Good day everyone!

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. Just wanted to update you all with what's been happening this week......

Not a lot.


Just kidding. Sort of. This past week there's been a conference on at church which means we only had school on Tuesday and half of Wednesday and the rest of the week off. When there's a conference on we quite often get some of the speakers in school to talk to us, which is what happened this week.

On Tuesday we had Bob and Bonnie Jones in school to talk to us briefly which was brilliant. Bob shared some of the insight he has from God and being over 80 years old he had some great stuff that he shared. One thing that stood out was the emphasis he feels God is placing on Networking, which has become especially important to us as we've been out here for 6 months with only 3 months left. It's vitally important the church and it's leaders maintain networks and close relationships because we can help each other out.

Tuesday also saw the last session of the Revival history course with Ray Hughes that I've been a part of. Ray's enthusiasm for history and the many moves of God over the years is so infectious, I've really enjoyed listening to Ray for the last 5 weeks and it's a real shame it's over but it has given me an appetite to further study history and the many men and women used by God over the years. It has also coincided with us reading God's Generals by Roberts Liardon as part of our course, which is awesome. The many people in the book are so inspiring and encouraging.

We had Graham Cooke come into school on Wednesday, again another amazing time. Graham is from England but now lives and works in America, so it was refreshing to hear a British accent. Graham shared some awesome stuff, it was so good I gave up taking notes because I didn't want to miss anything. One awesome thing he said was 'You don't become a new person by changing your behavior, you become a new person by discovering the person you already are in Christ and behave accordingly'. So often we try harder to do things different or change a behaviour that we don't like but really we need to realise who God says we are and who God sees us as and understand that we need more of God's grace. I think this is the biggest thing I've learnt this year; who God says I am and who He sees me as.

We spent Thursday and Friday mainly just relaxing and catching up on homework because the weather hasn't been too great recently. More like England really. We had Bill speak on Sunday morning at church, another awesome message I'd encourage you to get hold of. It's such a privilege to be able to call Bethel Church 'home' for a season.

Thanks for reading this, we're so blessed that people read our blog posts and take an interest in how we're doing. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to contact us and let us know what's going on.

Blessings and Love

Liam and Izzy