I have just returned to Redding from a two week break in Maryland for Christmas. It was so wonderful to be back home and to rest. It felt like a reset button was pushed for me. God did some amazing things while I was home too. By the end of my break I was ready to get back to learning more about pursuing my call to live for Jesus.
I came back Friday and was quickly thrown back into Redding life by beginning my homework that is due this week that I purposely neglected over break. I felt quite guilty about it. I realized by me making the decision to neglect my homework, I couldn't see people or do things I wanted to and I just felt angry at myself for making stupid decisions or being too lazy. I went to church Sunday night and we arrived a tad bit late and it appeared that it was baptism Sunday! The people being baptized were lined up on stage sharing their testimonies and I was being touched by God about their encounters with God's grace and love. At that moment, I realized how mad I was at myself for not being good enough or being "stupid" and I felt God's love for me. I knew my homework didn't matter or the amount of time I spent in my pajamas....what mattered to Him was that I was accepting His love. By me condemning myself, I wasn't accepting His love and grace. Sometimes when I pray over people I say to them, "There's nothing you can do that can separate you from the love of God." I think that is such an important thing to say because that has been the most freeing thing that God has shown me. Humans are always trying to do more and be better, but with God it is just the opposite. I don't have to do anything, I just have to enjoy being His daughter.
At Bethel, the baptisms are done while worship is going on. While worship was playing, I'm not sure if a certain song was playing that prompted me to go, but I felt that dedicating my life to being submerged in His love for as long as I live was a good way to start my 2013. While I was waiting in line, I felt God say to me, "I am your God, I am your King, I am your Father. Trust in Me that I will provide everything." I was so overcome with His love. I felt like I was floating in the goodness and assurance of His voice. Him saying this took me a step further in realizing what resting in His love meant....it means not worrying and knowing that a loving Father provides everything because He wants to.
I have felt ever since I came to Bethel that I would never be the same, but this moment was a prophetic declaration over my life to live with all my mind, my heart, and my body for God. When I walking into the water I was thinking how I wanted to experience every part of that moment. I wanted to feel the anticipation of waiting to go under, I wanted to feel my body being immersed in the water, and I wanted to feel the joy of being raised to life. And I DID! It was an intimate experience and a miraculous one.
The revelation of the Father's love that I received is for you as well. "Freely you have received, freely give." Matthew 10:8b. I release my testimony to you to have the same encounter, but better. I pray you receive God's grace and you experience His loving acceptance. He created you, so why would He not accept you? He is the perfect Father.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Monday, December 10, 2012
More than conquerors
I feel that I am rarely an open book with my personal feelings or my testimony on the internet, but I would really like to open up about how God has shown me one way how He has redeemed me. I started to feel sick Friday night. Saturday I woke up having a head cold, so I had to cancel some plans to go Christmas tree chopping. This was a bummer for me since I really wanted to go outdoors and get out of Redding a bit. I made the best of it and spent the day alone and watched movies. But I still was just feeling down in the dumps and yucky...ya know? Sunday I woke up feeling about the same, a little better, but I decided to skip church. I woke up and tried to be positive, but I just wasn't feeling it. I was in a poor mood. It's that feeling when there is no purpose anymore, when you feel all has failed. I felt so overcome by a victim attitude and I had no hope for feeling any better. I was more sad by this feeling because the past week I had received so much breakthrough at school with joy. I realized I just was totally negative. I don't know if I knew how to be positive at all, it's like I was slimed and there was no way of getting out of it. Today...I wake up and while I am getting dressed I think, "what is the point of me being here on earth?" I didn't catch how crazy this thought was, but it felt so normal. I used to think these things all the time before I came to know the love of God. Before encountering the Presence of God, I had no idea why I was living because I had no concept of how much my God, my Father, loves me to such an extreme that I cannot comprehend.
Today, I go to school trying to be in a good mood, but really I was feeling awful. We start praying and the first thing the woman who is leading the prayer says, "I want you prayer warriors who are feeling hopeless and depressed to come up and pray with me." What she also revealed is that there was a suicide in Redding this weekend and we began to pray and wash over these feelings. It just overwhelmed me because I realized this is what I was feeling. And I was reminded of my thoughts of suicide that I had this morning because I didn't even think about how crazy it was, it just slipped in my mind. I gave these thoughts to God and repented because I know that God loves me so much and I don't need to feel grief about feeling crappy, but I just need to receive His love and forgiveness. God's love gives purpose and it gives destiny...it never brings hopelessness.
My main reason for writing this is because I want every person to know that there is hope and that God has destiny. Jesus is washing your minds right now with redemption for you to feel the tangible love of God. He has a purpose for your life. It may sound crazy that the God of the universe has a purpose for wee little you. But it's serious! He loves so extremely that Jesus came to earth to be human with us and then suffered a sinner's debt for us to live in a free relationship with Father God. His life redeemed by the cross gave us the opportunity to have that same life of redemption. Nothing you do could ever separate you from the love of God.
Life is worth living because God made us to know us and to be in relationship with us. All He wants is to be with us. This is a question that I struggled with a lot for the last 7 years. I never understood what the point of us being here is and it's just to be living in communion with Him.
Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-- just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the sheep." John 10:14-15
I love you all. Bless you and your spirits to receive this testimony for what it's worth. I share this just to encourage any of you.
Today, I go to school trying to be in a good mood, but really I was feeling awful. We start praying and the first thing the woman who is leading the prayer says, "I want you prayer warriors who are feeling hopeless and depressed to come up and pray with me." What she also revealed is that there was a suicide in Redding this weekend and we began to pray and wash over these feelings. It just overwhelmed me because I realized this is what I was feeling. And I was reminded of my thoughts of suicide that I had this morning because I didn't even think about how crazy it was, it just slipped in my mind. I gave these thoughts to God and repented because I know that God loves me so much and I don't need to feel grief about feeling crappy, but I just need to receive His love and forgiveness. God's love gives purpose and it gives destiny...it never brings hopelessness.
My main reason for writing this is because I want every person to know that there is hope and that God has destiny. Jesus is washing your minds right now with redemption for you to feel the tangible love of God. He has a purpose for your life. It may sound crazy that the God of the universe has a purpose for wee little you. But it's serious! He loves so extremely that Jesus came to earth to be human with us and then suffered a sinner's debt for us to live in a free relationship with Father God. His life redeemed by the cross gave us the opportunity to have that same life of redemption. Nothing you do could ever separate you from the love of God.
Life is worth living because God made us to know us and to be in relationship with us. All He wants is to be with us. This is a question that I struggled with a lot for the last 7 years. I never understood what the point of us being here is and it's just to be living in communion with Him.
Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-- just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the sheep." John 10:14-15
I love you all. Bless you and your spirits to receive this testimony for what it's worth. I share this just to encourage any of you.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Missions
Greetings! Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Thanksgiving was so good here! We had about 15 people eat with us, but then we had more people in the neighborhood that we were able to give plates of food to as well! It was such a different kind of Thanksgiving for me, but it was so wonderful. I hope you all had a good holiday too!
For our program here at Bethel, we all have the opportunity to choose to go on a mission trip with the teams here at Bethel. We chose from places all the over the world to go. I will be going to Tijuana, Mexico! I am so excited to be given the opportunity to go to a place that I have never been to and never thought I would travel to! I will be going April 9-April 16....here is the description that Bethel gives of the trip:
We will be based out of a camp that Bethel has been coming to every year for 10 years. There is Revival breaking out among the local pastors who have set up a network of churches including the Ensenada area. Teams of BSSM students will minister as worship leaders, children’s ministers and have opportunity to preach, teach and give words of knowledge in local church meetings. Open Heavens are over the area and there is an expectancy for the supernatural in the community. We will also minister on the streets with prophetic art, treasure hunts, drama and many other forms of outreach. We will visit the legendary Revolution Street for a large evening crusade using various local churches to assist us in reaching out to the lost. This is a time of experiencing community on a team, personal freedom and God breaking out. Come and experience being used by God to love the poor, love on tons of children, heal the sick, the blind, the lame, and encourage Pastors as we partner with them to see Revival change a nation. We will end the trip with a blow up service at a sister church in southern California, hang out on the beach and enjoy how good our God is.
This trip is going to be a life changing experience for me because I am going to be doing missions like I never have before. Living here in Redding has also been teaching me how I want to live as a missionary. I am learning a lot about boundaries in relationships and how to give without exhausting myself. It has been really challenging, but I know it has been so good for me to have real life experience in community living. I came here to BSSM to learn how to be a healthy missionary. When I started classes, it was totally different than I thought because we were mostly learning about how to live with the Holy Spirit and live resting in the Presence of God. I realized that this is how you learn to be a missionary. You have to learn how to rest in His Presence; if you don't you will be giving out of a place that is only yourself, and that is what is exhausting. When you realize that the Holy Spirit is the one who ministers to people's hearts and spirits, then you realize that it's not tiring at all and you don't have to try really hard. I am definitely still learning and I think I will have to learn for a while, but it is such good and awesome revelation. This is one of the reasons I am excited to go to Tijuana, because I know this mission trip will be based off the Holy Spirit's direction and I trust better what the Holy Spirit does than what I think should be done!
My trip to Tijuana has not been financially funded yet, so if you would like to give to it I would be wildly blessed by that! I would also love to have people that will be interceding for me and my team. Your prayers and your financial support will have a dramatic impact on the people we will be doing outreach to in Tijuana. Your partnership with me is partnering with God's plan and my testimonies are your testimonies because you are sending me!
If you would like to give money, you can go to this address: missiontrips.ibethel.org Just search for my name (Emily Scheihing :) in the section that says "search for a traveler" and then click the tab that says "Give" in the row of my name.
Here is my e-mail in case you have any questions for me: eascheihing@gmail.com
Blessings to you guys!
Emily
Thanksgiving was so good here! We had about 15 people eat with us, but then we had more people in the neighborhood that we were able to give plates of food to as well! It was such a different kind of Thanksgiving for me, but it was so wonderful. I hope you all had a good holiday too!
For our program here at Bethel, we all have the opportunity to choose to go on a mission trip with the teams here at Bethel. We chose from places all the over the world to go. I will be going to Tijuana, Mexico! I am so excited to be given the opportunity to go to a place that I have never been to and never thought I would travel to! I will be going April 9-April 16....here is the description that Bethel gives of the trip:
We will be based out of a camp that Bethel has been coming to every year for 10 years. There is Revival breaking out among the local pastors who have set up a network of churches including the Ensenada area. Teams of BSSM students will minister as worship leaders, children’s ministers and have opportunity to preach, teach and give words of knowledge in local church meetings. Open Heavens are over the area and there is an expectancy for the supernatural in the community. We will also minister on the streets with prophetic art, treasure hunts, drama and many other forms of outreach. We will visit the legendary Revolution Street for a large evening crusade using various local churches to assist us in reaching out to the lost. This is a time of experiencing community on a team, personal freedom and God breaking out. Come and experience being used by God to love the poor, love on tons of children, heal the sick, the blind, the lame, and encourage Pastors as we partner with them to see Revival change a nation. We will end the trip with a blow up service at a sister church in southern California, hang out on the beach and enjoy how good our God is.
This trip is going to be a life changing experience for me because I am going to be doing missions like I never have before. Living here in Redding has also been teaching me how I want to live as a missionary. I am learning a lot about boundaries in relationships and how to give without exhausting myself. It has been really challenging, but I know it has been so good for me to have real life experience in community living. I came here to BSSM to learn how to be a healthy missionary. When I started classes, it was totally different than I thought because we were mostly learning about how to live with the Holy Spirit and live resting in the Presence of God. I realized that this is how you learn to be a missionary. You have to learn how to rest in His Presence; if you don't you will be giving out of a place that is only yourself, and that is what is exhausting. When you realize that the Holy Spirit is the one who ministers to people's hearts and spirits, then you realize that it's not tiring at all and you don't have to try really hard. I am definitely still learning and I think I will have to learn for a while, but it is such good and awesome revelation. This is one of the reasons I am excited to go to Tijuana, because I know this mission trip will be based off the Holy Spirit's direction and I trust better what the Holy Spirit does than what I think should be done!
My trip to Tijuana has not been financially funded yet, so if you would like to give to it I would be wildly blessed by that! I would also love to have people that will be interceding for me and my team. Your prayers and your financial support will have a dramatic impact on the people we will be doing outreach to in Tijuana. Your partnership with me is partnering with God's plan and my testimonies are your testimonies because you are sending me!
If you would like to give money, you can go to this address: missiontrips.ibethel.org Just search for my name (Emily Scheihing :) in the section that says "search for a traveler" and then click the tab that says "Give" in the row of my name.
Here is my e-mail in case you have any questions for me: eascheihing@gmail.com
Blessings to you guys!
Emily
Monday, November 12, 2012
Royalty
I wish I could consistently update this, but it is so hard with so much going on here at BSSM. I am loving it!! I love love love it here. I am praying that I can keep more up to date with my blog because I really would love to share more about what is going on.
Royalty is what I'd really love to share with you. This has been the most important thing that I have been learning about while at school. So, what does royalty mean in the Christian world? It means I am the daughter of the King! King Jesus! Since I was called a daughter of royalty, this gives me the right to the inheritance of that kingdom.
Royalty is what I'd really love to share with you. This has been the most important thing that I have been learning about while at school. So, what does royalty mean in the Christian world? It means I am the daughter of the King! King Jesus! Since I was called a daughter of royalty, this gives me the right to the inheritance of that kingdom.
"If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Gal. 3:21
This is my identity.
"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus." Eph. 2:4-7
I am learning so much about this. It is a transforming of the mind to think of myself as royalty. I just try to think sometimes about the way I act and I wonder if a queen or a princess would act differently. I mean in the worldly sense, I don't want to act like a queen because all I think about is snobby and ungrateful. But when I think of a queen in the kingdom of Heaven, I think of justice, humility, grace, and beauty. I think of a woman who is full of abundance and never feels like she is in lack. If I really accept my royalty, I would never stress about a credit card bill or about getting groceries. My royalty also has to do with my response to the King. Living in response to the King is realizing He is always there. If I am living with Him in His house I am going to hear when He moves; I am going to hear when He opens the door. God is always talking and is always showing me what I should do. It is my duty to make myself aware of His voice and to learn what His voice sounds like. In the same way, my royalty brings me into closer relationship with Him because we are resting together. I am learning about how He works and I am learning about His heart.
My mind really does have to be transformed. I believe God is doing that for me in this season. He is re-wiring my brain. He is revealing to me where I don't trust Him, and helping me to see why I should!
I am having such a fun time learning about my identity in Christ. The students are going out and applying what we are learning too. I am serving the neighborhood I live in and yesterday we held a block party. It was such an amazing time together to meet new people and to see children playing outside. The most amazing part of it was seeing the Holy Spirit touch people. 7 people gave their life to Jesus!! God is so good!! He showed up in our cul-de-sac and loved on them. Keep our team in prayer as we minister to our neighbors here in Boulder Creek. Jesus loves them so deeply and is doing really cool things to show them!! Pray for an open Heaven over us as we walk out to knock on people's doors to encounter God.
Love to you all!! You are all princes and princesses! Kings and queens!
Emily
Monday, October 1, 2012
Community
Wow, a whirlwind has happened since school has started. It is so wonderful here. I have changed so much already. I hope to update this more, but since I have been adjusting so much this month I didn't get to it. I thought I would tell you a little bit about my time at my retreat and my revival group.
Every student is assigned a revival group, and the groups consist of about 70 students. Our time in class is wonderful, but the time in revival group is a whole different dynamic. This is where you create more intimate relationships with people that you may not have if you weren't forced to! haha. Every group has their own feel too. So my group is special. I absolutely love it and I love the people in it because we all have such great and inspiring personalities.
I got to know more of my RG members on a retreat we all took to Chico. We spent a couple days there getting to know each other better and worshiping God. This time together brought so much breakthrough for me and for the others. I loved it so much! The time there, I experienced the Holy Spirit like I never had before. It was an uncontrollable presence that I had longed for. I wanted an encounter with God and so did everybody else. And God came. He showed us how much He wanted to encounter us. So much freedom was brought to people to just be undignified. It did not matter how stupid we might have looked in the natural because we were fully engulfed in the supernatural. It's really hard to put into words all that happened, but it showed me that God wants me to feel Him. It is normal to feel Him. All that this encounter with God showed me was that my identity is in Him. He is mine, and I am His. What was really important to me also was the encouragement I felt from the people around me. They encouraged me to encounter God more. They wanted to see me on the floor laughing at the glory of God, and they cheered me on. I wanted the same for them too! I wanted us all to have that holy laughter. I wanted us all to basque in the glory of God. There is something so special about people who are around you that can encourage you to be the best you were made to be. I am so thankful to have always had that wherever I am, and I think this time on my retreat showed me how important my brothers and sisters are. Without them I would be so lost because God created us to be together.
I still wake up some mornings and think, "How did I get here?" I am so thrilled to be learning from such awesome revivalists. And I am so honored to be learning alongside future revivalists. A huge thing that is taught here is that what we receive here is being given to the people we know back home. I impart the glory and power that I have experienced in this last month and I ask for more of your presence Lord to manifest in their lives. I ask that the miracles I have seen here would double and that You would work in power through their hearts.
I am so thankful!
Emily
Every student is assigned a revival group, and the groups consist of about 70 students. Our time in class is wonderful, but the time in revival group is a whole different dynamic. This is where you create more intimate relationships with people that you may not have if you weren't forced to! haha. Every group has their own feel too. So my group is special. I absolutely love it and I love the people in it because we all have such great and inspiring personalities.
I got to know more of my RG members on a retreat we all took to Chico. We spent a couple days there getting to know each other better and worshiping God. This time together brought so much breakthrough for me and for the others. I loved it so much! The time there, I experienced the Holy Spirit like I never had before. It was an uncontrollable presence that I had longed for. I wanted an encounter with God and so did everybody else. And God came. He showed us how much He wanted to encounter us. So much freedom was brought to people to just be undignified. It did not matter how stupid we might have looked in the natural because we were fully engulfed in the supernatural. It's really hard to put into words all that happened, but it showed me that God wants me to feel Him. It is normal to feel Him. All that this encounter with God showed me was that my identity is in Him. He is mine, and I am His. What was really important to me also was the encouragement I felt from the people around me. They encouraged me to encounter God more. They wanted to see me on the floor laughing at the glory of God, and they cheered me on. I wanted the same for them too! I wanted us all to have that holy laughter. I wanted us all to basque in the glory of God. There is something so special about people who are around you that can encourage you to be the best you were made to be. I am so thankful to have always had that wherever I am, and I think this time on my retreat showed me how important my brothers and sisters are. Without them I would be so lost because God created us to be together.
I still wake up some mornings and think, "How did I get here?" I am so thrilled to be learning from such awesome revivalists. And I am so honored to be learning alongside future revivalists. A huge thing that is taught here is that what we receive here is being given to the people we know back home. I impart the glory and power that I have experienced in this last month and I ask for more of your presence Lord to manifest in their lives. I ask that the miracles I have seen here would double and that You would work in power through their hearts.
I am so thankful!
Emily
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
School has begun! boom!
The emotion I can articulate to you right now is completely and utterly grateful. Aw man, I am so grateful. I felt a rush of this emotion when I was watching Bill Johnson speak to the 1200 of us in the BSSM 1st year class. It was so good. I can't quite grasp it all yet since it was only a couple hours ago. I just feel so supported and the best support I feel is from my Father in Heaven. God has shown me all the people around me who are willing to support me, but it is the best feeling to know that God is cheering me on. The God of all this earth cheers me on! Wow. What an awesome feeling. And to know that He does the same for all who step into His will is another awestrucking (No, this is not a word) feeling. There was a moment of this when all the students were praying and asking for more of Him this year, and at one point the noise of all the students sounded like a roar in a stadium. It was like the noise at a football game. It was so powerful. The students here are so inspiring.
So from my first day, what is the biggest thing that I have learned....
Well, since this whole year is about stepping out in faith and being equipped in ministry leadership, I feel that I need to get over the fear of rejection. Yeah, it's a super big burden that needs to go. God is pointing that out to me just by my interaction with people that I am really effected in my relationships with people by this fear. I am just so happy to be in an environment that is continuing to seek healing. This fear also showed me that it reveals a lot about my relationship with God. This place also reminds me that there is indeed time to talk and commune with God on a daily basis. I just need to make it my priority and I am reminded to do that here. I am so regretful that I did not make this a priority at home. God's presence is everywhere. An atmosphere of worship totally shifts your way of thinking. One of the biggest thing that I have taken away from my roommates and Sunday worship, is that spending time in God's presence will change you every time. That is so huge. EVERY TIME I SPEND TIME IN GOD'S PRESENCE I AM CHANGED. All I have to do is spend time with Him.
Goodnight to you all! I want to figure out how to make this blog a little more fancy schmancy, or just add pics and things.
Emily
So from my first day, what is the biggest thing that I have learned....
Well, since this whole year is about stepping out in faith and being equipped in ministry leadership, I feel that I need to get over the fear of rejection. Yeah, it's a super big burden that needs to go. God is pointing that out to me just by my interaction with people that I am really effected in my relationships with people by this fear. I am just so happy to be in an environment that is continuing to seek healing. This fear also showed me that it reveals a lot about my relationship with God. This place also reminds me that there is indeed time to talk and commune with God on a daily basis. I just need to make it my priority and I am reminded to do that here. I am so regretful that I did not make this a priority at home. God's presence is everywhere. An atmosphere of worship totally shifts your way of thinking. One of the biggest thing that I have taken away from my roommates and Sunday worship, is that spending time in God's presence will change you every time. That is so huge. EVERY TIME I SPEND TIME IN GOD'S PRESENCE I AM CHANGED. All I have to do is spend time with Him.
Goodnight to you all! I want to figure out how to make this blog a little more fancy schmancy, or just add pics and things.
Emily
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Redding is alive
I am in Redding! My family left this morning, so today has been my first official day to myself.
I don't start school till next week so I am going to try and find things to fill my time this week! Biking will be something that I will be doing a lot while I am here so I want to get adjusted to using a bike as my transportation. I went on a ride this morning and it was so tiring! I am so out of shape, haha! I noticed on my bikeride that almost every person I passed said hello and good morning to me. I was so filled with love from the people of Redding! I love the west coast for that. It is definitely a different feel here than the east coast in terms of socializing. I feel more at ease having conversations with random people than I ever have! I love it.
My roommates here are AMAZING. They are four beautiful women of God. They are all 2nd years here at Bethel School of Ministry. My roommate is Heather; she is 21 and from Fargo, North Dakota. She is a musician and is all-around creative. My 2 other housemates are Beatrice and Sarah. They are both from Germany. Sarah and Heather lived in our house last year, and Beatrice and I are new to the neighborhood. Speaking of the neighborhood...I love it! I have awesome neighbors who are my new "big bros". Their names are Alex and Joseph, and they both go to Bethel church and help organize the house church in our neighborhood. I haven't had the opportunity to go to the house church yet, but I think it's tonight? I have heard it is full of life and wonderful. I can't wait to see the community come together to worship and go deep in the word. When I first got here I was a little worried about living in a place that looks rougher, but after meeting some people I had complete peace.
Even though I haven't started school yet, the Bethel culture here is already rocking me. In my conversations with people there is so much life that comes out of them. I feel loved, accepted, and encouraged to live out the gifts God has given me. I am so hungry for God. I am so hungry to learn more about Him and about His heart.
Prayer requests!
Please pray that my neighborhood would be flooded with God's love and that people would feel the comfort and hope of Jesus when we speak to each other. Pray that they would encounter the presence of God when they walked into our houses and they would be touched by the huge love God has for them!
I am praying for intimacy with Jesus to be even deeper for you! I am seeing how much God desires our time and vulnerability. I pray you encounter the love and grace that brings us closer to Him.
Love to you all!
I don't start school till next week so I am going to try and find things to fill my time this week! Biking will be something that I will be doing a lot while I am here so I want to get adjusted to using a bike as my transportation. I went on a ride this morning and it was so tiring! I am so out of shape, haha! I noticed on my bikeride that almost every person I passed said hello and good morning to me. I was so filled with love from the people of Redding! I love the west coast for that. It is definitely a different feel here than the east coast in terms of socializing. I feel more at ease having conversations with random people than I ever have! I love it.
My roommates here are AMAZING. They are four beautiful women of God. They are all 2nd years here at Bethel School of Ministry. My roommate is Heather; she is 21 and from Fargo, North Dakota. She is a musician and is all-around creative. My 2 other housemates are Beatrice and Sarah. They are both from Germany. Sarah and Heather lived in our house last year, and Beatrice and I are new to the neighborhood. Speaking of the neighborhood...I love it! I have awesome neighbors who are my new "big bros". Their names are Alex and Joseph, and they both go to Bethel church and help organize the house church in our neighborhood. I haven't had the opportunity to go to the house church yet, but I think it's tonight? I have heard it is full of life and wonderful. I can't wait to see the community come together to worship and go deep in the word. When I first got here I was a little worried about living in a place that looks rougher, but after meeting some people I had complete peace.
Even though I haven't started school yet, the Bethel culture here is already rocking me. In my conversations with people there is so much life that comes out of them. I feel loved, accepted, and encouraged to live out the gifts God has given me. I am so hungry for God. I am so hungry to learn more about Him and about His heart.
Prayer requests!
Please pray that my neighborhood would be flooded with God's love and that people would feel the comfort and hope of Jesus when we speak to each other. Pray that they would encounter the presence of God when they walked into our houses and they would be touched by the huge love God has for them!
I am praying for intimacy with Jesus to be even deeper for you! I am seeing how much God desires our time and vulnerability. I pray you encounter the love and grace that brings us closer to Him.
Love to you all!
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