So, you know that the team is going to Israel, because they are being called to Israel. Since the meeting before Christmas, I felt God telling me not to go. I was praying since then and the team was praying too that God would continue to reveal His plan for me. But it never changed, God is still telling me not to go to Israel. This didn’t really make sense to us, as lots of things God tells us don’t, because most of the team God is telling to go to Israel on outreach and three others (including myself) God is telling not to go to Israel. We all were obedient to Him in our decisions and the three that God has said not to go stood by what He said. The leaders talked with the director of YWAM Latin America and he said that those being called to Israel should go and they will finish their outreach and graduate from the school this February. He said for the others God is not calling to Israel, they should be obedient to Him and they have these choices as far as graduating from their DTS. He said that we have credit for the lecture phase (the first part of the school) and that we have two years to finish the outreach phase. But we don’t get partial credit for the outreach we’ve already completed in Panama and Nicaragua. He said that we can just do the outreach phase of DTS, in order to graduate – about 3 months, at any YWAM base in the world. But if we choose to do it here with the base we did our lecture phase at then they have to accept our credits for the lecture phase. If we choose a different base then the directors at that base have the right to accept or deny our lecture phase that we’ve already completed. Meaning, they can say you have to do the whole school over again (lecture and outreach phases) or they can say you can just do the outreach here we accept your credits for the lecture phase you’ve already completed. So that’s what has been going on here. Since God has not called me to go to Israel, I’m not going and I’ll be flying home tomorrow. (My flight is arriving in Miami at 11pm Friday the 16th and hopefully I will be driving with mom to Newberry on Saturday the 17th.) The team should be leaving for Israel within a couple of days and so I prayed about it and felt like God says to fly home. I’m not sure if I’ll complete my outreach phase, of course I want to, but I will continue to pray about it and see what God wants. Because ultimately I want what He desires for me. So, SURPRISE!! I’m coming home early! I will continue with my blog because God has been giving me amazing ideas for ministries He wants me to start or help with in Newberry. He has told me that He wants me to work with my mom at the daycare she has and redeem it for Him. There’s so many more plans He has told me about but I will just tell you as they come. I’m really excited about coming home and I’m so glad about His peace ruling in my heart! Well, guess I’ll see alot of you very soon!
