Horribly Hot, but Happy.

Things have been going really well here. Since I last wrote we had lectures on Prayer/Intercession and also on Team Building. Those were two amazing weeks. I learned so much about intimacy with Jesus and the necessity of it and the wonder of it. I desire Him more and more. I think this kind of prayer and intercession is going to be a big part of what we do on outreach. The week on Team Building was great. We got to take personality tests and analyze people. I was in my glory. :) It was a really fun week. We played a lot of team games and learned about relationships and how to work together towards a goal while honoring each other. We were also challenged to encourage each other more as members of a team and also of the body of Christ.

This week we are talking about Christ and the Cross. I was a little skeptical going in. I have studied this stuff for years and years and years. It should never be old though. Christ's mercy's are renewed every morning. We have been talking about the exchanges made at the cross and praying through those and proclaiming them into our own lives. It has been good.

Things are looking good for outreach. We have 2 for sure contacts!!! (That is a really really big deal.) It is looking like we are going to be in Valencia, Spain for most of, if not all of the 2 months. We are working with one church there and also with a group of Christian missionaries trying to reach out to the young people of the city. We are all so so so excited.

Please pray:
-that God will continue to reveal to us the power of His cross in a life transforming way.
-praise God that the 2 African staff got their visas!! and will probably be coming next week!
- that God will continue to give us guidance for outreach and will also provide accomodations for us in Valencia
-that God will provide financially to a number of people in the school so that they can get their school fees in before school is over.

Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. You all mean so much to me! I miss you all so much.

-Katie

so thankful

Things have been going very well the last week and half or so. We were very busy preparing for leading worship all weekend at a misisons conference in Medias, a city about 2 hours away by hot and crowded bus. The weekend went really well though. It was kind of like a mini vacation (you know, only 3 people per tiny room vs. 6!). We had fun thogh , and there was still time to relax too.

Last week was our lecture week on Spiritual warfare. It was very good, rather different than one would expect, but still good. It was a lot about your own identity as a spiritual being and who we are in Christ and throught Christ and the authority we have in that. It was good.

This week we have been having lectures on intercession and on prayer. It has been so powerful. I feel like I am learning so much and that God is speaking so many things to me. I am so excited and thankful to have this opportunity to learn so much in so many ways. This is such a greenhouse of growth here in this community. I know it will greatly affect the rest of my life. Thank you all at home who have been supporting me so much, through communication, through finances, and through prayer. I am so blessed that I have the opportunity to do this. God is so good.

Prayer Requests:
-continued guidance for what exactly we should be doing on outreach in Spain
-for wisdom in how to spend my time, trying to keep up with people, to dig even more into God, to do my homework, and to rest.
-that the things I am learning here will continue to grow in my week by week and effect my life in a permanent way

regarding pictures, I figured out a way to place a link to my facebook albums, even for those who don't have facebook, so here are all my pictures!!!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2044545&l=0a576&id=63802769 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2046067&l=76aea&id=63802769