Sometimes I think we do not really understand what we have.

Isaiah 55:2 "Why do you spend money for what is not bread and your wages for what does not satisfy. Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance."

I have been given so many promises from the Lord, so many benefits simply because I am called His child (Psalm 103:1-5) yet I try to do things on my own or seek to satisfy myself in some way other than Him. I am ashamed to say that I love Him or that I know Him because I still keep doing my own thing, my life is not completely surrendered to Him. If I truly knew Him He would be my everything. The small glimpses I have had of Him bring me to my knees in adoration and thanksgiving for all He has done, but like the children of Israel I am so quick to forget, rebel, and seek my physical needs above a relationship with Him. Oh that we really knew Him we would be set apart from this world, apart from sin, apart from the flesh, we would obey His command to love others, we would see the world changed. Oh that we would take the time to simply sit at His feet and know Him today instead of always saying "later". The one thing that will count in eternity is how much we know our Savior Jesus Christ, I do not want to be ashamed when I see Him face to face I want to recognize Him and continue on as best friends in Heaven as it was here on earth.

Psalm 146:2 "While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being."

Oh please saints, know Him! Come to Him with everything He loves you so much, there is nothing He will hold back from you, there is nothing to horrible that He cannot forgive. He desires relationship so much, fulfill the purpose of your existance, to know and worship Him! By doing this you will be so much more satisfied than you could ever be doing anything else! He is great and greatly to be praised!

"I am the bread of life." John 6: 48,

"But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give shall him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:14

"This is eternal, that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." John 17:3

Be blessed,

Michelle

Ministry in Ben Yehuda Street
Jason and I in the Dead Sea

Tio Mesod at the Kotel on Shabbat

Balcony at the CCBC

Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age they shall be fresh adn flourish to declare that the lord is upright He is my Rock and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Psalm 92:13-15

EnJoY!

Bonner family on top of Mount Carmel.

Tractor ride after a long day of hiking in Petra, Jordan.

On our trip to Petra we got to meet many Bedouins who work in Petra and one of them invited us to His house for dinner where we got to eat amazing food with our hands! It was the greatest experience and Bedouins are the coolest people ever!

We have 10 more days here in Eretz Yisrael. I want to stay here forever it is by far the coolest place I have been. It is so amazing to look around and see and hear all the Jews from all over the world who have answered that "inexplainable" urge to come back to the land of their fathers. God has been so faithful to do exactly what He said in His word, Israel is the greatest example of this. If He is so faithful to this very rebellious and stiff-necked people how much more will He be to us His children according to the New Covenant?

A lot has happened since i last updated this thing, my family came out to Hungary for my Graduation from Bible College we traveled around Hungary then Vienna Austria and now we are in Israel! We will be here a couple more weeks then I am off to Germany. I am not exactly sure what I will be doing now that I am finished with Bible College but I sense the Lord opening some doors so we shall see thank you for your prayers and encouragement! Here are some pictures from our trip so far.

For Graduation I got to play a song that the Lord gave to me.

We got to minister at a youth group in Vacs, Hungary. They were the coolest youth group ever!
Crazy JOshie!

Wien, Osterreich

The little Austrian girl we stayed with

Here are some pics of my trip in Vienna Austria it was amaying, the Lord did amaying things i didnt want to come back.
Some of the girls we stayed with: Caro and Kristin and my little room mate Aline Me and Aline possing in a sauber WC ;)

Vienna is amazing! Especially at night!

Thanks to everyone who prayed it was an amazing time! our team became like family we got to share the gospel one person gave their life to Christ, our hearts were knit to the church family there...and now i am back and only have 2 more weeks of school then iam finsedh wiht bible colelge forever crazy!! love you all, Michelle

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!