by Kayla Norris | Jan 31, 2021 | Community, Loving Jesus
Last night of camp, front row bench. Stephen said one line. You are never called to something alone. I put down my Apple Pencil, tucked away my iPad. And I couldn’t stop crying. Earlier that afternoon, I was attempting to switch camp duties. The girls begged me to...
by Kayla Norris | Mar 17, 2019 | Community
This morning I sat in front of 44 preschoolers, aged two-and-a-half to four years old, who had little grid on what happened in our country just two days ago. Our Sunday School lesson was on the fruit of the Spirit—goodness. I read them the light little story about how...
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 | 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...
by Kayla Norris | Jul 13, 2018 | Community
My steering wheel suddenly felt like I was maneuvering a two-ton weight. Turns out steering fluid can look like it’s in there—but it’s not. In my Ford Focus’ case, old fluid stained the container at “full”, while slowly leaking out. Late one night that leak burst,...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 7, 2018 | Community, YWAM DTS
Dear Lewis House, When I last wrote, I didn’t expect we’d meet again. Sure, I thought I’d give a dramatic wave, a final goodbye from the street corner. Yet to pace your grey-carpet hallways again? To wash my dishes in that orange kitchen? To watch Netflix in...
