Three weeks in..

HELLO!

I can't believe that I am preparing to go into my fourth week of lecture here in Amsterdam. I'm blown away by how incredible it has been already, and I'm anticipating more revelation of Him and His plan for this time..

I want to start off by thanking you who have been praying for this DTS. I believe those prayers have already affected the conversations and relationships that are being built, as well as the atmosphere of community that has been growing over the past two weeks! We have a school of about 12 students, so it has been a pretty quick lesson in living as a family with a group of people from different nations. Most of the students are dutch, with the exception of a few Americans, one guy from Egypt, and a girl from Indonesia. But our group is not the only one here! There is also another DTS going on during this time, it is called "Make Him Known" DTS and it consists mainly of people from different parts of Africa who, for their outreach phase, will be ministering to refugees placed in Holland. On top of that, we are constantly hosting other outreach teams and guests here at De Poort, so its quite the ppoular place to be! haha.

This week our lecture was on the Holy Spirit. What an amazing week! I can't really begin to list all the things i've learned, but I understand now more than I have before how real and involved the Holy Spirit is in our lives. Especially when we ask for him. One scripture I was given this week is Luke 11:13,

"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

This is a promise that Jesus gave. If we diligently seek him, he is faithful. I am still being challenged by the passage of Luke 11. I think that desiring the Lord and the gifts he has for us can be hard. Which, kind of doesn't make sense! Why wouldn't we want the Lord and the treasures he has promised to those who ask? I believe there is a cost to following God and seeking those things he has for us-but what a small cost for something so significant...

To sum it all up...God is still good.. and I'm learning so many things on top of the lectures. Like how to fit in as 'the foreigner' in the group, (which is actually really cool), becoming a seasoned bike rider around the city (well, sitting on the back of a bike and holding on for dear life), and eating the local food (consisting mainly of bread, nutella and sprinkles...).

I hope you all have a fantastic week!

Tot Ziens!