Well it's been pretty eventful the past week. I led worship at my church last sunday. It was different but for sure a learning experience for me. It was a different environment then I'm used to. Mostly just because I'm not used to leading with a full band. God taught me a lot through it though. It was good.
Teri Furr was a guest speaker last sunday as well. I was so nervous to have to lead worship with her there. I lived though! It seems that every time I come home and Teri is scheduled to speak, she hits the nail straight on the head. It always relates to exactly where I am at in my life at that time. It was so good!
She also brings her good friend Dawn Swiegart. My last encounter with Dawn was 3 years ago after I had gotten back from my DTS. I was at a point where God told me what to do, but it was such an outrageous thing to do that I was really having a hard time knowing that it was God and He was gonna make it happen. So while I was at Christ Community Church in PA, my good friend Ashley who knows me pretty darn well asked me if I would let her pray for me. I allowed her to and what she prayed for and the things she shared with me were confirmation and exactly what I needed to hear. I was able to go back to that encounter anytime I struggled with what I was doing. God came through and it was the awesome miracle of how I got down to YWAM Orlando to do my SOME. Though that's a story for another time.
This time she was there, and after the service another friend and great supporter of EVERYTHING I do asked if I would allow Teri and Dawn to pray for me. I agreed and yet again, Dawn just pin pointed everything that was going on with me. She is the only person that God has every shared my feelings with. There is no way she could have known some of the feelings that I've had since I've been home. By the time she was done sharing with me what she was seeing and sensing, we were both in tears. I love when God does this. He loves me so much and cares about my feelings enough to share them with someone else and let me know that He's not ignoring them. He see's them and He has a plan to get me to where I want to me. He has equipped me and trained me and has amazing plans that I may not see now, but they will begin to unfold. I am so excited to see what these things are. I love Him so much.
Then on tuesday, I left PA for Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It always feels like home now when I come back. Almost as if I never left but so much changes every time. It's good stuff though! I came out here for 2 reasons. Since I lived here, it's nice to get to visit once in a while so I came to see everyone and also get to babysit the Dupert girls for a weekend. My favorite part! But this time I also had an audition for a music scholarship to the University of Sioux Falls. After being so nervous that I couldn't even eat for about the whole week, I went for my audition today. I chose to sing "Home" from Broadway's Beauty and the Beast a capella. I sang the best I could and the whole time they had the most unreadable faces EVER!!!! After I sang my last note, the one professor said to me, "Wow, you've got quite an amazing instrument there." I did it! They loved it. I also had to do some sight singing and tonal drills which I wasn't too familiar with but I got through it and the end result was an offer for a music scholarship! God is good and I know that His hand is all over this. I was also privileged to sit in on a chior rehearsal. I think this is gonna be good! Well I know it will be because it was His brilliant ideal. And I always like what He comes up with.
So that's where I'm at right now! I return back to PA next tuesday and will most likely move back out here in August to attend school this fall. Life is good! I'm lovin it! Thanks to everyone who kept me in your prayers for today. I appreciate it, because they for sure helped!
