God is Faithful

God is faithful and God is working!! In my heart, and in the lives around me. We serve such a great God! There have been so many opportunities to be involved here, and God continually strengthens and gives the needed strength for every day. School is plugging along, and we have reached the midway point for the semester. Working in Extended Care with the little kids is such a blessing, I am so thankful for that job! Yesterday I got to have quite an extensive conversation with three 2nd and 3rd graders, all about God, heaven, hell, salvation, SO much and it was amazing. The wonderful thing about the Gospel is that it is simple enough for children to understand! I am getting such a burden for these kids, as like I have said before, this is more of a mission school as opposed to a Christian school. There are Bible classes and the kids are taught about God, but they come from all different types of backgrounds and walks of life. It is a great thing the teachers are doing here at Harvest. They love the kids so much, and really have a burden for the majority of them to receive Jesus. I'm thankful for the opportunity God gave me to share, and please pray for the kids and for the teachers, that more kids will be reached for Christ and that their families will come to Christ as well. :) I found out that Harvest has a guidance counselor on staff, who doubles as a homeroom teacher and who also teaches a couple other classes. I'm going to go shadow her tomorrow, or at least see how it works, as I am majoring in counseling. It's so cool that they have a biblical counselor in a custom-made staff position. I can't wait to find out more about that particular ministry. :)

I am so thankful that my God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and am so thankful for the relationship I can have with Jesus. HE IS SO AMAZING and I am so privileged and humbled to be His child. <3

One Step at a Time

Things have been absolutely crazy, in mostly good ways :) I am learning so much, and I can only hope and pray that is reflected in my grades at midterms :/ Please pray for Dr. and Mrs. Watson, as her mother, whom she was very close to, passed away. She was around 80, and a believer but it is still hard on them, especially Mrs. Watson. They'll be gone for a couple weeks, for the funeral and things. The Herrons and some of the other staff left on Monday on a recruiting tour of the States, and will be gone for several weeks as well. My parents are coming!!!!!! on November 10-15th!!! UNbelievable. This is not typical, let me tell you. They've always wanted to come to Guam, (my dad actually joined the AirForce because he wanted to, but he ended up getting stationed in a south Georgia swamp) and they never did anything last year to celebrate their 25th anniversary. So, HAPPY anniversary!! wow :) talk about a crazy email! good thing the subject of the email was "R U Sitting Down??" :) It will be good to see them. There was a Ladies' Fellowship last night, with different workshops. After one, "Handling your Emotions", I was able to talk with a lady and share some of the things I had been learning in one of my counseling classes! She had so many questions, and was all excited after we talked to implement some of those things in her life. It was so gracious of her, as she was twice my age, but God really opened a door to help someone. I'm not a professional counselor by any means, but it felt like all that homework for Case Studies 1 paid off at that moment. :) God is so good to us! Even as I'm working on my 20 minute speaking project for Women Teaching Women, God is working on me as I have to search His Word for His Truth. I have so far to go (in my classes AND in my Christian walk), but God is leading me along, one step at a time.

Fall at Harvest

It's autumn I hear! but I do not see ... Sometimes I wish the palm trees would change color too :)
Yesterday was Columbus Day! There was no school, and HBBC had Dorm Wars instead. I was put on a team, the Sting Rays. Sooo much fun; the college students are absolutely hilarious! There were 3 teams, and our activities somewhat resembled Northland games; we ran the gauntlet in the gym, had a form of dodgeball, had scooter races, a funny time, and had really really good food :) It's been good to get to know more of the students! I'm absolutely terrible with names, but I think there is hope :) Work is picking up; I'm grading all sorts of things and helping in the nurse's office. It's been so much fun to hang out with some of the teachers here. God is so good; He's giving me really great friends, good times, and many opportunities to serve Him. Sometimes I feel bad that I'm not in a super dangerous mission field and risking my life for the Gospel; but I know that God has me here for a reason. It may be that I have much to learn; it may be that serving God in the little things is as challenging sometimes as the seemingly huge acts of faith; I do not know. Maybe it is all these things. I do know that the Lord is teaching me to be faithful and obedient in the littlest of things, down to doing my schoolwork and listening to my classes. He is my Provider, my Comforter, and my Father. I know I am His child because He corrects me, but still shows His love. The people here are so generous and loving; I only hope and pray that I can return half of what has been done for me. It is humbling. The Lord is so good, and I pray that I serve Him with everything I have. Thank you for your prayers; they are so needed and I am so thankful for everyone back home and cannot wait to see you again.

Moving Day!

Tonight (and tomorrowish) I'll be moving in with my friend Abi a couple of apartments down. Housing situations had to get moved around a little, so I'll spend the remainder of my months with her. We both love drinking tea, reading children's books aloud, and knitting (ok, I only know how to a little bit but she seems quite good) and we are going to have a blast I must say. It's Abi Thompson for anyone who remembers her from Northland! She graduated a couple years ago I think. On Saturday night there was some sort of fiesta for tourists, celebrating 40 years of something :) It was so much fun to go and try the different foods at the booths representing the different villages on the island. Coconut candy is amazing, but I think coconut juice might have to grow on me :) Some HBBC (Harvest Baptist Bible College) girls had a surprise birthday party last night for one of the girls named Story, and it was a blast. Abi, Heather (Heather is a 2nd grade teacher who lives in the apartments by me and Abi) and I joined in, and those Micronesian girls sure know how to have fun. They are absolutely a blast to be with, and it is so much fun and a blessing to get to know them better! They're amazing. You should hear the Micronesian group sing on Sunday mornings! They lift the roof and it is the coolest thing to hear them praise our Savior. I got to help out in the nursery in Sunday School, and then with the children on Sunday night (we're having Summit meetings with Harold Vaughan). This coming week of meetings will mean a very busy schedule but a lot of challenges from God's Word. The message tonight was on the lukewarm Laodicean church and was very convicting. I'm excited about the services we're going to have the rest of the week. God is doing a great work here, in my heart and in the hearts around me.