Hey Family in Christ! This post is way overdue...I am doing well, the semester is going well it is half way over i cant believe it. The Lord has been teaching me so much this semester I cant contain it all but I know He will bring it out when He needs to. This semester has been really different, the things the Lord has been teaching me it has been a lot more challenging, a lot more heart work. It is a sweet time and I love being here in Hungary. I live in a castle with 100 other people...pretty crazy where the Lord will take you. My classes are amazing I have like 50 papers to write it seems but it is all good and helping me be diligent.
As a word of encouragement the Lord has been teaching me about being the faithful and wise steward from Luke 12:42-44 and being ready for His return like the 1o virgins. Our Lord's return is so near, beloved family be ready!!! Walk circumspectly in this world, redeeming the time because the days are evil, dont let your love grow cold but keep yourselves in the love of God soon our hope will be revealed and what an amazing day that will be. All the struggles and difficulties we go through are nothing compared to the glory that will be revealed at His coming!! Above all rejoice, we have been given so much He gave us His SON!! what esle will He not give us if we ask? Ok so this is the run down on what I have been learning :) I love you all and you are in my prayers!! In our Savior, whom we have not seen but love, Misheru

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...

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 :)

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!

"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."

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

Gott segne Deutschland!!



"Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!" Joh 4:35

Sandra took us out on Monday to an amazing park to see the sun set and then to eat at an Okinawan restorant it was a fun day. Okinawa is one of the most amazing places God's glory is revealed through His creation-you cant help but worship!!


All pictures taken from Haley San's website

May the Lamb that was Slain receive the reward of His suffering!
Greetings Saints in Christ! Here are some pics of our trip to South Korea, it was a good trip but really short. The Lord showed us many things while there. One thing the Lord spoke me about that He has been speaking to me about is the need for people who will count their lives as lost and go into the far parts of the world and share the gospel. The missionaries back in the day went to the countries God was sending them to with their caskets because they never expected to come back but to die on the missionfield we need that kind of passion and zeal for the Lord and His creation today! Asia is so dark and in need of the gospel of Christ, it was crazy seeing people come and worship before the giant buddha, just like in the Old Testament when they would worship before idols it is the same today, they are worshiping the work of their hands. They are so lost and so blind, it must grieve the heart of God to see His creation worship in vain, trying to reach God in vain.





Be blessed by the truth that dwells in you, that He has counted you worthy to partake of the good news of His Son!

Last night we got home to our furniture turned around thanks to the La Habra chicks that stayed with us for 10 days but its all good cuz they left loads of candy...yay!

Amazing artwork done by Nicky Whalen

The two La Habra sistas Mo and Candace My amazing bike crash! My "Jonathan" and me at a Hawaiian retsutoran
Shannon, Djudji, Michal, and Nicky and part of Asa's head at a Japanese Festival a couple weeks ago...

Amazing drinks called Taro Shakes...thanks Sandra I am addicted...

We got to help at a festival on one of the Marine Bases here so we got to check out the army vehichles pretty amazing
This was like 2 months ago but it reminded me of today cuz it is raining and I just think its a cool pic of Doug. Well we have been really busy but it has been a lot of fun, we are more than half way through the semester---CRAzy!! It makes me sad thinking the semester is going to end...It is cool to be part of the different churches here, they all feel like family it will be hard to leave not only them but the 11 other students that are here.

We are getting ready for the Franklin Graham Crusade this weekend then we are heading off to South Korea next week, pretty exciting! Please keep us in your prayers!!

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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.

Make the Lord your treasure and reward today, seek Him with all your heart, mind, and soul and you will in no way be ashamed or disappointed!!

In Christ our eternal peace,

Misheru

A Vapor...
Today I have been thinking about our lives and how they are so small compared to eternity. We only have a few years on this earth, it's crazy how we can get so caught up in the here and now and forget that it doesnt really matter because this is but a drip compared to the ocean of eternity. It also made me wonder, what am I really doing with it? It is a precious gift God has given me in order that I might use it for His glory to, in a small way, give Him a little back for all He has done for me. My life could be taken away tomorrow and I think I would be ashamed that I wasted so much of my life on me and accomplishing my will and pleasing myself instead of doing that which is truly necessary, the only thing that will last, getting to know my Savior. It is a sobering thought...are we living for this life or the one that will last forever? Praise God for His neverending grace and mercy which allows us a new chance to live for Him! There is so much to do and so little time...
"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:58

Now introducing.... Shannon and Michelle the Rockstars! Just kidding, we were just helping our friend Tim record some background vocals for the Franklin Graham crusade that is coming up in November. These are actually from a couple of weeks ago but I thought they would be fun to put up.

Sunset on our roof at six in the morning WOO WOO! Its pretty amazing you can see the beach from our roof and its amazing when the sun rises.

This is a drawing of my roomates and its funny cuz that is actually kinda what we all look like. Real Roomates: Nikki, Misty, Shannon, Me, Haley, and Djuji :)

We played at this outside mall as an outreach and this is Me and Keegan and Doug playing it was fun.

That is it for now! God bless. Love, Michelle

2Th 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

Amazing park right by my house
My Housemate Haley getting "blown" off the roof!
Typhoon ShanShan! It was amazing!
Yesterday morning we went to eat breakfast at the Macaroni Grill on the Marine base with Sandra and her three adorable children. Sandra and her husband Damian (who is in the Marines) are planning on moving to Italy in a few months to start a church. They have been a huge blessing and example to us and have spoiled us in so many ways!

"For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them." (Psalm 44:3)

May the Lord fill you with His Holy Spirt and strengthen you to do all the desire that is in His heart.

Matthew 9:37-38
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers in His harvest.”

This verse has been coming to my mind so many times since I have been here. Oh the need for Christ in our world! Most of the people here haven’t even heard of Jesus Christ. They are held in bondage by spirits, their forefathers and so many other evil things. Another verse that has been coming to my mind is:
Romans 10:14 “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” We, as Christians have such a great treasure in ourselves. I learned in class the other day that Paul counted himself as a debtor to the gospel and to the people to bring them the gospel. I pray that more of our generation rises up and counts their lives as nothing to share Christ with those who have never heard before. Okinawa is only a small part of the world that hasn't heard of Jesus, there is so much need for "beautiful feet."

Tonight we just got through with Revelation class. It was a long day 4 classes, pretty crazy put Pastor Tommy and his wife Joanna are really good teachers. At class tonight we talked about the churches and to the church of Sardis he says, "Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you." Revelation 3:3. One thing the Lord reminded me of was the passage in Matthew 25 about the ten virgins and how 5 of them were ready and the other 5 were not, Pastor Tommy raised a good point that the verse in Rev. was written to Christians and that maybe it could be possible that a Christian be left behind if he is not watching and waiting. I thought it was interesting and at the same time a wake up call, just like it must have been to the church of Sardis, "Wake up and watch!" God says. Another thing Pastor Tommy talked about was Jewish weddings and how a bride was to know when her groom would come for her. There were certain signs she would get, mostly he was building a house and as she saw it being completed she knew the time was closer for him to come and get her. The same goes for us, we are watching in these last days all the signs of the return of our glorious Bridegroom being fulfilled and we should all the more like the Jewish bride preparing ourselves for our marriage. Jesus is coming for a pure bride, therefore walk holy for He is Holy!!
These were things that encouraged me tonight and I hope they encourage you. He who has this hope in him purifies himself just as HE is pure. Be watchful my friends the day is near. Do not put your hope and expectation in this life, don't waste your time trying to fill yourself with the things of this world invest in the everlasting, eternal kingdom that will soon be revealed and in the Savior who alone can satisfy.
With much love in our beautiful Bridegroom who is coming soon,
Michelle
PS the pic is of yesterday at the waterfall i am kinda an airhead and didnt take a pic of the actual waterfall but this is a bridge leading to the waterfall...