He is so faithful! I have been raising support, as most of you know, to finish paying for my outreach phase to Nepal! In the last two weeks the Lord has been so good to bring it all in! The last $2400 will be paid off by tomorrow!!! Praise Jesus! He is our great provider and such a good daddy! Faithful to do what seem impossible or hard in our eyes when we do what is possible!
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who gave and financially supported me and my team to send us off to Nepal to share the love and life of Jesus with the people there. How the Lord moves and works, the lives that are changed and transformed and saved while we are there, are in direct partnership and is possible because of your support! I wouldn't be able to go without you so THANK YOU! Blessings to you! I can't wait to share all of the stories and people that I meet in Nepal with you when I get back! We are at 22 days until we depart for Nepal!! I can't believe that it's coming so fast!!!
Lecture phase continues to be amazing! Week 7... (sorry I haven't updated you all in so long!) we had incredible teaching on the Bible, specifically the gospel of John, by our school leader's dad, John Gillespie Sr. he's a pastor in England. The excitement and realness about the word of God and the history of the bible really came alive to me through his teaching and impartations to us. He challenged us to celebrate in the miracles in the bible as if we were there and a part of them. It is part of our history. We should be just as excited and praising Jesus now that He raised Lazarus from the dead as if we were there, because it is REAL! Jesus really did raise him from the dead! It happened!! What an incredible God we serve! AND He's still moving and working in power NOW! Week 8 was a short week (it was Thanksgiving on Thursday here so we had a long weekend, which was awesome!) and we had our co-school leader Steve Schallert teach on worldview, and what having a Christocentric worldview looks like. It was a very challenging and amazing week, shattering some of our views and thoughts that were not Christ-centered or how He would think. Allow us to enter into a dialogue about what life would look like if Jesus really meant what He preached on in the Sermon on the Mount.
This week is another corporate week, with all the DTS' coming together for corporate worship and teaching. This weeks focus is on "making God known", on evangelism and the gospel. Getting teaching and practical tools and equipping us on proclaiming the gospel.
Another fun thing is my parents are here this week which has been so fun and such a blessing! Its been great being able to see them and share with them what life has been like here and what the Lord is doing face to face!
Thank you all for your support and prayers! The Lord is so good to me and continues to show me His faithfulness. I love His presence, I love worshipping my King! I love that this is my job for the rest of my life, to be loved by Him and to love Him! Praise! :)
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Almost Half Way Through Lecture Phase!
So onto week six here in Kona! In some ways it feels like its been so much longer than almost 6 weeks, and in others it feels like I've been here for so much longer! Our lectures have continued to be amazing, the Lord is being so faithful to pour out revelation and deeper understanding of who He is and what he has called us to be and do with Him. Last week we had one of the main leaders here on base, Andy Byrd, talk on the heart of the revolutionary and revivalist. It was amazing and super practical, calling us to a higher standard, living our lives fully for Jesus because its all about Him and He is worthy!
For a great summary of our week, my friend Steven Conant created a music mix of the three days Andy spoke that sums it up so well! click on the link that'll take you to the site to listen to it! Its really good so you should! :)
messagemix-glory
This week we're doing topics on the Holy Spirit, different aspects of his character and ways. We have a new speaker everyday so we're hearing from lots of amazing people. I'm continuing to just let the Lord reveal things to me and love on me while I rest in him and chase after and gaze on Jesus!!
We leave for Nepal in about a month and a half!! Craziness! We still don't have a ton of information on what we will exactly be doing there but are aware of a few things. We leave on December 21st and start our long trek to Nepal! We have a few layovers, including one in Seoul, Korea and 2 days in Bangkok, Thailand (where we will spend Christmas Day) and then get into Katmandu, Nepal on the 26th. We know that we will be working and staying with Iris Ministries, but not completely sure exactly what we will be doing. If you're curious about Iris Ministries click here to go to their website! They're an amazing ministry whose vision is to bring God's healing, hope, and salvation to Nepal's orphans, homeless, lost and poor by being the loving hands and feet of Jesus We're super excited to be working with them and serving them! As we find out and plan more of what our outreach will look like, I'll keep you all updated!
Our total outreach cost is going to be approximately $5000. I have already had $2500 paid in and provided for by the Lord! I am still in need of another $2500 that is due in 2 weeks. I know the Lord has called me to Nepal so I know he will provide. Please pray about financially supporting me and my team as we head off to minister God's love to the people in Nepal! If He's leading you to give, click on the donate button on the right side of the page. Here's the information you'll need:
Petersen
Carlynn
carlypetersen89@gmail.com
November 14th, 1989
DTS - Community Transformation
Sept 2011
Then choose "outreach fees" and enter an amount!
Prayer in also needed as we continue to get ready. Pray for unity within our team as we are still getting to know each other and pray about each of our roles in the team. Thank you all so much! I know that the Lord has and will continue to respond to your prayers! Love you all!!
If you want any other information or want to contact me you can email me at: carlypetersen89@gmail.com
or call me 253-227-0054
Blessings!
For a great summary of our week, my friend Steven Conant created a music mix of the three days Andy spoke that sums it up so well! click on the link that'll take you to the site to listen to it! Its really good so you should! :)
messagemix-glory
This week we're doing topics on the Holy Spirit, different aspects of his character and ways. We have a new speaker everyday so we're hearing from lots of amazing people. I'm continuing to just let the Lord reveal things to me and love on me while I rest in him and chase after and gaze on Jesus!!
We leave for Nepal in about a month and a half!! Craziness! We still don't have a ton of information on what we will exactly be doing there but are aware of a few things. We leave on December 21st and start our long trek to Nepal! We have a few layovers, including one in Seoul, Korea and 2 days in Bangkok, Thailand (where we will spend Christmas Day) and then get into Katmandu, Nepal on the 26th. We know that we will be working and staying with Iris Ministries, but not completely sure exactly what we will be doing. If you're curious about Iris Ministries click here to go to their website! They're an amazing ministry whose vision is to bring God's healing, hope, and salvation to Nepal's orphans, homeless, lost and poor by being the loving hands and feet of Jesus We're super excited to be working with them and serving them! As we find out and plan more of what our outreach will look like, I'll keep you all updated!
Our total outreach cost is going to be approximately $5000. I have already had $2500 paid in and provided for by the Lord! I am still in need of another $2500 that is due in 2 weeks. I know the Lord has called me to Nepal so I know he will provide. Please pray about financially supporting me and my team as we head off to minister God's love to the people in Nepal! If He's leading you to give, click on the donate button on the right side of the page. Here's the information you'll need:
Petersen
Carlynn
carlypetersen89@gmail.com
November 14th, 1989
DTS - Community Transformation
Sept 2011
Then choose "outreach fees" and enter an amount!
Prayer in also needed as we continue to get ready. Pray for unity within our team as we are still getting to know each other and pray about each of our roles in the team. Thank you all so much! I know that the Lord has and will continue to respond to your prayers! Love you all!!
If you want any other information or want to contact me you can email me at: carlypetersen89@gmail.com
or call me 253-227-0054
Blessings!
Thursday 3 November 2011
He is Worthy!
A heart poured out, a life poured out for you, my God!
I think one of the things the Lord has been highlighting throughout the past 5 weeks is the worthiness of the man Jesus. It's all about Him. Everything points to Him. Everything is for Him. And He is worthy of everything. All our praise, all our adoration, all our doubts and fears, our dreams and passions, our longings and desires - our whole entire lives. He is worthy of my life poured out at His feet. He gave everything for me so it only makes sense that He is worthy of me giving Him my entire life. When we set our minds and gaze on Jesus, everything else fades away, nothing else matters. Look at what He did and who He is. He is the most beautiful and attractive thing in the entire world. And He loves me with radical love every minute of every day, no matter what. It never changes, never increases or decreases in what I do or don't do. He is relentless in His pursuit of my heart every day. It's just an intense and overwhelming thought, that I am radically, wholeheartedly loved and pursued by the God of the universe. He likes, loves and is ravished by me. When we truly stop and think about that, it changes everything. What else really matters is I am completely loved by the most perfect love every moment exactly the way I am?! This is so crazy! We can truly never be the same after we encounter this love. I pray that every day he will release more revelation that I can go deeper into this revelation of His love. That I will be able to grasp a little bit more how deep and wide and long and high is the Love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. He gave up everything for me, just so I could come back into full intimacy and fellowship with Him. So I could be with Him where He is! Why would I not give everything back? And lay it all down at His feet?! My whole heart and life poured out at His feet! He is so completely worthy. No one else is. Only Jesus is worthy of it. It never matters what else is going on or how I am feeling because He is always worthy of me praising and worshipping Him and giving it all to Him. Its such a joy to pour my life out for Him. I long to do it! It's the only right response to this kind of love and pursuit!
Just some thoughts from my time with the Lord tonight! :)
I think one of the things the Lord has been highlighting throughout the past 5 weeks is the worthiness of the man Jesus. It's all about Him. Everything points to Him. Everything is for Him. And He is worthy of everything. All our praise, all our adoration, all our doubts and fears, our dreams and passions, our longings and desires - our whole entire lives. He is worthy of my life poured out at His feet. He gave everything for me so it only makes sense that He is worthy of me giving Him my entire life. When we set our minds and gaze on Jesus, everything else fades away, nothing else matters. Look at what He did and who He is. He is the most beautiful and attractive thing in the entire world. And He loves me with radical love every minute of every day, no matter what. It never changes, never increases or decreases in what I do or don't do. He is relentless in His pursuit of my heart every day. It's just an intense and overwhelming thought, that I am radically, wholeheartedly loved and pursued by the God of the universe. He likes, loves and is ravished by me. When we truly stop and think about that, it changes everything. What else really matters is I am completely loved by the most perfect love every moment exactly the way I am?! This is so crazy! We can truly never be the same after we encounter this love. I pray that every day he will release more revelation that I can go deeper into this revelation of His love. That I will be able to grasp a little bit more how deep and wide and long and high is the Love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. He gave up everything for me, just so I could come back into full intimacy and fellowship with Him. So I could be with Him where He is! Why would I not give everything back? And lay it all down at His feet?! My whole heart and life poured out at His feet! He is so completely worthy. No one else is. Only Jesus is worthy of it. It never matters what else is going on or how I am feeling because He is always worthy of me praising and worshipping Him and giving it all to Him. Its such a joy to pour my life out for Him. I long to do it! It's the only right response to this kind of love and pursuit!
Just some thoughts from my time with the Lord tonight! :)
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