Current's

Current's

This describes how our feelings can be for us or against us. We just need to know when to fight back or to ride along. 

Theres so much you can do with feelings. Almost like an ocean only knowing the certain current's direction. But the more you discover, the knowledge is gained on how to ride the winds & storms which come along! Riding a wave is one way to search the feelings. When fighting back determined in the destination. Parting the waves disturbing the natural flow, to fight against while fighting for. The bowsprit is battered & chewed by the anger of the current. Waging war against your passion that fuels you. Doing anything & everything to drown you. Desiring to sink you into the depths.

Pushing through, changes current's course taking you with it. Carrying you along to such desired places. Saving you & healing you from the battle once had. Creating the colorful adventure of the journey. 

Slowly discovering yourself full of danger & comfort not knowing what the next current may bring but willing to ride however needed. 

Trying to communicate correctly the emotion going on inside can be difficult. So much going on but all filled with motion, driven by the warmth & edginess of life.  

By: Drew Powell 

:D

Poem was inspired by the movie Once.

Flight

Easy as cutting through warmed butter just like the wings cut through clouds. 

Mind gets opened, clear & relaxed. 

Freedom that's freely given by excepting the challenge of the unknown flight. 

Not knowing what it will entail or reveal. 

Different seeings from different angles but same destination.  

Never knowing what you'll see, how you'll see it or how it changes. 

It's space waiting to be discovered like a hidden planet filled with air. 

What is air? What is cleared spaced undiscovered? Is the sky filled with air or does air make up the sky? 

Free from the worries of the day, the hauntings of the yesterday's or the fear of the tomorrow's.

Lifted from the weight of gravity & even the waiting. 

Only seeing shadings of what is revealed, textured with what creates. 

Light, for it shows or lack of, hides. 

Watching as the clouds form into that mountainous figures filled with mystical creatures and unsought adventure. 

Taking you to places only dreamed of. Making them that much closer to reality. 

Flight 

Honestly Battling

Listening to Christian music, surrounding lovers of Jesus as a border.
Trying to block out but what was rooted so unknowingly deep.
Core of life.
Noticed by the faithfulness of steady hands and heart.
Why am I wanting out?
No good excuse to want. Even with the strongest taunt.
I was born this way crumbles to the ground as being shot from an archer.
Seeing them doesn't help. How can I be attached with one?
Unchartered maps of none answerable questions have become my consistency.
Tossed around the sea by the waves of impurity and false satisfaction.
Confusion seems to be my oxygen, but you don't have to tell me again.
I know He's here!
But why?!
Oh why does it seem my life is crumbling like an avalanche? Looking side to side curled waiting for life to crush me… waiting… slowly realizing warmth being blanketed over me.
Seeing the war of rocks and snow being a braced.
It is He! The One who is so faithful. The shoulder and chest that is always there but so easily forgotten.
Oh the passiveness of apathy entangles me like marrow in my bones.
I have noticed I do everything possible for me not to 'fall away' but do I speak and take action?
Oh the passiveness of apathy entangles me like marrow in my bones.
Why do I scream 'I'm fearless' when I can't let go?


(Dec 9th, 2012 4:43am)

Light Beneath The Darkness

Light beneath the Darkness

Burning beneath the ground it shines
My hearts wickedness makes me vomit
Under it all my heart is rotten
How can it be
How can it be
That this Light
Beneath my grossness purifies
Every inch it touches
Cleansed
The scenes no one sees the acts behind the certain
The thoughts that make up the thinking
Poisoning the crevices it sees
Like a wild fire it peirces my mind
But
How can it be
How can it be
That this Light
Beneath my grossness purifies
Every inch it touches
Cleansed
Seemingly thinking I have to go back
Retracing my path of destruction
Making things harder even though it doesnt have to be
Hating moment by moment
Thinking I need this, it's the only way to live
Half way done the Light speaks
"What are you doing I've made a new way?!"
Retracing my retracted path
The pull of the path
Heavy weighing me back down
One step at a time braking through the Darkness
The Light beneath pushes my stubbornness towards the Thrown of Light
How can it be
How can it be
That this Light
Beneath my grossness purifies
Every inch it touches
Cleansed!

Planting

The land is made with detailed darkness, not missing a corner

Looking appealing

Looking radiant as ever

Consuming the fruit it bears and as the minds take a quick glance

Captured by the utter darkness

Once your hooked

Once your tricked

Once your took

There's only one way out

Stumbling around the addictive tarn

Never seeming to come off

Scraping and scraping

Soon to find out there is nothing left…

There's nothing left

Dead is the flower in mid blizzard

Not getting up

The way out, where is it?

The way out, where is it?

Where's the exit?

I can't see it!!!

I can't see!!!

The sun still asleep

Aching for a breath of freedom and life

Waiting

Waiting

For that glimpse of hope

Just a peek

That's all

one glance

Shrieking back waiting to die

Unexpectedly the Light pierces the murky tar

In shock giving hope

The flower twitches

Life was presented as a beacon

Freedom permeated the air

And behold

In the midst of darkness

Planted there

Standing strong

Rooted so fast but deep

A lamp post

Pealing back the darkness

Shriveling the tar

Fresh life growing as a willow tree

And behold

In the midst of darkness

Planted there

Standing strong

Rooted so fast but deep

A lamp post

Freedom was brought, given and desired deep down

And behold

In the midst of darkness

Planted there

Standing strong

Rooted so fast but deep

A lamp post

Shining extravagantly with pure untainted life

Planted there

Rooted so fast but deep

A lamp post

A beacon of life

Drew Powell 

4/17/2012

The Voices Within

The Voices Within

The confusing world spits out something and wants people to follow em

What is truth? What is real?

The voices writhin ease their slick voices in deeper

Having just laying with him dreaming

Easing the pain of loneliness

You know the answer

You know the way

Why do other 'oppositions' seem so omnipotent

Seeing the short lived road ahead

Knowing the right

The attraction isn't the same of what they scream out

Why not that way?

The things I hear

The things I hear

The voices within

The confusing world spits out something and wants people to follow em

The voices within

These little nudges say its okay choose him, choose him

But things I only want is to choose the Man!

What the demons cry is so appealing

They only appeal because the banana is rotten

Ha

Good one

I spit this out knowing I'm not perfect

Don't got it together but i know What and Who does

Seemingly so far but yet so close I could feel

The warmth of His presence

Wondering how He smells

How He thinks of you (me)

I stand here and say the voices within are losing

Their ground is smaller

Why?

Why can't I just give

Life would seem so easy

What's it really about this life or the next

The dwindling of my soul it aches

What's this pain I feel?

Will it ever depart?

What's the meaning of life?

All these questions build like linkin logs in my mind

Stoping the Son shine

Braking through the Son, knowing I'm not perfect

Please I cry

What is this mercy?

I don't understand?

The linkin logs are surrounding me

The feeling of lowliness swallows me

Encaped with dought, fear, anxiouty

But I know the Light!

The Son

The Fathers embrace is like I'm home

But yet so close so far away

Closer than you think I'm here, stay with Me!

Drew Powell

4/5/2012

Speaking Truth & Walking in the Light (Part 5)

(Braking the Darkness)

Spirit of God that rose Jesus, God's Son, from the dead? If you do not believe then please be open and just hear the testimony of God moving within the last 5 days.

In this season right now God has me mentoring the sophomore guys at the college I went to from 2008-2011. Everyday this week has been a different side of the Holy Spirit inside me that I have not really seen very much in my life. I have witnessed some within the last 5 years (started believing in Jesus then) or herd stories of other people but this was just another side not yet witnessed day-to-day. 

On Friday 10/21/2011

During the sleep from Thursday to Friday I had a dream that was demonically influenced and from the intensity of the dream it caused me to wake up. When I woke I felt the presence of demons or evil spirits in the room (whatever you would like to call it). From the oppression (fear) that I could fill on me, I knew it was not of the Lord. Cause the Lord doesn’t cause condemnation or fear, Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is no condemnation in those who are in Christ Jesus.” I started singing about/to God and His power and after a minute or so of that I was able to move and get out of my bed to start proclaiming Jesus, to show the demons that I am not afraid of them. I could not move out of my bed because the oppression or fear was think enough that my physical body could not move. Telling the demons that Christ reigns in this place and His Holy Spirit lives in me and He has given me the authority the cast you out, so begone. Proclaiming truth like this in these moments is SO crucial because Satan and his minions live and speak in lies, everything against God! I let my roommate go back to sleep and went to the living room to seek the Lord and proclaiming freedom over the dorm. They did not leave immediately I still could fill the oppression for an hour or so. They will do anything and everything to try to make you fear them.

I share this not to boast or give glory to the powers of darkness. I share this to let you know that there is battle going on, ragging. Demons and Satan are doing whatever they can to keep us thinking they are winning!  When fighting, God gives us he strength to fight. Its funny cause in all reality He is fighting for us because we are using the authority that He gives us. 

Ephesians 6:12 “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

Satan wants us to keep completely ignorant in this matter. Thinking, ‘Oh, this stuff isn’t real.’ or ‘This is all in your head.’ or ‘Dude, your just on drugs!’ or ‘This stuff only happens in movies.’ If you think that or along those line, I would encourage you to ask yourself ‘Why, do I believe that?’. Not saying to go calling on evil spirits but to cautiously ask God to help you see truth, fill and hear with your spiritual eyes and ears. 

Ephesians 2:17-18 “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.  I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.”

Speaking Truth & Walking in the Light (Part 4)

 (HECK YES!)

Spirit of God that rose Jesus, God's Son, from the dead? If you do not believe then please be open and just hear the testimony of God moving within the last 5 days.

In this season right now God has me mentoring the sophomore guys at the college I went to from 2008-2011. Everyday this week has been a different side of the Holy Spirit inside me that I have not really seen very much in my life. I have witnessed some within the last 5 years (started believing in Jesus then) or herd stories of other people but this was just another side not yet witnessed day-to-day. 

On Thursday 10/20/2011:

Before dinner after me and the other guy mentors hung out I took like a 20 min. nap before dinner. When I fell asleep (it was on of those sleeps that you think after you woke up its been hours and you totally didn't hear your alarm, but in all reality you actually wake up before your alarm going off.) I LOVE THESE NAPES, THERE SWEET, don't you?! While I was sleeping I had a dream that my parents where over me and my dad was crying while my mom was holding my hand. My dad asks, 'Do you want to get healed?' and I answer 'Yes, I do!' He then crabs my hand that my mom was holding and she puts her hands in her lap and says 'Lets pray then!' Right after he said that I wake and I felt in my left hand (which was the hand my dad was hold) like someones hand was in my palm cause my hand was facing up on my chest, palm up. A real embrace and warmth from a hand that was thinker then mine. You know how when you hold or shake someones hand that has worked with his hands for a while and their hand's muscles are bigger and you can kind of like squeeze it a little and not fill bone? It was like holding a hand of a landscaper or carpenter. Well thats what it was like! SUPER COMFORTING! I FULLY BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS HOLDING MY HAND! Reassuring me that He will heal me. (I know this was from the Lord because of the real-ity [how real it was along with the peacefulness of it and comfort] of the dream)   

Palms 23

"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. 

He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff,

   they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD

    forever."

Speaking Truth & Walking in the Light (Part 3)

(Thought this picture would bring some laughter into this! LOL :D)

This week has been really cool stuff. I don't know about you but I know and believe in the Holy Spirit. Who is the Spirit of God that rose Jesus, God's Son, from the dead? If you do not believe then please be open and just hear the testimony of God moving within the last 5 days.
In this season right now God has me mentoring the sophomore guys at the college I went to from 2008-2011. Everyday this week has been a different side of the Holy Spirit inside me that I have not really seen very much in my life. I have witnessed some within the last 5 years (started believing in Jesus then) or herd stories of other people but this was just another side not yet witnessed day-to-day. 

On Wednesday 10/19/2011:

I found out that one of my friends that lives on the floor above us got healed from his tooth problem. He was having a tooth problem along with some pain. He asked his brother to pray for him and the pain went away and all the fillings in his mouth turned to gold. They were some sort of silver before hand but now they are gold! CRAZY RIGHT! I didn't really agree with this stuff when hearing stories or reading about it. But the thing is, what limits God from doing this? What shows that this is not from Him? In John 21:25 it says, "Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." Witnessing situations like this are new to me also but I believe that God really wants to show us Himself. For so long Satan has had a vail over my face and has deceived me that God does not do things anymore like what happen when Jesus walked the earth. Thinking that miracules and signs of wonderful awesomeness left when Christ left to return to the right hand of the Father. But again in John 14:11-12 Jesus says, "Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father."

(Listen to this song [click 'Here ya Go! Enjoy!'] by Keith Green that relates so much to this and might shed some more light. The song is called 'Easter Song')

Here ya Go! Enjoy!

Speaking Truth & Walking in the Light (Part 2)

(Growth being tended by the Father Himself!)

This week has been really cool stuff. I don't know about you but I know and believe in the Holy Spirit. Who is the Spirit of God that rose Jesus, God's Son, from the dead? If you do not believe then please be open and just hear the testimony of God moving within the last 5 days.
In this season right now God has me mentoring the sophomore guys at the college I went to from 2008-2011. Everyday this week has been a different side of the Holy Spirit inside me that I have not really seen very much in my life. I have witnessed some within the last 5 years (started believing in Jesus then) or herd stories of other people but this was just another side not yet witnessed day-to-day.

On Tuesday 10/18/2011:

In the evening I went to this ministry called Teen Challenge (Click the word to check it out) with of the guys from the sophomore class. From Tuesday-Thursday they were having a gathering singing to the Lord, sharing stories about how God came and helped them and meet them right where they were, and encouraged each other! After singing and dancing for God's awesome work in our lives a guy came up by the name of Dave who said he herd the Lord saying during the time of showing our thankfulness, 'There was a person in the room with a hip problem and they were not a student (a person in the program or ministry), they were a visitor." While listening to this I'm thinking, 'God I pray that person will get healed.' Right after I thought that it hit me that I have a hip problem and I'm a visitor! So, near the end of the time of the serves I go and find Dave and tell him that I'm the hip man you talked about. He goes okay let pray for you and when him, Matthew and Amanda (the people I came with) prayed nothing really happened. Not really that disappointing because I have prayer for my whole back to be healed for the past 3 years and have seen improvement but nothing miraculous. So, he has me sit down on a chair and I stretch out my legs parallel with each other and we saw my right leg was shorter than the leg. He prayed and asked Jesus to bring the legs into alignment with each other and WITH ALL HONESTY and WITH 3 OTHER PEOPLE AS WITNESS (other than me) MY RIGHT LEG GROWS AND MEETS UP WITH THE LEFT. NO JOKING! Never I have had that happen to me before. Then I stand up and slowly my hips start to fill a little irritated because of the leg growing. Then I start to share with Dave my history of seizures which is the reason my back is the way it is. After sharing he said, 'Lets pray for that too.' When praying for me I felt really light and fell over not even a minute into the prayer. I laid there on my face for about 10 min. or so and the Lord was just ministering to my back, filling like marshmallows where messaging my back. To be honest my back is not fully restored to what it should be but the Lord has given me confidence in that it will and He is bringing it! 

Speaking Truth & Walking in the Light (Part 1)

(This is such an awesome picture)

This week has been really cool stuff. I don't know about you but I know and believe in the Holy Spirit. Who is the Spirit of God that rose Jesus from death, His Son. If you do not believe then please be open and just hear the testimony of God moving within the last 5 days.
In this season right now God has me mentoring the sophomore guys at the college I went to from 2008-2011. Everyday this week has been a different side of the Holy Spirit inside me that I have not really seen very much in my life. I have witnessed some within the last 5 years (started believing in Jesus then) or herd stories of other people but this was just another side not yet witnessed day-to-day.

On Monday 10/17/2011:

During the time that the sophomore guys meet (we meet every Monday night from 8-10pm to talk about life and have fun). One of the guys felt a heaviness from the Lord that he should share what God put on his heart about this guy on campus and to pray for him. (He also invited other guys that were around to come and join us. There was about 16 of us.) After he shared what was on heart, we had a time of speaking to God and asking Him "To please have Your way and may Satan not take our brother." (whatever that may look like) Also expressing this is what we would like also. Just being honest before the Lord as a group of guys. The Holy Spirit had a more deeper plans then just talking with the Lord about his guy. It turned into a time of repentance, confession, healing and restoration. We are talking about guys, men who want to be men of God and are willing to let Him come in to lead them in the path that He has planned for them (me too). There was lots of crying, hugging, encouragement, speaking truth into one another lives, and being there for one another like what family is for. By the time this ended about two hours there was joy, restoration, and love pouring off all the faces of the men in that room. It was AWESOME and God is still doing work in our lives to align our heart with His. Never have I seen or witnessed a group of guys crying out to the Lord for on another, repenting, and desiring God to take over in their lives.

Knowing

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on

But where I'm going

Who I'm following

Is right

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on

Nothing makes sense 

Until its past 

I look back

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on

Seeing all the happenings 

Seeing all the grays and blues

I see it was crafted to be

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on

Led at the right time

Moments that make the most change 

The ones unseen

You see 

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on

It happens so fast 

You see 

A blink of one eye is an eternity 

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on

I'm on the right path

Focused on the Dawn 

Soon full understanding will come

Not knowing what to do, Not knowing whats going on!

Time and Change

Things happen so fast,

We don't notice the change, 

A blink passes by and we don't notice,

Change is happening and we are watching it,

Its passing by like a boat in crossing,

We are blinded by the change, 

It happens so much,

We forget we can make change,

But instead others do it for us,

We allow it!

Like the eye blinking, 

Like the unheard breath, 

Just as the conscious thinks, 

So casual, 

So often, 

We are numb to it.

Things happen so fast, 

We don't notice the change! 

How are we helping the change?

In an Airport!

Thought I would write a blog sense I have some time.

As of right now its 8:36pm on April the 17th and my flight leaves in about an hours or so. Excited about going home but will miss Kenya. Just got some tea. It will be my last time drinking tea in Africa! Its sad but I know God has a plan for me and He will tell me whats next when the timing is right. I am really going to miss Kenya, Africa. I made friends who became family. Didn't know I could love a different culture and people so much! I thank God for that! It is such a blessing being able to adapt and love a culture that it totally different! God has His plan for that place and he had me play a very very small part of it and I am eternally grateful and will never be the same again!

Some might say "Its was such a sacrifice to go there, live and be taking out of your own culture!" My response is "Thank you for that but it was not a sacrifice it was a privilege to serve God, be apart of His family and follow Him."
Yes, it was hard, difficult, and wanted to give up sometimes. Life is not easy if it was it wouldn't be called life. That is the adventure of it don't know whats around the corner until you go there. Taking that step of faith not knowing whats around the corner, knowing that its the right choose and right way but you have never been there.

Over the past 24 hours I have talked to 4 totally different people all with their own story. One of them was a South Korean guy who works with a company that sells cranes, has an office in Montgomery, Alabama and travels a LOT, his name was Sonny or Jang Hwan Seon! Another man is a Nigerian and is an actor and director for plays. He was on his way to Germany to start directing one. This man helped me out so much and was super nice. This is just a little example of what happens in life you never know who is going to pop up and help you or sometimes even make your day worse. We just need to keep our eyes focused on the Main Goal and when good things happen praise the Lord for it and when bad things happen keep praising the Lord.

God made people different and its beautiful cause no one is same!

Tomorrow is a new day and today will never be like the rest or the others like today!

:D

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How much more the Gospel!

As some have known that we (Jason, Jo, Nate, Tim and I) got a chance to climb Mount Kenya and it was awesome!!!! And that does not even come close to what the experience was like. It was hard physically climbing to around a 2 mile high peck in 3 days when you are use to being 300ft above sea level. LOL I felt like I was smoker for a 100 years. LOL HAHA
But spiritually it was the greatest awakening in me. I was so astonished after ever tree, corner, bush, rock, flower, etc. That I just could not stop being excited and full of joy and I wanted to shout with ALL my might and tell the whole world how stink-in beautiful and amazing this is. I just had this cringing filling to share everything that was going on and everything I saw. Thinking of people that I wanted to share this with and wanting them so badly to be there.
And then....
BAM it hit me like a ton of bricks, God said to me “How much more the Gospel?!”
Then I thought and said to myself “This is so true, if I want to share this experience so badly with everybody in the world then why don’t I want to share the Gospel that much more.”
So I want to challenge you (along with myself) with this “How much more the Gospel?!” How much more will God take over our lives? How much more will we let Him take over? How much more are we willing to be on our faces in AWE of God? How much more are we willing to get out of the way and left God work through us? How much more are we willing to give our lives into the hands of the Creator’s?
“How much more the Gospel?!”

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All Because Of Christ

All Because Of Christ

I am a beloved child of God.
I am saved through grace by faith.
My died flesh is destroyed and will not resurrect.
I am Clean!

Screaming and singing freedom.
Screaming and singing dependent.
Screaming and singing with Angels.

Screaming and singing because there is no chains on me.
Screaming and singing for I cannot do this on my own.
Screaming and singing in a high place where I dont deserve.

Satan doesnt have a grip on me.
I am a beloved child of God.
I am save through grace by faith.
My died flesh is destroyed and will not resurrect.
I am clean.

All because of Christ.
He came and emptied Himself.
To the point of death.
Not regarding equality to God.
Bridging that gap.

All because of Christ.
Looking at the eternal out come.
Not at that day of torture.
Placing Satan under His feet.
The death maker was defeated.
Tearing the vail for communion.

All because of Christ.
We are free!

Screaming and singing freedom.
Screaming and singing dependent.
Screaming and singing with Angels.

Screaming and singing because there is no chains on me.
Screaming and singing for I cannot do this on my own.
Screaming and singing in a high place where I dont deserve.

All because of Christ!

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Betrayed By A Kiss

Betrayed By A Kiss:

Betrayed by a kiss,
Betrayed by a kiss You were
Knowing fully well that You were going to be tortured.
Nailed and Pierced
Nailed and Pierced You were
To a tree with the last gasp of breath
You whispered ‘It is finished’
Then the blood and water fell.

 

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The Turkey Before The Table

This is a blog that was inspired when we were preparing for our Turkey Day feast (Thanksgiving). I though of a really cool name, so i thought I would write about our preparation, our feast, and experience.Honestly Turkey Day is not the same without your immediate family, the food tastes different, and what your used to, just is not there no matter how hard you try.

BUT, this is the GREATEST thing about being part of God’s family, no matter how uncomfortable, lonely, or hard situation your in, He is always there and He provides more comfort than your mother and more protection than your father can, cause He was our first love, He was there before our parents beginning and there parents begging and so on and so on. HECK GOD IS THE BEGINNING AND WAS THERE BEFORE TIME. (Really meditate, focus, repeat on that saying and read John 1:1, it will BLOW YOUR TOP!)

So we first started out by slaughtering the turkeys, we did it a new way i have never seen before which takes the head right off without spilling blood everywhere, it very intriguing and cool. When we were gutting them we found all the different types of stages of eggs, we even found one that was fixin to come out of the turkey and was hard and everything. Thats enough for the detail. lol!

(This is me [of cource] with 2 fully undeveloped turkey eggs, which only have the yoke in them) 

Then the next day our awesome leaders here, cook the turkey and some sides and really tried to make it fill homey. Man, they really love Jesus, they show it so much and really love us interns like one of their own. They do so much for us not even seen, just so we can get the most out of what God has us here for. :D
(This is Jason Witt he is a very good cook [and he can kick my butt at Halo] and he is one of our leaders.)

(This is Bekah Witt she is Jason's wife and another one of our leaders [plus she can make killer deserts].)

One thing they did was rapped the table in paper and wrote,“I Am Thankful For” and we wrote on it things that we are thankful for. And when I started thinking “what am I thankful for?” It hit me I am very thankful for my family and how much God has given me a love for them, and how much He is FAITHFUL even when I do not put faith in Him. And How He loved me first, THAT GETS ME ALL THE TIME! :D
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:18-19

(Lets just say it was a good looking table of thanks!)

Also another thing i realized was that I am truly blessed to have a team of like minded people that I am with. Cause honestly this would be harder if I was by myself.
This Thanksgiving was also fun because we had 3 different cultures represented. We an Indian couple fromSouthern India (who have an awesome story), we had 2 Kenyans there who work with us and of course us Americans.
He all had a great time, Praise the Lord for letting us do this and have the ability to be a American sometimes. :D
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS GOD!
For most times I dont even recognize them. Your to good to me!

(Time and I injoying our Thanksgiving meal!)

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When Blood and Water Fell

"When the blood fell and stained the sand, Satan was beaten.
When the blood fell, the wrath of God was satisfied.
When the water fell and claimed the land, purity cleansed the hearts.
When the water fell, salvation penetrated souls.
When the blood fell and stained the sand, the Law was fulfilled.
When the blood fell the Truth of prophecy came to pass.
When the water fell and claimed the land the cup of righteousness was pouring over.
When the water fell, pure refining gold was complete.
When the blood and water fell the earth was baptized with the drink offering.
When the blood and water fell it was time for resurrection, a time for sanctification.
When the blood and water fell and stained the sand, demons stood and screamed.
When the blood and water fell and stained the sand, people were redeemed.
When the blood and water fell, it stained the sand."

This poem was inspired by God in me!

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Men Can Wear Skirts, So Get Over It!

([{This is a blog about what it’s like to live in the contacts that I am living in}])

p.S: It may sound that I am against how people in America live during this blog, I am not against it at all. And I am NOT discriminating against this culture or there beliefs. 

I just want to confess before I start that I really like wearing man skirts.
(Which is called a Kikoy)

The Culture I live in is almost a complete opposite of how American’s live, minus some of the culture in the South, lol. The culture is based off relationships, talking and spending time with people, its more important than doing things and getting thinks done.  It really kind of cool, they value family so much, and people are more important than anything. Its okay to be late, in fact its implied that you be late, when they say be there at 4:00pm people probably wont show up until 5:00pm or 6:00pm. I like that! :D The culture is also very hospitable and they respect elderly people way more than we do in the states.
I honestly think we in the states could really learn from this culture.
The temperature here is hotter than most parts of the states, very dry and not a lot of wild life that you would typically think of when thinking of Africa. I have seen giraffes, wort hogs, crocodile or alligator (i can never remember the difference) [dont tell my dad he might disown me, lol haha jk], hippos, lots of donkeys*, lots of goats*, camels*, chickens*, cows* and different types of monkeys. (The ones with stars on them are the animals I see daily)
The basis of what I eat is rice, beans, wheat/starch, and some meat.
I live in a concrete house with 3 other men; Nate Hadravah, Tim Kopylov, and Harrison Akubala (he teaches us Swahili and works for BCOM [the college I am in])
I walk almost everywhere, which is great.
There are many different tribes that live here, all with their own way of living and traditions. They all have a basis thats the same but not all are alike. I mostly live among Salamis, Kikuyu, Kambas, Bantus, Ormas and some others that I cannot remember.
There are three main religions that are followed/practiced here:

1. Islam= The study/practice of the Quran and Hadith, believing in Allah (God) and his last prophet Mohammed.
2. African Traditional Religion (ATR)= There is no specific name for it because in different tribes there are different ways of practicing and believing. Most of them have a basis of witchcraft, ancestral worship, and believing in a spirit world; all of some type.
3. Christianity= The study/practice of the Bible, believing in Jesus Christ who came from the creator of all, God.

Some times all three of these beliefs are combined in a way. If ones does not work they might go try another. For example: if someone goes to the doctor in town and does not get better, they will go to the witchdoctor and if that does not work, then they will pray to Mohammed and might do some ritual, and then if that does not work they will pray to Jesus Christ. (Just an example does not always happen)
Last P.S.:
Not all of Kenya or all of Africa is like this, these cultures and beliefs are just are in the area were I live!
Tty when I wright again!

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