Hi all,
Weāre starting week 7, and I feel like I only just started to adjust to the training. Some saints are telling me that it will take a whole term, so thatās a relief because I
feel like Iām still figuring things out.
As mentioned in my previous email update, here is a picture of my housemates:
Top row: Sara Choy, Becky Sayson, me, Iesha McAuley
Bottom row: Ruth Ang, Alex Fowler, Grace Pan (my roomie), Abigail Vinson, Jennie Le, Mercy Shi
I love each and every one of them, and Iām thankful that the Lord answered my prayer. I told Him that I never wanna be alone, and He gave me 9 housemates!!!
š Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him
Needing the spirit of wisdom and revelation
In the first two weeks, I was quite frustrated because I couldnāt see the light in messages, especially on the high peak divine revelations. Iāve always thought that the moment you step into the training center with your FTTA uniform, everything will be unveiled to you and itās just a given that you get to understand everything of the mystery of Christ. Oh, how wrong I was :) The FTTA uniform is not the way, but the Spirit is the way! In our Spirit class, we learned that we need the revelation of the Spirit in the Scriptures, and this revelation is progressive. It doesnāt happen all at once. The Lord unveils to us in a progressive way.
The light comes from our heart.
Wisdom and revelation comes from our spirit.
We need to have a seeking heart and pray for the spirit of wisdom and revelation, that the eyes of our hearts may be enlightened, and that we would see the light in the Word.Ā
As the revelation of the spirit grows, as our seeing expands, our experience of the spirit based on the truth in the Bible will also progressively depend and be enriched.
WHY do we need revelation to see the light?
Because God is a mystery and He is a God who hides Himselfš
Galatians 1:16 To reveal His Son in me that I might announce Him as the gospel among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood.Ā
Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, / But the glory of kings is to search a matter out.
Without the spirit of wisdom and revelation, we cannot understand who God is or what He is trying to accomplish on this earth.
šŖŗ My team: Cypress Campus š£
Vanessa Fagundo, Matthew Allen, me, Niko Jimenez, Marijka Tilton (my gospel partner)
This is my team btw! Clarissa Artadi is sick, so sheās not in the picture, but she also got a guitar. We went to Guitar Center yesterday, and everyone bought an instrument (Marijka is planning to buy a mandolin). Weāre planning to learn to play the guitar together, which Iām sooooo excited for!!! Everyone in my team is so different, and everyoneās got a very unique personality, which makes our team so much fun. Just being with them gives me a lot of joy and laughter.
My favorite class that makes me cry every time
One of my favorite classes is the Lessons on Children, Young People, and Campus. We learn about raising up the next germination in the church life, and itās really cool to see how my parents really took the God-ordained way in raising up me and my sister. It made me appreciate the proper pattern and lifestyle that my parents set up for us ā something I used to really hate because I felt like having to be spiritual is lame. I particularly appreciated the verse
š Joshua 24:15 āAs for me and my house, we will serve Jehovahā š
The message on this said:
The head of the household can decide for this entire household. You are responsible for your household, not your children.
I am the head of the family, and my family will believe in God. My household will not believe in the devil. I have decided that his family will be a family that worships God. I have decided that this family will be a family that believes in the Lord. The household is yours, and you have the power to decide whether this house will serve the Lord.Ā
I was thankful that my dad prayed for me and my sister to not only believe in God but to serve Him. Iām grateful that my dad consecrated me and my sister, so that we may take Godās way and participate in bringing Him back. It is truly through the prayer of my parents, the saints, and Godās loving mercy that I am here right now pursuing the Lord <3
Pictures
Here are some pictures of me hanging out with the sisters. The picture in the middle is at Little Ox cafe, which is where Iām at right now, writing this email update lel :)
Lunch with the Obidahs and dinner with the Goods. Brother Roger and Sister Julie are so lovely. Brother Roger has so many stories that he honestly didnāt even get to answer our questions because he kept getting side tracked telling other cool stories XD We got to hear a lot on how he and Julie came to the US, his work on translating the Bible from Hebrew to English, and so many other things!
Some more pics to make my email updates more fun
