To NC and back again

 Well first I want to apologize for waiting over a month to update my blog. Well this has been quite an eventful month! Classes have gone very well and I have learned a ton. 

       Last week we drove to North Carolina to the YWAM Charlotte base in Monroe! We went for a gathering of all the south east YWAM bases. Back when I went to Scotland in 2003, ’04, and ’05, I went with YWAM Charlotte so, I got to see my old friends who are on staff! Kristina, and Amy my Scotland leaders in 2005. I love them!It was fun to get to meet DTS students from different YWAM bases around the area. It was so much fun! We had a very exiting 12 hour trip up in an old yellow school bus. I was in the back which meant I got the breeze of all the slightly open windows, it was chilly. Plus to add to the drama the bus stalled out twice! Oh No the bus died again! (my roomates Kelsey, Jordan, and carsia)Me and Lish, staying warm

I also got to go home for a few hours which were amazing. It was so great to be back in the NC, cause I have missed it. I have also really miss fall and cold weather. One afternoon a group of us went to the YWCA and had a great time with some inner city kids, I loved it so much. We did a little teaching on the fruits of the spirit, and then danced and sang a bit. Afterwards we helped them with their homework and played. It really wasn’t much but you can tell it meant a lot to the kids. Me teaching the kids some motions to the fruits of the spirit
Our teaching last week was on evangelism and spiritual discipline, it was good, although most of it I already knew. But my highlight of the week was on Thursday night when my family came down and Ken Helser came and we worshiped and just had fun in the presence of God. It was so awesome! On Friday we drove back to Orlando!

        This week is Thanksgiving! And although it feels nothing like Thanksgiving due to the fact that the temp is in the 70’s I am convinced it is. ;) YWAM Orlando has a big Thanksgiving blow out every year and although I am sad to miss my family I am excited about the YWAM Thanksgiving Extravaganza! Each person is supposed to make something but if you know me one thing is never enough, so…one of my house mates is helping my make 4 dishes. We are making sweet potato casserole, cranberry relish, fresh broccoli salad, and a cheese ball. It is going to be sooo much fun, I can’t wait. Even though it looks like I will be up all night Wednesday night to get it all done, it will still be fun.  

Destination...Thailand!!!

I found out yesterday that I will be going to Thailand on my outreach!!! I am very excited. My DTS is made up of 29 students and the outreach possibilities were India or Thailand. Our school leader asked each of us to pray and ask God where he was leading us to go and write it on a little piece of paper. So we did, and 14 people wrote down India, and 15 wrote down Thailand. It was an even split...crazy. So God knows what He is doing after all. hahaha. Today we found out who our team leaders and staff are and I am thrilled. We are not sure at the moment what we will be doing in Thailand but I know it is going to be awesome.

 

This week we have David Hamilton as our teacher. This man is truly devoted to God and to missions. He has been to 183 nations in his life time, preaching the gospel and spreading the love of Christ around the earth. He is teaching on knowing God, because only when we are in pursuit to know God can we begin to make him known. One thing he said that really stood out to me was his definition of true love, “To discover the dreams of your beloved and to live your life to make those dreams come true.” It is so crazy to think this is how I am supposed to approach God. He is my true love, wow, what a concept. What then are the dreams of God? Anyway, this week has been filled with treasures both big and small. 

Got to Love YWAM

Well tomorrow is the 3 week mark of this adventure! This has definitely been a time of learning and fun. My second week of class a woman named Jill Bills came to teach us about hearing the voice of God and intercession. It was wonderful. I realized that although I have been around intercession a lot I haven’t had any formal teaching on it. It is crazy to think that God is always speaking and he is just waiting for us to stop and listen. The power of intercession is incredible, and I was really blown away by the importance of it. The God of the universe has given us dominion on the earth and he wants us to ask him to move. Jill’s parents Jim and Joy Dawson were very influential in the beginning days of YWAM so it was awesome to get to hear from Jill.

                                            Jill Bill's and Me

 This last week Ezra taught on Lordship and Missions. Ezra is great. He really went in to depth on how to make God Lord of all areas of life. It was very good and convicting. The second half of the week he spoke on missions and the 10/40 window. It is crazy that the largest concentration of unreached people in the world have the fewest missionaries. In some Muslim nations there is about 1 missionary for every 1 million people. The harvest is indeed plentiful but the workers are so few. Life on earth is so short it seems crazy to not devote my life to the advancement of God’s kingdom. 

  "People who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives ... and when the bubble has burst, they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted." - Nate Saint  

The girls in my dorm Nichole, Brianna, Erin, Kelsey, Me, Jordan, and Carisa.

                                            Our House

                                            Friends!

                    Theresa and Dean Sangrey, my amazing DTS leaders!