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Well, this last week was one interesting week… so many ups and downs but God is so good and so sovereign… oh how I LOVE Him!!!
Monday-
We had Bill Johnson and Stacy Campbell come to speak to us in the morning! WOW!!! I had 6 pages of notes from Bill and I’m sure I could add 6 more if I listened to the message again. The wisdom that comes out of that man AMAZES me. I am praying that I have that kind of revelation from the Lord when I read the bible. And I want that kind of wisdom. It’s incredible!
Monday night was Mel Tari and it was HILARIOUS!!! He is such a funny man! He spoke to us for about 3 hours… This man amazes me. I can’t wait to share with you more about his life when I come home. He is one of the most humble men I’ve ever met. He just loves Jesus and honors people. He has been so sweet to the students. Monday night he came to our hut an hour early just to pray for us and greet us when we came… he said that was just because we were special and he wanted to honor us.
After the service I came home to find that someone had broken into my house and stolen my computer with a 7 foot long bamboo stick. I will tell y’all the exact story with all the details when I get home… I don’t want to broadcast it on the internet. They stole one of my friends iphone and my computer. Our stuff wasn’t very easy to get to… but they did it very successfully. I’ve never been robbed or had my house broken into. I was shocked, scared, fearful, angry, and upset. My computer, webcam, some of my money, CUTE laptop bag, and a few other things were stolen. I cried that night… it was so crazy. Everyone came over when they heard. Everyone was hugging me and telling me it was going to be ok. I didn’t sleep that night… I prayed because I was scared. If you’ve ever had your car or house broken into, you’ll understand. Anyway, this week has had its ups and downs. I have cried a lot… just out of feeling violated and now someone can see basically everything about my life from my computer. Not that I have anything bad… but pictures from YEARS of my life and music and etc… just don’t like random people being able to see that. But, God is protecting me and I will be ok. And it was my connection home. I’ve been using that to skype, etc. So, now everything is just crazy. The people on base have been so sweet though. The missionaries felt HORRIBLE. And they have loved and prayed for me so much! It’s definitely not a material thing… it’s just me having to work through being violated, stolen from, and loosing contact in an easy way to home, etc.
BUT, please just be praying for protection for my house. I am having to trust Jesus on a WHOLE new level. But, it’s good. He is speaking to me in a more real way. Just growing more and MORE intimate with Him.
I am believing it will be returned in JESUS name and even if it doesn’t… a great testimony will come out of it. I am expecting an AWESOME testimony.
Tuesday-
I honestly can’t remember much… I cried most of the day. I was loved on and prayed for all day. It was a sweet day with the Lord and with some of the missionaries. One of Mel Tari friends spoke to us and his message was EXACTLY what I needed to hear that day. I cried through the entire thing. After it was over, IN THE MICROPHONE in front of EVERYONE he singled me out. He asked me how old I was. He said, “The Father is so proud of you. He is SO proud of you. Thank you for giving up your life to Him at your age. Thank you for surrendering. The Father loves you so much. Sometimes you may feel lonely or isolated but it’s because He has set you apart. You have such a great calling on your life. Thank you for choosing to walk so close with the Lord at your age. Don’t give up. Don’t give up. Keep pressing on..” SO EXACTLY what I needed to hear that day.
Then the precious missionary that is in charge of the whole school prayed over me for the longest time after Bill Johnson spoke. She just hugged me and held me as I wept. She broke off a lot and after she finished I was filled with peace… supernatural JESUS peace.
OH, and I went to the police station. I NEVER imagined I’d be doing that this summer… actually, I’ve been SEVERAL times this week. The police men know me by name and we’re all friends. They even offered me a job. They said I’m there so much I should just work there. Hahaha… that’s pathetic. But one of them has asked me to pray for him so see testimonies are coming out of this!
Jesus is still on His throne. He knows what He is doing… I’m actually laughing about some of the crazy things that have happened since all of this. Oh the stories I have….
That night we had Heidi’s old assistant come speak to us. She was Heidi’s assistant for 5 years and she was in Finger of God. She is AMAZING!!! She is one of the most prophetic people I have ever met. She’d literally prophecy over people for about 15-20 minutes and the stuff the Lord would tell her was AMAZING. She was in DIRECT contact with Him. I was floored… I am praying for my prophetic gift to be like that.
Wednesday-
Bill Johnson came and spoke to us again… 4 days in a row!! That’s a lot!!! His messages just “WOW” me.
That night we had CHICKEN and family night(hang out with your house night)… we made popcorn, cake, and watched a movie. What a TREAT!!!
Thursday-
For 5 ½ hours we had missionaries from bases all around the world come to speak to us. SO amazing. It was pretty exhausting though. We had a new one every 20 minutes. But it’s so neat to hear what ALL God is doing around the world!
Thursday night we had another missionary come to speak to us. He was from South Africa and just amazing. I LOVED his message. It was about how Christ is IN us and we are in him and we are seated in Heavenly places at all times. We are the connection between heaven and earth. We are supposed to bring heaven to earth. It was incredible! Then he told us stories of people being raised from the dead and that 30,000 crippled people, yes 30,000, have ALL been healed in his church! WOAH!!!
God amazes me! Then he prayed and anointed us with oil.
Then my mommy called me!!! I love when she calls me!
I had an amazing time with the Lord Thursday night. I stayed up late just praying and praying for people and worshiping the Lord.
Friday-
I got to sleep late! Then I hung out with Alex and one of our other friends! We walked down to a restaurant and then shopped for presents for people at home. It’s so funny because when we got to the restaurant Mel Tari was there and then on the way we passed Rolland. It’s so funny… we are always like WHERE ARE WE?? We run into all these amazing people all the time! I think it’s amazing.
Saturday-
Today was ultimate rest day! It’s been a wild, crazy, and emotional week so it was so good to be able to relax. A few of us went to the beach and just laid out in the sun for a few hours then got a good lunch! Then we went to get on the internet. It was just a good, relaxing day… ahh!
Sunday-
So many of us were just drained and exhausted physically and spiritually on Sunday. I dreamed on Saturday night about people from home and it made me homesick when I woke up. But I also felt like I had to do some intense praying for people at home so I did that when I woke up. Sundays are my shower and laundry day so I took a shower then did laundry. By the time I was finished with that it was too late for me to go to church. Alex and I watched movies all day long. Just sat in bed and watched movies… so many people had the same idea as us Sunday. It was so wonderful to take an extreme break and just rest. I enjoyed it so much!
My mom and little brother called me Sunday night… and oh how it made my day. I love hearing their voices. I just love them so much!
My prayer requests this week are:
-Pray that the Lord would strengthen me. I am exhausted. It doesn’t matter how tired I am I can’t seem to get more than 7 hours of sleep… and then I’m tired very soon after I wake up.
-I’m getting weary with the way we have to live life here. I know that sounds horrible… but I am just being real. One of the things that just made me want to give up yesterday was just bugs everywhere. I felt like I saw more yesterday for some reason. We do clean our bathroom but it’s Africa so… I was taking a shower and there was a cockroach and spider. I get out of the shower and some sort of nasty bug started crawling when I moved my bag then there was another spider. THEN there was a cricket on my bed. And the kitchen was dirty after I had just cleaned it. I was just like JESUS HELP ME!! I’ve dealt with everything so well(I think) but yesterday after being so tired I had just lost my patience for real for the first time. Please pray for God to give me strength and grace as I persevere through this last month. I know the Lord has so much He still wants to teach me.
-Pray against distractions. I feel like(and after talking to my mom.. she feels the same) the enemy wants to get me distracted this month with my computer being stolen, being tired and weary, just ready to leave, etc. And the enemy won’t win! I know the Lord has me here for 4 more weeks for a reason. I will choose to press in and let Jesus win over all. Just pray for God’s grace… I need it.
-Pray God would give me patience. Living with 11 girls in one house and then 130 other people are CONSTANTLY around means you never have complete alone time and after 7 weeks of it…it gets exhausting. So pray God would give me patience.
-Pray for plane tickets!!! We are (hopefully) finalizing those this week… so pray God opens doors for me to come home earlier! Pray for favor!!
I praise the Lord for all that He’s taught me and all that He has done in my life. I praise the Lord for the things that He still wants to teach me and what He will do in my life in the next 4 weeks.
I can’t wait to share with you what God has taught me, how He’s changed up my life, what He’s called me to do for the next few years(at least…)… I just love what He has in store for me!
Can’t wait to hug you my sweet family and friends!
Love you!