Today I had a crazy morning. Every first Thursday of the month, all of YWAM has a morning of fasting and praying for God's voice and guidance within YWAM, which is so cool and I love it but I gotta tell you I am SO hungry by lunchtime! So I am trying to keep my stomach from growling really loud during the intercession meeting for everyone on the base, and I am literally pulled on stage at the last minute to help sing some of the worship songs in English. I was told the words were going to be projected on the wall, which would have helped, but... they definitely weren't. It went okay but it was unexpected and kind of made me nervous because for the songs in Spanish, I know most of the chorus but some of the verses I don't have yet, so I'm trying to act like I'm not standing there with a microphone in front of the entire base not knowing the words... my strategy was to stick to the English parts and sing only the chorus into the microphone during the Spanish part and it kind of worked I hope. Oh well what are you going to do?? I guess it went okay because I am going to be singing again for the Friday night service on base. Some of you who know me well are probably laughing because I am NOT known as the singer AT ALL, and I definitely laughed too, but I am willing to help if they need me and it's more about your heart than anything right? Ha pray for me Friday night! It is actually so cool to be able to sing the worship songs in Spanish, it adds a new dimension to the songs you already know. "Mighty to Save" is even more amazing in Spanish, it has this whole other layer to it with the way its translated, I love it.
The first week of classes flew by, we have amazing professors and are focusing on some intense topics. Here's a brief recap of highlights:
*Divine Plumb Line (taken from Amos 7) - God put a plumb line against a wall showing Amos there is a line of what is right (only found in His word) and when what we construct with our lives doesn't line up to it, there comes a time when He will no longer tolerate it. God's justice is part of who He is, and He can't and won't use us if we aren't build "right" according to His word and His standards, not the worlds' standards.
*Personality Profiles: We are learning different types of personalities than come from either rejection or rebellion in our life - it's so interesting to see which parts of every profile applies to you, to see the bad parts and also how God can redeem those things that sin has stolen. The four personalities we are studying are Defeated, Complacent (both from rejection) and Competitive and Critical (from rebellion).
*Worship: We've been looking at all the healing and freedom there is in worship because it is exactly what we were created to do... when we worship freely and in truth, with a clean heart, we are being who we were made to be and finding our true identity. So true.
Praise - Daisy's operation went well, she recovered quickly and they removed the entire tumor. But keep praying, she has stage 3 cancer and begins chemo and radiation this week. At only 6 years old, you can imagine how difficult this is for her and her entire family. Pray!
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