Lord, teach me.

Laura here. (you guys should encourage Alexa to blog more haha ;) )

Well, first week of lectures is almost over for us! This week we have been talking about the Fatherheart of God. Some of the main points have been that normally our perception of God is inaccurate. For instance, if someone's father left them or abused them, they tend to carry this attribute over to our heavenly Father. God is a God of love and comfort and protection and is incapable of ever hurting us or leaving us! That has been refreshing for me. Another thing we've touched on a lot is restoration of our earthy relationships with parents. That's been good as well.

We went camping this last weekend and although I don't particularly enjoy camping, I had a good time connecting with people and I'm glad God pushed me out of my comfort zone a bit. One thing I really thought about a lot this weekend is how important prayer is. Not just throughout the day when it's convenient or when I casually think of something to talk to God, but intentionally setting aside time every day to talk to Him and come to Him with requests. I think that sometimes our prayers reflect how big we think God is. So I've been challenged with that in asking God for big things. I've been praying ever since I got here that God would speak to me in a huge and radical way that is totally undeniable that anyone else could do the same thing. So far nothing really has happened and I've been slightly disappointed because during prayer and worship I'll look around and it seems like everyone but me has been prayed or prophesied over but then I'll realize that God could totally speak to me in other ways than that.

So. yeah. Also I've been thinking a lot about outreach and I'm still kind of thinking that Latvia/Moldova is where I'm supposed to go. I just feel it in my soul. But I am asking that God would totally and completely make it real to me! One thing about that location is that it's another $2000 or so that I didn't budget for so I will need to start support raising some more. So, if you are feeling led to donate or donate more, let me know! my email address is evanslaura31@gmail.com. 

Well, that's about all, folks. I'll try to update once a week or so for you guys. Love ya heaps.

xoxo,

laura