I am sorry that it has been a while since I last wrote. We have had a lot going on and have been real busy doing assignments. The Father has been teaching me a lot about His power and standing strong in my faith. We have had some incredible sessions since the I last wrote on here. Some of my favorites have been on storying and learning creation to Christ (C2C) which I will be using a lot in my people group. We've been using the storying method in our small groups to help us get used to which has been amazing. Another favorite session was on persecution. Never have I been left so speechless in my life from hearing the stories. My perspective of how I view persecution has definitely changed. So many time I have pr@yed for persecution to stop, but praying for persecution to stop is like praying for people t stop coming to the Father. I never thought about it that way. Persecution is a normal thing, "persecution is like the sun coming up in the east, it's normal." Instead of pr@ying for it to stop I now pr@y that they will stay obedient to the Father through their persecution. "What binds us together is not our suffering but our obedience." Wow!! The Father really spoke through our speaker and it really spoke peace into my heart about this topic. I keep pr@ying that my faith would stay strong and that theirs would also. I suggest a book to you guys to read that really relates to this topic and that I read before I went on my first trip to E.A. I cried a lot when reading and we heard a lot of these kind of stories. It is called The Heavenly Man. This book will touch your heart in a way you don't think is possible.
On a totally different note, last week we went through security contingency week. Talk about rough, scary, draining and a whole lot of other emotions. I can't talk about what all we had to go through but I had to really rely on the Fathers strength through it. It was a lot of role playing and so very helpful. I am definitely thankful we were able to have this in our training. My friend shared with me Isaiah 41:9-10 which really helped me get through the last day and a half. "I took you from the ends of the earth, from it's farthest corners I called you. I said, 'you are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Definitely gave me so much peace about everything and I will keep this word close to my heart when I feel fear come across me or just when I need encouragement. I cannot express this love spilling from my heart that comes from my Father. It's such an overwhelming feeling that makes me ready to go.
We had the opportunity to hear from one of my favorite speakers here. I wont mention his name but he's the president of our company and he's the one who gives us the amazing quotes like I mentioned in my previous blog. He was talking about 5 tools to solve every relationship problem. The 5th one was labeled Thirsty and came from Psalm 42:1. the possible writer was probably Hezikiah which the speaker then said, "He can make a tadpole slap a whale." I could not stop laughing which eventually was embarrassing because I continued to laugh when no one else was. Anyone who knows me knows that It's hard for me to stop when I get going. We definitely were able to stay awake for this session. He went on to talk about how the existence for thirst comes from Psalm 42:1-2 and how it is the sign for life. The Father creates thirst and satisfies it at the same time. The only thing that satisfies my life in the Father and this will be a daily reminder for me. Then the power cut off for a second and our speaker said, "there was a great awakening b-4 there was ever a wire." This session added on to one of my favorites by far. Just when I feel like I could possibly not learn anything else I haven't already been told once in my life the Father teaches something new through our speakers. I stand amazed!!
To end this blog I am going to leave you with a song that we began our session with this past week. It is the song sanctuary. I know an oldie but we added on a second verse that I hadn't heard before and being able to sing it with over a 165 others who are about to disperse across the world left me with chills and tears in my eyes. I wish you all could have heard the beautiful sound.
Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary
pure and holy, tried and true.
With thanksgiving I'll be a living
sanctuary for you
To the nations we follow you Lord
be exalted be adored.
Come Lord Jesus and lead your people
to the nations to all lands.
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