effort and energy at this time? Well only around 4% of youth in this region are involved in Church or any kind of Christian fellowship, and we believe that the window of opportunity is quickly disappearing for a generation that has not heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ that has the power to save and turn their lives around. "Struth!!!” as we would say here in OZ! So I have been here in Mackay for around 5-6 months working with 2 other IWT staff, preparing Mackay, Sarina and the Whitsundays for the tour and the discipleship after. With a target audience of Approximately 130 000 people in this area we saw around 12 482 people come to the shows with 888 of those responding to the message that was given. The biggest un-reached people group in the world right now is Young People <25, which is what we found as the majority of the people that responded on the nights were under the age of 15. How cool is that! Young people are hungry for truth, if we will just take the time to present it in their language.

Its Still cold in Mackay!!!!!!!!! no really we are wearing jumpers and socks!!!!!

Well, some great stories from being here in Mackay now for just over a month, and also the fact that its actually getting

really cold. which is strange for me, i guess this is the first kind of winter that I have had in a few years.

Some things that have been happening:

We had Jason Hotere from Team Xtream come throught for a pre tour outreach, and saw a great response
even with little promotion for his coming. In the Two regions that I am working in we saw 370 people come to the 2 nights events, with 69 people responding to the Gospel. It was great to see people respond to the Gospel and we are continuing to look into how we can provide the most effective descipleship plans. We are looking for Disciples not just Decisions. What would you do in your area if 55% of your community had the Gospel presented to it, 22% made a decision to respond to that Gospel. Well that is what we are finding the responses are to the tour so far in Australia, with the Geraldton tour and Jason Hotere Events. Mackay has around 90 000 people!!!! so we really are in an awesome window of opportunity here.

It is awesome to be able to work with so many differernt Church denominations and Christian Organizations. The most full on thing about working with IWT, is seeing God use us weak and inexperienced people to work in and through. Once again God is just showing me that i can't rely on my own ability or understanding, and even when I do it my own way he is still able to fix up my short comings.

Plus

I have been awesomely blessed since being Down

here, with providing accomadation and even another Vehicle that we are able to use.

So our days are Very busy and it seems that we don't even blink and the week has gone. i can't even remember May....... what happened in May??? so its a bit like that. The Tour will be here only 11 weeks. wow its so close now!!!!!

well bless you all and thank you for dropping in on Me. I'd love to hear from you. .

March Update.

But as for now, I would love your prayers, as i am just

moving into a house down here that has been offered to me for the

tour, Also i am really finding that i am coming under a whole lot of new

warfare since being here, and it has taken me off my guard a bit. So i

would love and appriciate your support in that area as well. Awesome.

In the next few days i will be putting a few pictures of the office,

where i live and a few other ones on this page so make sure to

check it out later this week.

I would love to hear stories about what God is doing in your lives as well..

that would be awesome and would bless me heaps.

Bless you all and thank you for being a part of my life and the ministry

that God has called me to be a part of.

The Next Step!!! Well I am off to Mackay,

Now that the IWS is over I will be heading out to work as a facilitator 5 hours south of Townsville. Mackay is one of the 3 main locations that the tour is going to come through later this year. I am looking for accommodation right now and

will be moving down there until 8 weeks after the tour which will be in about Oct.

Mackay is a city of around 90 000 people and is surrounded by a number of other cities and towns such as Airlie Beach that we will be in some hoping to have the tour effect in some way. The tour date is in Aug of this year and already there is a real buzz and excitement in the churches that are onboard for what God is going to do in MacKay. I will be working with the local churches and youth groups seeing how we can most effectively see changes made in the whole city and the biggest impact possible through the tour.

Impact World Tour - Western Australia

So I’m going to start off with the part I like the most and that’s the Impact World Tour that we were a part of in Geraldton, Western Australia . So just some quick facts about the tour in Geraldton, 13 500 people came to the 4 nights (Team Extreme, Island Breeze, Death and Desire, GX), out of a city of only 25 000, as well as the teams going to 5 smaller towns and through a heap of the local schools and prisons. The coolest thing about this was that all of these places have never seen anything like this. No other show of any kind has been to these places.

Perth is the most isolated

city in the World and Geraldton is 5 hours from

there, so there isn’t much around. One of the best nights was GX which was the last night, the stadium packed out with around 4500 people, the Gospel was presented really clearly and there were a number of people that responded to the Gospel presentation. In all there were 650 decisions in the 4 days. We are continuing to pray for the follow up work that is happening there now with the local churches, that a lasting change has happened in that city and that more will continue to happen.

Well this is the last week of the Impact World School that I am on, it has gone so fast and we have learnt so much that I am really looking forward to going to a city to and getting started. At the same time though God has really been refining me and challenging me in the last few months. Especially in being faithful in the small and how much time I actually spend in relationship with him, not just when I want things or need him to do stuff. Our School are all in the process of praying through which city we will each be going to for the first part of our 12 month internship.

In Northern Queensland , only 3% of youth are involved in any kind of Christian activity, so that’s the main thing we are targeting through the tour. These statistics will half in the next generation if we don’t see a change in the current youth culture. We are already seeing some huge doors opening for the tour to come through and a large number of churches joining together to see transformation in their cities. It’s such an awesome thing to see as the atmosphere and the faith of the Christians is beginning to rise in expectation for what God is going to do in the next 7 months. It’s great!

Nathaniel Baldock

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