The first week of our regular schedule. Here is what a typical week looks like:
7:00-7:20 Breakfast
7:20-8:00 Quiet Time
8:00-12:00 Worship, Intercession and Lecture
(exceptions: Monday-all base worship & intercession, Tuesday-tracks 8:20-9:45, Friday -tracks 10:15-12:00)
12:00-12:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Meetings (Outreach Prep or Small Groups)
3:00-5:00 Work Duties (my job is to clean the preschool)
5:00-5:30 Dinner
6:45-9:00 Lecture (ONLY on Monday) every other evening is free except Thursday when we have our Community Meeting @7pm
Hope that makes sense.
A bit about lectures first and then I will get onto highlights of the week. The speaker was Mike Phillips and he continued on the topic of hearing God and prayer. This was a really interesting week as every week is, lots of information! I'll just quickly summarize some of the things I'm learning.
Why do we want to hear God's voice?
-to quiet the voices that aren't true
-to explain me (for application in my life)
-to hear him say 'I LOVE you'
An interesting quote Mike gave us:
“Without God, we are meaningless sacs of chemicals.”
There are many different ways to hear from God
Four Primary Ways
-Thought patterns
-Visual (visions, dreams)
-Emotions
-Intuitive
Other Ways
-Scriptures
-Prophetic Actions
-Peace
-Metaphors
-Deja Vu
-Whole being experiences
Steps in Receiving Something from God
Reception -who, what, when, etc.
Interpretation -what does this mean? Who is it for?
Application
Just a bit of information for you to chew on. Now some highlights of the week:
the beginning of track times
On Monday track times, we will be working with facilities on the base learning different skills to add to our toolbox that may be useful on outreach. This week, we worked in one of the new houses they are building on the base. I got to use a nail gun and a mitre saw for the first time ever! I also did some caulking around the windows, filling in cracks.
the beginning of STOP@5's
These are short presentations (3-5 minutes) that each student has to do in front of the class and any other guests sitting in on lectures. The topic can be any character or attribute of God. (mine isn't until the end of the month)
That's pretty much it for this week. Well I did get sick, but it's not really worth mentioning since it is long over with! Thanks for reading!
Some more scenery pictures: (these are some of my pictures, not stolen from other people!)
another picture of the base (that is my dorm on the left hand side) You can't see my room because it is behind the tree!
more of the base
the beautiful mountains and nature around us
2 comments:
I love how pretty it is there! The hills make me think of tobogganing :) It sounds great Alice what you have been learning and how relevant and challenging it is to apply it into your life (and mine!). It's a hot 37*C today, but am thinking of you and excited for your adventure coming up in Thailand! love ya :)
I got to read your blog this evening-good pictures and good info, It helps to know how to pray for you when you hear of your lectures and your adventures. Love you a lot, Ae
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