Day 3

hi everyone

today is Thursday 3rd November 2011, day 3 for me, i am very happy with how it is going.  i have moments of hunger but i push through and i look forward to tea, which i must admit i savour each and every bite :-)

today and tomorrow will be a good test because i am fasting the whole day so no food until tea time tomorrow.  i have chosen today because i have such a busy day planned.  I will take Ryder and Miss A to Jellybeans our local church playgroup which lasts for 2 hours and then this afternoon i have 4 children after school, 6 kids in total and that will keep me occupied until 5.15pm and then i have study group tonight so hopefully being busy will drive away the hunger pains.

I am blown away by the level of support i have gotten, lots of encouragement and people all around the world are praying for me.  Todd posted on fb that he shared with the Haitians what i am doing and they were amazed that i would do this for them and they are praying for me!!!!!! that truly blessed me and blew me out of the water. In spite of not having anything or having so little, the Haitians would still take the time to pray for someone else.  I am praying that God will quadruple the money we send and reach all those who need reaching.  i am also praying that all those who are sponsoring me will see just how blessed they are to have a roof over their head, and food for their tums and a car to drive, money for doctors etc.

i have been asked to speak at our Youth Group on Friday night about what i am doing.  I have been researching facts and figures about Haiti and the earthquake, very sobering stuff.

The Haitian government estimate that 316,000 died as a result of the devastating earthquake. 1.5 million are left homeless and over 100,000 new orphans.  5 million have been adversely affected.

To put it into some perspective, Christchurch's earthquake killed 188 people with thousands adversely affected.  But we have a government that can afford to rebuild and pay out for losses.

Haiti is roughly the same size as the South Island of New Zealand which has a population of 1.1 million people. Haiti has a population of 9.5 million!!! all fitting in the same size as the South Island. Wow!!!

i have spent a lot of my time praying for people and especially praying in tongues as the Lord leads me.  i am praying that what i am doing will change me forever for His Kingdom's Sake.  and that people will focus on what God is doing in me and not what i am doing.

i have also been asked to preach at our local church in the new year. it will be my first ever time. i know i am not a preacher, a teacher maybe, but not a preacher.  I have been asking God to give me a message for His people and some ideas are slowly starting to take shape. i am excited that God would choose to use me, in spite of myself.  I am very grateful for what God has done for me and in me and what He is doing thru me.  At the end of the day i am completely His for Him to use me as He wills and wants.  He brought me with a price and who am I to refuse what He asks of me????

The title of my sermon will be REVELATIONS.  not the book but truths revealed in a new way.

for instance God has shown me that just as He is Immortal, so am I! I will live forever.  We all will, the choice is whether we choose to live with God in Heaven or with satan in hell.  No contest really.  so i will do some more research and expand on that revelation for my sermon and another revelation i received this week from God was when we are working in a job we have a boss who is in authority over us, His word stands, we would not dare to challenge him, we usually would receive a job discription that tells us what we need to do as well as a manual that tells us how to do the job properly and effectively. There are benefits when we do the job well like pay rises and preformance bonuses etc.  We have co workers who work for the same boss, they may have a different job description from ours.  God showed me that as it is in the natural world so it is in His World.  God is our Boss, we are to follow His orders without question because He knows the big picture.  He has the plan and the vision.  We have a manual the Bible to instruct us and for us to follow and we have co workers, other Christians who have different calling from us but we all have the same boss and He rewards us etc etc etc

i hope that people can understand that and that it may make them think more about how they treat God their Boss and whether they truly follow His orders and instructions.  So that is my sermon idea and i will ask God for another Revelation that i can share with people too.


okay enough from me, i will be praying for you all and talk to you tomorrow.
Blessings
Karen