The title was just a quote from one of my devotionals this week that I really liked. It was a good, relaxing weekend :) On Saturday morning some of the teachers met for breakfast which was a lot of fun. And then at night we went to a youth thing that our church was having. Youth groups are a bit different here, it's like teeneagers until you are married, so there was quite a range of ages. A group is here from Canada, so they lead it. It was a very nice message and I was sitting next to one of the teachers who is a lot of fun, so I laughed a lot :) Afterwords, there was a concert downstairs, so we joined that. At one point there was a big circle of people holding hands and just dancing in God's joyous presence. Then a smaller circle formed and pulled Megan and I in. Then I realized the big circle had grown around us and we were in the middle! But it was a lot of fun! I felt like I laughed a lot and was just really filled with joy which was awesome! The church had a marriage conference all weekend, so Sunday church was packed! It was a really nice service (although a little hard for me to focus, because you had the guy preaching in Spanish, a guy translating the sermon into Quechua, and a guy translating it into English off to the side for the Canadian group. And then with lots of people and crying babies, it made it hard for me to concentrate, and that's what I need to do to understand the Spanish sermons. But I still got the gist) and a lot of people gave control of their lives to God and the marriage conference seemed to really make a lot of people want to work on their marriages as well, which is really exciting. Afterwards there was a meal. It was really nice to have activities at church outside of church. It helps you to get to know more people and it gave me more of a sense of belonging to the church as well.
I have been reading Forgotten God by Francis Chan. It's a really good book and it's basically about how many have forgotten about the Holy Spirit. I definitely felt the Holy Spirit's presence this weekend and feel like He was speaking to me (through people, through the bible, etc.). I also, again, got the feeling that I am where I am supposed to be at this time in my life, which is very comforting. I definitely feel like God is molding me in this time which is really exciting.
"But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the LORD came to me. He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel." ~Jeremiah 18:4-6
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