It brings me joy to share the ministries I
am a part of with you supporters, but the Lord is revealing Himself to me by
other means as well. Outside of specific ministries, here are other areas that the
Lord

is working in my heart through and what I am learning in those areas.

In my quiet time- Currently I am going
through the book of Matthew with a fresh look. I have heard each story in
Matthew more time then I can count, but I am actively seeking a new understanding in each
verse. Several stories and verses have touched me in new ways. For how many
times I have heard the story of Jesus' birth, it fell on me with a new significance.
It struck me that God spoke to Joseph three times through dreams. I love how
the Lord choses to speak, and I am amazed by Joseph's obedience. I long and
pray to hear the Lord's voice clearly in my life, so by reading of the many
times God spoke through a dream, I am extra-attentive to my own dreams now. I
regularly counted my dreams as nonsense and spoke of them for amusement, but I
believe God still does speak to His people, and that he can do so by whatever
means He so desires. With that said, I have started tracking down my dreams, however crazy
they seem and I am praying for an interpretation of them. If God is speaking to
me, I had better be listening! 

In personal prayer time- I have turned into
a frequent visitor in our House of Pray

er. I wish everyone could experience the
Holy Spirit in those 4 walls (no roof) the way myself and my teammates have.
The Lord is alive in that place and I cannot get enough. Though my prayer time,
a word that keeps echoing within me is "Abandonment." After prayer for this
resounding word, God's message to me is clear: Abandon yourself, surrender to
Me. Though I long to glorify God with every fiber of my being, my own self gets
in the way often. God pours mercy and patience upon me as I am learning how to
truly abandon myself and love Him completely. Prayer time has been huge in my
learning to lose my selfish ways and to seek Him alone. The Hillsong lyrics sing
within me, "Rid me of myself, I belong to You. O lead me, lead me to the
cross."

From my team- What a blessing my team has
been, and how I have neglected raving about them. As our time here shortens, I
realize how much I will miss every brother and sister from my team that I have
grown t

o love over these past nine months. In a recent team meeting, we heard
wise words from our fearless leader, Seth Barnes Jr., encouraging us to not
grow tired even though our time here is winding down. Seth said, "Tomorrow is
not guaranteed and yesterday is already gone. All you have is right now." How
that stuck with me. I remind myself daily that all I have is today to live to
the fullest. To pour into each relationship, to love the Lord with my all, to
enjoy each breath, today is the day. Many other wise words have come from my
teammates, but those words from Seth run through my mind daily.

I pray that the Lord is speaking to you
also in the various areas of your life. Let's stay attentive to His voice so to
make the most of each blessed moment we have on this earth!