Whale-zilla and Jo-nizzle are in the House!

Yesterday was Thursday. Frank has been warning us about Thursday all week. He says that things always happen on Thursday. So I was excited/Nervous!

He started off by talking about orphans. We are all orphans. The original orphan was Lucifer. At the beginning, there were three anointed angels – Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer. In Ezekiel 28: 11-18, it describes Lucifer and his great beauty. But Lucifer decided that he wanted the glory and worship for himself, so God cast him out of his presence to the ‘dirt’, to Earth.

When God made man-kind on Earth, Lucifer decided that he wanted them to worship him and not God. So he fooled the humans. In the original translation of Genesis 3, the serpent was actually not a ‘serpent’ it was ‘the shining’. It was referring to Lucifer and all of his beauty. He glamoured Eve into eating the fruit.

Frank talked about how God created Adam and Eve as one. They were both referred to as Adam, together, until after they had eaten the forbidden fruit. The bible doesn’t ever refer to Adam as two separate beings until after Adam places the blame on Eve. This separates them from one another, this is the beginning of conflict between humans. God then had no choice but to cast them out of his presence too. And they became orphans. Lucifer succeeded.

But! Jesus came to tell us that he will not leave us orphaned (John 14:18). God is a Father desperately seeking His lost children. He is and has come to find us.

Then we had a ministry time. Frank got us to ‘lay down’ something that we want to have washed away. I laid down my intellect, so that my mind might be opened to all of the things of God that my education has blocked off. I also laid down my will, so that I can let go of fear and doubt about my future. So that I can trust Him and trust that He has plans to prosper me.

He ‘baptized’ me and then gave me a big daddy hug. It was the best hug ever. And afterwords, all the staff prayed for me and told me visions and such. The neat thing was that all of them, and Frank, told me that I should not try to be someone that I’m not because I am perfect the way that I am – the way that He made me. Obviously God wants me to know this. And I don’t really know why he is telling me this. I don’t really feel like I am not being true to myself. Maybe he wants me to stop letting go of everything that I have been up until now… I don’t know.

But Tiff had a cool vision last night when Beryl was praying for me. Tiff saw me covered in cobwebs that had accumulated slowly over my years at University. But then she saw God blowing them away with his spirit. And then she saw me in a white dress, giving off light. And Aleisha confirmed the prophesy that I received through Mal Maloney, that I would bring people to God through my testimony, like the woman at the well. And probably one of the coolest things that happened was when I hugged Tasia. When I hugged her, I just started to tell her how much God loves her. And I felt His love for her. He was so hurt in his heart to see her feeling rejected and upset. He loves her so much! And I felt that! I started to cry. Man, he loves us all that much! So cool.

Also worth noting – Brent and Dan are tied for the second best hug – after Frank!

Also yesterday we did local outreach and I went to the Old Folks home. I forgot how much I love talking to the senile. First I talked to an old man who told Brent and I some hilarious jokes. I wish I could remember them so that I could write them in this blog! Maybe in a future blog. There was also this old lady who changes personalities every day. Yesterday she was a teacher, and she was from Wales. First she told me that she moved to new zealand when she was 50, but then about 10 minutes later she changed her story and said she moved here when she was 20. She also sounds like quite the world traveller. She has lived in EVERY COUNTRY - Canada, America, Enland, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and NORTH AFRICA (BAHA!). I never got to ask about East and West Africa, but I am sure that she lived there also! Hhaha. She was hilarious. She also requested that we form a chior, so we sang a song really horibly that only 2 of us knew the words to. She told us to practice more for next week. Bahah. Old people make my life.

Last night we put on our talent show. Hannah R and I were Jo-nizzle and Whale-zilla and we rapped a mad story about Jonah. We also managed to get some pretty sick gangster clothing. We borrowed Matt's pants, and his hoodie and Brents Jacket and Vans hats. Also we had lots of bling and I had a whale on my back. It was awesome. I will post the lyrics later! One of my favorite moments this week, 'Hey Matt, can I have your pants?' hahaha. Also, Schnegg and Noemi had to make a 'musical' genre song for the 12 guys that went to Canaan. It was hilarious. They dressed up in sheets and towels and sang 'We are 12 guys going to Canaan, to see what we find...' etc. It was probably the most hilarious thing I have ever seen in my life.

Also.......... bum bum bummmmmm.... CARLY CAME BACK YESTERDAY! We still haven't had a chance to 1 on 1 because life is so busy, but I am looking forward to it!

This morning was Frank's last lecture. We did the baptism thing for the staff this time. And he got Tasia and I to be the first 'towels' so we got to hug and pray for people first after they were dunked in the river. Frank heard our story from yesterday of how I felt God's love for her and such and said that we are a great team! And that we are both healers. It was cool.

Also, I got so many Frank hugs today. I love him so much! He is like a big teddy-bear. You can just feel how much God loves you when Frank hugs you! He said, 'Steph, you have such a compassionate heart. You will be a great lover of orphans.' It really touched my heart. I feel like this will be true in my life. And I am surrounded by orphans! There are so many people everywhere waiting to find their Father... and I can show them - like the woman at the well.

Man, God is so Great.

Now I'm in town. I have stocked up on glutie snacks! I am so happy. I put myself on a diet last week and decided not to buy any snacks for myself. That was a bad idea. I almost starved. Hahah. I am looking forward to T-HOP tonight! And to my 1 on 1 with Carly, whenever that happens!