Change of Scenery

The current DTS here at Ruurikkala, the SOW and our teacher Bas!

Well, we have come to the end of another week! Time is flying! We left on sunday afternoon for Ruurikkala to have our teaching with the DTS that is going on here and have been here for the week. Our teaching has been on Destiny by Design. We have been discovering what our destiny is and why God created us. It has been so good!
The students got plenty of chances to practice leading worship this week and they have done really well! Its great to see them apply what they have learned so far. I'm excited to see how much they grow!
It's also been a tough week for me personally. I haven't gotten much sleep and it really started to wear me down. But God is so faithful to meet me right where I'm at. I would wake up so tired that I knew if I had my quiet time in my room, I would for sure fall back to sleep. So I would walk every morning. I established my own little route and it was absolutely GORGEOUS! Finland is so pretty. I also realized yesterday why I loved my walks so much here. There is this one area that looks exactly like where I walk at home.  I love home, but I love here also.
We also did a 24 hour prayer this week. My time slot was from 1-2am. My alarm went off and I got up and walked outside to go to the prayer room and I looked up. OMG!! There were so many freaking stars!!! It was so incredibly GORGEOUS!!! That is one thing about living in the forest and not the city. So beautiful. Well my time in the prayer room was so great. God showed me some strongholds of Finland that I had begun to take on myself and as He showed them to me, I prayed against them over myself and Finland. It was such a great time. Mirjami came at 2 and I didnt want to let her in! I could have stayed there all night. Being with Him is so much better than sleep!
I've learned a lot this week. Especially about myself. God has showed me so much! I cant wait to see what else He is going to show me! He is so good and I love Him very much. Well we head home today after lunch. Thank God it's the weekend! I'm so ready for it!