I realize it has been a while. I just managed to finish the draft I had started to explain my Colombia trip! And now I realize that was already almost a month ago! To say things have been hectic is an understatement. The week after we got back from Colombia, half of the students became very ill, making our normally crazy curriculum, even more of a challenge as we had to balance transportation for doctor appointments and such. Then two of our students came down with what looked like the Chiken Pox. The last two weeks our staff has been split between Okeechobee (where there is no internet) and Fort Lauderdale.
Spiritually and emotionally, I feel like I have been swimming in the midst of a stormy ocean. The Lord has been utterly breaking me and humbling me. He has placed burdens on me like Nehemiah, and called me to pray and mourn and fast while still being faithful to the full time workload I am committed to.
I have see my spirit react to things I don't understand and I know the Lord is working deep in my heart to root up issues there, but it is so difficult to trust Him sometimes! I don't know why He has chosen to do it in the middle of a term!
I humbly ask for your prayers:
-that He would clearly direct my steps and prepare my works in advance
-that I would be diligent to do the work that is set before me, despite how I feel
-that He would give me wisdom to speak into the lives of students-exactly what they need to hear
-that He would give me a heart of love and service for the staff-that I would not isolate from them but be bound together with them
-that He would strengthen and purify my heart, and get me to the place where I need to be
The students just finished a pivotal week in Patmos. It is one in which their sin is exposed to them and they realize that as Christians, we often cover up and hide our sin and try to move forward in ministry. But God smells the stench of our sin, and He wants us to die to it so that He can raise us to life and we can walk in newness of life. It is a powerful week, and I pray that the understanding sinks into each of their hearts and that they move forward to really change. But I also pray that I would learn this lesson again. I don't want to be comfortable in my sin when it is hindering me from looking like Christ. I want to confess my sin and then step out of it and be free.
I pray that this finds you all well and God is taking you down your own journeys of understanding and change. Thank you for your support and prayer it means the world to me. I will be sure to let you all know when God reveals what He has been doing in me this term!
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