Time is Flying By

Ok so I'm literally losing track of time. I'm just learning so much and I only just realized that it's been three weeks since my last update (only remembered because my mom reminded me of it).

So on the week of November 23 we had Ross Tooley come and speak. Ross was the 11th full time YWAMer and has been with YWAM for 49 years. His topic was evangelism. His heart for sharing the Gospel was really encouraging and came through in his teaching. What he shared was more of an information week than a revelation week. The biggest thing I got from that week was that sharing the Gospel needs to come from a place of love and respect. Oh and another big thing was that people are more receptive when you are kind to them. It is not that I didn't know these things but Ross shared it from his own experiences and that just made it ore real to me.

So we finally went Skydiving that weekend  and it was amazing. It's freaky for the first few seconds when you jump out of the plane but after that it becomes unreal. We went from 15000ft and had about 60s of free fall. When you're up that high your mind doesn't really comprehend what's happening and the view was crazy. Once the parachute opened it became almost silent and it was amazing to just take in the beautiful view.

Onto the week of November 30. This week we had Bob Scroggins teach on biblical worldview. For me I didn't really learn much because I'd already done a large section on world views in high school. At least it served as a refresher for me.

Also that week we had a hiking trip planned for Thursday but on Tuesday night we got the call and moved it to Wednesday because of weather. So mild panic ensued as people frantically packed. The trip was so much fun. It's started off with a helicopter ride and they dropped us off in the middle of no where and then we camped. They asked us not to say much about it so it will stay a secret for future students. I thoroughly enjoyed myself since I hike and camp a lot but some people who don't struggled some.

Also while we were gone the Snowboard Dts arrived back from outreach. It's been really cool to get to know them and hear their stories from outreach. One really crazy one was one of the guys was talking with a couple people from Papa New Guinea and healed an elbow and a thumb, this is where it gets crazy. After the healings the native told Christian (that's the snowboarder) that he speaks really good Pigeon but Christian doesn't speak Pigeon... Drop the mic

So now, onto this week. We had amazing speakers this week. Don and Helen Lake spoke on Destiny and the Father Heart of God. Their main focus was on explaining the spiritual gifts and helping us figure out what our gifts are. That was really awesome for me because I have been wanting to learn more about the gifts. My gifts seem to revolve around administration and problem solving. This was cool because it lined up with Don's prophecy for me. I definitely forgot to mention that Don is a recognized prophet it New Zealand. So his prophecy for me was that I would come alongside ministries that were struggling and help them become strong and effective. I'll try to post it later, or maybe email it. This was an awesome week and I can't wait to really dive into this stuff and process it.

I think that's all I've got for now. Until the next update... Whenever that will be.