The past two weeks we have had a guest teacher from Uraguay, whose ministry in deliverance has made a huge impact on many lives, including my own. Tio Daniel (Uncle Daniel) as we call him, is a tiny man with a mighty anointing Рhe is not afraid to speak the truth and his messages on the spiritual reality we live in are very eye-opening. The main point of the two weeks was that the spiritual reality is more real than the physical reality we live in, and only by bringing light to the darkness (truth to the lies) can we truly walk in freedom. Jes̼s cast out demons and told us to cast out demons in His name, and I think we can all agree that the devil has a huge hold on all aspects of all societies all over the world. He has twisted what God created for good into something evil and perverted, and with the Holy Spirit we can untwist them and live free! By taking the truths of the Word of God, declaring them in our lives, cutting ties with the enemy, renouncing things that the enemy has a hold on in our lives, and walking in the truth (remaining in the truth!!), we can live in the freedom Christ died to give us.
It was in intense week with a lot of healing, confession, memory- and soul-searching, crying out to the Lord, studying the truth of His Word, fighting intense and deep-rooted spiritual battles, and the class came out of the two weeks in victory – the last class session ended with a worship time where we were literally dancing and yelling out praise in victory to our God. He is so big! Honestly these two weeks have been very transformative, and God’s strength, grace and gentleness in healing keeps surprising me.
This week has also been really fun since we had an Asian Dinner to celebrate a missions trip a school from the base took to China. We all dressed up Asian (which was super funny because the average South American has never even met an Asian, and all they know of Asian culture is from Pokemon, Mulan, Hello Kitty and anime. Their ideas about Asian culture are pretty hilarious!) I actually won third place in the costume contest, and am now known as “China Rubia” (“the Chinese blondie”). The School of Biblical Studies showed a slide show of pictures from their trip, informed us of Asian customs and culture, made Chinese food for dinner, and had an open-mic kind of talent show. The traditional dance by the Columbian students was amazing!
But the best part of the night was actually a surprise to me – they called me up to interpret at the last minute. I was nervous at first, since it was in front of the entire base, including the directors and leaders, and all the “real” interpreters, but it ended up being so great to practice for real and see that I can do it! I even translated from English to Spanish for a few minutes for a girl from the States who was explaining the drama her group presented in the show. Didn’t think I would be doing that dressed as a geisha! At least my face was painted white cause I’m pretty sure my face turned red more than once when I messed up or couldn’t think of the right word. But everyone said I did great and two of the interpreters who are like spiritual dads to me both told me I should keep praying about it as a gift and something God can use in the future.
I have been praying for the Lord to open my ears, sharpen my mind and loosen my tongue so I can do the job well, and also for more opportunities to interpret if He wants me to do it. And the next day I was called up again to interpret something for the main interpreter! It was so fun, I absolutely love doing it. There is something about bridging the communication gap and making the information accessible to everyone that I love, and God has given me such a real LOVE for the Spanish language.. I am honestly in love with it and want to keep learning more and more. We’ll see where it all ends up!
Keep praying for our school as we study occults, new age, Free Masonery, and world religions this week. It keeps us on our toes. Also keep Daisy in your prayers as she continues radiation and chemo this week. She is only six and SO precious, I can’t stand the thought of her going through chemo, losing her hair, being in such pain. PRAY!
Her family’s blog is at http://prayfordaisy.tumblr.com/.
Also please pray for me for guidance for the future… I have been praying about coming back here in January to work as a staff with a DTS and interpreting… also the outreach for this school is going on from Jan- March, which is a possibility, and of course my original plan of coming back to Santa Barbara and “settling down” at least for a few months. It’s in God’s hands.
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