Week 8 Summary

The summaries have been a little delayed this week. Week 7 was just posted today (November 27th) but I back-dated it for last Sunday (November 21). So, just scroll down to check out week 7's summary!

Week 8 has been a great week! A short one too because of American Thanksgiving and all the preparations for the big 50th Anniversary of YWAM!

Week 8's focus was "Relationships" with Faith Dutton for two days and her husband Andrew Dutton for one day. Faith spoke about God's standards for relationships, loving the way that God intended, unity and integrity. Andrew spoke to us about submission. The lectures were bold, challenging and very practical to live out!

My favorite lines from my notes for week 8 are (be aware...there are lots of them this week!):
- "Know that you are doing something that is the word of the Lord not just a good idea!"
- "There is no better or safer place to be than in the middle of the Will of the Lord."
- "Relationships encompass who God is."
- "Your relationship with God will impact your relationships with others."
- "Does your life reflect the love of God?"
- "If we have fear we are not abiding in perfect love."
- "We suck from others emotionally to fill our tanks. Who fulfills you?"
- "If you are constantly needing affirmation, you are living in selfishness because it is all about you."
- "I am responsible for my response to others' actions."
- "Your lack of communication is communicating for you."
- "Relationships have to be fostered. They don't just happen."
- "When your barrel is kicked, what flows out? Acid or honey? The battle is won or lost in your heart."
- "Your relationships are the #1 area where you will be tested."
- "Have things in your life that protect you from compromise. What safeguards do you have for yourself?"
- "Holding on to rights brings death. My rights need to be laid at the cross."
- "It's really easy to say the right things. Does your life reflect the things that come out of your mouth when the pressure is on?"
- "Are you being all those things you ask someone else to be towards you?"
- "If God convicts you of something than it's a big deal to Him!"
- "Submission is not obedience. It's a heart posture."
- "As leaders, never quench the Spirit of God."
- "Leadership is not positional. It is influence."
- "Pride is like body odor. It has to be washed off every day!"

Other highlights:
- Learning about 4K mapping from a cartographer missionary! An awesome tool to complete the Great Commission!
- Learning more details about South Africa during outreach prep and got to see the places we're going on Google Earth!
- The best community outreach night so far on Tuesday! I got a hug from one of the girls I've been going to talk to weekly! And we got to pray for a woman with an infection on her feet/limping in pain and she got healed! Not only that but we got to share the love of Jesus. She was touched and crying and it was awesome to speak into her life and tell her about Jesus!
- We had our first American Thanksgiving! It was great! Good food, our Hawaiian Ohana (family) and quality time with games for hours!
- We have a sweet schedule from Thursday until Monday because we don't have work duty this weekend. We're the teardown crew for after the 50th next weekend! It has been sooooo refreshing to sleep, rest and get caught up on emails and phone calls!

Here are some pictures from week 8!

Life of a missionary kid...nap time in the classroom on a mat!

3 out of 5 of our South Africa guys! Shane, Matt (from Germany) and Stephen (from Canada).

3 out of 5 of our South Africa girls! Me, Allison (from South Korea) and Sueji (from South Korea).

Out for team building at Bubba Gumps....Mud Pie!

The other 2 South Africa guys in front of Bubba Gumps. Cam and Andrew (both from the USA). I love the goofy expressions!

Shane and I at our Thanksgiving Meal!

Nancy (my one-on-one) and myself at the party!

Allison, myself and Ashley (from New York). All on the South Africa team!

Our table for Thanksgiving (left to right: Val (USA), Samantha (USA/South Korea), Aric (USA), David (Brazil), Shane, myself and Sueji (South Korea) ).

LOVING the pumpkin pie!

We're going into week 9 and it's going to be intense with the 50th Anniversary! Time to par-tay!