Hey friends,
It's been a little while, so I thought I would write a quick update to let you know what's up. We have been learning a lot these past few weeks. Yes, we always learn a lot, but I don't always mention it. We have been hearing a lot about bitterness and what it can do to a person lately. I always find it interesting that I can be sitting in church hearing something one day from one person and then hear about the same thing on the radio, through an email, or just about anywhere else from someone else. God works like that a lot!
So anyway, we've been learning about how bitterness takes root in people and then all sorts of terrible things come as a result. The fruit that bitterness puts out can be bad relational fruit, such as being just plain mean to people, it can be bad mental fruit, such as never thinking you are good enough for anything, or it can be bad physical fruit. The Bible says in Hebrews 12:15, "See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of
bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become
defiled" (ESV) Too often we allow bitterness to take root in our lives and then that causes trouble for us and causes us to become defiled. To be defiled means to be tainted, polluted, or unclean. There is healing and cleansing for this, but in my opinion it is better to resist allowing bitterness to defile us in the first place. Just some food for thought.
There are many things coming up for me in the near future. I am going to Jasper, Arkansas in September for a school focused on Revival. This is about a week long and by the end I will have earned 12 college credit hours (4 college level classes). I, unfortunately, will be missing my friend Jessica's wedding to be at this school. I hate missing it because I know the wedding will be awesome! I definitely wish her and Matthew all the best!
In October I will be traveling back into Obregon, Sonora, Mexico and the surrounding areas. We will be ministering all the way down and back as well. Please pray for our team! At the end of December into the beginning of January I plan to be a part of a prayer journey all over Israel. I would love to discuss the details of that with you in person if you would like to know more about what I will be doing there. Right now the plans are still being finalized. Please pray for me because I feel that God wants me to go on this trip, but it will cost around $3500, which I do not have. I am praying about how to raise the money I need for all of these trips.
There is always a lot happening here and I hope that you enjoy reading about some of it. Feel free to leave me a comment or email/facebook me to let me know how you're doing and what is happening in your world!
