Dan’s Story

I did the internship as a leap of faith. I had no end goal but knew I wanted to follow God and this was the first step in doing that. Through the internship I was able to grow deeper in my relationship with God alongside others who had given a year to do the same thing. Throughout the year I was encouraged to explore, and as I did I grew in faith, prayer, and developed habits that help me connect with Jesus and have Him as the centre of my life.

Through this journey with God and others I became passionate about youth work and despite not being familiar with the youth work world, I became aware of God calling me into this long term. By doing the internship I was able to step into this with tools in my backpack from incredible teaching, friends cheering me on, and an abundance of space to reflect and pray. I would encourage anyone who is considering the internship to say yes as I can say this was truly a transformational year for me into a future I could not have planned and would not have considered unless I had said yes to a year of exploration

Elisha’s Story

Why do the internship? For me, it was because God had been tugging at my heart for while to settle in and grow deeper. While I thought this meant working with a church and spending some time with God in between, in reality I found that he was searching deeper within, For wholeheartedness.

I found myself asking God to “change me from the inside out” that he would take me as I am and “make me unrecognisable” by the end of the year. I’ll be honest… I wasn’t expecting Him to take me so seriously. But this year I have experienced His great persuit for my heart. The Good, the bad and the ugly, and the ugly even more.

This year I really can see how giving a year to God in ministry has not only been one of the most powerful seasons of growth in my life. But it’s further been a year of discerning my ministry and making steps to get closer to that vocation. – Elisha