by Kayla Norris | Jun 30, 2015 | Community, YWAM DTS
It’s a desecration. To type about it, to haphazardly post it on social media, to minimise it for Facebook to see. At least that’s what it feels like to try and write a blog post about my first few days in Newcastle, Australia– and this week before my DTS begins. I’m...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 20, 2015 | The Creative Heart, YWAM DTS
Tick tock goes the clock flick flack flips the calendar What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? well, oh, my dear– haven’t you heard? oh, my querying self– don’t you know? I’m travelling to Australia in one week that one place you’ve whispered ...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 13, 2015 | Family, University, YWAM DTS
I don’t know if you ever get in this predicament, but I am finding myself in it a lot lately. I’d say it’s unique to bloggers or writers, but I’m not so sure now. Indeed, it may be a predicament common to all that have turned a bend in the road, to all those who...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 3, 2015 | Missionary Kids, Uncategorized, YWAM DTS
I can’t write. There’s just too much– too much clogging the byway of heart-to-fingers to write a blog post. Opinions of my current state of affairs are flying like a fresh fruit fight in a YWAM kitchen… along with memories… future thoughts… dreams… concerns… worries....
by Kayla Norris | Apr 19, 2015 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
There was a moment in the latter half of last year where I ambled along a windy country path that looked like it was straight out of Pride and Prejudice. Silver ferns fanned out above my head, maples stood as sentinels at the foot of hills. Poplars and pines whispered...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 30, 2014 | Family, Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
I knew that path. It had no kinks, bends, or turns. No CAUTION signs with unexpected twists and hidden driveways. I always imagined myself heading in that particular direction. That path had every appearance of adventure, but no mystery for me. It was all pretty...