Good Times

Hello everybody! It is yet again a beautiful day in California! This week we learned about the 'Fear of the Lord'. It really was an interesting week. I don't think I ever really knew what fear of the Lord actually was so it was really neat to learn about it so in depth. Together as a group we are growing a lot closer and have really become like a family. We have started brain storming to put together some dramas to take to Africa with us. I would really love if you could pray for us that we would be able to think of dances and dramas that would impact the people. Another personal prayer request would be for me when I have to get all my needles. I'll be getting either four or five and then luckily I am able to get two of my needles in pill form. I'm really quite nervous them. I attached some pictures of some sketches from my drawing classes as well as a picture from "Flannel Friday". Yes, it's sad but true, every friday the guys here plus one or two girls dress up in their flannel finest.

Hellloooo

Matt R. and I

Katrina and I


Zach, Chris, and Kara



Me and my 2 roomates, Beth and Rhiannon

Hi guys! Just a little update on our outreach prep. We will be flying into the capital city of Kenya on either April 2,3, or 4th. We will spend one month there and then will either fly or take a bus to Rwanda. We'll spend another month in Rwanda and then fly back to Kenya to fly back to California. We should be back here around the 1st of June. While we're in Rwanda we're going to be working with a group called 'Widow's of Hope'. It's a group of women left without their husbands after the genocide who have adopted several orphaned children each. I'm really looking forward to helping them out and blessing them in any way possible. I'm sure that they will be the strongest women I'll ever meet!
On Tuesday we spent the day at one of the beautiful state parks here for 'Silence and Solitude'. We were alone for 5 hours to just give ourselves time to just be with God. It was a really great experience. Some of the students went hiking and stuff but I just stayed in the same spot on the beach because I was scared of rattlesnakes lol. Some of the pictures attached were from the park and some of them are from our Valentines Day love feast last night. Hope you enjoy! Take care, love you!!

P.S. Lindsay Lohan is filming a new movie at Cal Poly the giant university here only 20 minutes away!!

Pictures!

This week has really been amazing for me. Our classes on grace have really opened my eyes to what grace really is. They really went into depth on how God doesn't just cover my sins he wipes them out. They're not anything that can come back up again. There's nothing I can ever do to make God love me more or less! Another amazing thing from this week was that in the past two days we as a group have spent 7 hours praying together for one another. It totally built up our team unity. Today we're doing another day of prayer for my roomate Rhiannon who was in a really bad car accident two years ago and has a lot of pain from it. We sign up for an hour of prayer so that for 24 hours straight there's always someone praying for her. God has really been doing amazing things here. One of the girls here cut her long hair off because she realized that she was finding to much of her strength in it and needed to rely on God for that instead. She also fasted for over three days to find some clarification from God. My other roomate Bethany is isolating herself for 24 hours to fast and really connect with God. It's so incrdible to see how God is moving through our group. Please pray that this lasts and that we can continue to build up one another through prayer.








80's volleyball, hence the leg warmers




This is the house I live on! See what I mean about it being a pain to walk up!



A kiss from God



Bethany, one of my roomates, and I



This is Cat holding Alleyah, one of our staff members kids. She's a major cutie!



The girls turn at air band



This is the guys rocking out to their sweet air band performance to Queen.



This was one of the most incredible sunsets I've seen since I've been here. This pictures was taken off of our balcony.



This is Elijah, our leader and his wife's baby. He is the cutest little guy ever and such a flirt!

Hello everybody! Sorry it's been a while since the last time I"ve posted. Nothing out of the oridnary has really happened lately. My roomates and me moved into a MUCH bigger room which is so nice. We're no longer cramped into a tiny space. Another perk of our room is that it has it's own bathroom. Pretty sweet if you ask me! Last weeks teachings were on evangelism and I have to say I was a little disappointed. It really wasn't what I was expecting. I'm really looking forward to this weeks lessons though, they're on grace. We had our first class today and it was really good. Today for evangelism Cat, Amy and I bought a dozen cookies at subway and went around giving them to people. Some people were a little creeped out lol but other people were really receptive of it. We had a fun little sing along with some guy who was playing guitar on some bench. Today was the first day I actually felt comfortable talking to people. Talk to you all later!