Women's ministry is doing well. We have had several events for our leaders and for our small groups. We are currently planning a larger event for all of the women at Wesley for Thanksgiving. We are also only a few weeks away from our weekend women's conference that we have each year here at Wesley. It is called RESTORED and I believe that it is going to be a very powerful weekend for our students. I will be teaching one of the break out sessions at the conference which I'm super excited about. In previous years the weekend was all about sexual restoration and inner healing. This year our theme is "Body, Soul, Spirit" and we will be focussing on an entire lifestyle of health for the sake of freedom and power in life. I think it's going to be amazing! It's the first weekend of December so be praying for the planning in the next couple of weeks.
I am really enjoying my discipleships. I love all six of my girls! Just by living life with them I am learning so much and I am able to really minister to them! God is blessing me with encouragement for them, words of wisdom for them, visions and dreams for them, etc. The design of that type of relationship is such a special one. It is such a safe place for them! I've seen them all grow tremendously over the past few month and I cannot wait to see how the Lord is going to continue to use me in their lives.
Wesley as a whole is THRIVING! Last week we had a guest speaker come in for two days along with a group of students from Bethel-Atlanta. Steve Thompson spoke on Wednesday night at our large service and then again the next day for our staff. He ROCKED MY WORLD! The Lord has just revealed so much wisdom and understanding to this man that he imparted to us. In those two days i think I took 9-10 pages of notes!!! He caused me to dig up beliefs about the Lord that I've always had and really question them. I started to see that I didn't see God the way that I should. I saw that my beliefs were inconsistent when it came to what I operated out of. He really helped clarify a lot in me about my future and what the Lord has for my life and then... the COOLEST part.... is that what I learned was exactly what my mom needed to hear and what she was learning was exactly what I needed to hear and in that conversation the Lord freed me in ways that I never thought possible. I am tearing up just writing this. It was absolutely the most defining moment of my life! I just don't know how to express how wonderful it was on paper so ask me about it sometime and I'll be happy to share... but prepare for tears! I think the Lord used Steve in very similar ways in all of the staff here. Everyone had so much to say about how their lives and minds had been changed! PRAISE THE LORD! There were hundreds of students asking for prayer and someone to talk to after Steve's message. I think he really rocked this campus!
God also continues to provide for me is spectacular ways! People are just blessing me left and right! I could tell you story and story about having needs and them being met at the most unlikely timing. I'll just share one.... A week ago I passed a homeless man on the street. I was shocked when I realized i was crying because I'm not normally effected that way for the homeless. I gave him the small amount of cash I had on me and pulled away BUT I could not stop crying. It lasted a while and it was uncontrollable. God really broke my heart for him. So I went to my apartment and filled grocery bags with all of my groceries. I took it back to him and prayed for him and told him about the Lord's love and provision. He was so kind and thankful. Afterwards I went to Chick-Fil-A where I work to pick up a uniform and my manager could see that I had been crying. He asked what was going on and as I was telling him I started crying again. At that moment my boss Matt Kirby walked in. He invited me into his office to talk about it. I told him the story and we ended up having this very long conversation about what the Christian life is supposed to look like and how our hearts should always be breaking that way. He was reading a book called "radical" and he read some of it to me. He said that I was living an obedient and radical life by what I did for that man. He said that my ministry and wesley has impressed him. He was so encouraged that I made the decision to spend this year ministering to students. He said that he was so impressed that at the age of 22 I was beginning to understand things that took him over 40 years to understand and that he was humbled by my giving to this man. He then said that he would like to give back to me and support me monthly!!!! That conversation would have never happened had I not been obedient when the Lord called me to love that man. Isn't that such an amazing story!!! I can't believe it happened to me. I'm so humbled and encouraged when I see the lord using other people to bless me and when he uses me to bless them in return. I think my boss was really blessed by me that day and I was most definitely blessed by him!!! God is SOOOO GOOD!!!
Thank you all for your support and continued prayers. I'd love for you to pray for our conference and for my 6 girls that I disciple. Pray that the Lord would continue to use me in their lives. Also pray for me as I begin the process of joining the Peace Corps. I am really looking forward to my future and God is really using my being at Wesley to show me His paths. Also continue praying for my nephew Hunter and my father's healing. I believe the Lord's heart is for complete restoration of their bodies! I love you all and thank you for your support!!!
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