college appreciation
Mom got me a book called "World History According to College Students". An excerpt:
The history of the Jewish people begins with Abraham, Issac, and their twelve children. Judyism was the first monolithic religion. it had one big God named "Yahoo." Old Testament profits include Moses, Amy, and Confucius, who believed in Fidel Piety. (One of the only reasons Confucius was born was because of a Chinese tradition.)I am so thankful for Calvary Chapel Bible College.
But now that my final semester is coming up, I'm considering where to continue my education. Ones I'm considering include (but aren't limited to):
and
Biola and Azusa are over the top expensive, but you definitely get your money's worth
and you get to be in California. The only competative part about their five nursing program is your initial acceptance. After that you're set to participate in the pre-med and medical curriculum. Relaxing is definitely a plus. But after a five million dollar student loan to pay off, relaxing won't be an option anymore.
Elim is non acredited,
but it is specifically for medical missions so its classes target exactly what I'm interested in learning. They're also Pentecostal. And in New York, which would be interesting. It looks legit, but it
is non acredited, which means they could legally teach utter and complete chaff.
So right now it looks like Evangel, with it's reasonable tuition and unique four year BSN program, is prime target number one. God, give me grace to live in Missouri if that's the case.
I'm sure that in time, God will make it clear. But do remember me in your prayers.
Labels: college
carnality close-out
Dear Andrew Murray, thank you for writing Absolute Surrender.
{ I would like to draw a straight line and ask you who believe and confess that God has given you His Spirit and who know the joy of the Holy Spirit, to take your place at the right-hand sie. Then I would ask you who have felt that you are still carnal, to come to the left side and say, "God, I must confess that my Christian life is for the most part carnal,
under the power of the flesh." Then I would tell you that you cannot save yourselves from the flesh or get rid of it. You must come to Christ afresh; He can lift you over into the new life.
You belong to Christ and He belongs to you; what you need is to cast yourselves upon Him and He will reveal the power of His crucifixion in you, to give you
victory over the flesh. Cast yourselves, with the confessin of sin, and utter helplessness, at the feet of the Lamb of God. He will give you deliverance.
That brings me to my final thought:
We must take the decisive step in faith that Christ is able to keep us. It is not only a belief; it is not a consecration in any sense of its being in our powers; it is not a surrender by the strength of our will. These aspects may be present, but the principal thing is that
we look to Christ to keep us today, tomorrow, the next day, and always; we must receive the life of God within us.
We want a life that will last not only until another "revival" but until death takes us home. We want, by the grace of God, to experience the almighty indwelling and saving power of Christ and all that God can do for us.
...
Come to Christ and
disregard whether there is any new experience, any feeling, any excitement, any light, or only apparent darkness. Come and
stand upon the Word of God. The Father
promises His Holy Spirit to every hungry child.
Will He not give it to you? }
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New from the home front: What happens when I'm back home with my weird (but all the more lovable) parents?
Well, my mom calls a 1-800 number and tries to order "Alfonso Rivera's pop-and-lock" after watching an old commercial on YouTube advertising it. Much to our (but mainly her) disappointment, this product has apparently been off the shelves for at least two decades. And I'm sure the lady who answered that call is probably still confused.
Labels: family, spiritual
short update
Hello my friends. I realize there's been an unacceptable time lapse between my last post and now. So although I am a letdown without any pictures to show for it, I'll do my best to fill you in.
✌ I'm home from Bible college.
✌ Jeanette came over and we visited a seminary in North Carolina.
✌ I'm working with my sticky little children at the elementary school again.
✌ I'm taking Church History and Leviticus via correspondence to get some credits in.
✌ Had to peace out on the EMT course. Kinda feel like a loser, but time and energy limitations wouldn't allow for it.
✌ Next semester will be my last before graduation.
✌ Life is busy.
☝ God is good.
Stay tuned!
mexico missions
The weekend before school got out (which was a few weeks ago, which then implies that I'm bad at posting consistently thus my little "week" thing totally fell apart before my eyes...) we went to Mexico for a mission trip! It was at an orphanage about 45 minutes into the border.
Our hotel.
To breakfast...
Jeanette is making two things: her famous scrambled eggs, and the most wacked out face ever.
This little girl got adopted and her new family was going to pick her up that weekend. Neither of us could understand what the other was saying, but we still had some pretty intense conversations. She kept saying "a huego! a huego!" (to the playground! to the playground!) and for some reason I kept answering in Japanese...I dunno.
Mija was trying to jack the bandana that I needed to cover my greasy nap, but instead I gave her my praystrong bracelet. I got that thing in Japan, so it's special!
Pastor Hasan's house.
Tom was our translator, so he ordered all of our tacos. Go Tom!
The capstone of the trip...the five billion ounce Manzana Lift, every true Mexican's favorite drink.
It was a pretty tiring trip, and it helped me get a better understanding of what it means to serve beyond your bodily comfort, even though of all the people I probably served the least. Us girls did a look of cooking and tending to the niños while the guys took care of church construction. I can't believe the people at the orphanage are able to do what they do with so little help sometimes. They are pretty much incredible!
Labels: kids, mexico, mexifriend, missions, orphanage
