Monday, July 23, 2012

I2I DTS Week 6!

Lecture phase is already half over! Wow! The weeks are flying by!

Week 6 of DTS was on the topic of the Father heart of God! What a good topic! Our speaker was our very own school leader, Athol Barnes and he did a great job! Many of our students were touched in a deep way by the Lord this week and the testimonies of the revelation, healing and forgiveness that took place was awesome to hear!
Reading Noah The Father's Love Letter in class
Highlights of the week:
- Noah started peaches and peas this week! He really likes peas! I'm glad because I need more green veggies in his repertoire because someone noticed his nose is getting a little orange =)
Shane feeding Noah peas!
- Laying down for a nap each day
- Talking with my sibs
- Surprise brunch for the students! Thursday morning we made a shmorgasbord of yummy things for brunch to show in a tangible way, the extravagant love of the Father! It was a hit!
Yummy brunch!
 
 
That turned into a small whipped cream fight...
They still love each other =)
 - My one-on-ones!
Sarah (one of my one-on-one lovely ladies) and her kiddos!
- Got to be in class on Friday and hear testimonies of what the Lord did in the hearts of students this week! That was really encouraging!
Everyone wants to hold Noah=)
All of us, students, children and staff (minus Katrine)
 - Coffee with Christina on Friday afternoon! What a life saver after a rough night and rough naps that day! I returned home 2 hours later feeling WAY more human!
- Enjoyed playing games with the students on Saturday evening
Playing soccer on the big screen
- 2 of our students wanted to come over and make homemade pizza with us. We headed over to Walmart to get groceries and came back to our place and had a feast! Yummy homemade pizza, dessert and sparkling grape juice to celebrate! It was a great time with Calleen and Rebekah Sunday afternoon!
 
The pizza was SOOO good! We enjoyed our time with Calleen and Rebekah!
And dessert was sooooo good too!
 - Sunday evening we had a BBQ as a staff and played Cranium together! It was good to have some fun times together to bond as a team!
Noah and Christie
Everyone loves Noah's smile =)
Staff BBQ....just to let you know, those are root beers =)
Low lights of the week:
- Some brutal nights due to teething =( Since Friday, it's been really tough at night....I guess that is only a few days looking back, but it feels like forever to this tired momma! Thursday to Friday night was brutal!
- Noah has been refusing one of his four naps on most days this week. It has been tough at times but also a blessing if he's finally ready to go down to three! I would like that! So, as of yesterday, we are starting to try only 3 naps in a day. This week, naps have been harder (also probably due to teething). He's been a lot more cranky, not feeding as well and not going down for naps well =(
- Less time in the prayer room....and I need more!
- Update on the neighbor above situation....she's not moving out and 2 more ladies have moved in. I found out on Wednesday and had a little cry about it. We've had some dialogue about volume with the girls upstairs and they have been really nice about it. I was proud of myself for talking with them instead of being passive-agressive and getting upset in my apartment! 

Praise Reports from last week:
- Shane's headache is finally gone and the nausea and dizziness at night have been better!
- Noah slept well a few night's this week!
- Our students received from the Lord during the Father heart week!
- 8 out of 10 of our students have paid the lecture phase and a number have had incredible provision toward outreach in the last week or two!
- Though the tap was turned on 2 times in the last 3 days while Noah was sleeping, he didn't wake up! Yay! And though we can hear every foot step from the girls above, it hasn't woken Noah at night!

Prayer Requests for this next week:
- Continued healing for Shane....for the rest of the effects of the cold he's had this last week.
- Healing for me too....I've been having headaches (makes sense with the lack of sleep).
- Continued breakthrough in finances for our staff and students...especially those who are gathering funds for outreach to Brazil.
- Monthly partners to be apart of our team
- Continued grace for living in community (tenants above, tap situation, students, etc)
- That Noah would sleep through the night, not need to feed at night and grace for teething!
- One of our staff, Katrine, has been in a lot of pain and in and out of the ER the last few days. She has returned to the hospital today and they have admitted her. Please pray for speedy healing!
- Strength and energy to complete the next 6 weeks well!
- Wisdom and unity for our leadership team
- Encounter with the Lord for our hearts so we can give out of a place of abundance!
Noah loved Calleen's singing and guitar playing!
Noah's first encounter with a guitar
Noah discovered the kitchen and now he makes it there quickly from the living room!
He likes to sleep on his face....and he's started sleeping with his bum in the air =)
Going upstairs to do work duty with daddy!
Noah and Selah enjoying each other!
He sits and plays so well now!
Little drummer boy!
My cutie....sometimes my camera strangely chooses horizontal view instead of vertical and I don't know how to switch it!



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