And another week has begun!

So it is the start of yet another week :) and I can already feel that it is going to be a good one! this morning we started with corperate worship which was such an answer to prayer...I feel that I have been craving just a simple and awesome time of worship for the last couple weeks and I finally got one :) After that we had a women from Tajikstan share her testimony with us....and it was amazing! She grew up in a muslim home and came to know Christ through her Martial arts teacher and began to thirst for more Jesus in her life. Her father was a elder in the town mosque and told her that if she didnt renounce her faith then she would be disowned from the family.....and she did not renounce her faith so she was denounced by her family. She was going to an underground Christian church, and terrorists planted 4 bombs in the church and she was standing right next to one as it went off....she was burned from head to foot and her skull had been completly cracked open exposing her brain....she was dead, and told us her experiences of talking with God....He asked her if she wanted to go back and she said that now that she has seen the glory and the splendor of the Lord that she had to go back and bring more people back to Jesus...so he sent her back...and her story moved me to tears.....also she had faith that God would heal her of all scars from the burns on her body and she doesnt have a scar left on her body! It was so inspiring and I feel so blessed Iwas able to witness her testimony :) I know God is going to do crazy things this week so just please pray that God would go into the deep places of my heart and change the small details of my chartacter! I love you guys!!

Can it really be Friday all ready?!

Let me start off by saying that this week has gone by do incredibly fast I can hardly believe that I have already been here for 5 weeks!! I apologize for my lack of blogging this week....:( I have hardly had enough time to breathe! Our talks this week have been equally as exhausting....in an awesome way! Our focus this week has been on our individual world views in relation to Gods world view. I think that the greatest part about this week was figuring out what my world view is and how different it was in comparison to Gods....things I didnt even know had an impact on our world view turned out to be some of the core issues...and that a shift in world view takes years and years of active pursuit to see even a slight slope of change. We watched a movie about Egypts world view and it got me so excited to be able to witness to a world view that we are so different from! the overall week was great and it started getting me really excited for our outreach :) another thing that I have realized this last week is how awesome our DTS staff is! I feel so comfortable and loved around all of them and it is truly such a blessing to have when you are around so many people 24/7 as well as the insane schedule I have! there has been a little bit of home sickness this week for me :( I guess I just miss having a little time to myself....it is such a selfish thing to miss I know....but with 6 other room mates I find myself longing to just have a night to myself, but I feel so blessed to be in the presence of somany amazing people I would never trade it for any other situation :)

Today I had one of the greatest adventures of my life! A bunch of my friends and I went to Waipio Valley which is famous for its 2000 ft. Water fall ands as well as its black sand beaches! I had heard rumors that the hike was quite rigerous....including parts where you had to be neck deep in water, while following a lush and over grown trail! The moment we started the hike there was a look out spot where you could see almost the whole valley(minus the waterfall) and I knew that this was going to be a great day! The hike began with a very windy, steep road and ended in a lush and tropical trail that looked like it could have been straight from Jerassic Park! There was a river that we were following that had alot of thick foliage and vines surrounding it. I tested the theory of swinging on the vines like Tarzan......let me just say do not try it at home....and never trust a cartoon for trying to swing on a vine in the jungle....:) After that we headed to a part where the trail went through about 5 ft. of water! We all were carrying our backpacks over our heads neck deep in river water! it was straight out of a movie! I loved it :) I felt like a true adventurer! from then on it was alot of slippery rocks as well as some big rocks that we also had to climb! But once we had scaled all of these trials we finally got to the waterfall.....and it was absolutly breath taking! As soon as I turned the corner I thought that this must have been what the Garden of Eden looked like! I could not believe its beauty! When you looked up from under it all you could see was the water shimmering from the sun, and ending in a beautiful clear blue pool! I was simply eclipsed in Gods overall creativity and splendor!! It was great and I will put pictures up soon :) After that we headed to be black sand beach that also looked like it was straight from a calander! i do however think that I might prefer white sand beaches simply because of the fact that it looked like you layed in charcol everytime you layed down in the sand! It was still so beautiful and I feel so blessed to be able to bask in Gods masterpieces all day :)

Some prayer requests for this next week is that God with continue giving me strength for my days seem to be getting longer and longer....as well as health because numerous people here are getting sick from both stress and exhaustion I feel. Thank you somuch for all your prayer support! I feel so blessed to have somany awesome people behind me as prayer warriors through this time in my life :) I Love you guys!

The end of another week.....!!

As crazy as it is I can now say that I have been here for 5 complete weeks!! I can hardly believe that I have been here that long and that I already completed one quarter of my DTS :) The craziest thing to think about is the transformation that I have already made, and the crazy things that God has done in me is only going to multiply over the next few months :) On Friday I had my 'one on one' with our speaker to talk about some on the pain that I have stored up in my heart. I found that I had alot more then I thought and found myself feeling lighter after I out of the session. It is a really good thing that I really didnt think would effect me as positivly as it did :)
Following my counseling session a bunch of my girls in my DTS decided to have a girls night equipped with twizzlers and other forms of delicious yet unhealthy food! It was so fun to have such great bonding time with some of the girls on my team :) Saturday was also a fun day of team bonding! It has been so great because I feel in this past week I have really been creating such a good bond with the other people on my team....maybe it was because of all the tears we shared last week together last week...or just the realization of how perfectly God brought us all together! it has been great to finally be growing all the relationships I have made and know that many of them may last a life time :) This week we also found out our flight schedule for our outreach! We leave on June 28th at 8:40pm and fly all night with a stop in LA for about an hour....then we head to New York and switch planes to head to our final destination of Zurich, Switzerland!! So keep me in your prayers for the preperation for that :) Other then that the past 2 days have been very rejuvinating and exciting :) Please continue praying for financial support for our entire team and me as well, and also praying for our teams health over these next few weeks becasue many are getting caught with a bug that is going around :( You guys are awesome and I cant wait to see what God has planned for the next week :) I love you guys!!!

Finally a break long enough to write a blog!

Let me start off by saying that I am so sorry for not writing these past few days! My schedule has become pure insanity over this past week and I had no time even to breath hardly....But to catch you up on some of the things we have been learning these past few days I will start with the over all topic of the week which has been "the pain of the Heart". I have been realizing that I had a lot of pain stored up that I didnt even realize...and am now in the process of freeing that pain so I can fully surrender myself to God and his ultimate plan for my life with out anything holding me back. Our speaker is very different then the other speakers we have had...Yet he brings the kind of gentleness and compassion you need to truly be able to get people to deal with all of the pain stored up in your heart. One of his biggest points is that experiences that you have as a child...shape the experiences you have as an adult....and also the way that you handle certain situations. For many people he said that their earthly father has a lot to do with that pain that is deep in their heart. He shared with us many testimonies about children who were abused or outcasted by their father and how many ended up commiting suicide or turning to drugs and alcohol. His point was that we need a father and that should be God. And when people come from broken families where they had a negative father figure in their life...they tend to put their earthly fathers face on Gods face.......And this act could take years to reverse....It is really awesome because he is meeting with everyone on my DTS for a 'One on one' session to truly be able to talk about the pain that we may have in our heart and he will coach us through how to give that to the Lord and not be held back anymore. I have my one on one tommorow so I will let you know how that goes :)

On the perfoming arts end of the scale....I am dancing pretty much 4 to 6 hours a day.....which is awesome yet extremly exhausting :) We are working on various dances and are already perfecting a few of them! It is really coming along and I am so excited for the performance :) We also got our departure dates for our outreach today! We are leaving on June 28th at 8:40pm heading to LA, then we are off to New York, then to Zurich, Switzerland! our final destination is Zurich and not LA or New York :) I am already so excited for outreach and we still have a month and a half to go!! But spreaking of outreach our airfare was due today and I was able to come up with 2,220 dollars which is about 280 dollars short but they said that they would still cut me a plane ticket so I dont have to fly to Switzerland by myself! Just continue to pray that the $280 with come in some time in this next weeks so I can be assured that I have my plane ticket paid for :) thank you somuch for your prayers and it is so amazing how God is providing for me and the rest of my team :) I love you guys somuch and may God bless all of you so abundently for your willingness to support me through this journey!

Oh Mondays...

After a rather uneventful...yet productive weekend 6:30am came way to fast....The start of a new week seems impossible, yet I am so excited to see what God is going to do in my life this week :) Our lecture topic this week is about pain in the heart...and how to heal it. I feel like it will be interesting to see the transformation that is going to happen in our team this week...simply because I feel that there is alot of pain in alot of our hearts. Our speaker is part of YWAM Greenland and showed us some pictures, as well as some cool facts about Greenland. I found out that Greenland is the largest island on earth, and there is only 100 communities in all of Greenland with no roads to connect them together....You have the option of plane or boat...and thats it...Even the process of getting around the island (which is 80% ice) is a feat in itself. the process of just planting a church takes years and years of hard dedication to make thrive. Our speaker felt called to tour to different churches talking about the pain hidden inside the heart and has seen many signs and wonders from God when people are freed from this pain that they hold in the deepest places of their heart. I am very excited fro this week and will continue to update you on my progress :)
Some prayer requests are for finances again, not only for me but for my team...there are a few people who are having a really hard time with trusting that God will provide the money in His perfect timing. Also pray that I can have an open heart and an open mind to what God is going to try and tell me this week...as well as keeping me free from any distractions that may come my way. Thank you somuch for all of your prayers for I truly feel all of them :) I love you guys :)

Another busy day :)

So as Thursday has almost come to a close...I find it so hard to believe that I am almost done with my 4th week here! To think that I have almost been here a month is so mind blowing....one because I feel so at home here....and two because it has already been that long. When it comes to the awesome friends I have made I feel as though I have known them for somuch longer then I really have! And I know it is because we all have a unity as sisters in Christ and we can be so blessed with the comfort that we already feel around eachother :) I apologize in advance for some of the grammatical mistakes I will make as I continue to write this blog....for my thoughts are not going through my head in a grammatical fashion so I humbly apologize......

Anyways.....To fill you guys in on what God has done in my life today I will start with out lecture topic in our morning lecture. Our speaker was talking about how we as Christians tend to put our selves in boxes....not physical boxes of course but metaphorical ones created by 6 different strongholds. Things like critisism, comparison, egoism, fear, arrogance and control all can turn into different sides of the box. And it is our job to bring them to Christ for him to be able to cast it out. For we can not truly give 100% of ourselves till we realese these different strongholds the devil has on us. He then had us pray individually and decide which ones had the biggest hold on our lives. My first was fear, and the 2nd was comparison. I feel like I have always been fearful of what my future is going to look like....is it going to be in a nice house with a nice car? or is it going to be in a foreign country not know where the next meal is going to come from? And through this week I have learned that I shouldnt fear any of those things because either way I will always have my relationship with God and that is all I truly desire out of this life. Today in lecture he told a very inspiring story about his daughter.....he said that he was laying on the couch and his daughter came up and asked him to snuggle. He grabbed her into his arms and was so comforted and delighted just simply to be able to hold her and be in her presence. and as he started praying for his daughter God spoke to him and said that even before you had her.....ever since the beginning of time I have been waiting to hold her in my arms.....and the words I heard from god were that is how you are to me....he told me he had been waiting for me to run to him and for him to hold me in his arms. This truly broke a part of my heart to think that I am valued by God as not only a friend but a daughter.....And that he cares for me like a father would his own daughter....I really felt Gods arms around me for the rest of the day and continue to feel covered and protected in his love :)
I have a few prayer requests....the first being finances, I have a complete peace that god will provide in His perfect timing but simply pray that it will be soon. I have a payment coming up by the end of next week and it would be great if you could simply pray that God will provide :) and also pray for me and that I will be overwhelmed by his peace that he will abundently provide the exact funding I need to go on outreach :) thank you somuch for all the prayers and support you all have given me and I feel your prayers working in my life :) Also I know many of you were wondering why it wouldnt let you comment....and I am pretty sure that I fixed the problem...so try it and see and if it doesnt work then I will investigate teh problem more :) Also if you want to become a follower and you are not a member of the sight you are free to do that as well now :) I think it will ask you for your email address so it can send you an update whenever I post a new blog :) I love you guys :)

From now on....

From now on I pledge that I will update my blog daily. It is incra=edible how much goes on here in one day, and by the time the week has ended, awesome details of the week slowly start to fade and I want you guys to know everything that I am learning and give youa true overview on how I have been doing :) SO starting today I will give a brief overview of everything I am learning and the experiences I am having daily :) So to try and sum up this last week in a few paragraphs will be a challange so bare with me if I seem to be a bit scattered...



this past week we had a team from New Zealand come and speak to all the schools in what was called "Corperate week". Which basically just means that we all sit together and are able to worship and hear the same lectures together instead of just among out school. What really moved me was the worship style for the week. It was lead by a women who had a very powerful and awesome voice....yet her songs consisted of just a few simple lines that she would repeat over and over again. I thought it was aweomse because it let you meditate on the words...instead of just speeding over words to try and catch up with the next phrase. The speaker was awesome to! His name was Kristin Williams....and I did say that right because he is a man...yet many thought he would have been a women based on his name :) His main over all topic for the week was about Gods consuming fire and explaining to us Gods power, and how we enter into that power when we are accepted into the Kindom of God! it was an awesome week of revival...renewal and an awesome time of praise and fellowship :)

On the preforming arts side of things I am now in 6 dances with a few left to audition for! So to say that have been busy would be an understatment. There are definently days when I look at all my friends relaxing and reading a book and wish that I could have that much time on my hands to meditate in the word...but God had a different plan and I am so thankful for it.....because I know that he has a distinct and unique purpose for every dance they placed me in and why...and I feel so honored that he would choose me to take that place!
But I will update you guys tomorrow on some prayer requests as well as letting you guys know what I have been learning this week so far :)