!! October !!

Hi everyone, here is an update on October!!

In terms of activity, this month has been quite quiet which has been quite nice, the rain kind of limits a lot of activities here!!  I have settled into my new house, I have gotten food poisoning from mushrooms, I have been fed nearly everyday by friends, I heard the rat that lived in my house get caught by a cat, I have waded ankle deep in flooding rain water, I have cried from too much chilli, I have killed three cockroaches and much more!!! So you could say that I have pretty much settle in here to a certain extent!!

This being Sri Lanka,  the Children’s Day thing mentioned in a previous post didn't happen!!   I am still learning to be very flexible when it comes to others organizing things!! But I did speak at the ladies meeting last Saturday on the importance of being in God’s presence, being patient and expectant and seeking till we find.  I spoke about Deborah, one of my favourite characters in the bible who dwelt in God’s presence and from that place she was able to rule and judge and save Israel with wisdom and authority. I was also able to introduce the concept of prophetic art, and hearing from God for ourselves, to hear what He thinks of them, to see things in the Spirit.  They all listened to God and drew their pictures, it was the beginning of a new thing in each of their lives where they now know that they can hear God and not only the leaders of the church and hopefully be able to have more interaction with God and seek more of Him.  I was also asked to help in the organisation and ideas of what to do in the future ladies meetings, which is a nice open door to introduce more things of God to them and hopefully really be able to strengthen them in their faith and living out their faith and knowing how valuble they are to God.

I had dreamt about this ladies meeting for quite a while, even before I was asked to do it.  Whilst I was dreaming about it I was also praying for it and getting words, and strategies on how to do it.  I am reminded that dreaming with God is like preparing things with Him, together making it happen, together deciding how it’s going to go. God sows things into dreams, awakes our imagination and our desires for what we want to see happen and He shows us how it could work.  What happened in the ladies meeting was what I had dreamed that I wanted to see happen. So...I encourage you to dream and to take a step into making it a reality, have courage, be bold, because they really can become reality!!

Paint your dreams on the sky.... no limits, dream BIG

Yet again my faith in God's provision has been put to the test, and of course, He doesn't fail!!  I found myself for 10 about days with only about 50p in my purse not knowing when I would get a top up!!  I was again reminded of the story of the 5 loaves and fishes, and whatever we have, if we give it to God He can multiply it, and use it in incredible ways, whether it be food, money, talents, words, anything. Over these few years of living by faith I know that God doesn’t give money early, nor does He give it late, He gives it right on time and enough :)

 

Last month I said to some people in the team formed in the last few years that I was here, that I would be doing a Funday in November. In fact I had even given a date.  But not having a huge amount of money I started thinking to myself, maybe I should do it another month. So I sort of put it to the back of my mind.  But at the ladies meeting one of them came up to me and asked me about it, and reminded me the date I had given her!! I could only say yes it’s still happening, even though I had even less than 50p by then, but inside I thought 'oh my goodness'!!  But when I got home by the evening I saw that I had received more than enough to be able do it. Thank God!! So the Funday  is now really booked in for the 17^th November!! So should be great!!! Saying ‘YES’ to God,  allows amazing things to happen!!

I have found it quite difficult getting back into everything here, and some of the harder times, but despite the storms, the wind that blows me and tries to topple me over, discouragements, I still want to stay in the boat with Jesus, because it’s actually the safest place to be wherever it may take me.

Thank you for your prayers and support and helping me step out and live my dreams :)