Speckled Trout
Hey everyone! It has been an awfully long time since I have wrote on the blog and why not do it while I'm feeling sentimental? Where to begin? Tonight our floor meeting actually prompted me to write this blog, that combined with spending the past weekend with Kev, Katie, Jord, Rob, Al and Dan put all of you on my heart.
For any of you who don't know I am back at Ambrose this year finishing my degree in Behavioral Sciences this year. The long term plan right now is to graduate this year, take next year off of school, possibly travel if I can find someone who wants (or can) go with me (consider that an open invitation!!) and then go back the next year for a two year masters program in education, butttt all of that is long term and the Lord can definitely change that at any time.
The fall has been... good. So different than I thought, but incredible in so many ways! I am doing 6 classes each semester this year so that I can graduate (unfortunately camp ministry just didn't transfer as a credit ;) ), and there are times I feel so overwhelmed.. Short term pain for long term gain is what I keep reminding myself.
Tonight at the end of our floor meeting,( which unfortunately I generally find pretty superficial) but at the end I really felt God prompt me to share with the floor about my moms illness last year and the incredible answer to prayer her regained strength has been! I also mentioned I feel that sharing what God is doing in our lives is a huge part of community (generally no one shares, our RA reads some scripture from the week) and then one of the girls shared she is currently being attacked by Satan and asked for prayer. Katie (who it has been amazing see her in Ambrose community, she's truly a huge blessing for us!) actually had us all go over to the girl and we as floor prayed for her right then and there which I hope will have broken down a lot of barriers on our floor, it is so powerful to pray together.
I am on "CPT" this year which is a planning committee for the Ambrose youth conference in March, and this has been the greatest source of my spiritual growth this year. I am definitely learning a lot about myself through this, as well as youth ministry, but the most incredible part has been the awe inspiring answers to prayer we as a team have been blessed with. When we were choosing our theme verse for the conference one guy read a verse, and it turned out one of the girls had shared the exact vision of that verse on our retreat, and another had journaled that verse earlier that day. Another time one of the guys on our team had torn his cornea and was unable to see and within an hour of the time we prayed for him he was healed. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be on this team.
I am so thankful to have Katie and Al here this year, and I am not just saying that because it seems likely they will eventually read this blog! Thanksgiving was an amazing time this year! It was incredible to have so many of you able to come to my home this Thanksgiving and meet my family. My parents this Thanksgiving truly blessed me! I think back to last year in the hospital and the pleading prayers that went with it, and to see my mom healthy this year was an amazing reminder that God answers prayer. As well just spending with my dad who somehow manages to relate every situation to an eternal perspective was so refreshing when I am feeling so overwhelmed with school.
I can't wait to hear how the rest of you are doing! I love each of you .
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
—Psalm 100:4
For any of you who don't know I am back at Ambrose this year finishing my degree in Behavioral Sciences this year. The long term plan right now is to graduate this year, take next year off of school, possibly travel if I can find someone who wants (or can) go with me (consider that an open invitation!!) and then go back the next year for a two year masters program in education, butttt all of that is long term and the Lord can definitely change that at any time.
The fall has been... good. So different than I thought, but incredible in so many ways! I am doing 6 classes each semester this year so that I can graduate (unfortunately camp ministry just didn't transfer as a credit ;) ), and there are times I feel so overwhelmed.. Short term pain for long term gain is what I keep reminding myself.
Tonight at the end of our floor meeting,( which unfortunately I generally find pretty superficial) but at the end I really felt God prompt me to share with the floor about my moms illness last year and the incredible answer to prayer her regained strength has been! I also mentioned I feel that sharing what God is doing in our lives is a huge part of community (generally no one shares, our RA reads some scripture from the week) and then one of the girls shared she is currently being attacked by Satan and asked for prayer. Katie (who it has been amazing see her in Ambrose community, she's truly a huge blessing for us!) actually had us all go over to the girl and we as floor prayed for her right then and there which I hope will have broken down a lot of barriers on our floor, it is so powerful to pray together.
I am on "CPT" this year which is a planning committee for the Ambrose youth conference in March, and this has been the greatest source of my spiritual growth this year. I am definitely learning a lot about myself through this, as well as youth ministry, but the most incredible part has been the awe inspiring answers to prayer we as a team have been blessed with. When we were choosing our theme verse for the conference one guy read a verse, and it turned out one of the girls had shared the exact vision of that verse on our retreat, and another had journaled that verse earlier that day. Another time one of the guys on our team had torn his cornea and was unable to see and within an hour of the time we prayed for him he was healed. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be on this team.
I am so thankful to have Katie and Al here this year, and I am not just saying that because it seems likely they will eventually read this blog! Thanksgiving was an amazing time this year! It was incredible to have so many of you able to come to my home this Thanksgiving and meet my family. My parents this Thanksgiving truly blessed me! I think back to last year in the hospital and the pleading prayers that went with it, and to see my mom healthy this year was an amazing reminder that God answers prayer. As well just spending with my dad who somehow manages to relate every situation to an eternal perspective was so refreshing when I am feeling so overwhelmed with school.
I can't wait to hear how the rest of you are doing! I love each of you .
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
—Psalm 100:4
posted by Jahnaya at 11:10 PM
4 Comments:
i miss you. :)
Hearing about your moms heath Bring so much Joy to my heart.. I want to say you have no idea.. But you probly do!.. Prais the Lord on high, Our faithful God!
I'm super stoked that katie is now going to school with you and al Thats so rad!! I pray your friendship with eachother grows stronger as you learn and grow togeather! i also pray for your flor, That Gods ever present spirit would move so visibly in each room and you would All conect on a crazy spiritual leval that it blowa your mind!!
love you jay!
Thanks for the encouragement & prayer Michelle, I really appreciate it!
Aww, so good to hear from you! I'm really excited for what God is doing in and around you! Keep on going even through the loads of classes! Hope to see you sometimes soon,
Steve!
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