On wednesday I take off for the States....Here is a list of where I am and when! I am really excited about coming!
Oregon (Portland/Vancouver): July 27th-29th; Aug 6th-13th
July 28th at 7pm will be a time of sharing stories about Slovenia
Aug 9th at 7pm I will have a dessert and sharing time-location to be announced.
Washington (Seattle/Tacoma): July 30th-Aug 5th; Aug 14th-20th
I will have a dessert and sharing time. If interested in coming or hosting this please
email me!
North Carolina (Union Mills): Aug 21st- Sept 23rd
I will be at a training time during the week but will have weekends free.
California (San Luis Obispo/Five Cities): Sept 23rd-Oct 5th
I will have a dessert and sharing time. If interested in coming or hosting this please
email me!
If you want to have coffee I would LOVE to connect with you. Or if you are interested in coming to one of my dessert/sharing times please let me know. I hope to see you.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Friday, July 22, 2005
Whirlpools...
Have you ever gotten close to someone? I mean really really close to someone that is not your immediate family? The closer you get, the more things you see. And if the deepness is authentic you will probably see a lot of junk in that person. The team that I live/work/play with here in Slovenia is a group of people that I am very very close with. And throughout the last year I have seen a lot of amazing things in them, and we have also been through a lot of hard things. But you know what is truly truly amazing??? The closer I get to these people, the more amazing they become to me. And its not like I don't see all the hard stuff. I see it. And they definitely see me! But there is something so incredible in a person that has truly surrendered their life to the person of Jesus Christ. And Im not just talking about people that live the Christian life. I mean the type of person that lives with Reckless Abandonment. Giving their all and seeking with all their heart to become like Christ, Whatever the cost. This is so beautiful to me. And yah, our team isn't perfect. But I feel like its a cool picture of Christ in so many ways. And we have been through deep deep waters together. We have truly fought side by side through darkness. We have waged war against the enemy and battled together. And just like any other war, deep relationship has been formed between all of us. And now...I am going back to the States. How can I paint these pictures to my friends and family? How do I use words to describe the deep waters that Ive walked through? These are questions that are weighing heavily on my heart as a write. And as of now, I don't have answers...
Our team is changing. I feel it in the dynamics and I see it as Matt is leaving Slovenia. I am thinking about where the Lord wants me. I know I will be in Slovenia for this next year, but after that....who knows (God does). I feel really unsettled right now. Like the Lord is stirring up a whirlpool in my heart. I need to remember that although I feel like Im in this crazy whirlpool it is still the Lord that is stirring the pool.
So yes, that is where I am at right now. Seeking the Lord but feeling like he really has his finger on me right now--Touching deep places in my heart. And like the Lord it is painful and beautiful all at the same time.
Our team is changing. I feel it in the dynamics and I see it as Matt is leaving Slovenia. I am thinking about where the Lord wants me. I know I will be in Slovenia for this next year, but after that....who knows (God does). I feel really unsettled right now. Like the Lord is stirring up a whirlpool in my heart. I need to remember that although I feel like Im in this crazy whirlpool it is still the Lord that is stirring the pool.
So yes, that is where I am at right now. Seeking the Lord but feeling like he really has his finger on me right now--Touching deep places in my heart. And like the Lord it is painful and beautiful all at the same time.
Monday, July 04, 2005
Stepping into Depth...
Yesterday I got back from camp, and tomorrow I leave again!!
I feel like a big theme of this last week for me was depth. I am walking away from this camp having experienced a depth in emotions, depth in relationships with students, and depth in understanding of the person of Jesus Christ. I felt deep joy as I saw students begin to understand who Jesus Christ was. They were asking incredible questions and it was so obvious that God the Father was drawing them to Himself. I enjoyed coming along side and not only watching but also being a part of some of these students surrender their lives to him. However I also felt a lot of deep pain as I deepened relationships with these students. My eyes were really opened to a lot of hurt, a lot of broken relationships and a lot of past wounds. So in this way my heart had a heaviness to it as I believe that I felt in a way Christ’s heart as he looks at his people full of sin and brokenness.
And for myself personally I felt as though I saw Christ in a new way. Through an illustration that Josh and David did in front of the group I saw an incredible depth in the love of Christ that I don’t think that I have understood before. I also feel as though I tasted much deeper that pain that Christ willingly went through to give us the free gift of relationship with Him.
Please pray for us as we step into our next camp!!! We are excited and anticipating what God will do.
I feel like a big theme of this last week for me was depth. I am walking away from this camp having experienced a depth in emotions, depth in relationships with students, and depth in understanding of the person of Jesus Christ. I felt deep joy as I saw students begin to understand who Jesus Christ was. They were asking incredible questions and it was so obvious that God the Father was drawing them to Himself. I enjoyed coming along side and not only watching but also being a part of some of these students surrender their lives to him. However I also felt a lot of deep pain as I deepened relationships with these students. My eyes were really opened to a lot of hurt, a lot of broken relationships and a lot of past wounds. So in this way my heart had a heaviness to it as I believe that I felt in a way Christ’s heart as he looks at his people full of sin and brokenness.
And for myself personally I felt as though I saw Christ in a new way. Through an illustration that Josh and David did in front of the group I saw an incredible depth in the love of Christ that I don’t think that I have understood before. I also feel as though I tasted much deeper that pain that Christ willingly went through to give us the free gift of relationship with Him.
Please pray for us as we step into our next camp!!! We are excited and anticipating what God will do.
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