What is love?
love by definition according to the world is:
–noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?
6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
7. sexual intercourse; copulation.
The Lords definition of love :
If I speak in the tongues [languages] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
– 1 Corinthians 13:1-8;13 (NIV).
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Do you love those around you?
Do those around you know your his diciples? (John 13:35)
If you don't, do you pray for them? do you intercede on their behalf? to see them as more than yourself? does the love of the Lord for them, flood your heart?
How can you love someone if you are not asking for Gods love for them?
If you ask he promises to respond.Take your heart to him. tell him whats going on. be expectant and watch him work.
Don't look at what they can do but look at what you can do in your heart to be more like christ to them.
If you're not praying for them, how will you have an influence on their lives? they're change comes from the Lord and not from us.
Pray for those around you. pray for family, friends, enemies, aquaintances, sons, daughters, cousins, presidents, countries, hurting, helpless, orphans, widows, pastors, teachers, speakers, husbands, wives, best friends, ect.
It's time to stop concentrating on us and whats going on with us and lift up our requests to the one who hears and understands. by praying and standing in the gap for those around you.. that's love. selfless. kind. patient. hopeful. love.
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-Thats what we learned tonight at core. i know it's been a long time. and almost every other night i think "oh i need to type in my blog" but i get distracted and i don't get to it like i should. which is something i need to work on. because you all are so faithful to pray for me and to continue to see whats going on in my life that i should love you in return and share!
so that's what i'm doing.
-i'm rounding my 5th month at the honor academy. i've learned more than i realized. mostly about people, my relationship with the Lord, the art of trials, importance of family, need for leadership, and hands open state of mind.
-I want to continue to thank everyone who is supporting me to be here and those who will support me in the future. you really do make a difference. i would not be here without you. i owe you a bigger thank you than i can give. from the bottem of my heart...thank you.
-i'm experiencing God in ways that i would've never imagined. ways that i would've never been able to seek on my own - without the encouragement, conviction of him, and accountability of others.
-God's starting to reveal vision in my life and now i need to be like the man in the parable of the talents (matthew 25:14-30) to make the most of what he gives me. every talent, ability, quality, and opportunity. the Lord is purposeful in everything he does, makes, and creates.
-I've realized how small i am.
-I've learned the importance of prayer (and ever continueing to learn!)
-i'm learning how to be a leader. you can't lead without being a servant, and you can serve with out love. to be a leader means to serve those around you and consider them better than you. those around you will see you and be influenced in a way by the Lord to continue to passionatly pursue him as well!
-In the Global expeditions call center realm. we have started ticketing for the trips. It's crazy hectic, but God is so good and patient with us. I know overall that these are his missionaries and not mine. i can't change their minds or make them seek him in a certain way, only the Lord can. Being a representaive requires alot of faith - i think it's been built upon alot since i've been here..haha. i believe that my 56 missionaries can each raise close to $4,000 for their trips to India, Thailand, Australia, China, and Israel. BTW i'm going to Israel. i know i'm supposed to go. that's where my heart is at right now. and the Lord has given me such a passion for the country and the people of it. They need to know the truth, their hearts long for the love of the Lord they don't know. The Lord says his desire is for everyone to know him, and i pray that this is my desire as well. To see the iraqi people, israeli people, people of jordan, and muslim people meet their creator. The one who is still as passionate about them as he was when he created them.
But, i'm still in need of $4,000 to go. which is challenging because i volutneer 31 hours a week to calling missionaries, 9 hours a week to classes, and the other amount of time is spent in core meetings, work meetings, chapel, wednesday night service, quiet time, and sleeping. which i admit - the Lord is faithful to give me extra time to do fundraising and pray. but i can't do this on my own. i am eager to see the Lord move and work a miracle on my behalf to get me to israel. To get other people on board with suppport and to see my missioanries (who are going to israel too) go. to provoke a hardhearted generation of israel. I'm not asking you to support me (but if you feel led to, by anymeans..please do.email me if you'd like to) but most of all i just need your prayer. Prayer is the power. It's direct connection with the Lord. Please pray for me, my finances, my trip, my team, my safety, and the people of Israel and Jordan.
I have to go now - to make curfew in...10 mins! haha :) but i am coming home this weekend. and i can't wait to see everyone. please call or text if you'd like to catch up!
God bless you :)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
How are you living?
"We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don't wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has."
— Amy Carmichael
i saw this great quote today while i was looking for quotes about christian women. and as i read it, it really struck me. It really is true. We complain that we don't see miracles or God move in ways like he did with the apostles, but we must turn that around and ask ourselves, "are we living an apostolic lifestyle? do our actions and lifestyle reflect that we place God #1 in our life - above EVERYTHING else?"
just something to think about..
ATTENTION!!!!!!
i am going to israel this summer with GE (same organization i went with last summer for south africa) and we are going to minister to people of israel, people of jordan, and iraqi refugees. I am going to start fundraising and sending our information letters to you. if you would like one please let me know. (laura.haase@teenmania.org) also im making a tshirt. it will most likely be on a white shirt. im going to post the picture of it soon. probably on facebook.
I'm going through a season right now where God is pursuing me and teaching me how much he loves me. Everyday is a process and i'm learning that all i have to do is focus on today. God is responsible for tomorrow. Another thing that was thinking about the other day is that God owns the sun. The sun. the moon. the stars. they're all His. he holds them and tells them when to move. how crazy is that? and how powerful our God really is.
I'll update more later but righ tnow im about to go to a room meeting with my girls and hang out.
check back soon! (i'll probably be updating tonight. i have so much to catch ya'll up on :) )
— Amy Carmichael
i saw this great quote today while i was looking for quotes about christian women. and as i read it, it really struck me. It really is true. We complain that we don't see miracles or God move in ways like he did with the apostles, but we must turn that around and ask ourselves, "are we living an apostolic lifestyle? do our actions and lifestyle reflect that we place God #1 in our life - above EVERYTHING else?"
just something to think about..
ATTENTION!!!!!!
i am going to israel this summer with GE (same organization i went with last summer for south africa) and we are going to minister to people of israel, people of jordan, and iraqi refugees. I am going to start fundraising and sending our information letters to you. if you would like one please let me know. (laura.haase@teenmania.org) also im making a tshirt. it will most likely be on a white shirt. im going to post the picture of it soon. probably on facebook.
I'm going through a season right now where God is pursuing me and teaching me how much he loves me. Everyday is a process and i'm learning that all i have to do is focus on today. God is responsible for tomorrow. Another thing that was thinking about the other day is that God owns the sun. The sun. the moon. the stars. they're all His. he holds them and tells them when to move. how crazy is that? and how powerful our God really is.
I'll update more later but righ tnow im about to go to a room meeting with my girls and hang out.
check back soon! (i'll probably be updating tonight. i have so much to catch ya'll up on :) )
Monday, March 22, 2010
Love
"Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. Dear friends, if we dont feel guilty we can come to God with bold confidence. and we will recieve from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him." - 1 John 3:19-22
Last weekend we had our UPG (unreached people group) LTE (life transforming event). The internship was broken into tribes and missionaries. the graduated interns were the government. Our campus is on over 40 acres and so we went into the back 40 acres and we camped out there. It was to give us the feel of what it is really like to be a missionary reaching an unreached tribal group. or just what it is like to experience to be a tribal group. The tribal groups are actually tribal groups around the world too. so it was pretty cool that the tribes were actually real tribes but played by our interns.
I was chosen to be in a missionary group. we had to go through a fake customs and buy tents with fake money. there were 4 girls and 4 guys in my group. and we found a sweet spot in the middle of the forrest to set up camp. we had to make our own campfire too. it was really interesting to set up and camp outside by ourselves.
After we set up we then had to find the tribal group we were assigned to. The tribal groups got to make up their own language (they all had to learn it and us missionaries had to learn it when we met them - in order to understand them), their own God, customs, and family background. But also researching the tribe so they can be based off of the real tribe.
We went out to find our tribe and it was crazy. My brother was the chief and my sister was the chiefs wife. They were the yerukala tribe in southern india. Indo (the chief) actually has a background of being tribal. hes from indonesia and his dad was a tribe leader. so he talked to his family and incorporated alot of words and phrases and customs of his home tribe.
Tadok (no)
Bowlay(yes)
Solom(hello)
Puti bago (bad foriengers)
ect..
So we spent the night friday night camping out, and then saturday we had all day to talk to them. except on saturday it rained. which was a horrible experience but it really made me realize how hard the missionaries and tribes in real life really have it.
Their God was named veshnu. We ended the LTE early because the rain was horrible. We actually didn't have covers for our tents so our tents got flooded. my things are still wet. but the one thing that'll really stick with me was on friday night. We sat around the camp fire at our tribes site and they had tied up two of our guys to trees. and we were sitting on the ground. They proceeded to do a tribal danc to their God and to offer gifts to their God. they then told us to bow down and praise them. We then proceeded to say no. no we will not worhsip your God. they then got up in our faces, yelling in their languages and pointing at us. AT that point i felt a sliver of what it mustve been like to be shadrack meshak and abendigo. To know that there is power in Jesus name and once you stand up for him you really dont care about what happens to you because you know God is soveriegn and good and that nothing in this world is as precious as him.
It was really cool because our tribal group took this seriously and so did our missionary team. ive heard of tribal teams taking it too far and making their tribes eat sardines. sit in lakes, and breathe fire smoke. but thats why they aren't aloud to do it this year :) but it was good i got alot out of it.
Saturday it snowed...again. for the 3rd time this semester. PRAISE GOD. i love the snow!
I am also going to israel this summer for my mission trip. were going to be working and ministering to the people of israel, people of jordan, and iraqi refugees in jordan. which im so excited about! ill be printing out support letters soon. and if you interested in supporting me.. even the little bit, let me know! or you can go to http://www.globalexpeditions.com/ and click on donate. then type in 2570715. and donate!
Please pray before you do and keep my group in your prayers as well. we'll be going from july 10th - August 5th. more later..! :)
i have to go get ready for bed and modgepodge (make a collage) with my roomie. :)
i hope everything is going well with you all! your in my prayers!
oh and ps! last week and this week Global expeditions is working from 2-10 everyday (Except weekends) because the Lord is bringing in more misisonaries and more honor academy interns. Instead of coming from ATF's with 500 lead cards (lead cards are what teenagers sign during ATF's to say if they'd like to be called for more information about going on a mission trip) and we are now coming back with between 1,000 and 1,500 cards! praise God! we are looking to take about 3,000 missionaries on the mission field this year which is almost 3 times what its been in the past.
I know the Lord is going to do something big this year and im starting to see the fruit of it already!
if you'd like to send me and email its : laura.haase@teenmania.org
have a great night :)
God bless!
Last weekend we had our UPG (unreached people group) LTE (life transforming event). The internship was broken into tribes and missionaries. the graduated interns were the government. Our campus is on over 40 acres and so we went into the back 40 acres and we camped out there. It was to give us the feel of what it is really like to be a missionary reaching an unreached tribal group. or just what it is like to experience to be a tribal group. The tribal groups are actually tribal groups around the world too. so it was pretty cool that the tribes were actually real tribes but played by our interns.
I was chosen to be in a missionary group. we had to go through a fake customs and buy tents with fake money. there were 4 girls and 4 guys in my group. and we found a sweet spot in the middle of the forrest to set up camp. we had to make our own campfire too. it was really interesting to set up and camp outside by ourselves.
After we set up we then had to find the tribal group we were assigned to. The tribal groups got to make up their own language (they all had to learn it and us missionaries had to learn it when we met them - in order to understand them), their own God, customs, and family background. But also researching the tribe so they can be based off of the real tribe.
We went out to find our tribe and it was crazy. My brother was the chief and my sister was the chiefs wife. They were the yerukala tribe in southern india. Indo (the chief) actually has a background of being tribal. hes from indonesia and his dad was a tribe leader. so he talked to his family and incorporated alot of words and phrases and customs of his home tribe.
Tadok (no)
Bowlay(yes)
Solom(hello)
Puti bago (bad foriengers)
ect..
So we spent the night friday night camping out, and then saturday we had all day to talk to them. except on saturday it rained. which was a horrible experience but it really made me realize how hard the missionaries and tribes in real life really have it.
Their God was named veshnu. We ended the LTE early because the rain was horrible. We actually didn't have covers for our tents so our tents got flooded. my things are still wet. but the one thing that'll really stick with me was on friday night. We sat around the camp fire at our tribes site and they had tied up two of our guys to trees. and we were sitting on the ground. They proceeded to do a tribal danc to their God and to offer gifts to their God. they then told us to bow down and praise them. We then proceeded to say no. no we will not worhsip your God. they then got up in our faces, yelling in their languages and pointing at us. AT that point i felt a sliver of what it mustve been like to be shadrack meshak and abendigo. To know that there is power in Jesus name and once you stand up for him you really dont care about what happens to you because you know God is soveriegn and good and that nothing in this world is as precious as him.
It was really cool because our tribal group took this seriously and so did our missionary team. ive heard of tribal teams taking it too far and making their tribes eat sardines. sit in lakes, and breathe fire smoke. but thats why they aren't aloud to do it this year :) but it was good i got alot out of it.
Saturday it snowed...again. for the 3rd time this semester. PRAISE GOD. i love the snow!
I am also going to israel this summer for my mission trip. were going to be working and ministering to the people of israel, people of jordan, and iraqi refugees in jordan. which im so excited about! ill be printing out support letters soon. and if you interested in supporting me.. even the little bit, let me know! or you can go to http://www.globalexpeditions.com/ and click on donate. then type in 2570715. and donate!
Please pray before you do and keep my group in your prayers as well. we'll be going from july 10th - August 5th. more later..! :)
i have to go get ready for bed and modgepodge (make a collage) with my roomie. :)
i hope everything is going well with you all! your in my prayers!
oh and ps! last week and this week Global expeditions is working from 2-10 everyday (Except weekends) because the Lord is bringing in more misisonaries and more honor academy interns. Instead of coming from ATF's with 500 lead cards (lead cards are what teenagers sign during ATF's to say if they'd like to be called for more information about going on a mission trip) and we are now coming back with between 1,000 and 1,500 cards! praise God! we are looking to take about 3,000 missionaries on the mission field this year which is almost 3 times what its been in the past.
I know the Lord is going to do something big this year and im starting to see the fruit of it already!
if you'd like to send me and email its : laura.haase@teenmania.org
have a great night :)
God bless!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
"A man of conscience is a man that considers the consequences of his actions before he does them."
Time goes by so fast here, i feel like i can't keep up! tomorrow is already march..ahhhh!!
Let me catch you up on whats been going on:
My core advisor got dismissed (the HA will not give us reason to why, just out of respect for the Core advisor and the HA.) but she did confess as soon as whatever it was happened. About 2 weeks ago she left but she actually lives 5 mins away from campus. shes finishing classes at TJC here. which is nice cause i can still be in contact with her.
but because of the dismissal - our family core got split up. our family core had consisted of the Sojourners (my brother core), Reckless (our sister core), and Becoming (my core). well the sojourners and reckless are still together but my core got moved in to Esther's (our new Core advisor) core. Their core name is Disciples. our brother core is called Knighthood and our sister core is called Radiant. We went from a core family of about 28 people to a core family of about 40. Which is slightly crazy. you should've seen us all at the park during the first meeting. We have about 28 girls and 9 boys haha. :)
but the brother core advisor (James) is such a godly man.
He has a lot of wisdom and the first time we met him he told us this:
-he realized that he is accountable for our whole family core before God. he has been put in authority over us and his goal is to lead us to become Godly men and women. He is teaching his guys to be chivalrous (sp?) and to be protectors, providers, and pursuers of the Lord.
He also met with us last thursday for core night and talked to us about what the bible and God says about becoming Godly women. What godly men look for in a wife, and the power of words. He was explaining just how powerful womens words are on men. We have the ability to build them up and tear them down. We need to be good stewards of our words and encourage our brothers. He gave this analogy of this guy who put on an outfit and asked two of his guy friends if they thought it looked good, the guy friends would say no and talk about how stupid it looked, but if a girl saw him in the same outfit and said how nice it looked - he would end up wearing it. The Lord has said over and over in the bible the power of the tongue to speak life and death.
As women we need to build up not tear down. empower not gossip. and encourage not discourage.
He also answered some of our questions about how to act around guys here. He really is a man after God. Before i met him, i had heard alot of rumors about how intimidating he was and how strict he was. But when we asked him about it he said that the strict/intimidating side of him comes up when people mess with his us girls, or the other sisters or his family in general. which is cool. he really stepped up into the head of the family role.
Esther is our core advisor and she has alot of wisdom as well. She is actually from Londyn which is cool too. I know the Lord must count her worthy because she now has a core of 18 girls. Shes super sweet :)
Other than that, ive been continuing to call for Asia mission trips. :)
except last week i had 5 girls who wanted to drop from their trips to Israel and Thailand. so pray for them..that they'll not be knocked down by the enemy but pursue the Lord.
Our rooms got switched up, and now im in a room with Maggie, Evelyn, Megan, and Jessica.
Jessica is very into decorating our room (including adding her little touch of the her home flag..canada) Shes gone out and got curtains for our closets, a chair, a rug, and fabric to decorate the walls. ill have to upload some pictures about it soon too :P
I decided to join a church, its called Soma. (http://www.somatyler.org/)
I also talked to the woman who is in charge of the childrens church and ill be able to work with them the first week of each month. which is such a blessing!! i miss kids soo much :(
We have corporate for the first time in about 3 weeks tomorrow! im not sure if im excited or not. haha I haven't worked out in a while..but i need it.
I brought my exercise ball to work and have been using it as my chair at work. so i sit on my exercise ball at my cubicle and talk to missionaries from all over the country. :P i feel like a real life Dwight from the office! hahhaha its also been very popular.
Friday night the whole GE call center ( all 70 of us) had family time. we went to dallas to go to Winter jam (a christian youth concert/conference :) ) it was paid by as a present from Ron and Katie Luce :D
We have innermurals too. This semester is Basketball and Soccer. Our brothers played basketball on saturday and totally dominated!! us sisters played and the other team didn't show up, so we automatically won. but we decided to scrimage some other team, but we lost :( 15 to 5. thats ok we'll get them next time!
Last week i went to the back 40 (back forty acres) to spend time with the Lord. i felt like he really wanted me to get away from all distraction and go out into nature. So i went to the back forty to the fields and found some hay bales. I tried to get on one. but ( i dont know if you've ever tried) they are slightly hard to get up on. i had to run and jump a few times.. and totally failed. it wasn't until a guy on a tractor came buy and tried to teach me how to jump up on it and had to give me a lift up. hahaha. i finally succeeded though and had some good time with the Lord. we went over psalm 139.
Isn't it interesting how the Lord knows us so intimately. he knows everything about it us. he knows when we sit and when we get up. we can never get away from his presence, he had our days written in his book of life before we were even born onto the earth. isn't it incredible to know we have a creator who pays that much attention to detail?
That we dont have to worry about failing or messing up or not being good enough because he has made us and he knows we are mere humans. but he has such an insane passion and jealous love for us. He wont relent until he has it all, our hearts are his.
I got accepted to go to Israel for a mission trip this summer! I will be sending out support letters soon and sending an update about that on here soon!!
Well, it is now time to get off. im sorry its been so long. but ill be writing alot more. its just been crazy with all the changes happening. Thanks to all you faithful readers. and all the prayers you guys are praying! i'm so thankful to the Lord for you all! i am praying for you guys. :)
miss you and love you!
i have to go to play glow in the dark frisbee now with my old brothers. :)
goodnight!
Let me catch you up on whats been going on:
My core advisor got dismissed (the HA will not give us reason to why, just out of respect for the Core advisor and the HA.) but she did confess as soon as whatever it was happened. About 2 weeks ago she left but she actually lives 5 mins away from campus. shes finishing classes at TJC here. which is nice cause i can still be in contact with her.
but because of the dismissal - our family core got split up. our family core had consisted of the Sojourners (my brother core), Reckless (our sister core), and Becoming (my core). well the sojourners and reckless are still together but my core got moved in to Esther's (our new Core advisor) core. Their core name is Disciples. our brother core is called Knighthood and our sister core is called Radiant. We went from a core family of about 28 people to a core family of about 40. Which is slightly crazy. you should've seen us all at the park during the first meeting. We have about 28 girls and 9 boys haha. :)
but the brother core advisor (James) is such a godly man.
He has a lot of wisdom and the first time we met him he told us this:
-he realized that he is accountable for our whole family core before God. he has been put in authority over us and his goal is to lead us to become Godly men and women. He is teaching his guys to be chivalrous (sp?) and to be protectors, providers, and pursuers of the Lord.
He also met with us last thursday for core night and talked to us about what the bible and God says about becoming Godly women. What godly men look for in a wife, and the power of words. He was explaining just how powerful womens words are on men. We have the ability to build them up and tear them down. We need to be good stewards of our words and encourage our brothers. He gave this analogy of this guy who put on an outfit and asked two of his guy friends if they thought it looked good, the guy friends would say no and talk about how stupid it looked, but if a girl saw him in the same outfit and said how nice it looked - he would end up wearing it. The Lord has said over and over in the bible the power of the tongue to speak life and death.
As women we need to build up not tear down. empower not gossip. and encourage not discourage.
He also answered some of our questions about how to act around guys here. He really is a man after God. Before i met him, i had heard alot of rumors about how intimidating he was and how strict he was. But when we asked him about it he said that the strict/intimidating side of him comes up when people mess with his us girls, or the other sisters or his family in general. which is cool. he really stepped up into the head of the family role.
Esther is our core advisor and she has alot of wisdom as well. She is actually from Londyn which is cool too. I know the Lord must count her worthy because she now has a core of 18 girls. Shes super sweet :)
Other than that, ive been continuing to call for Asia mission trips. :)
except last week i had 5 girls who wanted to drop from their trips to Israel and Thailand. so pray for them..that they'll not be knocked down by the enemy but pursue the Lord.
Our rooms got switched up, and now im in a room with Maggie, Evelyn, Megan, and Jessica.
Jessica is very into decorating our room (including adding her little touch of the her home flag..canada) Shes gone out and got curtains for our closets, a chair, a rug, and fabric to decorate the walls. ill have to upload some pictures about it soon too :P
I decided to join a church, its called Soma. (http://www.somatyler.org/)
I also talked to the woman who is in charge of the childrens church and ill be able to work with them the first week of each month. which is such a blessing!! i miss kids soo much :(
We have corporate for the first time in about 3 weeks tomorrow! im not sure if im excited or not. haha I haven't worked out in a while..but i need it.
I brought my exercise ball to work and have been using it as my chair at work. so i sit on my exercise ball at my cubicle and talk to missionaries from all over the country. :P i feel like a real life Dwight from the office! hahhaha its also been very popular.
Friday night the whole GE call center ( all 70 of us) had family time. we went to dallas to go to Winter jam (a christian youth concert/conference :) ) it was paid by as a present from Ron and Katie Luce :D
We have innermurals too. This semester is Basketball and Soccer. Our brothers played basketball on saturday and totally dominated!! us sisters played and the other team didn't show up, so we automatically won. but we decided to scrimage some other team, but we lost :( 15 to 5. thats ok we'll get them next time!
Last week i went to the back 40 (back forty acres) to spend time with the Lord. i felt like he really wanted me to get away from all distraction and go out into nature. So i went to the back forty to the fields and found some hay bales. I tried to get on one. but ( i dont know if you've ever tried) they are slightly hard to get up on. i had to run and jump a few times.. and totally failed. it wasn't until a guy on a tractor came buy and tried to teach me how to jump up on it and had to give me a lift up. hahaha. i finally succeeded though and had some good time with the Lord. we went over psalm 139.
Isn't it interesting how the Lord knows us so intimately. he knows everything about it us. he knows when we sit and when we get up. we can never get away from his presence, he had our days written in his book of life before we were even born onto the earth. isn't it incredible to know we have a creator who pays that much attention to detail?
That we dont have to worry about failing or messing up or not being good enough because he has made us and he knows we are mere humans. but he has such an insane passion and jealous love for us. He wont relent until he has it all, our hearts are his.
I got accepted to go to Israel for a mission trip this summer! I will be sending out support letters soon and sending an update about that on here soon!!
Well, it is now time to get off. im sorry its been so long. but ill be writing alot more. its just been crazy with all the changes happening. Thanks to all you faithful readers. and all the prayers you guys are praying! i'm so thankful to the Lord for you all! i am praying for you guys. :)
miss you and love you!
i have to go to play glow in the dark frisbee now with my old brothers. :)
goodnight!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Happy Belated valentines day
HAPPY BELATED VALENTINES DAY!
Theres too much going on to type it all right now, since i have to get back to work in 8 mins but ill type all i can in 8 mins :)
last wednesday night we started our Fasting LTE.
during the LTE we could only :
1)talk to God/pray
2)read the bible (only book we could read)
3)chew up and drink excessive amounts of water
4)take naps
5)attend many worship sessions :)
and couldn't:
use our phones, use the computer, eat
God revealed to me that:
food is a big controlling factor in my life. i like to eat when im bored and i like the taste of food. and i realized i need to live to eat not live to eat.
when you don't eat : you get really weak. i was out of breath moving in worship and walking from the dorms to the auditorium.
when you fast : you turn away from everything and let God your complete focus which tunes your ear to hearing him and growing closer to him.
at first i was frustrated because i was hungry and i didn't feel God. but as it progressed i got alot of realizations from the Lord just on life and on my life.
too be continued..more later!!!
Theres too much going on to type it all right now, since i have to get back to work in 8 mins but ill type all i can in 8 mins :)
last wednesday night we started our Fasting LTE.
during the LTE we could only :
1)talk to God/pray
2)read the bible (only book we could read)
3)chew up and drink excessive amounts of water
4)take naps
5)attend many worship sessions :)
and couldn't:
use our phones, use the computer, eat
God revealed to me that:
food is a big controlling factor in my life. i like to eat when im bored and i like the taste of food. and i realized i need to live to eat not live to eat.
when you don't eat : you get really weak. i was out of breath moving in worship and walking from the dorms to the auditorium.
when you fast : you turn away from everything and let God your complete focus which tunes your ear to hearing him and growing closer to him.
at first i was frustrated because i was hungry and i didn't feel God. but as it progressed i got alot of realizations from the Lord just on life and on my life.
too be continued..more later!!!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Saturday? PTL!
Wow. time goes so fast here..its insane! make it stop!
I'm going to update you guys as much as i can :)
I'm actually sitting in the caf eating an apple and drinking orange juice. its beautiful outside - a bit cold - but nonetheless.
I've been working everyday (if you ever want to email me: laura.haase@teenmania.com)
My call center team is really awesome, were getting closer. We took some pictures yesterday so hopefully those will be up soon or something!
This weekend.. well today actually! We have family core dish duty. so my family core will be serving breakfast lunch and dinner. i get to serve dinner :)
tomorrow all of HA is going to watch the superbowl in the auditorium and the creative ministries team recorded commercials (that were appropriate) for us to watch. i can't wait to see them. ill probably record some and put them up on Face book something. :)
Classes are going well, im still trying to find the balance between work, classes, and free time!
apologetics class has been the bomb. its teaching me so much and our teacher actually rapped for us yesterday. but thats not all were learning! hahaha we've been watching apologetic sermons by this guy by the first name of Ravi. (i forget his last name though)
i have to write a rough draft for my paper for portfolio papers on how media affects our generation. which im pretty excited about.
other than that the Lords really revealing to me what i need to work on. He's bringing up things that i never really realized were there. But im so thankful he's patient. and persistent. because im a stubborn human being and im all over the place..ALL THE TIME!
He's teaching me to truely depend on him. i need him for everything - which is how it should be. but for me im still having to learn that. I'm also realizing how powerful prayer is. i pray before i call each one of my missionaries and i can tell the difference between a call i prayed before and a call i didnt.
It's been hard lately though, i've been going through that desert where i just feel like God is so distant..but i know theres a reason for being there. i need to keep pursuing him and not giving up like the enemy wants me to do.
But i wont give up or give in. i want to know the Lord more and i want him to be my everything. i know its a process and it wont just happen in one day though. and even though it gets hard im going to press on through those days and call on the Lord. he's my strength.
but i hope everything is going well with everyone! i would love to hear what everyone is up to! its nice to hear about the world off of campus and i miss all of you guys!
well im going to go run to walmart or the dollar general and the spend time in the Word.
love you all! God bless!
i also put in my application to go to israel this summer! i should find out if im accepted soon :)
If anyone has any inspiring quotes or songs or anything i would love to hear them!
ps. i went to my supervisors house the other day for team time...i never realized how bad i miss being in a house! haha :)
I'm going to update you guys as much as i can :)
I'm actually sitting in the caf eating an apple and drinking orange juice. its beautiful outside - a bit cold - but nonetheless.
I've been working everyday (if you ever want to email me: laura.haase@teenmania.com)
My call center team is really awesome, were getting closer. We took some pictures yesterday so hopefully those will be up soon or something!
This weekend.. well today actually! We have family core dish duty. so my family core will be serving breakfast lunch and dinner. i get to serve dinner :)
tomorrow all of HA is going to watch the superbowl in the auditorium and the creative ministries team recorded commercials (that were appropriate) for us to watch. i can't wait to see them. ill probably record some and put them up on Face book something. :)
Classes are going well, im still trying to find the balance between work, classes, and free time!
apologetics class has been the bomb. its teaching me so much and our teacher actually rapped for us yesterday. but thats not all were learning! hahaha we've been watching apologetic sermons by this guy by the first name of Ravi. (i forget his last name though)
i have to write a rough draft for my paper for portfolio papers on how media affects our generation. which im pretty excited about.
other than that the Lords really revealing to me what i need to work on. He's bringing up things that i never really realized were there. But im so thankful he's patient. and persistent. because im a stubborn human being and im all over the place..ALL THE TIME!
He's teaching me to truely depend on him. i need him for everything - which is how it should be. but for me im still having to learn that. I'm also realizing how powerful prayer is. i pray before i call each one of my missionaries and i can tell the difference between a call i prayed before and a call i didnt.
It's been hard lately though, i've been going through that desert where i just feel like God is so distant..but i know theres a reason for being there. i need to keep pursuing him and not giving up like the enemy wants me to do.
But i wont give up or give in. i want to know the Lord more and i want him to be my everything. i know its a process and it wont just happen in one day though. and even though it gets hard im going to press on through those days and call on the Lord. he's my strength.
but i hope everything is going well with everyone! i would love to hear what everyone is up to! its nice to hear about the world off of campus and i miss all of you guys!
well im going to go run to walmart or the dollar general and the spend time in the Word.
love you all! God bless!
i also put in my application to go to israel this summer! i should find out if im accepted soon :)
If anyone has any inspiring quotes or songs or anything i would love to hear them!
ps. i went to my supervisors house the other day for team time...i never realized how bad i miss being in a house! haha :)
Monday, February 1, 2010
Goodbye Orange Block, hello Normal!
Its official. As of last friday we ended orange block :)
which means we can have sugar. we can listen to christian music that is not worship. and we can text whenever!
i really enjoyed the time away from those things but its really sweet to be able to do them again. ive missed my bands and eating sugar! i never realized how many things actually contain sugar.
Besides that, there were alot of changes that took place here at the HA this weekend. 2 core leaders got dismissed. (information is not available to campus on why) but God works all out for good. I got more brothers (from the boy core) added to my brother core. and now i also have a sister core! so we have a core family which was about 18.. is now almost 30! but its good and God is good. he has a reason for this. and the more people we have, the more people to love and worship the Lord with. it is a change were still adjusting too but its getting progressively better. we had family game night last saturday and spent like 4 hours playing games in the caf. which was awesome!
on sunday i went to calvary chapel tyler with my sister Liz and it was good. It was about 30 mins away and in a really small town. But the Word was so good and the people were very down to earth. I am going to check out another church next week and keep praying about what church God wants me to attend around here. (if you are looking for prayer requests for me.. this would be one!)
The call center has been great. The Lord is really using me to reach and encourage the youth of america who are going to go on mission trips. I am the rep for Israel, India, China, Thailand, and Austrailia. I was so blessed to be able to speak words of encouragement and vision into about 29 teenagers tonight and its incredible to see God great commission worked out and to get a glimpse of what God is going to do with his children.
Israel has been on my heart and i feel like that could possibly be where the Lord is leading me to go this summer with GE. I'm going to fill out an app soon and then start fundraising. So God willing i might be going to israel!! to minister to Gods chosen people and to soften there hearts towards christians. To love on them and help the christian organizations around there with service projects. i will also be able to go around and walk the streets that Jesus walked.. to see the world from his human perspective and to visit the places he dwelled. I know its going to be an incredible trip and the Lord is already moving for this trip. I know hes already appointed the people were going to meet and the things were going to do.
It's been like crazy over load with how much homework i have! but i realized that i really need to put to death my habit of procrastination and do it nightly! Im writing my first paper for portfolio papers soon :)
Gods also been teaching me that he is faithful. that he is constantly pursueing. and that his love is like none that we as humans have ever experienced. I've had alot of distractions lately and when the i just sat down and prayed about them and surrendered them i could feel that burden being lifted and i felt much lighter. it was alot easier to focus on the Lord entirely also!
This weekend we have another family core event and then we are going to have a campus superbowl party! and the comercials are actually goin to be done by the creative media ministry team here. :) We also have family dish duty on sunday. and i have dish duty tomorrow morning..ahh!!! haha :)
Last friday we also had core rollouts and Brittany basicly told us what vision God gave her for our core.. our core values.. our flag.. and our key verses. Our verses are Song of Solomon 4:7 and 2nd corinthians 3:18.
Our flag is this beautiful picture of a crown with a while lilly (lily is our core flower) and its splashed with purple and blue. Our cores name is Becoming. we are becoming the woman God wants us to be and it is a process. But our core values are Love, Faith, Holiness, and a few others that i dont have on me right now.
but im definitely excited for this year.. i know the Lords going to move and do great things! i can't wait to see his people being transformed and in the process transforming the generation!
ATF's are being done every weekend. so also pray for those! and the impact they have on youth across america!
God bless you guys! Let me know if you need prayer for anything! :)
which means we can have sugar. we can listen to christian music that is not worship. and we can text whenever!
i really enjoyed the time away from those things but its really sweet to be able to do them again. ive missed my bands and eating sugar! i never realized how many things actually contain sugar.
Besides that, there were alot of changes that took place here at the HA this weekend. 2 core leaders got dismissed. (information is not available to campus on why) but God works all out for good. I got more brothers (from the boy core) added to my brother core. and now i also have a sister core! so we have a core family which was about 18.. is now almost 30! but its good and God is good. he has a reason for this. and the more people we have, the more people to love and worship the Lord with. it is a change were still adjusting too but its getting progressively better. we had family game night last saturday and spent like 4 hours playing games in the caf. which was awesome!
on sunday i went to calvary chapel tyler with my sister Liz and it was good. It was about 30 mins away and in a really small town. But the Word was so good and the people were very down to earth. I am going to check out another church next week and keep praying about what church God wants me to attend around here. (if you are looking for prayer requests for me.. this would be one!)
The call center has been great. The Lord is really using me to reach and encourage the youth of america who are going to go on mission trips. I am the rep for Israel, India, China, Thailand, and Austrailia. I was so blessed to be able to speak words of encouragement and vision into about 29 teenagers tonight and its incredible to see God great commission worked out and to get a glimpse of what God is going to do with his children.
Israel has been on my heart and i feel like that could possibly be where the Lord is leading me to go this summer with GE. I'm going to fill out an app soon and then start fundraising. So God willing i might be going to israel!! to minister to Gods chosen people and to soften there hearts towards christians. To love on them and help the christian organizations around there with service projects. i will also be able to go around and walk the streets that Jesus walked.. to see the world from his human perspective and to visit the places he dwelled. I know its going to be an incredible trip and the Lord is already moving for this trip. I know hes already appointed the people were going to meet and the things were going to do.
It's been like crazy over load with how much homework i have! but i realized that i really need to put to death my habit of procrastination and do it nightly! Im writing my first paper for portfolio papers soon :)
Gods also been teaching me that he is faithful. that he is constantly pursueing. and that his love is like none that we as humans have ever experienced. I've had alot of distractions lately and when the i just sat down and prayed about them and surrendered them i could feel that burden being lifted and i felt much lighter. it was alot easier to focus on the Lord entirely also!
This weekend we have another family core event and then we are going to have a campus superbowl party! and the comercials are actually goin to be done by the creative media ministry team here. :) We also have family dish duty on sunday. and i have dish duty tomorrow morning..ahh!!! haha :)
Last friday we also had core rollouts and Brittany basicly told us what vision God gave her for our core.. our core values.. our flag.. and our key verses. Our verses are Song of Solomon 4:7 and 2nd corinthians 3:18.
Our flag is this beautiful picture of a crown with a while lilly (lily is our core flower) and its splashed with purple and blue. Our cores name is Becoming. we are becoming the woman God wants us to be and it is a process. But our core values are Love, Faith, Holiness, and a few others that i dont have on me right now.
but im definitely excited for this year.. i know the Lords going to move and do great things! i can't wait to see his people being transformed and in the process transforming the generation!
ATF's are being done every weekend. so also pray for those! and the impact they have on youth across america!
God bless you guys! Let me know if you need prayer for anything! :)
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