Sunday, September 27, 2009
rest, pure silence, and pure love
I am listening to Kim Walker's Here's My Song Album as i am taking this day to rest, enjoy pure silence, and take the time to take His pure love in. The song "Can I Have More of You" i don't think by coincidence was playing at the most perfect time I needed to hear it. Doing my laundry and cleaning up my room in the midst of it, I just couldn't help but stop, sit, and receive and sing the words to my Jesus "cause You are good beyond all measure and my heart longs to give You pleasure and You fulfill all my longing. And all my life I will sing...God I love You and all You do. Your joy lives inside and does me good. Can I have more of You? Amazing grace how sweet the sound. And Oh my God you never let me down. Can I have more of You?" It just resounded with my spirit! Yes, tears is a part of my life =D -- tears started to well up out of joy and gratefulness that My God in His greatness is so personal. It just leaves me thankful at the reality that He knows me so well, way more than anyone even more than I know myself. Everyday is an increasing realization of my need of Him! =D
Friday, September 25, 2009
A year and a day...
Howzit! Its been a year and a day since i last wrote! I have been writing a lot more than I have the past 3 years. Yup! I'm been journaling again and it began in the beginning of this year...not on my blog though, just because i don't have a computer of my own and the one I'm on was lent so generously to me by the ministry I work with (Praise the Lord) because it was required to have a laptop for me to take Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). It has been about a month since I completed the course and by the goodness of God I'm still entrusted with the computer. It has been such a blessing to keep in touch with friends, supporters, and family!
God has brought me through a lot this year. A lot of healing, a lot of learning, a lot of wrestling, a lot of growth, a lot of changing,...a lot of renewing the mind, changing thinking, and application of all these things. Praise God for the many personal victories and witnessing victories in the lives of others! All by the grace and love and goodness of God, who deserves the glory! So i want to share some of it with you! Well, I am hoping to share it with you and be able to give Him the glory He deserves! There's been times where I'm real good at it, but more often not so good as you can see...September 24, 2008 was the last time I wrote on my blog! =P
There are a lot of things coming up! Would you partner with me and cover me in your prayers?
Please pray for growing intimacy with Jesus, times of refreshing and filling in the midst of doing, perseverance, His strength and His Joy to fill me, His love will continue to be the outflow of all that I do, the lives of those we meet be transformed in the name of Jesus and that God gets all the glory!
Here is what's coming up for me and for us as a ministry til January of 2010!
October 1 makes 7 years serving in YWAM's Holoholo Ministries. YAY GOD!
October 2 is Holoholo Cafe - one of the many fundraising we do that includes good kine snacks, good music, a touch of Aloha, and building relationships while we cast vision and invite people to be a part of what God is doing in the Kona community.
October 8, 13, 22, and 26 is a weekly Bento fundraiser we do. (Teri-beef, spam, hotdog, kamaboko, over rice for $7.00) All cut and prepared by us and made with love! =D
October 14 is a praise report! An open door in the community! We will be starting an English as a Second Language (ESL) in Kahakai Elementary School working with parents whose mother tongue is a foreign language. It was made official last week! Totally the favor of God!
October 17 we will be hosting a Dessert Banquet to share what God has done and continues to do and will be doing through Holoholo Ministries.
October 24 is our once a month Car Wash...we not only wash and vacuum...we provide the works and do it with excellence! the only way to go! =D
November 12 and 19 Bento fundraiser
November 14 Car Wash
November 30 to December 22 is the reason for all these fundraising that we are doing.
We are flying out to the PHILIPPINES! I along with 3 other staffs (Jessica, Summer, and Debbie) will be following up on the set up for our Hawaii to PHilippines Tour (HI 2 PI Tour) and we will be followed by the rest of the Holoholo family and friends from December 7 through 22nd to be a part of this tour through creative arts such as dance (Hula, tahitian, samoan, hip hop, sign dance), skits, and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ partnered with the churches in Naga City to follow up on those that will accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. After our break in December we come back and finish preparing for our upcoming Discipleship Training School that begins on January 21st, 2010 (www.holoholo.info if you want more info.)
All for His glory!
Thank you so very much for those of you who have generously supported me and faithfully prayers lifted on my behalf! I need them and know that those prayers are heard and they are felt!
May the blood of Jesus cover you and your ohana. God bless you!
In His Grace,
Jenn
God has brought me through a lot this year. A lot of healing, a lot of learning, a lot of wrestling, a lot of growth, a lot of changing,...a lot of renewing the mind, changing thinking, and application of all these things. Praise God for the many personal victories and witnessing victories in the lives of others! All by the grace and love and goodness of God, who deserves the glory! So i want to share some of it with you! Well, I am hoping to share it with you and be able to give Him the glory He deserves! There's been times where I'm real good at it, but more often not so good as you can see...September 24, 2008 was the last time I wrote on my blog! =P
There are a lot of things coming up! Would you partner with me and cover me in your prayers?
Please pray for growing intimacy with Jesus, times of refreshing and filling in the midst of doing, perseverance, His strength and His Joy to fill me, His love will continue to be the outflow of all that I do, the lives of those we meet be transformed in the name of Jesus and that God gets all the glory!
Here is what's coming up for me and for us as a ministry til January of 2010!
October 1 makes 7 years serving in YWAM's Holoholo Ministries. YAY GOD!
October 2 is Holoholo Cafe - one of the many fundraising we do that includes good kine snacks, good music, a touch of Aloha, and building relationships while we cast vision and invite people to be a part of what God is doing in the Kona community.
October 8, 13, 22, and 26 is a weekly Bento fundraiser we do. (Teri-beef, spam, hotdog, kamaboko, over rice for $7.00) All cut and prepared by us and made with love! =D
October 14 is a praise report! An open door in the community! We will be starting an English as a Second Language (ESL) in Kahakai Elementary School working with parents whose mother tongue is a foreign language. It was made official last week! Totally the favor of God!
October 17 we will be hosting a Dessert Banquet to share what God has done and continues to do and will be doing through Holoholo Ministries.
October 24 is our once a month Car Wash...we not only wash and vacuum...we provide the works and do it with excellence! the only way to go! =D
November 12 and 19 Bento fundraiser
November 14 Car Wash
November 30 to December 22 is the reason for all these fundraising that we are doing.
We are flying out to the PHILIPPINES! I along with 3 other staffs (Jessica, Summer, and Debbie) will be following up on the set up for our Hawaii to PHilippines Tour (HI 2 PI Tour) and we will be followed by the rest of the Holoholo family and friends from December 7 through 22nd to be a part of this tour through creative arts such as dance (Hula, tahitian, samoan, hip hop, sign dance), skits, and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ partnered with the churches in Naga City to follow up on those that will accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. After our break in December we come back and finish preparing for our upcoming Discipleship Training School that begins on January 21st, 2010 (www.holoholo.info if you want more info.)
All for His glory!
Thank you so very much for those of you who have generously supported me and faithfully prayers lifted on my behalf! I need them and know that those prayers are heard and they are felt!
May the blood of Jesus cover you and your ohana. God bless you!
In His Grace,
Jenn
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Even darkness is light to You - from Psalm 139
Woke up this morning! Yay God for a new day and another chance at life - to live and to love and to walk in the measure of Your grace and new mercies for each day. Quite earlier than I thought I’d get up since I did sleep a little after midnight. 4:36 a.m. was the time I saw when I looked at the time on the mobile phone. Wide awake I might add.
The first thoughts once the juices of my little head started going was the things I had to do today. E-mail Uncle Paul all the work that Sandra and I have been working on the past 2 days, pack, clean the room I’m in at the Antipolo Base, pay for my stay here, wash this hair I’ve been wanting to wash two days ago from the time it was treated. I was told don’t wash your hair for two days. How difficult that was being hot and sweaty and after awhile I didn’t just feel dirty my hair looked like it needed a wash.
Then, came a quiet whisper...a thought so gently came “lay it all side” and I stopped and did just that. With a simple, "Father, I lay it all aside and ask you to be Lord of my life today, be Lord of this day and all that comes my way. I don’t think I’m up at this hour for no reason wide awake…what do you want me to pray? Who? What do You want to say? Speak for Your servant is listening." Then I began asking for forgiveness for not spending time with him, sitting and reading his word, etc. Then i felt such peace as the words I got before coming here rang in my ears…"I can fill outside of those times - the times you and I sit in a room, quietly without anyone there with your bible. Ask Me to fill you even when we’re not alone. We can have our times in the quiet and the noise." So, I quieted myself for a little while and asked Him to meet me and fill me. So I practiced what was not the norm for me after realizing I don’t have to live in the boxes that I’ve been living in or the boxes I’ve put myself and God in so as I was in the middle of these thoughts, I had the freedom to think about washing my hair and got up and began getting ready to go and wash my hair. As I was doing that…I so wanted to turn on the light to get all my face wash, shampoo and conditioner and towel out. Although I am in a room by myself, I am in a room next to three other rooms where if I turn on my light. The light from my room will also shine into the two other rooms because there is about a two feet opening from the ceiling. I didn’t want to do that while it was still dark…then when I got to thinking about how dark it was, i thought of last night and fighting fear that i felt and how it took awhile for me to sleep last night asking Him to fill me with His peace…a familiar still small voice…sweet, peaceful, loving, quiet whisper in my head resounded the words... “Even darkness is light to You”
Darkness – it wasn’t just a room empty of light or times of despair or trials or living in sin that’s hidden or in wide exposure… at that very moment darkness for me was the"fear," “unknowns,” “times of uncertainty,” “times when I don’t know what to do,” “I cannot see what’s ahead or how things are going to look or end up,” “times of risks where there is a 50/50 chance of success or failure. The revelation, the light, the precious morsel of truth I got from the very heart of my Daddy – “In the times you do not see, or do not know, or cannot even fanthom what’s ahead - I am not only with you, I am already there and even there I AM IN CONTROL” yup…in the dark where I do not see, even stumble on myself, or bump into things and hurt myself or fall even, walk in fear and uncertainty, EVEN DARKNESS IS LIGHT TO HIM…there is nothing that is out of His sight….I have to say it again…more for me to hear and for me to know that I know that I know in both my heart and mind… my Daddy is with Me and is before me - already there and even there He is in complete control!
Father help me not forget this truth…Thank you that Your word stands forever and it does not return void. I receive Dad Your Words implanted in my heart, my soul, my mind and my spirit…that it will accomplish the purpose for which it is sent. Protect it from the birds of the air…let it go down deep…deeply rooted and grounded in Your love. Thank You Holy Spirit that as You have opened my eyes to see, ears to hear, and touched my heart to perceive let it be to those that take You at Your word. Jesus thank You for the cross. And Thank you for Your love Daddy! I love you!
In Jesus Name I pray,
AMEN
The first thoughts once the juices of my little head started going was the things I had to do today. E-mail Uncle Paul all the work that Sandra and I have been working on the past 2 days, pack, clean the room I’m in at the Antipolo Base, pay for my stay here, wash this hair I’ve been wanting to wash two days ago from the time it was treated. I was told don’t wash your hair for two days. How difficult that was being hot and sweaty and after awhile I didn’t just feel dirty my hair looked like it needed a wash.
Then, came a quiet whisper...a thought so gently came “lay it all side” and I stopped and did just that. With a simple, "Father, I lay it all aside and ask you to be Lord of my life today, be Lord of this day and all that comes my way. I don’t think I’m up at this hour for no reason wide awake…what do you want me to pray? Who? What do You want to say? Speak for Your servant is listening." Then I began asking for forgiveness for not spending time with him, sitting and reading his word, etc. Then i felt such peace as the words I got before coming here rang in my ears…"I can fill outside of those times - the times you and I sit in a room, quietly without anyone there with your bible. Ask Me to fill you even when we’re not alone. We can have our times in the quiet and the noise." So, I quieted myself for a little while and asked Him to meet me and fill me. So I practiced what was not the norm for me after realizing I don’t have to live in the boxes that I’ve been living in or the boxes I’ve put myself and God in so as I was in the middle of these thoughts, I had the freedom to think about washing my hair and got up and began getting ready to go and wash my hair. As I was doing that…I so wanted to turn on the light to get all my face wash, shampoo and conditioner and towel out. Although I am in a room by myself, I am in a room next to three other rooms where if I turn on my light. The light from my room will also shine into the two other rooms because there is about a two feet opening from the ceiling. I didn’t want to do that while it was still dark…then when I got to thinking about how dark it was, i thought of last night and fighting fear that i felt and how it took awhile for me to sleep last night asking Him to fill me with His peace…a familiar still small voice…sweet, peaceful, loving, quiet whisper in my head resounded the words... “Even darkness is light to You”
Darkness – it wasn’t just a room empty of light or times of despair or trials or living in sin that’s hidden or in wide exposure… at that very moment darkness for me was the"fear," “unknowns,” “times of uncertainty,” “times when I don’t know what to do,” “I cannot see what’s ahead or how things are going to look or end up,” “times of risks where there is a 50/50 chance of success or failure. The revelation, the light, the precious morsel of truth I got from the very heart of my Daddy – “In the times you do not see, or do not know, or cannot even fanthom what’s ahead - I am not only with you, I am already there and even there I AM IN CONTROL” yup…in the dark where I do not see, even stumble on myself, or bump into things and hurt myself or fall even, walk in fear and uncertainty, EVEN DARKNESS IS LIGHT TO HIM…there is nothing that is out of His sight….I have to say it again…more for me to hear and for me to know that I know that I know in both my heart and mind… my Daddy is with Me and is before me - already there and even there He is in complete control!
Father help me not forget this truth…Thank you that Your word stands forever and it does not return void. I receive Dad Your Words implanted in my heart, my soul, my mind and my spirit…that it will accomplish the purpose for which it is sent. Protect it from the birds of the air…let it go down deep…deeply rooted and grounded in Your love. Thank You Holy Spirit that as You have opened my eyes to see, ears to hear, and touched my heart to perceive let it be to those that take You at Your word. Jesus thank You for the cross. And Thank you for Your love Daddy! I love you!
In Jesus Name I pray,
AMEN
Monday, February 25, 2008
All the way!
If I could use single words to describe where I'm at right now it would be "broken" and "weak." To be honest that's the nearest words I can think of right now. It isn't a place that i can say i'm enjoying or happy to be in but one thing I know is the Father heart of God and His love is always for my highest good. It is for good because He is good!
I'm pretty sure the wrestling ended awhile back but i tried to fight what i knew in my heart was truth but my mind could not make sense of it because with eyes through the lenses of past hurts or pain...it doesn't make sense to me... So I will take you on my journey to embrassing a truth that kept me moving forward when it comes to people and relationships.
One memory that came back to me is the time me and a bunch of people I worked with was around a table one morning and was discussing this book, Foreign to Familiar. Its a cross cultural book, on understanding hot and cold climate people, western and eastern culture, etc. One comment made struck me hard that morning, i wish i could reiterate it word for word but for the life of me can't right now. What I remember though was where I was at and I was at the end of myself, if i was asked to give anymore- I don't know what I would do. There wasn't anything left for me to give. So i broke down into tears when what I understood was said ran through my mind and right to my heart..."WHAT? people aren't gonna meet me half way? that's not fair! I have to give of myself all the time, die to myself all the time while the person may not possibly meet me." Realizing that was exactly what i was feeling. that was about 2 or 3 years ago.
Where am I at with that? I was wrestling because i didn't want to hurt anymore. so more questions came - Is it always going to be this hard? In all honesty, i was pretty much over it and more questions came. Am I going to be giving all the way all the time? I am so over giving all the way. Did You "Jesus" give of yourself all the way all the time? This was me processing out loud and in my honesty, God met me. He took me back to the cross. Me still processing outloud. Jesus went on the cross. He went all the way. He did not talk back, He did not demand forgiveness, He did not defend Himself, He took the mocking, the hurling insults, He was beaten, got a crown of thorns placed on His head, brutally beaten to where His body was marred, He carried that cross and it wasn't even His to carry, He was nailed on it, and hung there until His very last breath. He went All the way and He never stopped going all the way. In His love and obedience to the Father and His love for people He went all the way. And people don't meet Him half way all the time, all the time people turn their backs on Him, and knowing this...He still went all the way. It doesn't make sense when I try to wrap my head around it.
But if He didn't, I wouldn't be where I am today. He went all the way for me and I am sure that when He went all the way and offered it to me the first time I didn't meet Him half way but he kept on coming. He kept on coming and kept on coming til I came running to Him. I've only experienced a scratch of what Jesus gets daily...the least I can do is walk the way Jesus walked and even that He enables me to do."
As hard as it is and yeah it hurts...I've finally come to embrace that All the way is the way to go. Its not going to be easy, Jesus never said it would be but He did promise to be with me always!
Father I love You! Thank you for Jesus and The cross. Help me remember Jesus and the cross when its hard for me to give love and live love All the way with people! I either believe the Bible is True or Not, Jesus is Truth or Not, The way He lived and died and live again is truth or not. His teachings is true or not. I believe...Jesus I believe! Thank you for the grace to be able to continue to go all the way even when it hurts! I love You!!! In Jesus Name. Amen.
I'm pretty sure the wrestling ended awhile back but i tried to fight what i knew in my heart was truth but my mind could not make sense of it because with eyes through the lenses of past hurts or pain...it doesn't make sense to me... So I will take you on my journey to embrassing a truth that kept me moving forward when it comes to people and relationships.
One memory that came back to me is the time me and a bunch of people I worked with was around a table one morning and was discussing this book, Foreign to Familiar. Its a cross cultural book, on understanding hot and cold climate people, western and eastern culture, etc. One comment made struck me hard that morning, i wish i could reiterate it word for word but for the life of me can't right now. What I remember though was where I was at and I was at the end of myself, if i was asked to give anymore- I don't know what I would do. There wasn't anything left for me to give. So i broke down into tears when what I understood was said ran through my mind and right to my heart..."WHAT? people aren't gonna meet me half way? that's not fair! I have to give of myself all the time, die to myself all the time while the person may not possibly meet me." Realizing that was exactly what i was feeling. that was about 2 or 3 years ago.
Where am I at with that? I was wrestling because i didn't want to hurt anymore. so more questions came - Is it always going to be this hard? In all honesty, i was pretty much over it and more questions came. Am I going to be giving all the way all the time? I am so over giving all the way. Did You "Jesus" give of yourself all the way all the time? This was me processing out loud and in my honesty, God met me. He took me back to the cross. Me still processing outloud. Jesus went on the cross. He went all the way. He did not talk back, He did not demand forgiveness, He did not defend Himself, He took the mocking, the hurling insults, He was beaten, got a crown of thorns placed on His head, brutally beaten to where His body was marred, He carried that cross and it wasn't even His to carry, He was nailed on it, and hung there until His very last breath. He went All the way and He never stopped going all the way. In His love and obedience to the Father and His love for people He went all the way. And people don't meet Him half way all the time, all the time people turn their backs on Him, and knowing this...He still went all the way. It doesn't make sense when I try to wrap my head around it.
But if He didn't, I wouldn't be where I am today. He went all the way for me and I am sure that when He went all the way and offered it to me the first time I didn't meet Him half way but he kept on coming. He kept on coming and kept on coming til I came running to Him. I've only experienced a scratch of what Jesus gets daily...the least I can do is walk the way Jesus walked and even that He enables me to do."
As hard as it is and yeah it hurts...I've finally come to embrace that All the way is the way to go. Its not going to be easy, Jesus never said it would be but He did promise to be with me always!
Father I love You! Thank you for Jesus and The cross. Help me remember Jesus and the cross when its hard for me to give love and live love All the way with people! I either believe the Bible is True or Not, Jesus is Truth or Not, The way He lived and died and live again is truth or not. His teachings is true or not. I believe...Jesus I believe! Thank you for the grace to be able to continue to go all the way even when it hurts! I love You!!! In Jesus Name. Amen.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
grateful i live in Hawaii
Other than the beautiful sunsets...The aloha spirit...being able to have the blessing of both majestic mountains and surrounded by the great blue ocean...
i am grateful to God for the fact that when i have car trouble and have to drive through the busy freeways and streets of Honolulu at the peak of traffic with my hazard light on, there was not a single person that beeped at me due to any inconvinience my situation cost them. I was able to be grateful and at rest at a time where i could have let nervousness and fear get the best of me. It didn't and i only have Daddy in heaven to thank!
i couldn't let this one go by without giving glory to whom it is due. God and the people he put on the road that day with me, he knows who they are and i pray they are blessed!
i am grateful to God for the fact that when i have car trouble and have to drive through the busy freeways and streets of Honolulu at the peak of traffic with my hazard light on, there was not a single person that beeped at me due to any inconvinience my situation cost them. I was able to be grateful and at rest at a time where i could have let nervousness and fear get the best of me. It didn't and i only have Daddy in heaven to thank!
i couldn't let this one go by without giving glory to whom it is due. God and the people he put on the road that day with me, he knows who they are and i pray they are blessed!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Jenn is working - 1st two weeks
I arrived in Oahu July 30, 2007 and i was ready to work as soon as i got here. I didn't start work though until August 6th because of all the paperwork that i needed to turn in before i could start. I've come to appreciate the pretty laid back atmosphere that i've grown accustom to in Kona. I forgot that a lot more people often times require a little more structure. One example is fingerprinting. Here, is by appointment so the earliest appointment i got was the morning of Monday. Though i lost a week of work. It was all good, I was able to finish what i needed to...fingerprinting was just one of the many requirements. Well worth the safety of the children i will be working with. The same day i got fingerprinting was the same day i started work. Yay God! I worked the whole day that day. What a day it was! Try remembering 55 preschoolers names! I confused a lot of their faces and names the first week, still do it but its decreasing by the day. Woohoo!!! No favorites just yet...but getting there! =P Add to the 55 the names of other teachers and assitants i met that day. Whew!
More and more though i recognize that its a real God thing being here. I have had more conversations with people who've said "they've lost faith." Just recognizing how the enemy uses deception of God's character to turn people away from Him. Yet, when you look into their eyes and listen as they talk, you know they know there's more, there's a wrestling to return but just can't get past the hurts and the lies!
Pray for me that i will be a light and God's mouth peace. Please pray that they would see how alive, personal, and real Jesus is...pray that wherever I go, people (teachers and the little preschoolers and the parents) experience and know the tangible presence of God. Specifically, Jayme the teacher i'm assisting for in the mornings and others like Lynn and Marjorie, teacher's assitants i work with in the aternoons. Also pray for friends God has reconnected me with. Our Father is evidently wanting to reveal all the head knowledge of Him to their heart. Thanks!
Its been real good being home....challenging, growing pains, as well as joys and good times I hardly get to have with the family since being in missions. Talking stories, hanging out, and seeing and being with my dad at church. An answer to many prayers!
Being home so far is like this little kids book i read "the carrot seed" this boy planted this little carrot seed and no matter what the circumstances looked like he believed and remained faithful...pulled out weeds and watered that seed and he didn't just get this little bitty carrot...it was a giant carrot twice as big as he was. I believe that the fruit of my time at home will be just like that!
More and more though i recognize that its a real God thing being here. I have had more conversations with people who've said "they've lost faith." Just recognizing how the enemy uses deception of God's character to turn people away from Him. Yet, when you look into their eyes and listen as they talk, you know they know there's more, there's a wrestling to return but just can't get past the hurts and the lies!
Pray for me that i will be a light and God's mouth peace. Please pray that they would see how alive, personal, and real Jesus is...pray that wherever I go, people (teachers and the little preschoolers and the parents) experience and know the tangible presence of God. Specifically, Jayme the teacher i'm assisting for in the mornings and others like Lynn and Marjorie, teacher's assitants i work with in the aternoons. Also pray for friends God has reconnected me with. Our Father is evidently wanting to reveal all the head knowledge of Him to their heart. Thanks!
Its been real good being home....challenging, growing pains, as well as joys and good times I hardly get to have with the family since being in missions. Talking stories, hanging out, and seeing and being with my dad at church. An answer to many prayers!
Being home so far is like this little kids book i read "the carrot seed" this boy planted this little carrot seed and no matter what the circumstances looked like he believed and remained faithful...pulled out weeds and watered that seed and he didn't just get this little bitty carrot...it was a giant carrot twice as big as he was. I believe that the fruit of my time at home will be just like that!
Friday, October 01, 2004
Ode to Kage
Wow...Today 2 years of staffing with Youth With A Mission's Holoholo Discipleship Training School...
God has done a lot within these two years...a cause for celebration...YES!!! yet... it was difficult to celebrate when on the same day victorious and joyous day, I was releasing a friend to "GO" where GOd was leading her...back home to California.
Ode to KellyJo West!!!
KellyJo - "Orange County Baby!"...humorous in her own special way...a listening ear...a friend in times when I didn't have the strength to speak to anyone to share what was going on inside- God gave me "Kage." That's just a scratch of who this woman of a great God has been to me.
I went to the same DTS...from strangers we have become very close friends...we have labored, served, laughed, talked, listened, played, ran, swam, ate, slept, traveled and so much more together....we have LIVED life together following Jesus and it has been an amazing two years...one of the many Kage moments is knowing that it isn't good bye...but a see ya later...NO DOUBT...I'll be seeing her again. I know! its just different when you wake up the next morning seeing an empty top bunk, one less person....that has become not just a friend...but a sister! I love this sister of mine and will miss her daily presence!
God has done a lot within these two years...a cause for celebration...YES!!! yet... it was difficult to celebrate when on the same day victorious and joyous day, I was releasing a friend to "GO" where GOd was leading her...back home to California.
Ode to KellyJo West!!!
KellyJo - "Orange County Baby!"...humorous in her own special way...a listening ear...a friend in times when I didn't have the strength to speak to anyone to share what was going on inside- God gave me "Kage." That's just a scratch of who this woman of a great God has been to me.
I went to the same DTS...from strangers we have become very close friends...we have labored, served, laughed, talked, listened, played, ran, swam, ate, slept, traveled and so much more together....we have LIVED life together following Jesus and it has been an amazing two years...one of the many Kage moments is knowing that it isn't good bye...but a see ya later...NO DOUBT...I'll be seeing her again. I know! its just different when you wake up the next morning seeing an empty top bunk, one less person....that has become not just a friend...but a sister! I love this sister of mine and will miss her daily presence!
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