Hello everyone!!
Well here I am, one month down.. Not that I am counting down at all because I am having a great time. This has been a very busy month because we have gotten deep into lectures and schoolwork. So far we have had 4 different speakers come and talk to us each week about 4 very different topics.
The first week a young man named Andy Byrd came and spoke with us about Intimacy with God and our Inheritance as Christians. He was the past director of the Maui base and now he travels all over with his wife and 2 young children as a missionary, going wherever God tells him to go!
The second week was very interesting, a young lady named Amy Sollars taught us about the Holy Spirit. It was a very intense 5 days and I've witnessed things I've never seen before.. pretty interesting! She is a very prophetic woman and her gifting is absolutely crazy. I didn't have any radical experiences like a lot of students in my class, but I have definitely learned that God speaks to us in different ways and at different times because he is a personal and intimate God who loves us all the same (so much we can't even begin to fathom the depths of his love for us!!!) :)
The third week was a really down to earth, but challenging week for us. What I mean by challenging is that our speaker, 25 year old Dave McCoy really encouraged us to listen to God when he tells us to do something, even if it is something we don't necessarily want to do. He did his DTS here in Maui when he was 18 and after that he felt he was called to start up a Missions School of Surfing in his hometown in California. He was at a conference one night and the speaker was talking about the great need for missionaries in Afghanistan. Dave felt the Lord speak to him and tell him that he should go there. He was really upset because he felt his calling was his passion for surfing, which he would not be able to do in Afghanistan! To make a long story short, he went and began a frontier mission field in Afghanistan and spent 2 years there. After that, God spoke to him and told him to stay for another 5 years and through his obedience he stayed although he didn't enjoy being there. Fresh back from returning from the dangerous middle east, Dave came and spoke to us about Missions and Obedience. He really put it into perspective that God has called all of us to go and make disciples of all nations. He has not told us to stay in our comfort zones and forget about all the troubles that are going on around us. Everyone is gifted in different ways and not everyone is called to go overseas to spread the gospel, there is a need everywhere for people to be reached with the truth of God's Word. I'm so excited to see where God leads me after this, He has not revealed that to me yet.. (I guess I should just focus on this for now.. haha I have a lot ahead of me already!!)
This past week the current director of our YWAM base, Tom Osterhus came in and spoke about The Bible overview. I definitely have a new desire in me to learn more and more (as much as I can) about the Bible. We spent 4 days quickly covering only Genesis and Exodus.. there is soo much in there that I would have never realized just reading it over by myself! (To the people in the 8 am Sunday study group with Pastor Steve: it made me smile knowing that I'm not completely missing out on the Genesis study!!! haha) The biggest thing that was revealed to me was that when I am in the nations spreading the Word of God, --what am I going to do when I am face to face with an unbeliever, trying to convince them of the truth about our book (The Bible) I haven't completely read yet!? I might only have experiences to share with them - They might have these too, maybe even stronger than mine! Some of these people will be very knowledgeable about their false religion and books. I really need to take this as a challenge and become more disciplined with reading and learning the truth of the Word of God.
Well here I am, one month down.. Not that I am counting down at all because I am having a great time. This has been a very busy month because we have gotten deep into lectures and schoolwork. So far we have had 4 different speakers come and talk to us each week about 4 very different topics.
The first week a young man named Andy Byrd came and spoke with us about Intimacy with God and our Inheritance as Christians. He was the past director of the Maui base and now he travels all over with his wife and 2 young children as a missionary, going wherever God tells him to go!
The second week was very interesting, a young lady named Amy Sollars taught us about the Holy Spirit. It was a very intense 5 days and I've witnessed things I've never seen before.. pretty interesting! She is a very prophetic woman and her gifting is absolutely crazy. I didn't have any radical experiences like a lot of students in my class, but I have definitely learned that God speaks to us in different ways and at different times because he is a personal and intimate God who loves us all the same (so much we can't even begin to fathom the depths of his love for us!!!) :)
The third week was a really down to earth, but challenging week for us. What I mean by challenging is that our speaker, 25 year old Dave McCoy really encouraged us to listen to God when he tells us to do something, even if it is something we don't necessarily want to do. He did his DTS here in Maui when he was 18 and after that he felt he was called to start up a Missions School of Surfing in his hometown in California. He was at a conference one night and the speaker was talking about the great need for missionaries in Afghanistan. Dave felt the Lord speak to him and tell him that he should go there. He was really upset because he felt his calling was his passion for surfing, which he would not be able to do in Afghanistan! To make a long story short, he went and began a frontier mission field in Afghanistan and spent 2 years there. After that, God spoke to him and told him to stay for another 5 years and through his obedience he stayed although he didn't enjoy being there. Fresh back from returning from the dangerous middle east, Dave came and spoke to us about Missions and Obedience. He really put it into perspective that God has called all of us to go and make disciples of all nations. He has not told us to stay in our comfort zones and forget about all the troubles that are going on around us. Everyone is gifted in different ways and not everyone is called to go overseas to spread the gospel, there is a need everywhere for people to be reached with the truth of God's Word. I'm so excited to see where God leads me after this, He has not revealed that to me yet.. (I guess I should just focus on this for now.. haha I have a lot ahead of me already!!)
This past week the current director of our YWAM base, Tom Osterhus came in and spoke about The Bible overview. I definitely have a new desire in me to learn more and more (as much as I can) about the Bible. We spent 4 days quickly covering only Genesis and Exodus.. there is soo much in there that I would have never realized just reading it over by myself! (To the people in the 8 am Sunday study group with Pastor Steve: it made me smile knowing that I'm not completely missing out on the Genesis study!!! haha) The biggest thing that was revealed to me was that when I am in the nations spreading the Word of God, --what am I going to do when I am face to face with an unbeliever, trying to convince them of the truth about our book (The Bible) I haven't completely read yet!? I might only have experiences to share with them - They might have these too, maybe even stronger than mine! Some of these people will be very knowledgeable about their false religion and books. I really need to take this as a challenge and become more disciplined with reading and learning the truth of the Word of God.
Well that was my month of lectures in a nutshell.. I will create another post later to describe everything else I am experiencing.. the living conditions, friends, activities, etc. :)
1 comments:
Sounds like God has a strong hold on you. That is wonderful.I am always amazed what God can do. We miss you so much and are very proud of you. I am praying for you every day. Love ya.
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