by Kayla Norris | Dec 14, 2018 | Missions Trips, YWAM DTS
You got your packing list. You studied it in detail, or maybe you skimmed it. Or maybe you didn’t check your email at all and you have no idea what you’re supposed to bring. Whichever way, you’re wondering what is actually important to take on your missions trip....
by Kayla Norris | Nov 23, 2018 | Community, Family, Loving Jesus
Turkeys are $80 each here—I’m not exaggerating. Well, that is in New Zealand dollars and according to my Google search, that’s roughly $55 US. Still not great. Despite this, we still manage to throw some pretty legendary Thanksgiving parties with chicken (green bean...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 16, 2018 | High School, Kids & Teaching, Missions Trips, University
“What are you going to do after high school?” At fifteen years old, I expected people would only ask me about my life’s purpose when I graduated. Nope. I had two whole years of high school to go, but teachers—and strangers—started asking me “What’s next?” as if it was...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 11, 2018 | Relationships
I got my heart broken in the spring. For the next few years, somehow I avoided the season entirely. The crazy thing about switching hemispheres (I live in New Zealand) or traveling to the tropics (I’m from Hawaii) is that you can totally miss spring. I mean, I...
by Kayla Norris | Oct 18, 2018 | Community, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
“Just go over to the house sometime, they’d love to meet you!” Fresh to Tauranga, New Zealand, friends had raved about the YWAM Furnace community. My new university was right next door to where their current Discipleship Training School was running, and I wanted to...
