Snapshots

Alright, I know I should have started this blog a few years ago, for how shall I get you au courant with everything that has transpired over the last few years? It could fill a book, and yet I do not want to subject you to reading an entire book at the moment. So a condensed update will have to suffice. In short, the past few years have been nothing short of absolutely miraculous.Here are a few snapshots: 

Biblical Training: 

2007: A 6 month Discipleship Training School with YWAM

2008 - 2009:  A 9 month School of Biblical Studies with YWAM

College Training: 2009 Fall and ensuing

• A special class~ I was accepted into the first ever ‘Scholars Program’ of the college; designed, among other things, to prod its students toward critical thinking, towards world issues, and toward questioning the meaning and basis of truth.

• An Apprehension~Truth has its root in Jesus- would I be the only one to stand up for truth in the class? Would I be criticized and ridiculed?

           

•  A Special Friendship~The first honors class shall forever be humorously etched in my mind as a representation of God’s faithfulness. I recall glancing across the elegant honors room, the air almost bristling with nervous tension, to a girl directly across from me. She was very eloquent and meticulously composed in speech, and I was certain she would cut me down every time I spoke out about God. To my great surprise, I found her to be a sister in Christ, and discovered in her a kindred spirit. She was part Italian, and had divinely been led to this particular college.To the other side of the room sat another girl that instantly caught my attention. She was part Japanese whose passion was to go back to Japan and help those in need. That was exactly what I wanted to do in India. Later The Lord brought into the class another lovely soul named Katy who reflected the purity of God in a way I had never seen before.  All of us 'happened' to be part of the same program within a tiny college in Montana.This was definitely God's orchestration. 

• Battle~The Scholars class did indeed serve to bring the most controversial issues to the surface, and I found myself in several deep conversations with people in the class about the truth of Christ. Those conversations were deep, meaningful, fraught with serious battles in the heavenlies, and absolutely priceless.  

• A salvation! ~One person in the scholars class, to our marvel, was on the journey to Christ- and through a series of miraculous events, finally accepted the gift of salvation! My father baptized him, and it was such a wonderful thing to be a part of as we rejoiced over the salvation of a soul. 

• The Truth Project~The only anchor to reality is truth. What is truth? In the midst of all the confusing theories swimming around in academia, my dad ran a video series called 'the truth project' which helped us as students to search below the superficial and ask this one question: ‘Do you really believe that what you believe is really real’?

• Liaison Officer~I had a rare opportunity during the year 2011. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was hosted in Montana. Six students from the college were chosen to be liaison officers; we were to be an interface between the United States and participating international ambassadors at the conference. I was assigned a Russian ambassador and what ensued were weeks of hectic planning, coordinating, working with Russian interpreters, and learning some Russian in the process :)

So much more has happened, and I have some exciting things to share, so keep tuned in! God bless you.