10 Days and Counting...

Wow, I can't believe it has been over a month since my last post. We are so busy, I never knew life could go by so quickly. It has been absolutely amazing though. Each week we have had speakers come and share with us their stories and what God has laid on their hearts as a topic for each week. We have heard teachings on the Father heart of God, the Kingdom of God, Reconciliation, Hearing God's voice, Identity in Christ, and most recently I had the opportunity to teach on Destiny.

Much of my time outside of class has been working on preparations for our time in Ireland and Nigeria. I never knew it would be so complicated to get visas especially when we have minors going with us. It has been quite the task. We were able to send everything to the Nigerian Embassy last Thursday though, so we are just praying now that our passports with approved visas in them will get back here before we have to leave on September 19th.

In the last month there has been so much growth among the students it is incredible. God is absolutely faithful in each of their lives as students receive revelation after revelation of who God is and how God sees them. There aren't even words to describe being able to see God work in people's lives in such a way. I love it!

Some adventures as a school that we have had the opportunity to go on were camping on the north side of the island, and hiking; and also going to Haupuna beach together for a day. They were so much fun. When we were camping we got little to no sleep because it was pouring rain all night long and the wind was blowing so hard our the tent's poles we were in snapped, but the next day everyone was in good spirits and glad to have spent time with one another. Also during the camping trip we were able to stop by Makapala where I had my DTS. I gave the students a little tour of our isolated little YWAM base. It was great to see the place and to also see Kia (the really old dog that was there during our DTS).

Trying to decide who is going to pee on Makaela's
foot to make the sea urchin spikes stop hurting
(Haupuna Beach)

Hiking after the night of camping with no sleep.

Kia is still alive!

As I mentioned earlier, I was given the opportunity to speak Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (3 hours each day), to teach on Destiny and the plan that God has for each of our lives. It was so cool to see students begin to realize that the dreams, experiences, personality, identity, gifts, and network God has given each one, are intentional in guiding and directing them in the plan He has them. I had never taught so much or so long before, it was really draining, but I loved it and God totally used it to speak into student's lives.

Also, on August 27th I celebrated my 24th birthday. It was an incredibly busy Monday in that we had our normal schedule in addition to a night class at night. I was able to get out of a staff meeting early and go get some sushi for dinner with some friends which was really awesome. Later that night the students lured me outside and surprised me by all of them singing happy birthday. It was really neat.

Well that is a brief description of the last 5 weeks. Feel free to email me if you would like more details. If you could be praying for a couple of things I would be truly grateful.

-Pray for finances to come in both for students and the staff to go on outreach.
-Pray for our passport/visas to arrive back here on time.
-Pray for us as we are preparing to leave in less than a week and a half.
-Pray for continued revelation and understanding of who God is, who we are, and that we would really learn how it applies to our lives.

10 days till we fly out...

Thanks,
God Bless,
Janet