Last Week

Christmas picture!

I am having very strange feelings about this being our last week in the lecture phase! I am a totally new person but sometimes I lay awake thinking "What have I gotten myself into, I haven't learned anything!" But in reality, I have learned so much that my "old ways" are no longer here. I love it! God is doing some really awesome things, and it's not even outreach yet. Some of us leave thursday for outreach, but some leave later. Hopefully I will be leaving at the beginning of next week.
I have a praise! My outreach team got the van we have been praying for! At first we had it, but last week we found there was a miscommunication and we lost it. But we prayed and fasted and last night at our christmas party Sebastian (our team leader) announced we got it! Praise the Lord!
Last night we had a christmas party and it was so much fun! Everyone (well mostly everyone) dressed up and we had a nice set up with candles and stars. We played some group games including musical chairs to christmas music and we finished the night of with a talent show! Andy and Patrick sang while Jackie stood on her head and Jason and Riccardo did a dance for us. It was such a joy filled night! Sadly it was our last group event until spring where we will be reunited in Amsterdam :( After the party the english speakers wanted more! So we hung out in the dining hall jamming out to country music and playing cards. It reminded me so much of being home! I was a little sad but God showed me how to look at my situation from a different perspective so it wasn't bad at all.
I got to talk with my family as well late last night and it was a funny skype session! I found out my sisters rodeo art piece made top 25 in San Antonio, I'm so proud of her! God has blessed her.
This week is going to look very different then the others. We have outreach meetings in the mornings instead of prayer/worship and lecture is shorter and in the afternoons. Outreach will be in the late evenings. We've been told to sleep as often as we can because we will be pushed hard this week. Our speaker is Todd White, an incredible man of God. I have not yet met him, but just type his name into youtube and you will have a taste of what we will be doing this week. Todd White Healing. God has gifted him with healing, and it is stuff I have always thought was fake. But no! It's real-God is real! So we will be hitting the streets with him and listening to God. I think that is the topic this week, how to do ministry while directly hearing from God. Just going and listening. How exciting!

This is my bible study group! Jessica, Danny, Andy, Chris, Jackie and me!