This week has been so crazy and it is only half way over. We are getting ready for all the new students to get here, a lot of them are already here. Lots to do, thats for sure. The Lord is so faithful however, I have been so strengthened and encouraged. Going into this week I was asking the Lord what He was doing placing me here, I felt so incapable of doing the work that is set before me, which of course is true but He reminded me that HE called me and He doesnt not expect me and will not allow me to do it all on my own. I have been so encouraged through the book of 2 Corinthians lately, such a good book about ministry! In 3:5 it says, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our suficiency is from God." Then later 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every work."
I am blessed to have these promises from the Lord because there is a lot to do this semester. I will be working for the registar, Ben Viscarra mostly. I will also be helping in the coffeeshop, cooking dinners (hahahaha) , and most amazing of all I will be helping lead a missions trip to Dusseldorf, Germany!!! How crazy, I have been praying about going there for a while now and God is so amazing and wise I cant wrap my mind around His goodness and sweetness to me.
Thank you all for your prayers and for stopping by to read what is happening in my life, maybe sometime soon I will put pics up. Please continue to pray the Lord would empty me of myself and give me the heart of a servant and that He would give all of us the strength to get ready for the semester, that He would also unify us as a team.
In my devos this morning I read a most amazing Psalm, 107 I was vastly encouraged.
"Oh , that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness."
much love, Michelle

New Intern Girl, Kristy that came yesterday. Me and Wendy went to pick her up from the airport in Frankfurt then we went out to eat yummy German food! Good times

Police Officer Michelle

Probably most of you hae heard about the big earthquake in Peru my family is fine as far as I know, please pray for the people of Peru and espeically that the Lord would use our church to reach out to them in this time when they are hurting. I think they sent a team to help the people affected by it. The Lord uses all things for good...

I cant sleep because there is a thunderstorm and I wanted to watch it so I decided to post the pics of the Christafari concert. Lots of fun dancing, learned some new moves :)

Christafari She was so beautiful and she sang really good too.
Girl bass player!

For Jason

Bike Accident

This is for you Shannon, since you cant be here. Sorry I didnt have anyone there to take a pic of me lying in the middle of the street!! This is pretty much all the excitement Michelle has seen in days...except tomorrow night Christifari is coming to do a concert should be pretty sweet, and they are staying at the Villa...Ill have to spy on them and take pics. Shan, member when Bleach came and I was so excited? If you were here you would be hearing about this too and we would have fun.

On a spiritual note the Lord continues to show me His goodness...how blown away I am that He desires to bless me so much...can one vessel contain so much blessing? I dont think so....its meant to be poured out onto others. The Lord along with blessing is giving me opportunity to minister to several young girls...please pray for my new friend who works at the Halle, she is working there for a couple weeks. Honestly, she grieves me. I want her to give her all to Jesus to really experience Him, I dont know if she has even tasted yet. Please pray the Lord would give me words to speak to her and that her heart would be soft soil ready to receive the word and bear fruit. I am learning more about the sacrificial, and unconditional love of our savior. Even when we were sinners Christ died for us, when we were dark and enemies He still came to us and pursused us I am now beginning to understand a little more...and it blows my mind. Thanks for your prayers, please pray for my toe...it hurts :) With Agape, Michelle

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Matthew 13:44, "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."

We are God's treasure, how amazing He joyfully sold all He had in order that we could be His purchased possession, that He saw us as something He greatly desired.

"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9

"Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2

Beyond amazing, no words to express the greatness of His love for us. If we could just grasp and understand a little more everyday, know the depth, height, width, length of His love for us (Ephesians 3). Is that not our purpose? To love and be loved by Him? Oh Jesus cause us to understand and to live in light of that!

Matisyahu Jerusalem

Te quiero Papi!

Lovely Köln trip. Anne and her daughters Ida and Johanna invited me to go on their annual shopping/sightseeing trip to Cologne this year. I was spoiled.