What a Weekend

so this weekend we've been on a retreat about Power Evangelism. It's been really good. interesting in that, i had been around prophecy [which is what we were really talking about] before, but i hadn't ever PROPHESIED. ya know? i've prophesied over... i was told i'm gonna work with kids... well this weekend, i was told i have the gift of prophecy. and that i have prophetic dreams

[well i already knew that... i've been having prophetic dreams for years]

God was really moving this weekend... i definitely felt him. We as a class went down to Joe's Addiction and prayed with people in the Valley Brook community and also with some of the people at Joe's. it was just an awesome afternoon of ministry overall.

i didn't get any prophecies for people.. but i felt at peace while i was there.. and i don't know for sure... i maybe got some images for people but in my fear and insecurity...i was too scared to say anything.

this would not be surprising to me....bcuz though i am not a shy person... when it comes to telling someone something that i probably have no right [other than the fact that Jesus is telling it to me] to know... well, that's a little scary. and i think i've decided that that is one of those things that no matter how many times i do it... it will still frighten me at least a little.

Even yesterday we were doing this exercise... like to get us somewhat comfortable with the idea of prophesying or even just giving God words to people... and we were doing it with each other because it's a safe environment for something that really all of us are new at... well, i was partnered with one of the teacher guys... and i didn't know him at all... other than his name. and he didn't know me at all... other than my name and my favorite color [rainbow]

but like, he told me a bunch of crazy stuff [[all the stuff at the beginning of the post plus some other stuff]]

he then proceeded to tell me a vision he had just had of me... and the vision he had... well, he was telling me it and i'm realizing that... everything he's saying to me is the dream i had had the night before... it was so insane for me to see that! i took it as confirmation that God really does talk to me through dreams...

and we'll see what happens as to what the dream meant. bcuz i think there was definite meaning behind it... but i'm just not sure how it's gonna play out. i know God knows though...
[the hard part is trusting Him]

but,
God is good [all the time]
[all the time] God is good.
bcuz that is His Nature.
[[WOW]]

God is working on my heart about a lot of things...i covet your prayers...just that i would have clarity about everything. He is faithful...i'm just having to remind myself of that... He's always there even when i'm not looking for Him...or leaning on Him... He's still there.

OH! i'm going to see Tenth Avenue North on monday night with my friend Katie! i'm SO excited!! it's gonna be amazing!!!

~Katelyn

Bootcamp, eh?

so, yes. it's been quite awhile since i last posted. i understand this. but i've been pretty busy. and i don't actually have a computer at my house with which to post. i have to use my parents. yes. i'm making excuses...but they are good ones, right?

anyway, bootcamp has been insane. we've had such fun getting to know each other, and getting to know more about ourselves and the God that we follow. I feel like my mind is gonna explode with everything i've been learning... but somehow it never does. maybe someday it will. :P

I don't even know where to begin on this whole bootcamp thing...i guess i'll just tell about some of the activities we've been doing. from the start we've been "training" for a 5k. i put training in quotes, bcuz i wasn't very good and i didn't train much, only because every time i would run i would end up hurting my knee! so i decided it wasn't worth it to injure myself permanently....just to run a 5k. i decided that i would run as much of the 5k as i could, then just walk it. and it was totally fine. i ended up running about 3/4 of a mile...and i was proud of myself for that. i got to walk it with my friend Tu and also my friend Jeff. it was a lot of fun. Tu is a refugee from Burma that i've befriended from working at language lab. She's so incredibly smart. we finished the race strong, we sprinted for the last like 100 yards. :)

Me and Tu finishing the race. :)

Then this weekend (yesterday)we did this ropes course, team building thing. It was a lot of fun. we played some games to promote trust and such with the other bootcampers. It was crazy fun. then we did this rock climbing wall and i hated that. haha it was really hard on my knee [more excuses i know!] so i couldn't get very far... and i was a bit mad at myself. but my mom and Katie helped me get over it. ha. but, all 3 of my siblings made it to the top of the wall and i was so proud of them! they were amazing!

then we did the zipline. that was a lot of fun, and i remember being excited because it's the first time i've ever been able to give in to that urge to jump from high places without killing myself or seriously injuring myself. haha. it was a lot of fun.

yeah, i look so casual standing up there. but it was really high and i was kinda scared. but then i was like, the only way i'm getting down from here is to jump... so i went all out and JUMPED from that platform. i had just been telling Becca (the girl in the green shirt that is in charge) about my random urges to jump sometimes, so when she unclipped me from the tower and i was only clipped to the zipline, she was like "don't go anywhere Katelyn." haha i was like, i wont!! she said "just keep holding on to the ladder."so i did. haha it was a lot of fun and i'm glad i did it. but yeah, so there are the things i've done in the last couple weeks. it's been fun and it's been crazy... but it's been good. :)

All the time, God is good. God is good all the time, because that is His Nature. Wow!

~Katelyn