Fundraising

God is so fun! There are just less than 3 weeks until I leave for Mozambique and I need just $2000 of the $6000 needed to go. It's the home stretch. I am so blessed so have such wonderful friends cheering me on! Thank you Jesus!

On Monday the 28th, Memorial Day, Landisville (near Lancaster) is having their annual community yard sale. This is supposedly a huge event and people come so early in the morn that they bring flash lights! (Crazy Lancaster people!) I would encourage you to do some early spring cleaning and give all those clothes you haven't worn in a while and that nice dresser, flat screen TV, George Foreman, and those nice sparkly diamond earrings to the yard sale! Whatever is sold will be put toward the remainder of the trip costs. I will gladly come and pick up your precious treasures and of course you are welcome to always come to the yard sale on the 200 block Main Street!


The last homestretch fundraiser is to clean a refurbished house in the Lancaster area. This will be a days worth of work and will even take less time the more people I we round up. It will be Saturday, June 2nd and we'll start at about 9am. All you have to do is show up. We'll be getting our praise on with the music blaring and I'll supply lunch, snacks and drinks. I would really appreciate all the help I could get. Even if you can only give a few hours cleaning windows or dusting I would soo very much appreciate it.

Please let me know if you would like to participate in the giving of junk.. errr... treasures and/or cleaning. Much much love in all your help!

Lastly, if the Lord has placed it on your heart to support me in anyway with this life changing, world changing trip to the Holy Given School, then by all means there is no better time to give than now. Funds are coming down to the wire so check under the seats of your car, pockets, and sofas for spare change. I know the Lord will return whatever you sowed by having it reaped back to you multiplied! God's good like that, He loves your heart either way. Thank you :)

Joshua in the Tent

After church today I went to Outdoor World (which is like half the Harrisburg Mall) and I bought a $20 tent for Mozambique. Of course I was excited so I set it up in my bedroom. I went in, closed the little zipper door with my bible and soy milk and fell asleep. I can't image what my roommate would have done if she walked in and found a tent set up in my room with me sleeping in it. Haa. I can remember me and my sister Sandie taking blankets and sheets, draping them over the kitchen chairs and sofas creating an endless adventure. There's something about a tent that is so much fun. It's a little cocoon. I can't help but to think about Joshua and the Lord meeting him in the tent.

Exodus 33

"7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the "tent of meeting." Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. 9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the LORD spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to his tent. 11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent."

Now if there was a cloud over the tent, that I do not know, but I know I woke up hot as the entrance was shut. God so longs to be with us in our tents, in our quiet time, no matter what it looks like. Jesus meets us when we take time to listen and be quiet. So many times I love to run my mouth to the Lord and I wonder why I don't hear Him. Because I don't give Him a chance to talk. It's so precious to be silent before the Creator of the Universe and be in His presence.

A few verses later...
"The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Exodus 33:14

One of my favorite verses is Psalm 46:10

"Be still, and know that I am God..."

"Be still and know that I am"

"Be still and know"

"Be still"

"Be"

It's so simple. Just be. Lets not make it harder than it truly is. Love.

That's what I want. We can do nothing without the presence of Jesus. So many times I try and strive to gain holiness to be closer to Him and God says no. It's GRACE. I have this religious man striving attitude sometimes where I feel I have to earn Gods love by doing this or saying that. The Jesus way is a receiving faith.

Galatians 19-21
"What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn't work. So I quit being a "law man" so that I could be God's man. Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not "mine," but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not going to go back on that.
Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God? I refuse to do that, to repudiate God's grace. If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily."

I Love the way The Message puts it. LIVE LIVE LIVE! True life is found only in Jesus Christ the hope of glory! God never ceases to amaze me that the very God who breathed this earth into existence is living in me! So knowing that, we need to die every day so Christ can truly live through us. It's so beautiful. I want to have a deeper revelation on Christ in me.

"... Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27

Angels

God is so funny. He's given me this gift to experience angels. I hear names of people's angels. I just ask and the Lord tells me. Sometimes I get to see a glimpse of the angels in their glory and it just makes me want to see more.

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A few weeks ago God told me my angels names were Samuel and Philip. Philip is more gentle, graceful, and softened to the heart of God. Samuel is a powerful angel. I don't know why I know these things I just do, I really cannot explain it. I have to get The Name Book which references names to their biblical interpretation, but for now thinkbabynames.com is really awesome (might I add it's not a Christian site but God does amazing things).

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Philip is of Greek origin meaning "horse lover" and of course it's one Jesus's apostles. Other than that I've never rode a horse before and don't have a particular great likening towards horses. I'm sure I'll receive further revelation sometime.

Samuel is of Greek origin meaning "God heard" "God's heart" or "God's Name." Yes Lord!

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The other week in church during the alter call the Lord said, "Warring Angels." Then as I stood I saw two angels, one on the left and the other on the right, about 7 feet tall, and both with a staff in one hand. Whoaa! Then I heard their names,"Joseph and Shenai." I found that Joseph means "Jehovah increases." Thank you Jesus! I know this angel will be used as God desires to increase His territory and reign of India. I've never heard of the name or word Shenai before, that's when it gets fun. I googled it (I wonder if that word is in the dictionary) and I found that it is an oboe instrument.... an instrument in Northern India! And it is one of the nine instruments used in the palace courts! WOW WOW! This angels will help me move to the rhythm and culture of India. This is so cool!

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My heart is growing more and more for India every day. When Lord will I be sent to this country?! Jesus keeps pouring out so much peace in my heart during these last days of preparation. I'm so thankful.

Open Windows

Entering in.

The other night I had a dream where I was running away from this crocodile and it was climbing up the stairs after me. I tripped and it started to rip apart my feet to my ankles. I was scared to death as blood covered my feet and I ran and shut the door to my bedroom. I then climbed out of the window onto the roof and down onto the porch of my old house. I started yelling in a panic to my parents and grandmother that we needed to kill this crocodile before he comes again! They gave me wax paper and said this will do it, and I was like, NO you don’t yet it! You need a gun or something to kill it! I then looked down at my feet and there were just a few puncture holes and not nearly the mess it was before.

When you wake up after a dream like that you feel.. uhhhh! What does that mean Lord?! It is very evident was the enemy is not happy with me desiring to take back this land of India and foremost going to the Holy Given School. I know I walk around with spiritual combat boots claiming the territory of the Lord and bringing healing and salvation and joy and good hope to all! The stupid enemy is trying to ruin my feet so I cannot walk among the nations. Windows are significant; it’s symbolized as revelation, a place of entering into the Lord.

A few days later I had a very similar dream, one that followed up on the previous. My friends were in a house and pointed out the window and said go there so I did. I climbed out the window to the place on the grass where they pointed to. Then they started screaming about these killer dogs! These huge brown big dogs ran to me with all their might ready to devour me to pieces. I was scared! As soon as one got to me it stop dead in front of me and jumped over me. Then the rest dispersed in a confusion as if I was invisible.

There is victory! The enemy has been defeated! Now we have to act like it!

I want to enter into that window and grab hold of the promises and LIVE out everything God has destined me to be. God, I long to enter in a state of effortless supernatural being. I want to lay hands on people or better yet, speak healing and have it accomplished. I hate striving because I end up getting tired and right back where I started from. Religion is all about striving and running around like crazy people in circles until you get so dizzy to fall down in utter defeat.

I believe there is something big coming. We are on the verge! The verge of this window, this spiritual window, this gate to enter into a deeper glory and revelation.

It’s there now, we must enter in.

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in my house,
And try Me now in this,
Says the Lord of hosts,
If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.”
Malachi 3:10

There's RISK in FAITH

The Lord has put me in a spot where I have no choice but to follow Him. One part of me thinks, how did I get myself into into this good mess. Then I remember that I gave my life to the glorious call and purposes of Jesus. There has been so many marvelous things happening that make me say "yeaaa" and "ouch" at the same time.

I leave in just a month for the Holy Given School in Mozambique. It's been difficult at times to find rest amidst the chaos. How did Jesus ever sleep on that boat when there was a big storm and His disciples thought they were going to die?! It's faith.

There is a RISK we need to take in FAITH.

Jesus knew He wasn't going to die, but he took that risk/faith and went into a sleep while the world around Him was spinning.. He was found resting with the Lord. It's such a divine, supernatural rest and I long to be there.

I have about a miracle $3,000 left to raise and a job to get for the upcoming school year in just a month. I'm currently a year long term sub at Hershey MS, I get back August 15th, just ready to dive into teaching again. God literally has to come through or nothing can happen. I have no choice but to rely on Him. I do not have the money so if it does not come in I cannot go. I cannot make someone hire me. If I don't get hired before I go, I won't have a full time job when I come back. I I I.. yuck.. I'm glad I have to stay out of this. I've given the Lord complete reign and rule over all of this. All I can do is pray it through and obey obey obey when He says to move. There's a comfort in that, yet the risk and the position I'm putting myself in makes me feel very vulnerable. I know victory is around the corner.

This is such a battle, warfare, to take back the Land that has been stolen, India. After many years of wandering in the desert the Israelites finally reach the Promise Land. People are sent to scope out the land and to bring a report. The report was more than they expected... a beautiful land with plentiful food, and a land flowing with milk and honey. But there were giants. Of course there were, they want the land. But we are conquerors in Christ. The victory is already won! Go and seize what is rightfully yours! It's a land of glorious unending possibilities and a land of reward.

6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Isaiah 1


This is the land I am running after.


There's sometimes when the Lord literally has to carry me because I get so tired. It's not that I've lost faith but I get tired of running. Run for that prize (1 Cor 9:24) and the ultimate prize is knowing and experiencing the Love of Jesus far deeper than ever imagined. It's the longing of the Father's heart. To know Him. I'm searching for that rest among the storms as the winds have really started to blow. I want to rest with Jesus, supernatural rest. I'm learning a lot.

"My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me." Psalm 63:8

"Open the gates,
That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Trust in the LORD forever,
For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength." Isaiah 26:2-4

I don't always know what rest looks like. Before I thought it was sleep, then also being still, now also resting while I'm moving. I need to be a risk taker. Taking risks in faith and guided by the Holy Spirit allows God to move. I'm ready to move!

Nicaragua pictures

Here are some of my favorite Nicaragua pictures when I went last December with Global Celebration with the project called "Christmas with the Orphans."
I would absolutely love to go back. The love there was absolutely crazy bliss and I loved every minute. This trip was really the first time I dove into seeing in the supernatural. God also confirmed His word on my heart to be a mama to the orphans. He's so good.
Oh and they will have the trip again this year so come!!!