Jesus Took My Bad Karma!!

So I've now been here in East Texas for 3 weeks....I can't believe its already been that long! well i feel like I have been in a class room for more than 3 weeks but  thats because i have the attention span of a small child....haha!! Since I haven't been on top of this blogging stuff i have some catching up to do!! Two weeks ago Dean Sherman was our teacher for a few days and he taught us about spiritual warfare. Here are a few basic principles that really stuck with me:
- Jesus took  my bad karma- how awesome is that, all the crap that you or I have done is forgiven and always will be.
- Spiritual warfare is 24/7 not event based-this is kind of a new concept for me but its so clear that it is true!
-Blinded minds can not see- Blinded minds meaning people that do not have a relationship with God. they are unable to understand the glory and grace of God because they are blinded by the god of this world, no matter what you say they cannot understand and that is reason that all we can do is pray that God opens their eyes to his wonder and majesty.

Last Saturday my entire Gateway training class went on a Silent Retreat at a state park in Tyler,TX.    That was a new experience for me, i don't usually sit quietly and wait for God, i usually talk and talk and think and talk and think and talk some more .it was really awesome to spend quality time with God alone!

This past week in class we talked about interpersonal development  and conflict resolution.   We took the disc personality test i am a D/I-D which means dominate and inspirational so basically it says i like to be in control or can be bossy and i like to have lots of friends and gain energy from groups of people rather than from being alone.the personality test also told me that i am an over achiever im not sure i believe that lol.  We were given kind of a strange assignment this  week we had to write our own obituary's . Now when i first thought about this i thought i would want to be remember for having some kind of awesome career or for inventing something really awesome but i wasn't really to sure so i just started to write and when i finished i read what i had just wrote and i surprised myself lol what i want to be remember for is being a wonderful loving wife and mother that lived her life completely after God's heart! ( dad DONT freak out...it wont be anytime soon lol)  i cant really remember where i was going with this haha but my mom will happy that i realized im more like her than i though.

lets see what else would you like to know about the last couple weeks.....we went bowling at this cute little bowling alley that opened up on a monday night just for my class...small town's are pretty awesome....they feed us really well here i think we eat like every two hours...i spend lots of time in class coloring so ill post some of my pretty pics for you to see! i cant really think of anything else to tell you! please continue to keep my class and myself in your prayers as we continue our training here and as we prepare to leave next week to go on our field service in benin! Please also pray that this is a smooth transition for me and that i dont get to home sick. Its weird i so badly want to be in two places at the same time!  Thanks so much for all of your love and support!!        

                       bowling was lots of fun ...my shirt glowed looks pretty cool! huh?

whos really pregnant??

perfect stance! hahah

my bowling team plus Dulce

we had a hot dog cookout and my skewer matched my shirt!

I get very bored in class...

so i ...

color!

melissa

                                                 mrs sherry sent me an awesome card with this mask inside!!