Tuesdays are the day for work program. Which basically means that all the students have to do maintenance jobs all over the base. It is the worst. I usually am stuck weeding for 3 hours. Today I was hoping that I would not get stuck weeding AGAIN. Well, I got my wish. And I got stuck scrubbing a ceiling for 3 hours. Awesome. My arms were noodles by the end. But I was quite innovative. There was a bunk-bed in the room with the dirty ceiling. So I laid on the top bunk and scrubbed the roof with my feet for a while. Legs are a lot more efficient at scrubbing than hands. I wonder if I am the first person in the world to ever scrub a ceiling with their feet. I bet I am. And proud of it!
This morning at intercession, we interceded for human trafficking. Tiff read some stories about girls that got lured into trafficking and prostitution. Man. I totally have a heart for them. I hate injustice. And I hate any sexual abuse. It disgusts me. It was such a powerful morning. I hope that God is moving all over the world, protecting potential victims and comforting those trapped in the viscious cycle of the corrupt prostitution businesses.
http://www.humantrafficking.org/issues/1
During lectures this morning I was so lonely because my desk neighbour, Kyle, was in bed with a migraine. Poor guy. I felt so bad for him. I think it was an atmospheric pressure thing because my head was acting up a bit too. But at least I didn't get stuck in bed. Kyle is also my lunch dishes buddy this week and I was so excited to do dishes together, but then he was sick. :( But I showed him some nice ways to massage your neck and face to alleviate pain. Awe man. I hate when people are sick or in pain.
At open meeting tonight, Flint gave a talk on how God will see us through from start to finnish. The scripture he referenced was from Romans 8: 31-39.
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died -- more than that, who was raised to life -- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will e able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The scripture says that God will give us all things. We misinterpret this as meaning that He will give us everything that we want. This is not true. By all things, it means that He gives us all of His grace and spiritual gifts. He is constantly working in us to make us more like Jesus. And even though we are fallen, God declares us non-guilty. He can do this through Jesus, who not only died for our sins, but He is still sitting at the right hand of the Father interceding for us today!
Paul asks the question, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Can trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword separate us from God's love? NO, though we might feel like it when we are going through trials and tribulations, it does not mean that God does not love us anymore. And we always ask God to make the hardships go away. He won't just take them away, but he will help us to overcome these. He is present with us through our hardships. And he pushes us THROUGH our problems so that we can become more like Jesus. Woah. And God will keep on working in us in this way until we reach completion.
Wow. Flint is such an amazing preacher! I would never have guessed from his lectures. He literally just reads off of the slide show, word for word. I can't even focus on what he is saying at all. I don't really know what he talked about today in class. But if he would teach us the way that he preaches, man, my mind would be blown.
This weekend, us mus-oh's are recording our album! Woohoo! I am so excited! My song is ready to go! I practiced it with all of my accompaniment today and it was so fun. Man, I just want to be a Rock Star, or maybe an Indie Queen. I have Kat and Kiwi Hannah singing harmonies, Elisa on violin, Miranda on drums and me on guitar and vocals. Oh man. It is gonna be so awesome! We get to perform our songs for each other on Thursday night. I can't wait!
Funny story. Today at supper, I burped. Noemi put on her face of disgust and said "Ughhhh," but then when she reallized that it was just me who burped and not Anne, she was like "Oh, ok" with a wave of her hand and smiled. Bahaha. I don't know if I should be proud of Noems for becoming more comfortable with gas, or if I should be worried that everyone just expects me to burp all the time... Also, good news! I had a normal bowel movement today!!! YESSSSSSSSSS. Victory.
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