week eleven

it is very difficult for me to talk about this past week. so much has happened and since we are closing in on our last few days here in Perth everything seems in chaos! in the midst of classes and prayer for finances, there other issues of packing, preparing, cleaning and organizing. so i will try my best and give an idea of what this is all like!

okay, so topic of the week in lectures, evangelism. not going to lie, a little challenging to pay attention at times as i have been dealing with some personal issues.but this was the top we had lectures till wednesday then on thursday our class went out to downtown to do what we had been learning about. i think our lectures were more a preparation for our hearts in why we do what we do. i appreciated our speakers’ thoughts on salvation and evangelism. he had said ‘salvation is knowing and loving God’ and ‘evangelism is inspiring others to know and love God’. so simple, yet holding so much more. so thursday morning that is what our school did. it was a different style then i’ve ever gone out to do. we were in the main market area of downtown and as a group sang worship songs (yes someone was playing the guitar!) and had moments of people sharing what was on there hearts to basically whoever would listen! it was neat to see people stopping to see what we were doing, some stayed to listen and then talked to someone from our group while others walked by muttering annoyances at us. at the end we spent ten minutes asking anyone we felt if they wanted prayer. it was neat to see how responsive some people are to accepting prayer even when they weren’t sure what they felt about God. others were not responsive at all and were very deliberate in saying ‘no’. either way it was a good morning and lots of people received prayer for personal issues or physical.

friday our class went to the ‘natural family planning centre’. very interesting! we learnt different methods of contraception without the use of implanting anything into your body! we also learnt what some of these methods do. like the pill for example actually doesn’t ‘prevent’ pregnancy it will just ‘blow up’ in a sense a fertile egg. (there are different kinds of birth control pills but this is the most common) but ya, i’d be happy to chat more on these methods if anyone wishes!

as for other things going on this week, i have been able to prepare a bit more for outreach. gone and bought a few things i need. i’m still in need of more things, like labour room shoes (they have to be cleanable and no holes) some skirts (as it is the only thing we will be wearing for the entire time in Africa) and a few other odds and ends. but in a way i am feeling more prepared for leaving. getting excited too! (which is a very good thing!) we leave sunday the 26th. our plane heads out at 10:30pm. so please be praying for this week that i will be able to get more ready and not feel overwhelmed! also a praise report i think everyone has gotten there fee’s in! which is HUGE! even this mornign there were still four people needing a total over $15 000 and by lunch the need was down to $4000 for only one person! so God is moving and since lunch i think more has even come in! so Praise the Lord for that! our God is BIG!
till next time!

ps as of two o'clock monday all the money needed was in and everyone has there plane tickets! over 15,000 in one day!!!!!!