Sorry for all the posts today, there's just so much interesting out there.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51963
This one scares the living daylights out of me, but is such a picture of where we are headed.
Friday, March 20, 2009
The US Dollar
This article about the US Dollar is very interesting and has some major implications for our economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10lab.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10lab.html
Stem Cells?
A few weeks ago our President, Barack Obama, made a huge showing over his overturning previous Bush administration rules about stem cell research.
This article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10lab.html makes me wonder just why he felt the need to overturn this rule. It seems to me that that with the advances in stem cells from human adults, it would not have mattered much if this rule had stayed in effect.
For all his talk of "crossing party lines" our president, make no mistake about it, is very political. In my opinion, the overturning of the rule was done mostly for show and to prove something somehow.
Blessings,
Erin
This article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/science/10lab.html makes me wonder just why he felt the need to overturn this rule. It seems to me that that with the advances in stem cells from human adults, it would not have mattered much if this rule had stayed in effect.
For all his talk of "crossing party lines" our president, make no mistake about it, is very political. In my opinion, the overturning of the rule was done mostly for show and to prove something somehow.
Blessings,
Erin
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Graduate school, of sorts
I have been thinking lately that our relationships with the Lord are a lot like going to University. Now, bear with me on this analogy a bit.
Admission to this University is simply just knowing the Director of the Admissions Office, his name is Jesus. Knowing Him, and His "letter of recommendation" is all that's required to "get in." Just like college, we start off with the basics, intro classes. Many people never graduate from their freshman year, many people drop out, many people fail certain "classes" over and over as we are required to pass them to graduate to the next level, and some classes are never really done with and we just keep moving on to the next level (Broken-ess 101, Broken-ness 102, Broken-ness 103, Dying-to-self 101, Dying-to-self-102, etc.). Some of our professors are great and wonderful men and women of the faith. Other professors are unjust and harsh. Everyone's major is the same: Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength and love your neighbor as yourself." There is really only one required text book.
Lately, for me, I have been feeling as though I have moved on from my "undergraduate years" and on to some sort of graduate school for faith. The problem is, that the "classes" I am taking are those that most people, includig myself, would rather not face. Just like my biology degree and my disdain for Organic Chemistry or Calculus, these classes are required for me but I am going in kicking and screaming. I would much rather stay in my comfortable little undergraduate world, but the Lord has seen fit for me to "graduate." He's super excited about this! "YEAH! Congrats, my beloved, you did it! I am so proud of you! Not everyone gets here, but you did!!" I can almost hear Him saying.
But, I, I am not so excited. "What? MORE broken-ness? MORE suffering? MORE rejection? MORE persecution? MORE holiness? I am not sure I want that!"
But, He calls to me says "This is the path, my daughter. This is the path to knowing me more. You must walk as I walked. You must bear the cross as I bore it. When I say less of you and more of Me, I mean that. I meant it when I said you had to die to yourself, and I know that this is painful. I didn't say it would be easy, in fact, I said it would be hard and that the road was narrow. But, the good news, is that you do not go alone. I am with you. I will enable you. I will strengthen you. In fact if you try to go without me, you will fail. You HAVE to trust me more. Sometimes the lessons in this level will look as though I have left you and you will not always understand why, but I have not, and I will not leave you. You have to believe that I do not teach things to my children that are not important. Do not turn away, do not take your eyes off of me. You're reward will be immeasurable. I am so proud of you, I am so pleased with you, and I am so in love with you."
So, in this season in which I am wondering "How much harder can it get?" The answer is: This is the wrong question!
The questions SHOULD be: "Lord, what are you teaching me here? What about your character do I need to see in these trials? What of myself needs to die? Can you please teach me to trust you more, even when hope seems lost and I don't understand?"
And, in this, perhaps I can graduate from this "class" and move on to the next that the Lord has for me. All I know is that I am going for my pH.D
Blessings,
Erin
Admission to this University is simply just knowing the Director of the Admissions Office, his name is Jesus. Knowing Him, and His "letter of recommendation" is all that's required to "get in." Just like college, we start off with the basics, intro classes. Many people never graduate from their freshman year, many people drop out, many people fail certain "classes" over and over as we are required to pass them to graduate to the next level, and some classes are never really done with and we just keep moving on to the next level (Broken-ess 101, Broken-ness 102, Broken-ness 103, Dying-to-self 101, Dying-to-self-102, etc.). Some of our professors are great and wonderful men and women of the faith. Other professors are unjust and harsh. Everyone's major is the same: Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength and love your neighbor as yourself." There is really only one required text book.
Lately, for me, I have been feeling as though I have moved on from my "undergraduate years" and on to some sort of graduate school for faith. The problem is, that the "classes" I am taking are those that most people, includig myself, would rather not face. Just like my biology degree and my disdain for Organic Chemistry or Calculus, these classes are required for me but I am going in kicking and screaming. I would much rather stay in my comfortable little undergraduate world, but the Lord has seen fit for me to "graduate." He's super excited about this! "YEAH! Congrats, my beloved, you did it! I am so proud of you! Not everyone gets here, but you did!!" I can almost hear Him saying.
But, I, I am not so excited. "What? MORE broken-ness? MORE suffering? MORE rejection? MORE persecution? MORE holiness? I am not sure I want that!"
But, He calls to me says "This is the path, my daughter. This is the path to knowing me more. You must walk as I walked. You must bear the cross as I bore it. When I say less of you and more of Me, I mean that. I meant it when I said you had to die to yourself, and I know that this is painful. I didn't say it would be easy, in fact, I said it would be hard and that the road was narrow. But, the good news, is that you do not go alone. I am with you. I will enable you. I will strengthen you. In fact if you try to go without me, you will fail. You HAVE to trust me more. Sometimes the lessons in this level will look as though I have left you and you will not always understand why, but I have not, and I will not leave you. You have to believe that I do not teach things to my children that are not important. Do not turn away, do not take your eyes off of me. You're reward will be immeasurable. I am so proud of you, I am so pleased with you, and I am so in love with you."
So, in this season in which I am wondering "How much harder can it get?" The answer is: This is the wrong question!
The questions SHOULD be: "Lord, what are you teaching me here? What about your character do I need to see in these trials? What of myself needs to die? Can you please teach me to trust you more, even when hope seems lost and I don't understand?"
And, in this, perhaps I can graduate from this "class" and move on to the next that the Lord has for me. All I know is that I am going for my pH.D
Blessings,
Erin
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
In the World not Of the World
The title of this post reflects the subject of this post in the way only a verse from the Word can.
I have been thinking a lot about a post that my friend Suzanna made a few weeks ago. For the fullness of her post head here: www.ojandsuz.com.
Here's an excerpt from what she wrote:
For so many years, the church has thought that it is a good fit with society at large. Lots of church folks’ idea of “reaching out” is to befriend the world so very, very nicely that they might think church is kinda cool. You know, sneak attack. “I think like you, I look like you, I talk like you, I’m concerned about your issues, I even watch the same stank on TV you watch. On weekends, I pay $9.75 for it! See, if I can do this Christian thing, you can, too! Not as hard as you thought!” But God’s committed to His Son’s bride. So if she won’t kick the bedbugs out of her bed, God’s going to let ‘em bite!
It’s a bit circular. The church keeps trying to befriend the world, she’s chasing favor, chasing favor, chasing favor from man. She forgot that God said that friendship with the world is enmity with God. Obviously, He can’t hand His power over to enemies. No power, no converts. No converts, more befriending. More befriending, more enmity. What will end the cycle? When no matter how nice we play, we are abused, ridiculed, and offended, when they finally kick out the believing remnant from friendly society…well, the church will have to stand up. And see how lovely she is. Tall, overt, unapologetic, loving, truthful.
I think this clearly articulates the stance I have been coming to grips with in my own life these last few months....I am IN the world but I am not OF the world.
I have realized how LITTLE I, and the church are different from the rest of the world. If you were to look at my life most of the time, it would look very similar to my neighbors, who are very nice people but do not know the love of Jesus. That kind of scares me.
Statistics also confirm this. The church's divorce rate is right up there with everyone else's, we have abortions, we lie, we cheat, we steal, and we justify it saying "we are just sinners saved by grace." While that statement is true, it leaves out the fact that if we have had a TRUE saving relationship with Jesus, we WOULD be changed we WOULD be different.
I heard a preacher, an amazing guy named Paul Washer, give the analogy that if I was walking down the street and got hit head-on by a logging truck headed 65 miles an hour you would expect me to be changed. You would call me either insane or a liar if I claimed to have been hit like that and not affected. How much bigger and more powerful than a logging truck is our God???? Yet, so many of us are NOT changed. How can we claim to know God if we are not changed by knowing Him, if we are not different from our encounter with Him? We are either lying or crazy.
I think the church at large is facing this problem. We are whoring ourselves to the world and calling it "evangelism." There's even a whole new emerging church movement based on this principal. They question whether drinking, or swearing, or other similar things are wrong. What they are forgetting is that God called us to HOLINESS. He called us to be set apart. He called us to as aliens in a foreign land.
Oh, the world (and a lot of the church) cries out "That is legalism!" Since when did being obedient to the Word become legalistic? Since when did saving my mind from the filth that plagues this world become a bad thing? Since when did not wanting to suffer the consequences of sin become something wrong? Bottom line, we just doesn't want to be told what to do! We are rebellious at heart and we buck at anyone with a hint of authority in the church. We just want to be wooed and lulled into our false sense of security and not have to be accountable. We call it controlling when someone tells us what we're doing is wrong. It's all justification to be able to do our own thing.
I am not fully critical of the emerging church movement. Some of the issues they bring up are right on. Jesus does need to be relevant, and we do need to re-think what it means to be in community and our involvement in it, and we do need to rethink the way we do church. I agree that it's not right to just be holed-up in our little church buildings and let the world go by (many church's answer to the in the world but not of the world issue). I take issue with the whole idea that Jesus becomes relevant when we change who he was to fit with today's society. Jesus is relevant because HE IS THE ANSWER! You have marital problems, he's the answer! You have hurts that need to be healed, HE is the answer! He is the answer!
Power is what makes Jesus relevant. Becuase when Jesus came, he came in fullness of power.
Friends, we need Jesus' fullness of power. We need to be able to pray for people and have them set free of bondage, of disease, of hurts and wounds. We need miracle power again. Jesus said we would do greater things than he did and I certainly don't see that in my life! So, I have to ask why and begin to cry out!
Meanwhile, as for me and my house, we ARE going to look different. Not because I am better than my neighbors who don't know Jesus, or to earn my way into the Lord's favor, or because I am in bondage to legalism. I do it because I LOVE my saviour and I WANT to be like Him! I do it because He asks it of me and because I am so besotted with Him that I cannot help myself.
Blessings,
Erin
I have been thinking a lot about a post that my friend Suzanna made a few weeks ago. For the fullness of her post head here: www.ojandsuz.com.
Here's an excerpt from what she wrote:
For so many years, the church has thought that it is a good fit with society at large. Lots of church folks’ idea of “reaching out” is to befriend the world so very, very nicely that they might think church is kinda cool. You know, sneak attack. “I think like you, I look like you, I talk like you, I’m concerned about your issues, I even watch the same stank on TV you watch. On weekends, I pay $9.75 for it! See, if I can do this Christian thing, you can, too! Not as hard as you thought!” But God’s committed to His Son’s bride. So if she won’t kick the bedbugs out of her bed, God’s going to let ‘em bite!
It’s a bit circular. The church keeps trying to befriend the world, she’s chasing favor, chasing favor, chasing favor from man. She forgot that God said that friendship with the world is enmity with God. Obviously, He can’t hand His power over to enemies. No power, no converts. No converts, more befriending. More befriending, more enmity. What will end the cycle? When no matter how nice we play, we are abused, ridiculed, and offended, when they finally kick out the believing remnant from friendly society…well, the church will have to stand up. And see how lovely she is. Tall, overt, unapologetic, loving, truthful.
I think this clearly articulates the stance I have been coming to grips with in my own life these last few months....I am IN the world but I am not OF the world.
I have realized how LITTLE I, and the church are different from the rest of the world. If you were to look at my life most of the time, it would look very similar to my neighbors, who are very nice people but do not know the love of Jesus. That kind of scares me.
Statistics also confirm this. The church's divorce rate is right up there with everyone else's, we have abortions, we lie, we cheat, we steal, and we justify it saying "we are just sinners saved by grace." While that statement is true, it leaves out the fact that if we have had a TRUE saving relationship with Jesus, we WOULD be changed we WOULD be different.
I heard a preacher, an amazing guy named Paul Washer, give the analogy that if I was walking down the street and got hit head-on by a logging truck headed 65 miles an hour you would expect me to be changed. You would call me either insane or a liar if I claimed to have been hit like that and not affected. How much bigger and more powerful than a logging truck is our God???? Yet, so many of us are NOT changed. How can we claim to know God if we are not changed by knowing Him, if we are not different from our encounter with Him? We are either lying or crazy.
I think the church at large is facing this problem. We are whoring ourselves to the world and calling it "evangelism." There's even a whole new emerging church movement based on this principal. They question whether drinking, or swearing, or other similar things are wrong. What they are forgetting is that God called us to HOLINESS. He called us to be set apart. He called us to as aliens in a foreign land.
Oh, the world (and a lot of the church) cries out "That is legalism!" Since when did being obedient to the Word become legalistic? Since when did saving my mind from the filth that plagues this world become a bad thing? Since when did not wanting to suffer the consequences of sin become something wrong? Bottom line, we just doesn't want to be told what to do! We are rebellious at heart and we buck at anyone with a hint of authority in the church. We just want to be wooed and lulled into our false sense of security and not have to be accountable. We call it controlling when someone tells us what we're doing is wrong. It's all justification to be able to do our own thing.
I am not fully critical of the emerging church movement. Some of the issues they bring up are right on. Jesus does need to be relevant, and we do need to re-think what it means to be in community and our involvement in it, and we do need to rethink the way we do church. I agree that it's not right to just be holed-up in our little church buildings and let the world go by (many church's answer to the in the world but not of the world issue). I take issue with the whole idea that Jesus becomes relevant when we change who he was to fit with today's society. Jesus is relevant because HE IS THE ANSWER! You have marital problems, he's the answer! You have hurts that need to be healed, HE is the answer! He is the answer!
Power is what makes Jesus relevant. Becuase when Jesus came, he came in fullness of power.
Friends, we need Jesus' fullness of power. We need to be able to pray for people and have them set free of bondage, of disease, of hurts and wounds. We need miracle power again. Jesus said we would do greater things than he did and I certainly don't see that in my life! So, I have to ask why and begin to cry out!
Meanwhile, as for me and my house, we ARE going to look different. Not because I am better than my neighbors who don't know Jesus, or to earn my way into the Lord's favor, or because I am in bondage to legalism. I do it because I LOVE my saviour and I WANT to be like Him! I do it because He asks it of me and because I am so besotted with Him that I cannot help myself.
Blessings,
Erin
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wow, am I really going to resurrect this?
As you can see, it has been almost a year since I last posted and I had all intents and purposes of never blogging again. Nothing against blogging, I just really didn't feel like I had much to say anymore. The last year-plus of my life has been one of intense refining by the Lord and I come back to this blog and life saying "I know nothing." Perhaps at some point I will come back to this and write a synopsis of what the Lord has been doing in my life, but for now, I am sneaking back in.
I am concerned. I am concerned for the country that I love. I have become increasingly aware each week as the "doom and gloom" news continues to roll in, that something major is happening in America, and perhaps the world as well. I am concerned that this country is on the brink of something catastrophic, from which there will be no return. I am concerned about laws being passed or overturned or flat out ignored that erode the very foundation this country was built upon. I am concerned.
There does not seem to be a single area of life where the news is good. If one listsens to the economists, environmentalists, historians, military leaders, and many respected religious leaders, they are all saying the same thing. Things are not going to get better, they, quite likely are going to get worse.
What I am even more troubled by is the response the American public seems to have to these crisis: we look to men to answer our problems, we blame everyone but ourselves for getting us to this point, we gladly turn a blind eye to injustices that continue to plague the weakest and vulnerable, and we willingly hand over our lives and our rights to a government that has shown no ability to do anything good.
As a woman of faith, I have to ask myself a hard questions. Is America under judgement from the Lord?
I have avoided that question for a long time. I have told myself that we are a blessed and favored nation; that we were founded on biblical principals and surely the Lord would judge other worldly nations before ours!
It is exactly for that reason that I believe we are under judgement right now. Here is why I have come to that conclusion. As a nation we are by and large Pharisees! The very men Jesus spoke so harshly about, the very thing he despised the most is the very thing we have become. We speak of our faith, but our hearts are far from him. We are white-washed tombs...pretty on the outside but dirty on the inside. The church in America has fallen away from her first love and he is saying "I never knew you." We are no different than the Israelites who turned from the Lord and to the things of the nations that captured them. Prophets in that time had some pretty harsh words for them, calling them no better than harlots.
Friends we are the Pharisees Jesus spoke about. We are the harlot Israel....sleeping with the enemy to get something from him.
When will we repent? When will we cry out "have mercy Lord"? When will we turn from the things that this world has to offer and say "enough" and separate ourselves for the Bridegroom who is coming? When will we stand for what is right not for what is easy?
I truly believe that is the only thing that will save this nation now.
Blessings,
Erin
I am concerned. I am concerned for the country that I love. I have become increasingly aware each week as the "doom and gloom" news continues to roll in, that something major is happening in America, and perhaps the world as well. I am concerned that this country is on the brink of something catastrophic, from which there will be no return. I am concerned about laws being passed or overturned or flat out ignored that erode the very foundation this country was built upon. I am concerned.
There does not seem to be a single area of life where the news is good. If one listsens to the economists, environmentalists, historians, military leaders, and many respected religious leaders, they are all saying the same thing. Things are not going to get better, they, quite likely are going to get worse.
What I am even more troubled by is the response the American public seems to have to these crisis: we look to men to answer our problems, we blame everyone but ourselves for getting us to this point, we gladly turn a blind eye to injustices that continue to plague the weakest and vulnerable, and we willingly hand over our lives and our rights to a government that has shown no ability to do anything good.
As a woman of faith, I have to ask myself a hard questions. Is America under judgement from the Lord?
I have avoided that question for a long time. I have told myself that we are a blessed and favored nation; that we were founded on biblical principals and surely the Lord would judge other worldly nations before ours!
It is exactly for that reason that I believe we are under judgement right now. Here is why I have come to that conclusion. As a nation we are by and large Pharisees! The very men Jesus spoke so harshly about, the very thing he despised the most is the very thing we have become. We speak of our faith, but our hearts are far from him. We are white-washed tombs...pretty on the outside but dirty on the inside. The church in America has fallen away from her first love and he is saying "I never knew you." We are no different than the Israelites who turned from the Lord and to the things of the nations that captured them. Prophets in that time had some pretty harsh words for them, calling them no better than harlots.
Friends we are the Pharisees Jesus spoke about. We are the harlot Israel....sleeping with the enemy to get something from him.
When will we repent? When will we cry out "have mercy Lord"? When will we turn from the things that this world has to offer and say "enough" and separate ourselves for the Bridegroom who is coming? When will we stand for what is right not for what is easy?
I truly believe that is the only thing that will save this nation now.
Blessings,
Erin
Friday, April 25, 2008
An update
Well friends, it has been a while since I posted and I'd like to say it's because I have been galavanting all across Europe, but the reality of it is that I am in Scotland still!
It has been a great place to be for the last three weeks and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here so far. Basically, I have been praying a lot....for others and myself! For others, per the usual routine of our trips and for myself for some direction, clarity, and some breakthrough in areas that have been strategic!
I am also taking a trip to Germany to see my friend Michelle, and possibly back into London for a day before I head back to the States.
For my Tacoma friends, I miss you all! There is nothing like an extended time away from those you love to make you appreciate all you have!
Erin
It has been a great place to be for the last three weeks and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here so far. Basically, I have been praying a lot....for others and myself! For others, per the usual routine of our trips and for myself for some direction, clarity, and some breakthrough in areas that have been strategic!
I am also taking a trip to Germany to see my friend Michelle, and possibly back into London for a day before I head back to the States.
For my Tacoma friends, I miss you all! There is nothing like an extended time away from those you love to make you appreciate all you have!
Erin
Monday, April 07, 2008
Well, Life is good in Scotland! The last few days have been spent settling into my digs at the castle this YWAM base is located in....that's right people, a castle. However, the problems with actually living in a castle are numerous, the first being that the electrical system that controls the fire alarm has gone off several times the last few days. We are all praising Jesus, though, that it has not gone off super late at night, and it has not been raining or snowing here at all. In fact, I would say the weather here has been downright amazing. It has been sunny, and clear. The only time we had any hint of anything was the day week took a 45-minute ride on the train into Glasgow. The last hour we were in Glasgow it started to snow, but as soon as we got back toward Seamill/West Kilbride, it was clear again. They say since we are RIGHT on the water (about a 5 minute walk from the ocean) the weather here can be nicer. Can I get an AMEN!
Glasgow was fun. Not super big. I think I was expecting a slightly smaller version of London, but it was actually quite smaller than London. No chance of getting lost in this city! We saw some men in kilts playing bagpipes, which was cool! I'll upload some pictures as soon as I can find my camera cord. Did a little window shopping (which for me was really just looking) and grabbed some dinner before heading back to the base.
Had dinner with the base leaders on Friday night and that was fun! Had my first taste of something so heavenly that I cannot believe we do not have it in the states: Banoffee. It is a pie made with toffee, bananas and whipped cream. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Now, all of that sounds fun, and you might be wondering what MINSITRY we've been doing. We have prayed for some people, and done a lot of networking with the base leaders here and starting tomorrow we will do some teaching. But, really, this trip from the get-go was going to be different than any other anyone from our church had been on. This is because the base leaders here have already had much of our teaching, and there is a huge openness here. They would really like to have a team or two here on base for as long as possible. OJ and Suzanna are even talking several months. WE would have to pray about that, but it is open! There are some other bases in the world who have asked for the same, but not ususally on the first trip!! I am just falling in love with the hearts of Dave and Bryony and Caroline, the base leaders. So humble, so hungry, so in love with Jesus. It makes ME humble! I really know I have nothing to bring but Jesus!
On one last funny note, there is an Island directly across the water from us the we can see and it is called the Isle of Arran (pronounced Erin). I thought that was prophetic!
Erin
Glasgow was fun. Not super big. I think I was expecting a slightly smaller version of London, but it was actually quite smaller than London. No chance of getting lost in this city! We saw some men in kilts playing bagpipes, which was cool! I'll upload some pictures as soon as I can find my camera cord. Did a little window shopping (which for me was really just looking) and grabbed some dinner before heading back to the base.
Had dinner with the base leaders on Friday night and that was fun! Had my first taste of something so heavenly that I cannot believe we do not have it in the states: Banoffee. It is a pie made with toffee, bananas and whipped cream. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Now, all of that sounds fun, and you might be wondering what MINSITRY we've been doing. We have prayed for some people, and done a lot of networking with the base leaders here and starting tomorrow we will do some teaching. But, really, this trip from the get-go was going to be different than any other anyone from our church had been on. This is because the base leaders here have already had much of our teaching, and there is a huge openness here. They would really like to have a team or two here on base for as long as possible. OJ and Suzanna are even talking several months. WE would have to pray about that, but it is open! There are some other bases in the world who have asked for the same, but not ususally on the first trip!! I am just falling in love with the hearts of Dave and Bryony and Caroline, the base leaders. So humble, so hungry, so in love with Jesus. It makes ME humble! I really know I have nothing to bring but Jesus!
On one last funny note, there is an Island directly across the water from us the we can see and it is called the Isle of Arran (pronounced Erin). I thought that was prophetic!
Erin
Friday, April 04, 2008
Beam me up Scotty!
Well, here I am in Scotland! My crazy adventure continues! I flew out on Wednesday and arrived yesterday severely jet lagged. I have this bad habit of not being able to sleep on the plane, and that bad habit continued. I was picked up at the airport by OJ and Suzanna McDowell and Pete Mahoney plus 1.5 year old baby Judah and 3 year old Ariel (OJ and Suzanna's kids). We immediately set out from Heathrow for a 7 hour drive from London to just outside of Glasgow.
Of course, with two kids it took a bit longer than 7 hours. I tried once to sleep and selpt for about 5 minutes so we pulled up to the YWAM base here in a little town called Seamill (RIGHT by the ocean) and I was very tired. I managed to stay up until about 10:30 Scotland time and fell right asleep once in bed. Then, slept til 11:30 AM!!!! I would have slept longer, but I knew that was too long already and I needed to drag myself out of bed and get my day up and going so I could sleep tonight at a normal hour.
This first day we have prayed for a few people already and then tonight we will go out to dinner with the base leaders: Dave, Bryony and Caroline. This trip is about a lot of relationship building and some praying for people. VEry different from other trips I have taken where it's been a lot more about praying than relationship building.
We will be in Scotland until the 20th of April and then head out from here. We are not sure yet where we will be going.
Some of you are probably wondering if my funds came through and the answer is no!! But, I am here in faith, believing that while I am gone they will come in. I have enough to get me through for a bit here, but will still be needing most of that first amount that I needed.
If it does not come through, I am slated to come back on May 1. If it does come through, I will be back on June 4. So, we will just have to see what happens with all of that!!
My immediate prayer needs are to get over jet lag! And, for the Lord to develop those key relationships that we need to meet while here!
Blessings,
Erin
Of course, with two kids it took a bit longer than 7 hours. I tried once to sleep and selpt for about 5 minutes so we pulled up to the YWAM base here in a little town called Seamill (RIGHT by the ocean) and I was very tired. I managed to stay up until about 10:30 Scotland time and fell right asleep once in bed. Then, slept til 11:30 AM!!!! I would have slept longer, but I knew that was too long already and I needed to drag myself out of bed and get my day up and going so I could sleep tonight at a normal hour.
This first day we have prayed for a few people already and then tonight we will go out to dinner with the base leaders: Dave, Bryony and Caroline. This trip is about a lot of relationship building and some praying for people. VEry different from other trips I have taken where it's been a lot more about praying than relationship building.
We will be in Scotland until the 20th of April and then head out from here. We are not sure yet where we will be going.
Some of you are probably wondering if my funds came through and the answer is no!! But, I am here in faith, believing that while I am gone they will come in. I have enough to get me through for a bit here, but will still be needing most of that first amount that I needed.
If it does not come through, I am slated to come back on May 1. If it does come through, I will be back on June 4. So, we will just have to see what happens with all of that!!
My immediate prayer needs are to get over jet lag! And, for the Lord to develop those key relationships that we need to meet while here!
Blessings,
Erin
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