God is Good :)

That's the cry that God has put in my heart and the hearts of those around me. In the last two weeks, our Father has totally cared for us, nurtured us, and protected us :)

The week before last, Scott Smith, the base leader spoke on world religions, covering witchcraft, buddhism, hinduism, and mormonism. It was a fascinating week, and it was a lot of fun to learn about the other religions and see where they come from when they make statements of belief.

Then this past week, Bob Reasener spoke about the character and nature of God. We had a few laughs because one of the students is named Chad Reimer, so we had a week of "Reim and Reasen" :D Anyway, Bob was an excellent speaker. He's pastored a church nearby for over 10 years, and been all over the world, both speaking and holding leadership training sessions. He really ministered to us and had a lot of solid teaching that we needed to hear. He spoke about God as a Master, as King, as the Bridegroom and as Friend.

Then on Thursday, he spoke to us out of one of his favorite subjects, "Big God, little devil." In this teaching talked about how we as christians often think of satan as the opposite of God and therefore equal in power. But God is so much bigger and more powerful than satan that when satan "fell from heaven like lightning" (Luke 10:18) God wasn't even the one who kicked him out. God sent the archangel Michael to do it. But so many times we forget who we belong to and start living in fear of what the devil can do to us. It was an amazing message that we really needed to hear :)

Then yesterday we had fun time in the morning and we got to go sledding! :) We drove up to Olson mountain and the Cooleies brought their snowmobile "or snow machine as they call it here" and towed us up the hill and we rode sleds down. Greg also brought his snowboard and was kind enough to let us students who were dying to snowboard use it :)

So all in all it's been an amazing two weeks :)
I hope everyone's doing well!
God bless,
Josiah

Praises:
God has totally answered your prayers for unity on the team and continues to grow us closer together!!
Excellent ministry and teaching these past two weeks

Prayers:
Provision for the students who still need money for outreach (a large portion of the cost is due in three days)