the Honor Academy

4 September 2010:

Well Lets see yesterday marked three weeks in this place.  I will try to update and keep everyone who cares about how I'm doing up to date on things that are going on.  My first week was Gauntlet week.  This week consisted of  waking up at five thirty and having corporate exercise with everyone on campus at six.  Then sessions for the rest of the day that covered everything from the heart of Teen Mania to what we will be doing this year.  At the end of the week we made a commitment to be here for the entire year... its crazy because for some reason i though I was at camp and it was over then I realized "this is only the beginning..." hahahah oh well.  So I gave my word that I would be here, so help me God.  These last two weeks I was placed in my  ministry placement that I work about thirty one hours a week in.  My ministry placement is the ATF Acquire The Fire call center.  I get the privilege of calling youth pastors and letting them know how the event is going to benefit their youth.  I am calling for the Portland, Oregon event on April 15-16 2011.  Please pray that God gives me strength to do it, to be honest it was not my first pick i wanted to be in Global Expeditions Call center talking to youth, letting them know why they should go on missions.. but God has different plans for me.  Its okay all the glory goes to him.  I now get to wake up at four thirty and go to corporate exercise with everyone on campus at five.  :)  I actually have lots of joy when I do it.. for some odd reason.  hahahah.  I have class at eight and go to work from ten till six.  I am learning a lot of self control simply because the ministry has us on Orange block which means I can only have sugar one day week I get to choose, I'm not allowed to talk to friends outside campus via text/calls  Monday through Friday.  This is because they want to build unity within the body of Christ, which is everyone on campus.  Talking to people on the outside kind of hinders those relationships.. I live in Green dorm,  my  CA is Justina Spellmeyer, my core name is Restoration which is really cool seeing as though I know God wants to restore me.  I have a brother core the ministry does this so  I know how to build a pure relationship with the opposite sex without it being corrupted or based on fleshly desires.  I participate in a creative ministry which is Terra Nova.  I love it!!  We get together and do prayer intercessory as well as evangelism and treasure hunts.  The other night we were praying and I got a picture of a confederate flag... I didn't think much of it but i was like thats weird Lord is their racism going on... I forgot about it and the next day at corporate we were doing push ups and I saw this girl and she had on a bright orange shirt and on the back guess what... its had a confederate flag.  So i knew it was God  I tried to get out of praying for her cause i felt weird because i didn't know her, but as we were leaving I saw her all alone and away from the mob running to the cafeteria to get breakfast so i knew i had to obey the holy spirit.  I went up to her and i told her what had happened.  So when I asked if their was anything in specific that she needed prayer for she told me that she was feeling  discouraged because of corporate.  So I knew that all that joy that i felt was to be passed on.  So we prayed! It was cool, really its just glory to God.  I'm thankful that he would want to use me.  My home church that I go to is a Hispanic church Asemblia de Dios.  Its neat they are like twenty of us interns that go.  I like it a lot i feel Gods presence,  I tried a Caucasian church however the service is not that long and only last for like an hour... I needed a little more meat. haha.  There are days that I want to loose my mind because I feel like I cant go anywhere but its okay.  We are about to go through our first LTE Life Transforming Event. ESOAL. Emotional Stretching Opportunity of A Lifetime  It begins on the fifteenth of September and will continue until sometime possibly till Sunday  the nineteenth of September.  I will not be able to shower, brush my teeth, all the comforts of the world will be stripped from me and I will die to my flesh.  Please pray that God gives me strength to make it through and not ring out. I need to hit BAR Burial And Resurrection where its God truly just caring me through it because I know longer can.  I am scared, nervous, ready, and excited.  My company is Texas.  I will let you know how everything goes, but please pray that I am spiritually prepared and emotionally prepared.  I try not to think about it and will deal with it when the day comes.  Other than that I don't have much more to say.  I love and miss everyone back home God bless!!! saludos a todos!