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Dart Pictures

here are just a few pics from my trip





this was me looking for land mines


handing out food ...because i'm nice


such a good helper!



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Dart is over… and right now we are on our way home… over all I really enjoyed this conference. I met a lot of really cool people… I met a girl who is graduating next year and guess what… she wants to go to YWAM! It’s so cool to meet someone who has plans similar to yours. I also met a cool Californian (I know it’s crazy) who had the same computer as me… hum let’s see…. Just today I met a guy who hit me over the head with a water bottle when he said goodbye…. Yeah I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean it… I met a really nice lady who is on staff at the YWAM in Texas… and I met a guy named Winkie… I’m not kidding…. And his son was really nice… Oh I met a doctor that I wasn’t afraid of AND just for your info next time you feel faint lie down and you should start to feeling better… just a little hint I picked up…so that was good… and I talked to a guy who had great ideas for witnessing… SO WHO WILL DO IT WITH ME?????? It’s a great idea… it’s a way for people to come up to you… and ohhh it’s sooo cool. I’ll have to share how to do it later but it seems so easy….

Anyway, my point was I met a lot of cool people with so many awesome stories…

We did so much this week…
Hum wed we went to a refugee camp that was set up for us and we pretended to be refugees…. There we learned about land mine awareness…. personal survival … hum trauma assessment and then our team was selected to cook for the 60 people who were there… good times…. Then we slept in army tents … aha I woke up and it was raining … that tent leaked… I felt badly for some people because they got pretty wet… but I didn’t… it was pretty loud though…

So basically we took classes like that and now we can go with them on their trips to high risk areas and all.

Oh and by the way I missed all you southerners… there were not that many there …. Well I’m sure I missed a lot.. so when I think of anything I’ll just post again…

sara

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it rained last night...

OK- lahoma

so i'm in oklahoma at a hard-to-explain-in-one-word conference. It's called DART at first we thought it stood for disaster and relief training (not far from the truth) BUT it really stands for disaster aid response team. Anyway, it's a lot of info packed in one week. Today we had a session about world religions. The best part was.... well here are some of my notes... hopefully they will make sense... he was talking about 4 characteristics that set Christ apart from every other religious leader.

Whoever Jesus met he accepted them unconditionally.

He attentively listened to people. In Luke 2 he listened and asked questions when he was only 12 years old.

He had a genuine appreciation for the goodness he saw. (Good Samaritan, Lady with the sixpence etc.)

He confronted people with care.

There were lots of other great things that were said, but i couldn't write them all down... he talked about Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism ... but yeah I'm tired and we have so many more sessions to go to.... I'm serious this is a packed week. I'm getting tired .. I can't post this tonight... we only get limited internet access... pretty much only during classes and so in our room we don't have it... so I'll post this tomorrow... wed we are doing land-mine awareness.... so dad should get some pics for us.... maybe I can get them up sometime.... or maybe when I get back... welp I've got to go now... have a good day

sara

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Healing

Healing.... It's been apart of my life since.. well since I was born. Without Jesus's sacrifice on the cross for my healing. My life would be radically different. For one, I wouldn't be able to write this or even understand this concept. Those of you who know me and know my story will understand why this subject means so much to me.

While I was sick the other day, my mom suggested that I listen to a healing teaching tape. It was by a lady who knew mom when we lived in KY. Mom said without those teachings, mom and dad would not have had the strength or courage they did to pray and believe for me when I was born.

Now,I said all that to say that I would like to post some of the points this lady made that are really encouraging and helpful. They will serve as a reminder to me when the devil tries to steal my healing.

Here are the notes from the teaching...

We have an enemy and it’s not God. John 10:10

Is Healing God’s will? Yes! Healing was provided when Jesus died. Isaiah 53:4-5 Matt 8:16-17

Is God putting this sickness on me for a purpose? No! In the Bible do you ever see Jesus putting sickness on someone? No, it’s the opposite we see him taking away the sickness. Acts 10:38 For God to put sickness on you it would have to be his will…. We know that it is not God’s will or else He would have put sickness in the Garden of Eden. If sickness was God’s will and it brought glory to God it would be wrong to go to the doctor or to take medicine. Matt 15: 29-31 God gets the glory when people are healed!

What about when the Bible says we must suffer for Jesus. Well it’s true you will suffer for Jesus… But you will suffer persecution not sickness. 2 Tim 3:12

Some people will argue, “The Bible says whom the Lord loves He chastens. I’m being chastened with this sickness.” Well it is true that God chastens but never with sickness. The word chastens means to teach or educate. If a kid is doing great in school and passing all the tests, the teacher is not going to go out and break his leg. The teacher will simple give him a harder test so that he can continue to learn.

Some people will say, “I’m just like Job in the Bible.” Job 2:7 the devil smote Job. God didn’t do it. Then they will say, “Yes, but God gave the devil permission.” This is true, but God didn’t commission the devil to do it. God permitted it. In the same way, God will permit you to rob a bank. That doesn’t mean he wants you to. Job’s problem was that he became fearful, he opened the door for the devil Job 3:25. Also, there is a happy ending to the story of Job. Job 42: 10 The Lord restored.

Another argument that people will bring up is this, “God has given me a thorn in the flesh just like Paul.” First of all it was sent by the devil. 2 Cor 12:8. Also, it does not say sickness was brought to him (2 Cor 11:23).

Does God heal instantly? The Bible does not say they will lay hands on the sick and they will instantly recover. It’s a process. Keep confessing that God is healing and working in your body.

If God heals you does that mean that you are permanently healed? No. The devil will try to bring the very same thing against you. You must resist it all over again. P C Nelson said this, “More people loose their healing over a counter attack than anything else.” It’s a test and you have to run the devil off! He is coming to see if you still believe by the power of Jesus’ stripes you are still healed. As soon as the symptom comes, know it’s from the devil and tell him you have already received your healing. Rev 3:11

Lastly, why are some people not healed? They don’t confess Jesus to be their healer. Jesus never becomes anything to you that you don’t confess Him to be.

That’s all. I hope you got as much out of it as I did.

Sara