Now faith is...

Ok so It's been a while... I left off with the commitment service, That was pretty sweet! We spent the day fasting, in prayer, and silence. I enjoyed it, one thing i have been learning out here is you don't always have to be hearing or learning from God. Sometimes its okay to just hangout with Him, be in His presence in silence. It is the most peaceful I have been in a long while... I read a lot, then finally want outside to the baseball field and just laid down at the back wall.  I didn't feel God speaking a lot about my commitments and such, i had most of it before that day anyway. But He was just showing me peace... and almost just saying give me control and i'll take care of your future. Which helped me out alot... but  yeah that was good, Then we went to the service there was worship, prayer, communion, and we prayed over our commitments with a TL. 

Then this past week we did a lot of training with the ministries, and just walkthroughs of there rules and how everything is run. We kept going to classes, i like most of them my favorites are Foundations of Faith, Ministry gifts, and callings, and Transformed Living. The Ministry gifts class is... different to say the least... very... spirit led. The info is good, and i like the teachers its just a whole different mindset... Transformed Living is taught by Ron Macintosh, He is an amazing speaker! He has a whole mindset that we as humans are the only ones stopping ourselves from a Prosperous and blessed life living For God. Again a different mindset but it's really good and he is backing up his thoughts with scripture and such.  Finally there is the faith class, and this guy is a beast his stories and teaching style i love! At the end of the class he gave us a assignment to believe for something that you need or want. then write it down ask God and believe for it. Thats a stretch for me in itself... But God will help me overcome! :) i will keep you up to date on that! He was pulling out of Hebrews 11:1 where it says now faith is... thus the title... But he was just saying how faith is now not tomorrow, God wants to bless us now, we are just so easy to push are hopes and dreams off until tomorrow. That we should believe it for now... whatever it is just have faith that God will provide and He will if we are where He has called us to be. Also it blew my mind away to hear how much passion he had in this believing system, I asked him after class If he has ever believed for something and it didn't work out, and if so what do you do? He said defiantly and that first thing is God's always right, and the next step is check yourself, motives, and if you are in Gods will, then re-evaluate. Which was amazing seeing as i found out when i got home his wife had died of cancer the year before. I felt bad, but intrigued at the same time that his faith has stayed how it is. 

 Random fact... Vivi is the most beautiful brazilian girl i've ever met, and she's awesome! and she thinks I'm cute... which in Portuguese means... nice? I am not being forced to write this.... :) On another note... We did witnessing rooms on saturday... which if you don't know... or aren't  Christian it may sound weird... ha... but basically it is simulated evangelizing... we have 6 minutes to make a difference in there lives... weird... i know, but we had 4 situations... a person who's best friend just died, 2 people drinking at a bar, a woman who husband is abusive, and a emo guy... it was weird... I thought i did better then i thought i would but 6 minutes was entirely not enough... 

Besides that, everything is good we start outreaches this week, i am kinda excited but also nervous... but it is all good. Today was chapel pastor Rod spoke. 3 things that stuck out to me was him saying selfishness will stop you from being a leader. That we MUST trade selfishness for selflessness. And finally God isn't looking for ability but availability, that unless we acknowledge our fears we will never see gifts in others. All of these things i have heard before to one degree or another but it really clicked. It doesn't matter wether i am good at something or not if God is calling me there, He WILL find a way. But back to the pastor he is the kids pastor, he has such a heart for kids, they do a bus ministry every saturday where they send 55 buses around tulsa to pick up kids who couldn't get to church otherwise. So about 1000 kids come into a room... maybe 1.5 times the size of the Satellite center... yeah crazy! But it was cool spending time and loving on them. But... yes this is it for now. i love you all! Comment it up!