Undetermined Change

I am sad to say we are not going with our team to the Philippines.  Unfortunately, I did not lay enough ground work beforehand for support, I had been relying mostly on myself and my Unemployment, not enough on others, in many ways. 

But, the school phase has been phenomenal.  I have learned more tolerance and grace than I ever knew was missing, ha.  Sharing a room and bathroom with 7 girls changed alot in me for the good.  Sharing a house with 10 other families was challenging but super good, I feel like Selah and I can go anywhere and do anything with very little.  We learned to eat whatever was provided without complaining (at least not anymore).  Both of us can make close friends easily and intimately, I did not know that was possible for me. 

We made lasting friends with some RAD people, from all over the country and world.  It's truly been life changing.  I do feel a strong call to continue in missions so I will be building those foundations with God and others help.  There are tons of opportunities for us that I would not have even thought of had we not come here.  I am very interested in the Justice aspects and the Environmental Stewardship in other countries.  People have taught me so much here, it's great. 

For now, we will be heading to Cali for a furlough, so to speak, then to Arizona for a bit, then either back here to Oregon in October or Texas and Arizona.  I will be working part-time hopefully at the gyms teaching Turbo Kick and then some at some small Cafe's (I have the experience now).  At least, L-ord willing that is.  We definitely need your prayers still.  Pray for safe travels, the means financially to travel, the right contacts to meet to get the right training, etc.  Pray for our team too as they travel, there is alot of stress.  Pray for their health, the children on the long plane and bus rides and of course safety.  Thanks, see you all soon!

Where am I

So, I have been wondering why I came all the way to Salem for the last 6 months only to possibly not finish the training with the outreach.  The question was posed to G-d as I understand "Him".  The answer I got was "I wanted to see if you would do it".  Much like a parent tells their child to clean their room and a while later the child asks to go play.  What does a good, attentive parent say?  "Did you clean your room yet?"  There is not much discussion of playing or popsicles or what have you, until the first order is accomplished.  Clean your room, then we will talk. 

I feel as though coming here was the clean your room from G-d, as I understand.  Kindof like "we're not negotiating or talking about anything else until you first do this". 

I have, and I will be here until the end, whether thats September 7th or November 10th. 

Though I am not equating myself to this Patriarch, I do liken this experience to Avraham offering Isaac.  Once G-d saw his heart, G-d provided another more "sensical" way.  

To the non-believer this may seem petty, akin to the wife setting her husband up for doing the "wrong" thing.  I can appreciate that.  I thought that same thing at first, even just yesterday.  But, in the framework of a good parent, one who knows the outcome and the end from the beginning, it's not petty or trite.  You stop doing things for your children you know they can do for themselves because it will make them a more independent, capable adult.  This is the way I see my Abba.

I chose the picture above because it shows the absolute abandon and fun that I see myself having with my Daddy in Heaven.  Shreaking with delight.

Mommy and Selah: NEED HELP

Hi friends and family, 


If you have not seen the video I posted, I will just tell you, we are scheduled to leave for the Philippines on outreach September 7th.  All of the children are going, including and baby and about 14 adults. We need to have our balance paid by Monday August 15th.  We still need 3,900 for the flights and our two month outreach costs.  


Please, pray about helping and if you cannot, please pray about covering us in prayer while we are gone and if God has something else for us.  


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YWAM Salem
7085 Battlecreek Rd SE
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Love!
Meghan

Some lessons

So, last week one of the school leaders, hi Al, has a bee farm.  He brought the frames of the hives in and let Selah and I watch the process of recovering the honey.  He took a hot knife that plugged in an scraped away the outer wax.  Once it cooled, he let us taste it, honey gum!  Selah thought that was fantastic.  Then, he put it in this big spinner tube and we watched the honey start dripping down the sides.  The whole process was really neat and Selah was enthralled.

Then, we went berry picking last weekend.  The berries are super cheap and she actually eats them because she got to be a part in the picking.  We learned that a raspberry is its ripest when you can just slide it off without any tugging to get it off.  We learned about 2 different kinds of cherries as well.  She and I both got to go up in the tree and gather some clusters.

I had a hearing today.  If you are reading this, please pray.  My last employer, short term one, is disputing my unemployment benefits and we had a judge hears us both today.  It did not go well and I am very shook up about it.  He made false claims and I had no way to refute it because my evidence did not get in before the time so it makes me look like I am being deceptive.  Because they do not seperate the two employers, I may lose all benefits even from New Life Ministries, which leaves me with nothing.     I am praying and trusting God but boy I sure am a bit frazzled and somewhat confused.  Pray for us.

I do have some new skills I could use if I did not get to the Philippines and had to look for work right away so thats good.  My time here would not be in vain for sure.

Please view this video and pass it along to whomever you think would be interested.  Talk to you soon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XZRKGM1XBAc

Nature and Character

There is so much on my heart right now.  I feel as though part of the destiny God is setting before me is too overwhelming.  This week we are learning about the character and nature of G-d.  It seems so mundane and Christianese but boy am I learning so much and being reminded of things from long ago. 

It took Noah, assuming you believe the stories to be true, 100 years to build the ark.  There was no such thing as rain before then.  100 years.  So that would be like at least 8 in our time scope. People lived over 800 years then and we only live 80-120.  Can you imagine working on a project, the same one, for 8 years?  And on something no one had heard about?  Imagine it became public, this project, and for 8 years you had to endure interviews about why you were doing it, what was the point, how did you know it would amount to anything, especially if after 8 years, you're still not done. 

It took some 25 years, and I may have this wrong, but from the time G-d promised Isaac, it was 25 years before Sarah gave birth.  Can you imagine?  So, again, they lived alot longer but say you feel G-d prophecied or spoke to you about something specific and then you had to wait 2 years before you even had ahint that it would come to pass.  I know me, I'd say "did I really hear? was that just my imagination? Is there really a destiny for me?"

A dear friend of mine once said "the only things that happen fast are destructive...volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, psunamis..."  Most of creation happens slow.  So why do we think the character of our lives or G-d happens fast?

This encourages me but also frustrates me.  I recalled some promises I felt G-d gave.  In 1996-7 I was physically healed in my back.  That is a huge story but suffice it to say I have a 10 inch scar to show the remnants.  When I was healed physically, I also "heard" G-d say "I am going to anoint you and I am going to heal you".  I had no idea what that meant but I remembered it this week.  In 2000 when I was in Vanguard, the pastors gave a word over me that I would be a trailblazer and one said my hands would bring healing.  2 weeks ago another person said my hands would bring healing. 

David was anointed by Samuel and then didn't become king for years.  Years.  Noah, Abraham, David, I wonder if they questioned if they heard right.  I wonder if I heard right.  I wonder this because things have taken so long to come to fruition.  How impatient am I, how impatient are we as Christians?  How impatient are we as Westerners? 

What we do today is a fraction of our lives, the lives of our children, and eternity.  What we do and are today though, determines the next generations views. 

I am jumbled I know.  But may we be a people who consider the bigger picture, the scope of our lives and the generations to follow.  May we consider this moment but a glimpse of the infinite.