by Kayla Norris | Apr 24, 2016 | Community, YWAM DTS
There’s an air of unreality, returning home to New Zealand. It’s Inception, really. This afternoon I slouched on the couch in the house I spent three years in, but it’s been over a year since I’ve actually lived there. I watched Leonardo...
by Kayla Norris | Apr 5, 2016 | The Creative Heart, Uncategorized, YWAM DTS
[Typed on the train from Sydney to Newcastle during DTS outreach] Backpack lagging her steps, she finally spots it. Gertrude and Alice. Or as her friends fondly called it, the Magical Bookstore Cafe. And that precisely what it was, right in front of her. Espresso...
by Kayla Norris | Mar 6, 2016 | Missionary Kids, YWAM DTS
Write a blog post about going home after DTS, sounds simple, right? We got “Reentry” teaching in Debrief Week. You know, the pot-holed road of arriving back after international travel, finding a community to connect to, staying touch with friends across...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 26, 2016 | Family, Missionary Kids, YWAM DTS
Dear Eager Young YWAMer, I saw your sparkling eyes, when I walked into my DTS classroom holding my one-year-old niece’s hand. I saw your shocked mouth, when that week’s amazing speaker called me out by name and bragged about my Kiwi parents. I saw those hungry...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 11, 2016 | Missions Trips, Prayer & Worship, YWAM DTS
The whole city is cloaked in fog, seagulls circling the canals, confused as to where to go. The street lights just flicked off… and the world wonders, “What are you doing? We still need you.” -Journal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2 November, 2015) I...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 4, 2016 | Community, The Creative Heart, YWAM DTS
[As 2016 begins, I want to honour a girl who got me through 2015. Micah Madsen is one of those people who you hear about for years and when you finally meet you are fast friends, despite soon-to-come distance. After a year or more of long emails, she is one of my...
