Happy Thanksgiving!

GREETINGS!!

Greetings from the lecture hall as we just completed the reading of the whole new testament in two days!

We are ending the week a little early because of thanksgiving and I am praying that you all have a great time getting together with family or celebrating some traditions of your own. I am so excited to have a few extra days of rest and relaxation in order to recover from the past few weeks. And I am looking forward to spending some extra time with the Lord, going over with Him what I have learned so that I can begin to apply it to my life so that I may show Christ more through my life.

Today is the day that $1500 dollars is due for my plane ticket to the Philippines was due and I am rejoicing because of the Lord and His faithfulness to provide. As of last night I had only $1100 towards my plane ticket when I got a phone call from one of my family members who wanted to help me with the ticket. I got the check this morning and I have enough money to buy the plane ticket! Thank you all for your prayers and support.

During this week I have been humbled by Jesus. I need to rely on Him more, ask Him more, and involve Him more in every area of my life. He wants to be part of my day.He wants to walk and talk with me on everything. This has been so hard for me, despite all I am learning I still find myself forgetting about God and going about my day without involving Him. I am not trying to be hard on myself, I just really want to know Jesus. I read about what He has done for His people and what He has done for all mankind through His death on the cross and resurrection, saving us from our sins and bringing us from death to life. But those are just things that He does. Please understand I am not saying that they are not the most important things in all of history, by no means! What I want to get across is my burning desire to KNOW the person of God not just what He does. I want to know WHO He is and experience a relationship that rivals that of a husband and wife, an intimate and unquenchable loving realtionship. This is what He promises all of His children, He knows us more than we know ourselves and we can know Him the same. He is our father and I want to know His intimate love. Please keep me in your prayers, as I seek after the heart of God. And I pray for you the same, that you will dive into a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ; choosing everyday to love Him with all of your heart, mind, and strength.