how do i catch up a month of stuff, when everyday here is packed with so much that it feels like a month?!
ok.. so, ill do my best to breifly update you all and then write properly next time.
in the last month, things have been crazy busy, and amazing. God has answered so many prayers and i have been blessed with more oppurtunities to see this world.
the last couple of months were pretty tough going, as you all may or may not be aware of.. becuz of the nature of ppl that i work with, and the amount of gang and drug activity around me 24/7.. the area i work in was under major spiritual attack, and the darkness and oppression were so thick.. the last year has been crazy.. i have been threatened, and assaulted, and around so much violence and it was tough.. there were a couple of my teens who were so out of control that it was really difficult to just make it thru a day here at times.. BUT GOD is so faithful.. and answers prayer.. love actually does cover a multitude of sins, and darkness must flee when we persist in prayer and perservere as children of the light in faith that God is working and moving even when we see not and feel not. the teens that we continued to love, despite their behaviour and violence.. are now seeing Gods love in a way they have never before.. have apologised profusely and are slowly coming to us now for love and support.. 
one of the girls who attacked me actually asked, in front of our whole group, how come i still loved her? and how could i still give her hugs and give her a chance after everything that she had done to me?.. and it was amazing being able to tell them all.. that God loved them.. and had plans for their lives.. and that we saw something in them of so much value that they can not see.. all they are told is that they are good for nothing, going no where and are just a bunch of drug addicts and dealers who have no future but prison or death.. being able to sit there, and have all their attention and respect, and tell them what God said about them, was so amazing.. it was a moment, that made the whole year of them being violent, altered and destructive, that made everything seem so worth it.. this is why i am here... perservering in love, when everything tells you the opposite.. pays off.. God has a huge plan.. and just being a part of it.. is amazing.. so praise God.. so many other things.. like, being on the big red bus with my 10-12 year old girls, and being stuck in traffic for an hour.. and them asking me questions about heaven and if hell is real and who the devil is, and if he actually exists.. and then asking me about the Bible and to tell them stories.. they didnt know any!! so i went onto tell them Bible stories and they were captivated!! this month has just been time and time again of God answering prayer and giving me oppurtunities to love and share Him.. its been amazing..
one of the girls who attacked me actually asked, in front of our whole group, how come i still loved her? and how could i still give her hugs and give her a chance after everything that she had done to me?.. and it was amazing being able to tell them all.. that God loved them.. and had plans for their lives.. and that we saw something in them of so much value that they can not see.. all they are told is that they are good for nothing, going no where and are just a bunch of drug addicts and dealers who have no future but prison or death.. being able to sit there, and have all their attention and respect, and tell them what God said about them, was so amazing.. it was a moment, that made the whole year of them being violent, altered and destructive, that made everything seem so worth it.. this is why i am here... perservering in love, when everything tells you the opposite.. pays off.. God has a huge plan.. and just being a part of it.. is amazing.. so praise God.. so many other things.. like, being on the big red bus with my 10-12 year old girls, and being stuck in traffic for an hour.. and them asking me questions about heaven and if hell is real and who the devil is, and if he actually exists.. and then asking me about the Bible and to tell them stories.. they didnt know any!! so i went onto tell them Bible stories and they were captivated!! this month has just been time and time again of God answering prayer and giving me oppurtunities to love and share Him.. its been amazing..plus, i got to go to venice, italy 
with a girl i live with and that was amazing.. (on the way home, we were flying over the alps and looking out the window, and all of a sudden, something struck the wing that we just happened to be sitting by.. and there was this huge jolt... then explosion and fire and the loudest sound ever, on the wing..
and it was pretty much the scrariest thing ever!! ppl were freaking out, my roomate started sobbing.. 
i am not afraid to fly but was terrified, we were not sure what was going on.. and the captain came on the intercom and said that we had just been struck by lightening and that everything seemed to be ok and that they were going to continue on.. and we didnt sleep the rest of the way.. scariest thing ever!!).. but over all, the trip was amazing.. so right out of a movie.. everything that you imagine... was there.. everything that you think of when you think of italy.. was there, just more amazing, though.. so here are some pics of that..
with a girl i live with and that was amazing.. (on the way home, we were flying over the alps and looking out the window, and all of a sudden, something struck the wing that we just happened to be sitting by.. and there was this huge jolt... then explosion and fire and the loudest sound ever, on the wing..
and it was pretty much the scrariest thing ever!! ppl were freaking out, my roomate started sobbing.. 
i am not afraid to fly but was terrified, we were not sure what was going on.. and the captain came on the intercom and said that we had just been struck by lightening and that everything seemed to be ok and that they were going to continue on.. and we didnt sleep the rest of the way.. scariest thing ever!!).. but over all, the trip was amazing.. so right out of a movie.. everything that you imagine... was there.. everything that you think of when you think of italy.. was there, just more amazing, though.. so here are some pics of that..
lets see.. in 3 weeks, i will be going camping for the rest of my year.. dcm does 9 weeks of 9 separate camps with the kids and families that we work with.. so you can be praying about that. its a huge oppurtunity to share the gospel and Christ and love and to have amazing conversations with these ppl.. so pray for my health.. my time there, and getting no sleep for a couple weeks straight and that God would sustain and use me and help me to finish well.. and then i come home on the 16th of july!!time is flying. God is doing amazing things.. i am excited to come home, but also am excited to finish this year well.. He has taught me more than i could ever relay to anyone.. my life has changed.. again.. and everything is very good.. im not sad to leave, im not happy to leave.. life is what it is, and i have done it enough now, to where i am realising that each season of my life is different.. good.. and so different.. each moment i have, is not my own.. and i have learned that whether i am here, there or somewhere else.. that God is good.. God is there.. God is the same.. God has plans and that i just go with it, in contentment.. finally!! im learning, slowly, but surely.. that wherever i am, He is.. so im good wherever.. its awesome..
oh ya, and i got to go to belfast this last weekend and i got to spend time with andy, my old roomate from when i lived in northern ireland for the year.. im sure you all remember the crazy stories i have from those days.. but i havent seen him in 4 years!!! and it was soooo good to spend time with him and reminisce about our crazy days.. it was good..
this next week ill be in london for a week.. should be good.. have never been.. and then, before you know it.. ill be home!! craziness. sorry this blog is so all over the place.. just alot to catch up on!! ill write again sooner than later.. lots of love to you all. God bless.
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