It’s been a great month of learning and
growing in God stronger and stronger. The classes are helpful and practical.
One of the topics was “Faith and Finance” God showed me the areas where I
needed to grow in Faith and not worry for it is sin. The morning quiet times
are my favourite because God continues to show me His heart for me and it’s
amazing. One of the main things I did this month is I went on a short outreach
for two weeks. It was in Assam, a place called Silapathar. Everything was so
new to me there from the Bamboo house to the lifestyle of people and practices
of the Revival church we were working with. It was hard at first to get
adjusted but that’s when God reminded me of Paul’s words in Philippians 4:11-13
to be content in all circumstances. It opened my eyes to have a heart of
gratefulness. My team and I were working with the local pastor there and he is
such a humble man of God. This small revival church had just started a few
months back so the believers are few.
The believers were so glad to have us
there. We could see the joy in their faces as we led the church services and
went to some of their houses for fellowship. They have the heart of service and
kindness but only thing was that they were not taught the right principles of
the bible. Our team also went on lot of house visiting where God helped us to
minister to the families through prayer, encouragement, and the word of God. I
felt Gods presence so much during our ministry and it was so powerful and the
people were really receptive. In some of the non-believers houses we were asked
to leave but some of them did ask for prayer so that was encouraging. One of
the sad things that I noticed in this church was that there were false
prophecies spoken and people believed them. There was the language barrier as
the people spoke Assamese and Hindi but some could speak a little English.
I had the joy of ministering to one of the
woman who came with us to minister from house to house. My heart broke to hear some of the things she
told me and it’s shocking to hear how people are tricked in believing certain
things of how God works. Teaching her the true heart of God was a blessing to
me. The comment she made later was what encouraged me, she said my face looked
like Jesus when I was ministering in the houses and at that point I was
actually tired from walking but that was like an encouragement from God to be
faithful and not give up the good work. During the Christmas time I missed home
so much cause it’s the first time I am not there but being there with the
people and ministering to the children and the adults was a joy because they
were so happy and joyful to have us. A total new experience it was and the Lord
was so faithful in guiding us and leading the way. As a team we had a good
exposure of Gods heart for his people.
In full I can say it was a good month and
on New Year’s Eve we had fun as the DTS family in prayer and lots of
activities. The Lord personally helped me to let go of all the things that I
needed to and embrace the new adventure with him this New Year 2016.He always
knows the best.
PRAYER POINTS:
*Please pray that God would help me put the
things that he has been teaching me constantly into practice and the things I
have been learning in the classes.
*That this New Year I will focus on the
bigger picture of what God has for me and the promise he has given me.
*For Gods guidance on our staff and
students as we are preparing our hearts for the big outreach and that he would
open the right door for us.