Time Is Flying By!

It seems crazy that I have already been here for over a month, time really is flying by. So since the last time I wrote  we have had new speakers. 3 weeks ago we had what was called corporate week where all the DTS students came together and we all learned the same stuff for that week. So there were about 600 of us students packed in the main gathering area to learn together. The first day Darlene Cunningham spoke, who is the wife of the founder of YWAM. She talked all about how God gave us each different gifts and we need to ask God to show us what these gifts are and how he wants us to use them. She touched back on this at the end of the week. But the second day we had a man named Bruce come and teach. Bruce used to be a actor but now he specializes in acting out books of the bible. So he taught us all how to memorize a part of scripture and to preform it like you were actually witnessing the event that was taking place in the scripture. For this exercise we learned Mark 5:25-34. This was a different week for everyone and a new experience but learned a lot about the gifts God has blessed me with and really using them to serve him.
Then the week after that we were back in our classroom and had a speaker named Jonathan Spainour who taught us how to really study the bible. This was probably my favorite week here so far because I have always been interested in the bible and learning about but have never been motivated to take the next step, but his teachings were such an inspiration. During this week he not only taught us how to inductively study the bible, but also took us through the book of Philemon and really uncovered what its true meaning was. It was facinating to see everything that was packed into that small book in the bible. During this week I was doing a lot of self reflection and looking back on the time that I have already been here. I was really convicted of the fact that I haven't really felt any different since being here. But the Lord reassured me that its not about 'feeling' something its about knowing. Knowing that the Lord has brought me here during this EXACT time in my life for a reason. This reason is still not clear but I'm being patient. I have figured out that the Lord is taking things slow with me and really wanting me to take my time before I fully give everything to him. This was made clear as I was praying one day and got a clear message from God that he wanted to to ask the people that I have hurt in my past to forgive me. I began to pray for all the people I have hurt and asked that they would find it in their hearts to forgive me. In addition to just praying though I felt I needed to write the people and personally ask them to forgive me. I am still in that process because it is scary to face those problems head on. The fear of man really began to take a hold of me but I have managed to push through.
I have been making a lot of friends and really connecting with two of the other girls in my class. We really seem to click and its great to have close friends here who you can really open up to.
One of the highlights of these past few weeks was last friday when we were wraping up the week and reflecting on what we had learned people started opening up and just saying that they still felt like there was a road block stopping them from advancing in their faith and ability to give up everything. This is also something that I am going through and found out that almost half our class was feeling the same way. So everyone that had this 'block' all circled up and everyone else got around us and prayed for us which was such a powerful moment. Everyone soon began praying together at the same time. Everyone was on fire for God at that moment and we all began literally shouting out prayers and praising God. It was such an awesome experience, and something I had never done before.
Another highlight of the week was 2 weeks ago we had a man named Penny, who is a prophet, come to the calss and talk to us. Our teachers sent him a list of everyones name in the class and he stayed up the whole night before and prayed about us all by name and asked to Lord to speak to him about us individually. So he wrote down everything that the Lord told him and brought it to class and shared. He read out each persons name and had us come to the front of the class and read out what message the Lord had told him. As my name was called and I began to read what God had told him about me I began to cry. The tears came out of no where and I could barley control myself. The things the Lord had told him were spot on. The words were stated exactly "Miranda my daughter you are my delight, my chosen one, and I love you with and everlasting love. If only you would spend more time with me you would find more delight in me. Give to me your time for I long to hear from you, not just when you're hurting but when you are in good time too....." That week I had really been convicted of my lack of discipline of spending alone time with God everyday and actually digging into His word. The fact that this stranger who I had never met before heard those words from God about ME SPECIFICALLY, just made God that much more real. It was such a powerful moment and have those words pined above my bed.
Well I think I have said enough so as usual I would ask that you continually pray for me and my class that we would experience the true love of God. Pray for revalations of God's greatness and that He would begin to fully fill us with the Holy Spirit.
Thanks for reading :)

These are the two other girls that I have become really close with!

This is when we had a girls night and all got dressed up and went downtown!

This is my whole DTS group! Please pray for all of us!

Forgot the mention that we have started sailing lessons every saturday which has been quite an adventure. This is me driving one of the 27' sail boats. It is such a blessing to get the spend 4 hours sailing around the beautiful island of Hawaii and being surrounded by such an amazing creationg of God!