So i been learning the song by matt redman, the heart of worship, he wrote this song when the pastor of his church stopped the band from doing worship for a whole month, because he felt like the heart of worship had disappeared in the church.
i have been hanging out with the Ywam Team its been so awesome. already i have been teaching and doing awesome things. i have even led worship on a few occations now which is right up my ally. lifes just been crazy living in a house with 9 other musungu's i do a lot of shopping for them and i which is great. i'm becoming mugandan in the way that i shop as i can now barter really well! we have a cook that cooks two meals a day for us shes incredible! ah man shes so good to us and goes above and beyond the call of duty. i cook breakfasts here and there. done it about twice now. made flat bread and tomorrow we are doing like a bunch of eggs which will be great.
tomorrow we are going to the hospital and then doing door to door ministry.
i have been doing a lot of soul searching trying to figure out why i'm here in africa and why it feels like god is tearing me apart. being with this team has helped though. i have been thinking a lot about where i should be going and what god wants me to do and i'm looking at going to to YWAM and when i should go. if your reading this blog please pray for me as i will need to raise money for that trip so if you feel god saying anything about how i can raise it or what i should do or who i should ask, or even if you feel like giving some money towards me going to ywam feel free to email me and ask me about it and i will give you some more information.
I'm loving the fact that i get to lead worship, it feels right, its hard at times but i just feel like i'm in a good place when i get to play and worship good. its going to be a busy month for me. a lot of stuff going down. we are looking at going to Kampala on our day off next week and checking out the sites should be fun.
we saw 11 kids saved at a school the other day which was great. please pray for us as many of us have very little money to survive off of and have to be very careful. also pray for our safety and gods fresh anointing on what we are doing. thanks!
Joely.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
between the buried and me
I love the words "between the buried and me" its actualy the name of a band, but i just like the way it sounds.
i'm all moved into my new place, its nice and its crazy to actually have my own set of keys and a house i'm taking care of. our cook is incredible. she has an incredible ability to cook as well.
we did a bunch of out reach last week for about 4 days straight. there was around roughly 64 people saved it was pretty awesome. i have really been pressing into god these days and the more i do the harder it is. i have had horrible dreams since it started and worry here or there so i'm really having to just lay everything down at the cross. its not that easy though.
my last night in Robert's house peter and i and the kids all sat down for devotions, but Robert and Esther were tired so had gone to bed. we didn't know what to do so peter asked me to get the guitar and i led worship, it was difficult at first, but then i felt got move me to play How he loves us, and so i did and i had to choke through many of the words as god's presence poured into the room and then god led me to talk about the song so i explained this song and again through tears it was rough. then god led me to preach so i preached as well. for me it was the best devotion i was a part of because god's presence was just so real.
now that i'm with my team we will be doing outreach in and around the different communities and spend time together we have a couple of guitars and a beautiful house and a lovely cook who is like a mother and watchs out for us. we boil our own water and take care of ourselves. its pretty crazy! anyway i'm off i told the team i would work on making them chapoti and eggs etc.
i'm all moved into my new place, its nice and its crazy to actually have my own set of keys and a house i'm taking care of. our cook is incredible. she has an incredible ability to cook as well.
we did a bunch of out reach last week for about 4 days straight. there was around roughly 64 people saved it was pretty awesome. i have really been pressing into god these days and the more i do the harder it is. i have had horrible dreams since it started and worry here or there so i'm really having to just lay everything down at the cross. its not that easy though.
my last night in Robert's house peter and i and the kids all sat down for devotions, but Robert and Esther were tired so had gone to bed. we didn't know what to do so peter asked me to get the guitar and i led worship, it was difficult at first, but then i felt got move me to play How he loves us, and so i did and i had to choke through many of the words as god's presence poured into the room and then god led me to talk about the song so i explained this song and again through tears it was rough. then god led me to preach so i preached as well. for me it was the best devotion i was a part of because god's presence was just so real.
now that i'm with my team we will be doing outreach in and around the different communities and spend time together we have a couple of guitars and a beautiful house and a lovely cook who is like a mother and watchs out for us. we boil our own water and take care of ourselves. its pretty crazy! anyway i'm off i told the team i would work on making them chapoti and eggs etc.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Feugo de dios (fire fall down)
wow, its been awhile since i have written on here. just haven't been motivated. what to say? life has been frustrating lately. a lot of it my own doing. some of it just the way life rolls, but through it i'm learning a lot about my self and god just having to do it in a hard way. i'm going to be moving into my own place very soon it seems like, i'm taking a bit longer to pray about it but it looks like it will happen (when i say my own place i will have roommates) and i will be taking a break from the internet for a month of feb here, as i will be away a lot in Feb, in march i'm hoping to possibly head to Padar and Gulu for a week, either march or April or may, one of those months
Padar and Gulu are two of the districts in northern Uganda, were much of the child soldier and waring has gone on, there dangerous and full of refugees, right up my ally!
if anything happens to me well i'm away up north, or away in Feb anyone reading this will find out. but part of why i'm staying so tight lipped is to disappear for a bit :) nothing against anyone.
anyway see y'all in march, please continue to pray for me as good begins to do a lot of re-focusing, and i do a lot of soul searching on the next steps of my life.
take care, you will all be in my prayers in one way or another :)
Yoweri.
Padar and Gulu are two of the districts in northern Uganda, were much of the child soldier and waring has gone on, there dangerous and full of refugees, right up my ally!
if anything happens to me well i'm away up north, or away in Feb anyone reading this will find out. but part of why i'm staying so tight lipped is to disappear for a bit :) nothing against anyone.
anyway see y'all in march, please continue to pray for me as good begins to do a lot of re-focusing, and i do a lot of soul searching on the next steps of my life.
take care, you will all be in my prayers in one way or another :)
Yoweri.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Ask and you shall receive.
life has been intense to say the least. its hard to know were to start, i would say by now most people that read by blog know that I'm planing to go to YWAM in Sept of this year, three months after getting back in canada. its true. I'm trusting god in it. it came about all of a sudden when someone suggested it and i began to look into it and fell in love within minutes, but i decided to pray as the 6 month course including flights and everything will cost me 11 thousand dollars that at the moment i don't have. SO i have been praying about it and when we were in class the other day we had this time of like breaking down barriers in our life and i have some big ones right now. and so i went up to the front because i felt a call to go up there. when i got up there god quickly spoke something i have wanted to hear for a long long time. that i DO that's right i DO hear god clearly and that as i draw even closer i will hear him even better! i was in tears snot rolling down and cascades of water running off my face. i went and sat back down and i asked god about if he wanted me to go to YWAM i hear a yes, then i asked if he wanted me to go in Sept of this year, and Again i feel i hear a yes. so i applied for the course believing god will provide the 11 thousand i need for this.
another way god also poured into this was when i was give a word by another student. Matthew 18:18, anything you bind or loose in heaven will be bound or loosed on earth. so in my books I'm going to YWAM and i have faith god will open the door.
there has been a team here from NY State and Both Lou and Mike the pastor and worship leader from the church in NY have been pouring a heck of a lot into my life which was awesome. i have also taken a bit of a break from the internet (i get on here and there) and spending some time searching gods heart on my life and where its going. the other day when i was searching gods heart he told me to look at Luke 20:23 which is when Jesus asks what portrait is on a denarius, and then says to give to Ceaser what is Ceaser's and give to god what is God's. and it was just like right away god said to me give me everything that belongs to me. so I'm working on doing that with everything. its not so easy.
yesterday (saturday) peter asked me what i was going to preach about on sunday i said nothing. and then as i was going to bed i asked God what he wanted me to preach and i was given the word Matthew 6:12, the lords prayer and specialy the part forgive us our debts as we forgive others. and at the time i didn't think it was for the church but then Pastor Mike got up and told his life story and about forgiving even when you didn't want to, and it was just like wow huge confirmation and we saw many people in the church go up for alter call to be healed of abuse, un-forgiveness, problems with there parents etc, it was incredible! i have been learning a lot about god in the last few days and well i believe i'm going towards Kona Hawaii for YWAM and more missions work from sept till march 2012, i definitely feel uncertain about were God is taking me, but i can't help and look back at 2010 and think about how god provided and showed me his will in my life and brought people around me to build me up. people i never expected would be there or that i would build relationships with. it is amazing for me to think about the fact that i have friends all over canada and the US that support me and have even sponsored me, and in Africa and Asia and Europe. regardless of what happens over the rest of my time in Africa i'm living a blessed life full of adventure and excitement!
another way god also poured into this was when i was give a word by another student. Matthew 18:18, anything you bind or loose in heaven will be bound or loosed on earth. so in my books I'm going to YWAM and i have faith god will open the door.
there has been a team here from NY State and Both Lou and Mike the pastor and worship leader from the church in NY have been pouring a heck of a lot into my life which was awesome. i have also taken a bit of a break from the internet (i get on here and there) and spending some time searching gods heart on my life and where its going. the other day when i was searching gods heart he told me to look at Luke 20:23 which is when Jesus asks what portrait is on a denarius, and then says to give to Ceaser what is Ceaser's and give to god what is God's. and it was just like right away god said to me give me everything that belongs to me. so I'm working on doing that with everything. its not so easy.
yesterday (saturday) peter asked me what i was going to preach about on sunday i said nothing. and then as i was going to bed i asked God what he wanted me to preach and i was given the word Matthew 6:12, the lords prayer and specialy the part forgive us our debts as we forgive others. and at the time i didn't think it was for the church but then Pastor Mike got up and told his life story and about forgiving even when you didn't want to, and it was just like wow huge confirmation and we saw many people in the church go up for alter call to be healed of abuse, un-forgiveness, problems with there parents etc, it was incredible! i have been learning a lot about god in the last few days and well i believe i'm going towards Kona Hawaii for YWAM and more missions work from sept till march 2012, i definitely feel uncertain about were God is taking me, but i can't help and look back at 2010 and think about how god provided and showed me his will in my life and brought people around me to build me up. people i never expected would be there or that i would build relationships with. it is amazing for me to think about the fact that i have friends all over canada and the US that support me and have even sponsored me, and in Africa and Asia and Europe. regardless of what happens over the rest of my time in Africa i'm living a blessed life full of adventure and excitement!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
hello world
wow so this is 2011. so much has already happened in the last few days of my life in 2011 i'm scared to know what the next few weeks will look like!
Christmas was great time with my family here in africa, we went to church we shared gifts we laughed, i missed home, friends family etc. i was given such awesome gifts from unexpected post cards to a usb stick full of music and tv shows, to a picture on facebook to this and that. the list goes on i'm blessed regardless of any circumstances. new years was crazy we went to an all night prayer meeting. i was struggling a bit so i sat outside of the church packed with what i think must have been 200-400 people and listened to the preaching and singing. but at 12 i went inside and began to dance for an hour with everyone else. and then i got up on a stage in front of all those people and danced my heart out. it was so hot and sweaty in that room. bleh nasty but incredible!
on monday jan the third we started our DTS with ywam, theres about 75ish students its going to be incredible! will be interesting to see how god moves. i am learning so much about god being here and myself and the way god works its crazy! well thats all for now please keep me in your prayers though! as there is some interesting things coming up that are changing my plans a bit. more to come in the future!
Christmas was great time with my family here in africa, we went to church we shared gifts we laughed, i missed home, friends family etc. i was given such awesome gifts from unexpected post cards to a usb stick full of music and tv shows, to a picture on facebook to this and that. the list goes on i'm blessed regardless of any circumstances. new years was crazy we went to an all night prayer meeting. i was struggling a bit so i sat outside of the church packed with what i think must have been 200-400 people and listened to the preaching and singing. but at 12 i went inside and began to dance for an hour with everyone else. and then i got up on a stage in front of all those people and danced my heart out. it was so hot and sweaty in that room. bleh nasty but incredible!
on monday jan the third we started our DTS with ywam, theres about 75ish students its going to be incredible! will be interesting to see how god moves. i am learning so much about god being here and myself and the way god works its crazy! well thats all for now please keep me in your prayers though! as there is some interesting things coming up that are changing my plans a bit. more to come in the future!
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