Monday, January 29, 2007

A couple from Calvary Chapel Murrieta took us out to a Hockey Game, we saw the Ducks vs. the Stars. Ducks won 4 to 1 Woo!! It was a great game and on top of that we got to see it not just from ordinary seats but from a suite included with food and drinks it was a pretty amazing experience...

Sunday, January 28, 2007

DISNEY LAND!!

Yesterday we spent the whole day at Disneyland and it was a blast!! The family I am staying with here, the Ramseys, blessed me with a day at Disneyland. The Lord promised me before my parents left a few weeks ago that even though my father and mother left me, He would still take care of me and He has, even spoiling me even more than I could ever have imagined, namely through this family.

The Ramsey Family (Mike, Lori, Jillian, and Josh) and Me outside of California Adventure!

MATOR See you Later...

Josh, Mike, and Jillian--Honorary Bugs :)

Friday, January 26, 2007


ART MUSEUM....

Today I went to an art museum and I learned some very interesting things, at least I thought they were very interesting so I wanted to share them with you. Throughout the centuries art has changed. Most of the early paintings were centered on Christ, things pertaining to the Bible and the church. As time went on the paintings began to be more personal, focusing more on the artist, his emotions and feelings, the way he perceived things, they became less defined. Today the genre is abstract. What is abstract? To me, all it looks like is a big mess with no meaning. Maybe the colors are nice and it's interesting, and maybe even appealing but what is it? There is no definite answer. Do you see how we have come farther and farther away from the truth? There are no longer any absolutes or truth, it is whatever man thinks and determines in his heart is right, there is no right or wrong, no God. Even art shows the digression of man.

Lord, thank you that you are the sense in this senseless world and generation that we live in. Make me a woman of depth and character, a woman of intergrity ready to stand up for truth in this shallow, meaningless world.

This is a little bit of what I have been contemplaiting today, I think there is still a wealth of things to dig up from this topic, I know kinda random but the Lord works so naturally that this is what I saw. Here are a few paintings so you kinda get a picture. Hope you enjoy.

John 8:32
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

Be blessed, do not be conformed to the world but transformed, fight the good fight of faith. Don't give up what you have in Christ for anything this world has to offer, in the end it is empty and vain!

Monday, January 15, 2007

"Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, whose heart is set on pilgrimage." Ps. 84
The Lord is so faithful...my visa for Hungary came Friday, thanks to all of you who have been praying!!
2 Corinthians 2: 14
"Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place."

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Yesterday I said goodbye to my familia as they went back home to Peru. :( It was a hard goodbye but I will be seeing them again in a couple of month in Hungary at my graduation...yes, I will be doing my last semester of Bible Collge in Hungary. I leave February 2 from LAX!! Anyways, my family was here in the states for 3 weeks, we had Christmas and New Years here, the first in 7 years! We also got to go to the missions conference, it was really cool to see a bunch of friends from all over the world some we hadnt seen for years others from the extension campuses I had gone to. I am now staying here in Murrieta until I go to Hungary so if any of you are in the area it would be great to see you!
My Bella Madre!!


Me and my bros Jason and Joshie...they are choo cute!!
Psalm 27:4 "One thing I have desired of the Lord, that wil I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple."
One thing that seemed to be touched a lot upon during the missions conference was the need simply to know Jesus...we can do all these things for the Lord but without actually knowing Him what does it value? It is all in vain. One of the speakers, Heather Mercer asked the question how can we take the kingdom of God to others if we havent truly experienced it ourselves? It was very convicting and challenging...how can we share Christ with others and expect them to receive Christ and desire to have a relationship with Him if our lives dont reflect His love and His joy? The world is looking for something real and the Lord is desiring that we bring it to them through our relationship with Him. A relationship with Him is the thing. Like David I want God to be my ONLY desire, just to be in His presence. I hope this encourages you guys I was really encouraged just to say to the Lord, "Your face, Lord I will seek." (v. 8) Love in Worthy One, Michelle