moldable, teachable, loving hearts (week 7)

Jesus is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo incredible!

I had such an amazing day! The lecture was so challenging & convicting in the best way possible! I've been filled with a joyful repentance!

Our speaker for the week, Brian Brent has been speaking about teachability, & humility (so far). I absolutely love his style of teaching. He doesn't sugar coat the hard stuff at all, yet he doesn't teach in a condemning, or guilt inducing way. He uses a lot of scripture (YAY! finally!!!!!) & he's got real good jokes! 

The Lord has opened my eyes & revealed so many areas to me through the teaching. I have been so  challenged, it's not comfortable, so I know it's gotta be good for me! 

There was a deadline for getting a discount on the airline tickets for outreach today. So, they made an announcement & asked people to donate to teams that didn't have all their funds in yet, so we'd get the discounted tickets. My outreach team was one of those & we needed $2,700 to get the deal! Within a matter of minutes, the Lord provided the money! Miraculous! I now only need to raise something like $3,500 (I think!) for outreach! So amazing!

Please be praying for the Lords direction & provision! For a humble, teachable, steadfast heart for me!

Here's a few shots from my weekend adventure!! It's a long story!! Once I edit the video I will explain more! I will give a short summary though! 

Six friends jammed into the back of a rusty old truck. (awesome, minus the smell of the exhaust)

Super sketchy driving (scary)

Getting lost (good photo opportunities)

"Hike" in the jungle in search of a view of lava flow (FAIL/worst decision ever/almost died/a million mosquito bites/miserable/I hated it/wild boar/more bugbites/LOST)

Black sand beach (epic/beautiful)

Malasadas (couldn't get any better)

More super sketchy driving in the rain (not awesome & more overwhelming exhaust smell/freezing

Hilo (okay)

Even more super duper sketchy driving (absolutely freezing & wet)

KRISTEN & I LOVING LIFE, NOT Aneliese WHAT WE WERE GETTING OURSELVES INTO...

MY AWESOME CANADIAN ROOMMATE, ANELIESE & I. LOVING LIFE  KRISTEN GETTING EAT'N ALIVE MOST BEAUTIFUL HIBISCUS I'VE EVER SEEN!!

 THE GIRLS! 

 THE HIKE DOWN TO THE BLACK SAND BEACH!

 STUNNING VIEW FROM THE VALLEY!

 ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES FROM THE DAY! SO PEACEFUL!

THE BLACK SAND BEACH!

HALFWAY THROUGH!

Woot!!! Woot!!! Another week has flown by!! I literally cannot believe how quickly time soars here! Week 6 has already come & gone! I am half way done with lecture phase already! Such an amazing time I've been having! This has been such an wonderful time! I am so blessed!


God has been doing a lot of magnificent work in my life! I am so grateful for all of the miraculous transformation He is doing! Learning to trust, trust, trust, trust & trust Him some more!! There is SO much freedom in trusting! His love and His control are SO much better than my stumbling & striving!!! I just feel so free! 


The past few days I have been so encouraged meditating on the fact that the victory has already been won! Jesus conquered sin & death on the cross! Therefore, I do not have to strive! In my submission, He works everything together for my good! It is mind-blowing!!


Since I am at the half-way point I am working on another support letter of sorts (if you'd like to receive that-email me your address! paticonde@gmail.com), but I thought I would also extend an invitation to you to partner with me in reaching the people of South Africa on my blog!! I ask that you would pray, pray, pray!! If the Lord lays it upon your heart to support me (financially, or through prayer) in loving on & sharing the gospel with the South Africans. The total cost for my time in South Africa is around $5,000. (So far I've raised a little over $500, So I currently need $4,500). That $5,000 will cover all of my costs while I'm there & it includes airfare.


If you'd like to donate there is a link on this page, to the right to deposit directly into my paypal account! 


I also have made some jewelry that I am selling on my Etsy account! The link to that is also on the right! Any amount of prayer support, as well as financially that you can give would surely be a blessing!


Here's a video that I made from my adventure last weekend! My friends & I rented mopeds from a guy on campus for super cheap & had a BLAST!!!