Week 3 Applying the Spheres

Ok here goes another week come and gone already . This week from Monday-Wednesday the speaker was Colleen Milstein and she spoke via skype on applying the Spheres There are 8 influences of spheres the easiest way to remember them are by just remembering the first letters of the alphabet .: Art ,Business (or economy) ,Communications (or media) Discovery (for science and technology ) Education, Family Government and Holiness (for church) The teaching this week through skype was a little harder for me to understand just because I have a harder time following along if I don't have a teacher up front . I really enjoyed her teaching and her view on Orphanages and how yes not all of them are bad but it is not the ideal place for children if there are family or friends that can look after them. A good quote she gave was what a child needs to develop fully emotionally physically and intellectually is secure attachment with one caring adult . Another thing is a role of the family is to nurture and to bring out the childs gifting and to love with unconditional love .love is a choice and it may not always happen over night you have to choose everyday to love even in the difficult times .One of the biggest things I was challenged with this week as of all the weeks is that I just want to get out and serve I want to make a difference in the lives of Children , I have always considered working in an orphanage giving them the love they need even though I don't feel it is the best place for a child if that is a last resort then defiantly . Another thing I am continually being reminded and challenged on is how much education is a key in living and how I really truly want to get all I can out of these teachings so I can better understand and go out and educate others on the issues we face . One of the things she said that stuck out to me is how us Christians are suppose to be the hands and feet for the world we are suppose to be out spreading the good news of Christ all over even in the worst places the scariest the darkest places and this week has challenge me to the point where I want to go to the darkest places and spread Christ love. Her teaching has challenge me in more ways then not I am blown away everyday as I hear all the issues our world faces and I am ready to go out and make a difference I am ready to stop sitting around in my little comfort place where in my own little world everything is perfect I am ready to face reality and realize that the world is one messed up place and us Christians need to take up the challenge and get out and make a difference we need to stop sitting around pointing fingers at others to go and go out and serve ourselves .

Week One!

　
So I will try my best to recapture the first week of class in a better  read. The weeks topic was on A Framework Of Why We Are Here and the Teacher was Janna Moats. Some of the many points that stuck out to me were, God defends the cause ,God intensions for every child is for it to be in a family . The Child in the middle the people that are suppose to be helping the child to the best of their knowledge are first off family then extended family, then the local church (Christians) ,villages ,neighborhoods state and national government international government (WGO) and the multinational Corp . What would life be like if everything happened like this if we were always looking out for the Childs best interest ? If none of these have changed the child it is up to just us we are going to have to keep pushing for what God want for us to do to make a difference in Children’s lives .So many things in this week stuck out to me sometimes I had a hard time grasping the whole issues with so much information . A few questions that stuck out to me were What if the greatest spiritual battle of our time waged against children and we don’t even know it ? What if Satan understands the value of a child to God better then the church? .Hearing about the lives of children who grow up on the street was heart breaking and how some children are sent out as soon as they can walk to go on camel races to raise money ,How young girls are sold for a price for some stupid crime the father committed and couldn’t pay his price so he sells his own daughter .How young people are selling themselves because they don’t feel they have any more value then that they don’t feel they are worth anything more then to be a prostitute ,so even though they don’t want to be one they feel that is all they are good enough for . We are here for a reason to bring hope to the lost to get an education so we can better understand what all these young people are going through . I was challenged in so many amazing ways I just want to get out and make a difference in this horrible messed up world that we live in I want to learn all I can to better understand what people face today to be honest before I came to this school I would hear the news on the radio or T.V. and I was always turn it off because I never wanted to face reality I didn’t want to know how bad it I was happy in my own little world ,where everything seemed ok I didn’t want to face even though I knew I didn’t want to know the truth . I am heart broken to see what young girls my age or younger live with day in and day out what little kids go through and that is normal life to them defiantly not normal and not how God intended when he made the world but because we live in a fallen world where all it is everyone for themselves kids get lost Parents don’t take the time to teach their kids or love on them for that matter , Us Christians aught to be ashamed of ourselves for not stepping in and taking responsibility I want to be one of the few who go into the worst places and bring the love of Christ to the lost and the poor and the broken who have no hope because they never new it . I want to be the one to go and sit down with the young girls who think they have no value and tell them there is a better way of living this isn’t how God intended for them to live ,to show them love and that they can be free . This weeks teaching opened my eyes up to so much it helped me face reality and realized just how much of a messed up place I live in and I am amazed and Gods great love and how he continues to love of the children even in there messed up living and he loves on them when know one else does when family for get about them God never does and I am so blessed to have serve such and amazing God that loves unconditionally and how he wants the best for every one of them and how it breaks his heart worse then mine to see children live there lives in fear and never knowing what it is like to truly be loved.

week 2 completed

Hey Everyone a little better read then my last blog ! So here is the run down of my second week of my Children at Risk school . The teacher was Christy Scott who has been in ministry  since age 5 working with her dad and she spoke on Inner Healing and what that is . Inner healing is is going to the root of the issue and getting rid of anything that is holding us back,going into the deepest darkest places and getting rid of them all .Inner healing  takes a price and we have to be willing to say God I can't take this anymore please take it from me . A few of the many points that stuck out to me during this amazing week was Home gives us identity,worth,porpose,belonging and provision. Even David had a time in his life where he didn't feel like he belonged anywhere he cried to the lord in Psalms 84 saying even the sparrows have a home but where is my home where is my place where do I belong . We need to dig up the bad and fill it with things of God ,we don't have to heal ourselves we just have to be willing to let God heal us,we need to  ask God what do you think? what do you say about this ? God is waiting for us to come running into his arms for healing and for a place of belonging but he won't force it . God loved us from the beggining  and there is nothing we can do to make him love us anymore then he already does he loves us 100% just the way we are . We are created in his image.Anything that doesn't make you feel free is not from God  anything freeing is from God ,We no longer need to feel rejected because Christ accepted us just the way we are . So many amazing things were brought to me during this week I am just realizing more and more just how much I mean to God and how much God wants to just flow through us and fully redeem us .He thought we were to die for and that is why he gave his life for us took the horrible death for us because of his great love and we are just so blessed to have such a loving and wonderful saviour who loves and cares for us . Another Thing Jesus new all about rejection and fear but he chose not to fear because he knew his father was with him . Jesus never sought for approval from men his identity comes from his father and we know who God is and so therefore we know who we are . We never have to worry about getting acceptance from men all we need is God acceptance. I have heard these same things many of times through my life but the way they were brought up in last weeks class was where they really hit home and I really was able to come to fully understand and it is awesome as I look over my life and everything that has happened it amazes me that I am at the place where I am today I had a 1 on 1 with Christy after the first day of class and it was amazing to me at how she started putting my life puzzel together and started showing me different things about my life just through a few questions and through the holy spirit many questions were answered many that I never before new how to ask were finally laid out on the table and so many things that have happened in my past make sense now .I finally am able to gasp Gods love for me in a new and better way .   The biggest thing I took from this week is God wants us to be free ,when we know the truth the truth will set us free.

The start of a new me

As promised here is another update. Well Monday morning started our first day of class and I have to say it started out with a big bang alot of info and a bit of overwhelming news but all in all was a good start This week has been alot of info at the moment I can be honest and say like as far as what I am hearing I am not real sure what I am gettting out of it at the time but I know it is making it's way out slowly with alot of prossesing going on give in time I know it will be a lasting impression on my life the needs of the world are so great it is overwhelmming and you just want to get out and go save the children . I can be honest and say I have known about these issuse for so long but never wanted to face reality I was in my own comfort and the issues were way over there and now that I am faced with them and learning about this is is uncomfortable and so sad I hear about the street boys and the young girl sold into prostitution at a young age or the young girl who is sold as a price for a crime her father committed or the tiny little boys who are sold to camel races for a living until they get to big they are starved on purpose so they do not gain wieght so they can ride the camels for longer 40km is the the best size as soon as they are big enough to walk they are sold some leave there parents still with pacifiers in their months or even still drinking out of bottles to go work and then as soon as they are to big to ride the camels they are out of a job so the idea is to keep them small for as long as possible. So many horrible issues face this world that we live in Children are suppose to be loved and cared for and yet they are the ones in harm . Please pray for my school and the things we learn and for the issuse we face today , as I have found out in this first week this is a very draining emotional school and we need tons of prayer and Gods grace to get us through it  . So many questions have flooded my mind in this week of why me what did I do to deserve to be so blessed to be born in a christian home and a safe country and what did these kids do wrong although I know it has nothing to do with either of us the question still come and my friend just shared one verse with me that totally answered my questions ,Many are called but few are choosen and God chose me to be the shining light and to come to this school to learn about these issuse that have faced our world since the beggining .  So thank you for your prayers it is much needed to .

My new life

Hey Everyone just wanted to post my first blog and let you know on the happenings in my life and what lies ahead of me . So as most of you know I am currently in Costa Rica been here 1 week and it is awesome I will be doing The Children at Risk school which starts tomorrow and I am super excited to see what God has for me .  We are a team of 9 students and 5 staff just wanting to see what God has for us and to  learn all we can about the needs of at risk children all over the world . I have realized since being here in Costa Rica it is a dream come true and one well I actually never really dreamed about but it happened ,God has already been working in my life showing me that I have alot to learn and telling me I am going to be stretched which is ok I am willing to go all out for him through the good and bad times God never promised life would be easy and sometimes we feel like giving up but in the end result the picture is beautiful if we allow God to do the plowing we need in our hearts. God has been doing alot of plowing in my heart this first week of being here and it has been painful but the peace I feel now is a peace unexplainable the joy I have now can only come from the auther of peace and joy which is from the lord . It has been hard being so far away from home but I realize more and more everyday that God pulls me away from home to get stretched and to look for him for my strength rather then to always rely on my family and friends back at home he took me from my home into a country of total strangers placing me at a place where I don't know anyone and know one knows me so that he can do the work he needs to me in my life at this time. I have been tested at each corner and all I can say is relying on God is the best place I can be in right now I have met amazing people here had amazing talks with my staff leaders . My adventure didn't just start here my adventure starting in Jan of 2010 when I did my dts in Panama and went on my outreach to the country of Haiti which is the reason I am here in Costa Rica doing this school God took me out of the comforts of my home away from everyone to show me that he is all I need and he alone is enough . Spending 16 plus hous alone in the Miami airport alone while traveling here was all part of Gods plan he was teaching me that through him I can do anything if I put my trust in him , I don't know what all he has ahead of me but one thing I stand and can rest a sured in is that he has an amazing plan for my life and I am excited to see what it is . God is teaching me patience and trust and to have faith that he can and will move mountains in my life . They tell me this school is going to be hard and at times we won't want to be here at times we will want to run so I am asking that please keep all of us students and staff in your prayers as we draw closer to him . lifes are going to be changed through this time . I know I have only been gone a week but today I am not the same person I was when I got here last Sat, God has changed me it took it's time through pain and sickness and lots of prayer and relying on God and also on the staff and other classmates here I am just so thankful for my friends here.,and that I have a saviour that I can turn to at any moment for help and for a friend when I am lonely or afraid and unsure of what lies ahead . Thank you all for your prayers they are greatly appreciated and I would not be here if it wasn't for them .