This past month we have been in Romania. It has been seriously life changing. I should probably write a good series of blogs for me to even begin to share what has happened to me.
Ministry This Month: We spent our time doing many different things. We were able to do a few different programs working with different groups of kids. We spoke and lead worship a lot and shared our testimonies all the time. We were able to spend time with the gypsies in the villages. I love them so much. The kids were so precious and needed much love from us. It’s amazing how children in poverty always seem to have the most love to give away. We also did a lot of relational ministry here. We spent a lot of time speaking life and truth into the people who want to help change Romania for the better. There is a lot of depression and division in the area so we focused on bringing joy wherever we went.
I am overwhelmed with how much I learned this month. We were able to experience a lot of miracles and feel God very powerfully. The village we were staying in had ran out of water so we prayed for rain. Within a day Mike and I were caught in a massive rain storm while out in the city. It was AMAZING. At the same time, a team was in Moldova praying for rain to come there as well. Moldova did not have rain for over a year. Within an hour of their prayer it started to rain. Something I already knew was more confirmed after this month. Enough of this religion stuff. Enough of the man made rules and tradition and just sitting in a chair on Sunday for an hour. I’m experiencing a living God who does things outside of our little boxes we put him in. I’m done with religion and ready to experience a relationship with the author of life. We were worshiping the other day and I literally felt God so strong over me that I had to sit down and ask him to ease off me a little bit. HAHA. I thought I could die if I had any more of his presence. That is how powerful God is. He is so gentle with us as well. He of course let off a little bit and let me process everything that I was feeling.
God is love. He is life. He thinks you are beautiful. He wants you to live in freedom. He wants you to be free from anger, from shame, rejection, hate, death, gossip, fear, un-forgiveness, bitterness, division, control and so much more. He wants you to be free and live in the truth of him. Living in him means beauty, creativity, life, wholeness, forgiveness, hope, restored relationships, love, goodness. I think we get the point. He wants you to believe you are free from that and then walk in that freedom the rest of your life.
I love you all. I have a few other specific blogs in mind to let you know what I am learning. I am forever changed and thankful that God gives us big dreams and then fulfills them. Even when the world thinks it’s impossible or crazy. I have a God who believes in me.
We are off to Hungary tomorrow. We can feel your prayers. We love you all.
