So I would just like to point out that I made it to 10 PM today. Awe Yeah. I think I am finally adjusting to NZ time. Woohooo!
Today was my first Thursday. Thursdays are days of fasting. So we fast until lunch. But once a month it is an all-day fast. Thank goodness today was only until lunch time. I was so hungry. I was hungry when I went to bed last night, so I was famished by morning and couldn't eat. I may have cheated though by having tea with sugar in it... But regardless my stomach was complaining loudly. I don't know what I will do for the all day fasting days. I think I might pass out or die or something of the sort.
Today we fasted for revelation. That God would reveal His love. I also prayed that the Holy Spirit's power be revealed to me.
In lectures today, Mal prayed over everyone and prophesied over some of us. It was a really interesting and terrifying experience. Coming from a conservative Lutheran background, I have not experienced much in the way of speaking in tongues and all that jazz. But today I experienced it and it was terrifying.
Mal felt as though there was a lot of creativity in the room and that everyone with creativity on their hearts come forward, so a bunch of us went to the front and he started to pray over us. He did it for each person individually. He placed a hand on the forehead of the person, and his hand shook. He started yelling out prophesies and speaking in tongues and I was so scared. My heart was racing. When he came to me he told me that the cloak of the Lord was covering me and that it fit me well. He told me that he saw a fountain within me, a fountain of the living water. That the fountain would shoot out from me and touch many people. He told me that he sees me being like the woman at the well in John 4. That I would bring many many people to the Lord, and that they would then forget about me. His hand was shaking so hard on my forehead that it messed up my hair. Then Berryl and some staff prayed over me to rid me of any soul ties that may be holding me back in life and to bring me from the darkness of depression.
I didn't feel anything really as it was happening. My legs started to shake and I was breathing fast and heavy. Afterwards I just felt tired, but no different. I don't really know what to think of it, but I am excited to see more tomorrow.
There was a lot of free time today, so we all decided that it would be fun to walk over to the hot springs. They are about a 2 minute walk down the road. Everyone told us that the pools would be a huge dissappointment. But they were pretty sweet I thought. There are 3 pools, all different temperatures. But none of them are too cold. The coldest pool has an awesome slide. We had canon ball contests and did some hand stands. Good times.
The sun was out for a while today. It was nice to be not frozen for once. But it's cold again now that the sun is down :(.
Today was also laundry day. A couple of girls from my cabin and I pooled our clothes together. There was only one problem... We needed toonies to run to machines (oh sorry I mean "two dollar coins"), and none of us had any. HA! So we begged and pleaded and got some from other lovely people. Now clothes are drying on the line and will be fresh soon enough.
After dinner Mal's cute little Asian wife named Theresa chatted with me about my lovely allergies. She says that she can rid me of them through prayer. That would be pretty sweet! Then I could eat ice cream and yummy things... mmmmmmm.....
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