Sunday, November 22, 2009
Homeless ministry in Kona...
During my first couple of weeks here in Kona I met a homeless lady named Linda. Linda was in a car accident a couple of years ago that causes her to have seizures. Since the accident Linda has lost her job and all of her possessions. She approached me and asked me if I could help her find a place to sleep. She said that most places outside are either unsafe for a woman or she gets the cops called on her. She said she was so tired that she couldn't function. She was very clean, very articulate and seemed completely sober. Seems like we often attach a belief that if a person is homeless they are druggies or alchoholics. After meeting Linda I have searched and searched and can't find an overnight shelter in Kona. L:inda and I have emailed a couple of times back and forth. I wish I knew how to help her. Thoughts... Ideas... please pray for Linda!
Week 7- Fear of God
This week Matt Rawlings was here and talking about the fear of God. I've never really understood what that meant. Matt talked a lot about the nature and Character of God. God's nature is, "God is BIG!" We watched videos about how big and detailed the universe is. If we truly understand how big God is than we will understand that nothing is too big for God. If we understand how big God is we live in awe of Him. God's character relates to how good God is and knowing his character brings intimacy. Matt brought up an interesting thought... Would you ever chose to have intimacy with someone that you didn't know? If we don't know anything about God's nature or who God is, we cant be as intimate with God. I'm not saying that you have to know everything about God before you can be intimate but I do agree that as we come to know God better we can experience greater intimacy with him. No matter what happens in my life, will I decide to hold on to "God is big and God is good?"
Matt also said, "what you are looking for you will find. If you are looking for someone who doesn't like you, then you will find it." I seem to find that all the time. I'm also constantly looking for my own imperfections. In fact, it would seem that I live with mirrors surrounding myself. I'm so focused on being "ok" and being "healthy" that I miss God all the time!!! No matter what is going on in my life, God is big enough and God is good enough!
Ok.. so I feel like I'm rambling. It was a great week of lectures. I know this all sounds really simple but it barely scratches the surface of what we talked about. I'd love feedback. Questions, thoughts?
Matt also said, "what you are looking for you will find. If you are looking for someone who doesn't like you, then you will find it." I seem to find that all the time. I'm also constantly looking for my own imperfections. In fact, it would seem that I live with mirrors surrounding myself. I'm so focused on being "ok" and being "healthy" that I miss God all the time!!! No matter what is going on in my life, God is big enough and God is good enough!
Ok.. so I feel like I'm rambling. It was a great week of lectures. I know this all sounds really simple but it barely scratches the surface of what we talked about. I'd love feedback. Questions, thoughts?
Candyland...
For halloween this year my dts group helped Solid Rock Church with the event, Candyland. We actually set up a life size version of candyland. It seemed like a little kids dream land. We spent the whole day setting up and then got dressed up and played with kids all night. We had game booths set up and had loads of fun. I loved seeing all the cool outfits the kids had on. I think my favorite where all the princesses and the 2 nerds. I went as Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz. This picture above is of me and Hero. Hero is the son of our 2 leaders from Rawanda, Gabi and Margret. THey are amazing people. Please be praying for their family. Let me know if you'd be interested in hearing more about this awesome family.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
week 5... relationshipsand hearing from Loren Cunningham about Nigeria!!!
During this week the focus was placed on relationships.
For me the best thing that came from talking about relationships is that it got me to thinking about the dangers and sin involved with emotionally vacuuming from others and obsessing over relationships. I hope to have set some boundries that will bring freedom in my life and protection to those I enter in relationship with (feel free to ask me if you want more specifics).
Our speaker was a super spunky, straight forward woman, Faith Dutton.
Thursday was one of my all time favorite days in Kona. The founder of the Y family Loren Cunningham made it back from a long trip the week before and on Thursday night he shared with us all what God is doing in Nigeria. AMAZING!!! I'll give you a really condensed version of what he talked about.
When Loren and Darleen got to Nigeria they witnessed buldosers digging graves for the thousands of Christians who had been killed bc of their faith. The news wasn't covering it.
On the flip side Loren got to hear testimony from Militants who came to know God through 25 ywamers answering the call of God to share his love. The Militants are killing and stealing all over nigeria. It was an insanely dangerous call for the ywamers to go and love on the militants. WIth great courage they went anyways. As a result 200 militants accepted Christ, and 69 did a Discipleship Training Program. The militant camp ended up giving up all of their weapons and the latest report is that there are 2000 militants who accepted Christ and want to do a DTS. The government in Nigeria is saying, "what all of our arms and resources couldn't do God has done." THis is simply amazing! I love hearing about the miraculous and I love hearing about what God is doing in the nations.
For me the best thing that came from talking about relationships is that it got me to thinking about the dangers and sin involved with emotionally vacuuming from others and obsessing over relationships. I hope to have set some boundries that will bring freedom in my life and protection to those I enter in relationship with (feel free to ask me if you want more specifics).
Our speaker was a super spunky, straight forward woman, Faith Dutton.
Thursday was one of my all time favorite days in Kona. The founder of the Y family Loren Cunningham made it back from a long trip the week before and on Thursday night he shared with us all what God is doing in Nigeria. AMAZING!!! I'll give you a really condensed version of what he talked about.
When Loren and Darleen got to Nigeria they witnessed buldosers digging graves for the thousands of Christians who had been killed bc of their faith. The news wasn't covering it.
On the flip side Loren got to hear testimony from Militants who came to know God through 25 ywamers answering the call of God to share his love. The Militants are killing and stealing all over nigeria. It was an insanely dangerous call for the ywamers to go and love on the militants. WIth great courage they went anyways. As a result 200 militants accepted Christ, and 69 did a Discipleship Training Program. The militant camp ended up giving up all of their weapons and the latest report is that there are 2000 militants who accepted Christ and want to do a DTS. The government in Nigeria is saying, "what all of our arms and resources couldn't do God has done." THis is simply amazing! I love hearing about the miraculous and I love hearing about what God is doing in the nations.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Week 4...THe Kingdom Of God- AKA amazing
10/19-10/23
Ok... So now I will attempt to blog about week 4. Saturday, 10/24 I went surfing with some people in my DTS. The place where we went had rocks in the place of a sand beach. The day that we went there were no waves. Always thought it would be difficult to surf but never realized how physically taxing it would be. By the time I paddled out I was just about spent. I rode one wave laying down and a little bit after paddled back to shore. So glad i went and want to go again when there are more waves. However I think I might just be a bigger fan of boogie boarding! so fun! I don't remember much else about what I did this week but I remember what I learned.
Don Stephens was the speaker during week 4 and he brought a guy Nyk with him. Don talked about different world views and about the Kingdom of God. I learned about Modernism, Post Modernism, Naturalism, Pantheism, Socialism, Communism, Islam, Evangelical Gnosticism (Religious Christianity) and most importantly the Kingdom of God. I love learning about things like this so during class this particular week I was on the edge of my seat furriously taking notes.
I'll list a revelation and some extremely important things I learned:
*Creation is made to reflect the glory of God. Mankind is made to reflect the glory of God. If God created me to reflect His glory than I am truly glorious in Him. I have something in me that draws mankind to observe the glory of God.
THis is significant to me because I always thought I may be pretty to God but I'm still undesirable to mankind. THIS CAN NOT BE TRUE if I am made to reflect God's glory. Also... this brings a whole new significance to my singing Opera. Not many people can reflect God's glory is this art but God has gifted me. I still don't want to seek a full time opera career but I would like to start practicing again. I miss it! I was created with a burning desire to be the best singer I can possibly be. I love practicing and studying voice. I lose passion for singing when I'm not learning more about it. This is the way God created me and I think it is significant.
*Christians often thing of evangelism in terms of a circle. The "saved" christians are inside and we are focusing on the rest making their way into the circle. Problem is... who really knows when others point of conversion is? When was Peters? was it when he confessed Jesus to be the Son of the living God? Not long after that Jesus says to Peter, "get behind me Satan!" Some people inside our circle may have gotten "saved" and not have any interest in knowing or seeking Jesus and then others outside our circle may be seeking after and searching to know Jesus more. What if we erased the circle and just started pointing everyone towards Jesus... no matter where they are at spiritually. It is my hope to be used of God to make disciples of all nations and not just converts.
*God's plan is for a kingdom. Jesus talks more about the Kingdom of God than anything else. It was the first message that Jesus preached (Matt 4:17). THe Kingdom of God is every place where the will of God is being done. It is everything gone wrong in Adam's fall reconciled in Christ. It is God's glory filling all things. It is the dance of the trinity extended to all of Humanity. We live with a mentality of waiting for Heaven. What untill then? I pray that
God's kingdom come in my life.
Thoughts... questions... ?
Blessings!
Ok... So now I will attempt to blog about week 4. Saturday, 10/24 I went surfing with some people in my DTS. The place where we went had rocks in the place of a sand beach. The day that we went there were no waves. Always thought it would be difficult to surf but never realized how physically taxing it would be. By the time I paddled out I was just about spent. I rode one wave laying down and a little bit after paddled back to shore. So glad i went and want to go again when there are more waves. However I think I might just be a bigger fan of boogie boarding! so fun! I don't remember much else about what I did this week but I remember what I learned.
Don Stephens was the speaker during week 4 and he brought a guy Nyk with him. Don talked about different world views and about the Kingdom of God. I learned about Modernism, Post Modernism, Naturalism, Pantheism, Socialism, Communism, Islam, Evangelical Gnosticism (Religious Christianity) and most importantly the Kingdom of God. I love learning about things like this so during class this particular week I was on the edge of my seat furriously taking notes.
I'll list a revelation and some extremely important things I learned:
*Creation is made to reflect the glory of God. Mankind is made to reflect the glory of God. If God created me to reflect His glory than I am truly glorious in Him. I have something in me that draws mankind to observe the glory of God.
THis is significant to me because I always thought I may be pretty to God but I'm still undesirable to mankind. THIS CAN NOT BE TRUE if I am made to reflect God's glory. Also... this brings a whole new significance to my singing Opera. Not many people can reflect God's glory is this art but God has gifted me. I still don't want to seek a full time opera career but I would like to start practicing again. I miss it! I was created with a burning desire to be the best singer I can possibly be. I love practicing and studying voice. I lose passion for singing when I'm not learning more about it. This is the way God created me and I think it is significant.
*Christians often thing of evangelism in terms of a circle. The "saved" christians are inside and we are focusing on the rest making their way into the circle. Problem is... who really knows when others point of conversion is? When was Peters? was it when he confessed Jesus to be the Son of the living God? Not long after that Jesus says to Peter, "get behind me Satan!" Some people inside our circle may have gotten "saved" and not have any interest in knowing or seeking Jesus and then others outside our circle may be seeking after and searching to know Jesus more. What if we erased the circle and just started pointing everyone towards Jesus... no matter where they are at spiritually. It is my hope to be used of God to make disciples of all nations and not just converts.
*God's plan is for a kingdom. Jesus talks more about the Kingdom of God than anything else. It was the first message that Jesus preached (Matt 4:17). THe Kingdom of God is every place where the will of God is being done. It is everything gone wrong in Adam's fall reconciled in Christ. It is God's glory filling all things. It is the dance of the trinity extended to all of Humanity. We live with a mentality of waiting for Heaven. What untill then? I pray that
God's kingdom come in my life.
Thoughts... questions... ?
Blessings!
Week 3 Late in coming...
Hey everyone! I am so sorry about my inconsistent blogging. It is now week 7 of my DTS and I havn't blogged since week 2. I'll try to catch you up as much as possible.
Week 3 was an extremely difficult week for me. I got physically ill and was running a fever. I also got extremely home sick.
Typically I function a little slower than others might. It takes me longer to perform task and it takes me longer to adjust to change. Although I am considered an extravert, it takes a great effort for me to interact with a room full of people and especially a room full of strangers. I long for deep relationships and would prefer to opperate with the comfort of having a few close friends. If I'm in a familiar environment meeting some new people can be very enjoyable but I still find it draining. THere are 50 students in my DTS and 400 students at the U of N. It is because of my personality that moving to a new place and being surrounded by strangers has been an on going struggle since I have been here. I often feel like I'm on a roller coaster. I'll be having an amazing time and learning large amounts of things one day and the next I feel overcome with loneliness and my old friend self deprication will come for a visit.
You know what I find amazing?! I have the oppertunity to watch the sunset everyday. In fact I couldn't avoid seeing it if I wanted to (not that I would ever want to not watch the sunset). The amazing thing is... no sunset is ever the same. They are all gloriously different and beautiful!
Every passing week God is bringing new challenges and insights. I am growing in friendships and feeling more like myself constantly. It still doesn't feel like home but I'm glad I'm here!
Week 3 was an extremely difficult week for me. I got physically ill and was running a fever. I also got extremely home sick.
Typically I function a little slower than others might. It takes me longer to perform task and it takes me longer to adjust to change. Although I am considered an extravert, it takes a great effort for me to interact with a room full of people and especially a room full of strangers. I long for deep relationships and would prefer to opperate with the comfort of having a few close friends. If I'm in a familiar environment meeting some new people can be very enjoyable but I still find it draining. THere are 50 students in my DTS and 400 students at the U of N. It is because of my personality that moving to a new place and being surrounded by strangers has been an on going struggle since I have been here. I often feel like I'm on a roller coaster. I'll be having an amazing time and learning large amounts of things one day and the next I feel overcome with loneliness and my old friend self deprication will come for a visit.
You know what I find amazing?! I have the oppertunity to watch the sunset everyday. In fact I couldn't avoid seeing it if I wanted to (not that I would ever want to not watch the sunset). The amazing thing is... no sunset is ever the same. They are all gloriously different and beautiful!
Every passing week God is bringing new challenges and insights. I am growing in friendships and feeling more like myself constantly. It still doesn't feel like home but I'm glad I'm here!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Fun stuff...
I've been trying really hard to update everyone today. Seems to be slow in happening. I don't have much time left because in 45 minutes my group is leaving to work security for one of the biggest sporting eventsin the world... the Iron Man. 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking and 26 miles of running. Holy cow! Champs from around the world raced today. We are working the night shift and I will get to cheer on the "amateurs" as they cross the finish line. So amazing!
I can see the ocean from anywhere on campus. I can watch the sunset over the ocean daily. Been to the beach a couple of times. Joined a dance class that one of my fellow classmates has started. Get to worship with others every single day and never stop learning about God and His love. Can't wait for more growth and more adventures!
I can see the ocean from anywhere on campus. I can watch the sunset over the ocean daily. Been to the beach a couple of times. Joined a dance class that one of my fellow classmates has started. Get to worship with others every single day and never stop learning about God and His love. Can't wait for more growth and more adventures!
Week 2
So this week in my class lecutre we had a guest speaker named Gwen. We focused on our own specific designs. We talked about our different personalities, dreams, experiences, identities, spiritual gifts and other gifts.
The area that hit home the most for me was my identity in Christ. Too often I look to others love for me or to my gifts to find worth and value. During the class at Cross Timbers, Foundations of Freedom, we talked a lot about this issue of identity. How the only way for your heart to really recieve the truth it needed was to ask God questions about your identity and have him speak directly to your heart. I have spent much of these past 2 weeks asking God to speak to me about who I am and who He is.
God spoke the word "Beloved" over me and said, "I didn't set you a part from the very beginning of creation so that you could run to other lovers." I long for intimacy with God and to know His love and His character more. I want to know in my heart who I am in Him.
There is a battle going on. One minute I am hungering for God and knowing that only he can satisfy and then next I am turning to others to give me value. One minute I am enjoying reading the Bible and the next it seems like the most boring and difficult of task. I feel so fickle. It's in your hands God. I surrender it all to you God.
The area that hit home the most for me was my identity in Christ. Too often I look to others love for me or to my gifts to find worth and value. During the class at Cross Timbers, Foundations of Freedom, we talked a lot about this issue of identity. How the only way for your heart to really recieve the truth it needed was to ask God questions about your identity and have him speak directly to your heart. I have spent much of these past 2 weeks asking God to speak to me about who I am and who He is.
God spoke the word "Beloved" over me and said, "I didn't set you a part from the very beginning of creation so that you could run to other lovers." I long for intimacy with God and to know His love and His character more. I want to know in my heart who I am in Him.
There is a battle going on. One minute I am hungering for God and knowing that only he can satisfy and then next I am turning to others to give me value. One minute I am enjoying reading the Bible and the next it seems like the most boring and difficult of task. I feel so fickle. It's in your hands God. I surrender it all to you God.
My first week in kona...
So many different experiences during my first week in Kona. The first Saturday my whole Compassion DTS group went to the beach. We had a wonderful time and it was a good bonding experience. However, I failed to put sun block on more than one time that day and ended up with a painful sunburn.
My first week was very challenging. I feel stripped of all my comforts. I was just another face in the crowd. I went from having a strong group of friends and church family to being a stranger. Not only that but I was as red as a tomato and had a fever blister covering majority of my bottom lip. I felt like a monster. It has been good because I've had no one but God to really turn to and recieve comfort.
The first week during our lectures we focused on being rooted in God's love for us. I have definetely had experiences these past 4 years where I have tasted God's love. Never have I had a season where I got to focus 100% on knowing God and His love for me like I can right now. Last week I felt so hungry to read the Bible and to interact with God about His written word.
Prayer request:
1. That I will continue to hunger for God and the Bible.
2. That I will be able to get good sleep at night (can be hard with 7 roomies and 6 sweetmates)
3. That my schedule will allow for time to spend reading and processesing
4. I miss having friends that I have a strong connection to. I'm struggling with loneliness.
My first week was very challenging. I feel stripped of all my comforts. I was just another face in the crowd. I went from having a strong group of friends and church family to being a stranger. Not only that but I was as red as a tomato and had a fever blister covering majority of my bottom lip. I felt like a monster. It has been good because I've had no one but God to really turn to and recieve comfort.
The first week during our lectures we focused on being rooted in God's love for us. I have definetely had experiences these past 4 years where I have tasted God's love. Never have I had a season where I got to focus 100% on knowing God and His love for me like I can right now. Last week I felt so hungry to read the Bible and to interact with God about His written word.
Prayer request:
1. That I will continue to hunger for God and the Bible.
2. That I will be able to get good sleep at night (can be hard with 7 roomies and 6 sweetmates)
3. That my schedule will allow for time to spend reading and processesing
4. I miss having friends that I have a strong connection to. I'm struggling with loneliness.
My journey with the roaches...
So... I'm sure most of you friends know how much I hate roaches. If ya don't then I'll tell you. I'm absolutely terrified of the things! I've embarassed myself many a times with a scream or intense crying after encountering a bug. Well, there are a ton of flying roaches here in Kona. Not only that but my work duty here is recycling. I help pick up all the recycling and sometimes sort through garbage. Um... welcome to roach city.
With that said, I'm actually excited about my work duty. I want to conquer this fear of the roaches. Gr.... lets do this!
With that said, I'm actually excited about my work duty. I want to conquer this fear of the roaches. Gr.... lets do this!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
First few days in Kona...
September 26-
Wow! It has been an interesting couple of days and it feels like I've been here much longer. Got to the University of the Nations at around 4 on thursday. We spent the rest of the day settling into our rooms. There are 8 people in my small room (3 Americans, 1 girl from China, 1 Somoan girl, and 3 Korean girls). I'm excited about the oppertunity to get to know some girls from around the world and the small space, I'm sure, will be a challenge.
On Saturday we did somewhat of an orientation and then had a ceremony that night. We saw some Hawaiin dances from our group here called, "the island breezers." The dances were beautiful. Then we had a flag ceremony and introduced 41 countries in which we are all coming from. The night ended with a joyful time of worship and dancing!! Thats right... we danced a ton. Not going to lie, I got kinda excited when I saw a group start to do the electric slide, haha!
Today, my compassion DTS group bonded a lot as we went to the beach. I swam, rode a boogie bored, and did a little bit of cliff diving. Then we ended the day with some guy vs girl keep away in the ocean. It was a ton of fun!
I love my mentors. Their love for Jesus is evident and they already know us and have been praying for us. It's very encouraging. So far the biggest challenge for me is being just another face in a crowd. I have none of my close friends here and I'm not "the singer." Its just me and God. I have no other identifiers. I'm hoping to lean into him through this season and really understand who I am in Christ.
Oh... I almost forgot. It is beautiful here. You can see the ocean if you face one direction on campus and if you face the other direction there is a volcano (which just looks like a foggy mountainy area). I will post pictures on my facebook but they don't do justice to what all surrounds me. My classroom is outside under a pavillion and facing the ocean.
I do have my cell out here. Please feel free to call but don't forget I'm 5 hours behind you guys! Love and miss all of my peeps! Please keep praying. We will start our classes and everyting next week! Im excited and scared about trying a new church tomorrow. Please say a prayer about me finding a good fit. Alright, bye, for real!
Wow! It has been an interesting couple of days and it feels like I've been here much longer. Got to the University of the Nations at around 4 on thursday. We spent the rest of the day settling into our rooms. There are 8 people in my small room (3 Americans, 1 girl from China, 1 Somoan girl, and 3 Korean girls). I'm excited about the oppertunity to get to know some girls from around the world and the small space, I'm sure, will be a challenge.
On Saturday we did somewhat of an orientation and then had a ceremony that night. We saw some Hawaiin dances from our group here called, "the island breezers." The dances were beautiful. Then we had a flag ceremony and introduced 41 countries in which we are all coming from. The night ended with a joyful time of worship and dancing!! Thats right... we danced a ton. Not going to lie, I got kinda excited when I saw a group start to do the electric slide, haha!
Today, my compassion DTS group bonded a lot as we went to the beach. I swam, rode a boogie bored, and did a little bit of cliff diving. Then we ended the day with some guy vs girl keep away in the ocean. It was a ton of fun!
I love my mentors. Their love for Jesus is evident and they already know us and have been praying for us. It's very encouraging. So far the biggest challenge for me is being just another face in a crowd. I have none of my close friends here and I'm not "the singer." Its just me and God. I have no other identifiers. I'm hoping to lean into him through this season and really understand who I am in Christ.
Oh... I almost forgot. It is beautiful here. You can see the ocean if you face one direction on campus and if you face the other direction there is a volcano (which just looks like a foggy mountainy area). I will post pictures on my facebook but they don't do justice to what all surrounds me. My classroom is outside under a pavillion and facing the ocean.
I do have my cell out here. Please feel free to call but don't forget I'm 5 hours behind you guys! Love and miss all of my peeps! Please keep praying. We will start our classes and everyting next week! Im excited and scared about trying a new church tomorrow. Please say a prayer about me finding a good fit. Alright, bye, for real!
Leaving for Kona
September 24, 2009
I thought for sure after week of crying constantly while saying goodbye, that I would be a complete basket case all day today. I didn't sleep a wink last night. I layed there for several hours feeling much anticipation and much sadness over leaving my family and dearly loved friends. However, as I kissed my beloved parents and friend Cassie goodbye, I felt nothing but anticipation for this journey that I am embarking on.
I took a flight from DFW to Pheonex, Arizona. I had just an hour before my flight to Kona. I grabbed some breakfast, jumped on a bus and headed to the terminal my flight was departing from. I arrived just as they started to board our flight. As I started racking my brain about how I might find my fellow students(as I don't really know what they all look like) I began to hear people calling out my name. "we were searching for a girl with really curly hair!" Haha... guess they found me. It was so exciting to find them all there waiting for me!
I am so thankful for a peace that passes understanding. I'm thankful for a beautiful body of believers back home who I know are praying for me and this mission. Please be praying for the same peace and comfort for my folks. I love you dear friends back home.
It is my belief that God will continue the work he is started in me. He is eager to show me His love and teach me new things. In all things, the good and bad, I hope to live one day at a time in full surrender to my King.
Mandi- I am listening to our song and feeling like a dork. haha? Miss ya friends!
I thought for sure after week of crying constantly while saying goodbye, that I would be a complete basket case all day today. I didn't sleep a wink last night. I layed there for several hours feeling much anticipation and much sadness over leaving my family and dearly loved friends. However, as I kissed my beloved parents and friend Cassie goodbye, I felt nothing but anticipation for this journey that I am embarking on.
I took a flight from DFW to Pheonex, Arizona. I had just an hour before my flight to Kona. I grabbed some breakfast, jumped on a bus and headed to the terminal my flight was departing from. I arrived just as they started to board our flight. As I started racking my brain about how I might find my fellow students(as I don't really know what they all look like) I began to hear people calling out my name. "we were searching for a girl with really curly hair!" Haha... guess they found me. It was so exciting to find them all there waiting for me!
I am so thankful for a peace that passes understanding. I'm thankful for a beautiful body of believers back home who I know are praying for me and this mission. Please be praying for the same peace and comfort for my folks. I love you dear friends back home.
It is my belief that God will continue the work he is started in me. He is eager to show me His love and teach me new things. In all things, the good and bad, I hope to live one day at a time in full surrender to my King.
Mandi- I am listening to our song and feeling like a dork. haha? Miss ya friends!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Kids....
Everytime I hold one of my beautiful baby nieces or my nephew and everytime I play with one of the little ones at church I melt inside. I love kids. I'm watching a movie right now about kids that are abused and mistreated. I'm just sitting hearing crying. I feel so ancy to go help right now!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
My first provision...
So I was in my car yesterday driving back home from Fort Worth, praying and brainstorming for my finances. I have to raise about $11,000 of support for the program in September. I also need to figure out what to do about my car and student loans. When speaking to my DTS leader over the phone the night before, he voiced that his only concern for me was how I would take care of all my dept. Me too! I am praying about the possiblity of selling my car but I may owe more than its worth.
Neway... I was telling God in the car that I would sell or sacrifice whatever he wanted. My current living situation came to mind. "oh...not that. I finally feel settled and like I have a home. I love it there... but ok." I thought of a friend and was asking God for direction concerning how to ask her if I could stay with her for free for 3 months. When I ran into her at work that day and told her that I got accepted in the program an amazing thing happened. I didn't have to orchestrate anything. She suggested I move in with her for free. Isn't that awesome?! I'll have my own room, will be close to my church family, stay with a wonderful friend, and save about $1200.
Neway... I was telling God in the car that I would sell or sacrifice whatever he wanted. My current living situation came to mind. "oh...not that. I finally feel settled and like I have a home. I love it there... but ok." I thought of a friend and was asking God for direction concerning how to ask her if I could stay with her for free for 3 months. When I ran into her at work that day and told her that I got accepted in the program an amazing thing happened. I didn't have to orchestrate anything. She suggested I move in with her for free. Isn't that awesome?! I'll have my own room, will be close to my church family, stay with a wonderful friend, and save about $1200.
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