Longing

I captured this picture in a small slum church in Kanpur India. This woman had such an earnest desire to be in the Lord's word. She was captivated by the scriptures as Raju told of Jesus desire to know the deepest parts of her. She makes me think of Mary sitting at Jesus feet, enraptured by his words. I want to be like this, craving more, hungry for Jesus.

Do you ever?

Do you ever want to quit life and go back to school? Stop running around in circles and just read hundreds of books? Quit networking the world and just know your friends and family? Have a nice little house with a garden and a dog? These desires have been pressing in on me more and more lately. And it's funny because I know I am where I am supposed to be and I am so looking forward to this coming DTS. Maybe it is the difficulty I have had in adjusting to the newness of this place. I talked with Deb who is leading the DTS today. I told her how God was showing me that since I got here I have been gaurding myself so much and putting up walls everywhere. I don't even feel like myself anymore. It's like I am a false person, putting on a mask for these people. Sometimes I think my joy is all gone. Pray that I will find myself in Jesus again, that is what I want more than anything. I want to show the DTS students a person who is so genuinely satisfied in the Lord. That's me today.

Happy Saturday!

I just spent a nice relaxing week in Boise and am now back into the swing of things in Cascade. The past few days have been full of change for me, change of plans, change of home, change of roomates, change of responsobility's and so forth. I'm about to start calling all the students we have accepted for the fall DTS to see how they are doing and pray with them as they prepare to make the move to Idaho. I'm going to be up at the camp a bit as well to cook for a team that has come to lay new floor in our kitchen. Other than that there's not too much going on in my life, except that I want to go to school. But that is a whole other story. Over and out

Time to Relax

I supose I should begin by welcoming you to my new blog. So WELCOME! I promise to try my hardest to keep you all updated on my comings and goings and the events of my life. As most of you know I just returned to Idaho from India. Here is a little background on that. I went to India for 2 and a half weeks to lead a mission adventures team. Mission Adventures is a summer program that we do up at our YWAM base in Cascade Idaho. Students come for 5 days to get short term missions training and then we take them on a short term mission. Most of our trips this past summer were to inner city settings such as Vancouver, Las Vegas and San Francisco. We were able to take part in alot of amazing things. I was blessed to be asked to lead a small team of girls to India as a part of our summer program. Our time in India was super busy and very fruitful. We were able to come alongside the YWAM base in Kanpur, India and help further their influence and ministrys in the city. One of my favorite parts was visiting schools. We were able to visit 5 huge schools where the students body was 80% Hindu. We had complete freedom to say and share whatever we wanted with the students. I got to preach a few times as well. The best time was in a small mens bible school. We had a very special time and God really spoke to the young men. All in all it was a great trip and I look forward to returning to India the end of November with the DTS I will be staffing. Now I am in Boise spending time with friends and relaxing before I jump into the DTS. I will post pictures of the trip soon. Thanks for reading