SOW Suomi is OVER!!!!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone! 

It's hard to believe but outreach is over and I am now back in Finland! So crazy! We got back to the base at 5am on the 23rd and then debriefed all day and then straight away James, Mary, Mirjami and I packed up and drove another 5 hours north to Kemi, Finland to spend christmas with Mirjami's family.

This is my first christmas away from home so it doesn't really feel like christmas but I have been blessed to spend it with my good friends and Mirjami's family. They have been such a blessing by welcoming us into their home during this holiday. 

I am also a year older now! 22! woohoo!! The team did an awesome job of making me feel so loved on my birthday. That was also my first birthday away from home so they made it so super special. I really was blessed to have such great students.

Speaking of the students, I couldn't be a prouder outreach leader! They kicked butt on this outreach! Yes, I had to kick their butts a few times but they got it and the transformations I saw in each one of them was so amazing! 

One student in particular I am terribly proud of. Since the beginning of the school he really struggled with time management and being addicted to his computer/internet. He knew it was a problem and said he was doing things to try to spend more time away from his computer. But he couldn't seem to do this on his own. It got to a point where his computer was taking the place of God. He wasn't having quiet times at all. So I had a talk with him about what I saw and that I felt that it would be best if he gave up his computer for the rest of outreach. I said I would hold onto it for him so that it wouldn't be a temptation or distraction but I wasn't going to make him give it to me. I told him to pray about it. So he went away and I didn't mention it again, but the very next day I saw him back on his computer again. I felt so discouraged b/c there was really nothing more I could do. This student and I are very good friends and he is so much fun, but this was coming between our friendship too and I really hated it. Finally when we made the move to Torshavn, Mary had left a note for him. In it she again addressed the issue, and then someone else we met gave him a word. So that first night in Torshavn, he brought me his computer. I couldn't believe it so i asked him if he was for real. He said yes. I know it was super hard for him and words cannot say how proud I am that he did it! After giving up his computer, he began to read and study the Bible and listen to teachings and spend so much time with God! He was seriously like a whole different person! Me and him began to have long talks about God and miracles and it was just so amazing! He is learning so much now and I'm so excited to see what God continues to do in him as he presses in for more! That was seriously the most impacting thing for me to see on this outreach.

We prayed and worshiped so much on this outreach and we know for a fact that God is moving through our prayers and worship! We were told that there were two girls on the first island that we had spent time praying on and they were drinking and partying when the Holy Spirit just showed up and they realized what they were doing and gave their lives to Christ!!!!! PTL! Prayer is a powerful thing and I think that too often we take it too lightly. It's so cool to see results from our prayers. It really does take so much faith to press in and pray and pray and pray just believing that God is hearing and saying ok, since you asked I'm gonna do that. He loves us so much and He loves it when we take the time to bring people, countries and situations before Him! He is so good! We also saw 3 people healed and prayed for so many more! And we are believing that all those we prayed for will be healed as well! It has been such a great outreach and I have learned so very much! God is faithful and Ive seen that on a new level during this school! It's been so good and I'm so glad I've been able to be a part of it!

For those of you who don't know, I am planning to return to the states January 17th. But I have yet to book a flight because I do not have the money to do so. If you feel that you would like to give towards my flight home please send me an email and I will let you know how you can do that. I would appreciate it so much. :)

My email is seaubel@gmail.com. 

Thank you all for your prayers and support on this journey of mine. It has been such an awesome and life changing experience and I couldn't do it without you! Well until next time! (Just b/c the school is over doesn't mean the learning is!)  :D

There's light at the end of the tunnel, cause He's faithful till the end!

We were driving to another island here to hold a prayer meeting. It was just over an hour away from the capital where we are staying so I got to see quite a bit of the absolutely breathtaking scenery of this country. That alone impacted me so much. Every time I get the privilege of seeing another country, I discover a side of God that I haven't seen before. even though we've been here for over 2 weeks now, I still saw a part of God today that left me in awe. Words cant describe how awesome He really is. I really think that stunned silence is the most appropriate response when having a revelation of who God is because words just never seem to do Him justice. So that was very special.

But something else happened on that drive as well. Sometimes to get to a different island here you have to go through a tunnel. Well we did today. The other night as I was in bed due to a fever, I was listening to a podcast and Bill Johnson made this statement. "Theres light at the end of the tunnel and its not an oncoming train!"  So today as we were driving through the tunnel I heard God say again "Theres light at the end of this tunnel". Then a few minutes later, Mary leaned over and said to me, "I feel like the Lord wants me to tell you that theres light at the end of the tunnel". Obviously God wanted me to remember this. So I asked Him which tunnel? I feel like I'm going through so many tunnels at the same time! But He simply said, "All of them". Then a little later as we were listening to a cd, the song "Faithful to the End" by Cory Asbury started playing. The words hit me so hard.
"He's faithful to the end!" God isn't just faithful halfway, He's faithful to the end! He makes the light at the end of the tunnel! And he's not only faithful to the end, but he's faithful to my heart as well! He doesn't just get me to the light at the end of the tunnel but He takes the desires of my heart and is faithful to them as well! I was blinking back tears! How amazing is He!!!! If thats his song for me, than this is my song for him....

"I wanna be found faithful, I wanna be found steady, I wanna be found faithful to the end."

I have no more words for my love for Him. I just pray that my life is a reflection of that love. If I learn all this but never learn how to love, then I've missed it completely.

In my weakness, He is strong!

Last night was so good! But it definitely did not start out that way. We had a team meeting right before we were about to leave to go to the Woman's Aglow Christmas party were we would be doing ministry. During the meeting, the enemy tried to attack our unity as a team. It was hard and unfortunately, we didn't have the time to properly work through it before we left. As I was in the car on the way there I could do nothing but pray and ask God to help us make it through the night. I did NOT want the enemy to steal this night from us. God had given us such a heart for this meeting and the enemy was not happy about it at all. God just kept reminding me, that it's in our weakness that He is strong.

I must say, I am extremely proud of my team. Even though we were not as unified as we could have been, we all made the decision to set aside what happened and work together to accomplish what God wanted to do. Jessie did an amazing job sharing last night! She wrote out a story from a book she's currently reading and Petri, James and I acted it out as she read it to the group. It was really fun! She also shared some of her personal story to which a lady came up to her afterwards and told her that she felt like Jessie was sharing her personal life! I'm so proud of Jessie! She did so well! She really sought God's heart for last night and followed His leading. 

Jessie also asked me to sing "Arms Wide Open". It's a song I know well, but not on guitar. I normally play it on piano but God gave me the grace to do this. The words touched the heart of the people. It was a beautiful night! We were able to share the love of God with them! 

Then we followed up all our talk about God's love by showing them. We offered prayer to anyone who wanted it. We stuck a chair up front and people would come up and tell us their request! It was SOOOOO great! One lady had been at a meeting we led last thursday and prayed for her knee. She had pain and wasnt able to bend it well. She showed us now how she can bend it and said that it is feeling much better! Yay God! 

We prayed for another lady's knee last night. As we were praying, I had placed my hand on her knee and I could feel heat pulsing out of my hand. It was the weirdest thing! When she got up from the chair, I looked at Jessie and began to tell her what I had been feeling. At the same time, the lady was telling Sanna that she was feeling heat in her knee while we were praying! God was on a roll!!!

We prayed for many people last night, and my team did so well. We prayed for hearts, shoulders, knees, eyes and hips! And the whole time, they pressed through and listened for God's voice even as it got later and later. I know we were all tired but still we fought. Last night went really well! I know people left changed and touched by God. 

It was a good night! God really proved to me that when I'm weak, He is so faithful to be my strength! 

He is good, ALL the time. I am so thankful that He is with me all the time. I cannot imagine living this life without Him. Thank you God for your faithfulness!