Living with Questions

I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Dont search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

Massachusettes

Crisp Morning in Massachusettes:
This tour has been quite an adventure. I'm thinking back on the day when we first left and it feels like years ago. I started and finished the book "Living Water" by Brother Yun on this tour.. and also started John Piper's "God's Passion for His Glory...Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards". These two books have challenged my entire life and the way that I live now. You will probably witness a change the next time you see or talk to me. I am hoping this to be true. (It needs to be true.) How can I walk away from reading such profound reasons and insight of the Greatest Divine and not live differently? God has used these two books to challenge me to put the FAITHFULNESS of God before every other consideration.

I love being with my new family now. Yes, they are family. We love. We encourage. We sing. We laugh. We cry. We build up. We are following the Lord together. There is nothing more beautiful than to be around and simply talk with these people. I am deeply inspired. I've seen them on good days. I've seen them on bad. And amazingly, they continue to strive. It would be wise for me to learn from such as these. I want to. :)

I love being up north..especially during this time of year. I have never been to Massachusettes, but I am witnessing the loveliness of itself. The crisp air. The crickets in the woods. The colors of the leaves. The breeze sending chills up my spine. And the sun beaming its light all around me. He is pleased with what He has made. And I am sitting here, silently.... basking and taking in all that He has created. :)

Our performances have been uniquelly different each time. I have been blessed by each host that has brought us in. With open arms, willing spirits, and OH! the good food. ;) There are days when I am so determined to bless others... (or at least try to be a blessing..) And instead....I am blessed. We are ministers. But we are being ministered to. Like this church that I am sitting in the playground of. I've never seen such gratefullness in a church to serve. You can tell that it is an honor for them. They make little of themselves and much of Lord. There is not a shadow of doubt that all they want is to bring others to Christ through their servant-hood.

We've changed things around a bit in our program to where we have a call to worship and prayer at the end before our finale. And the ministry during that time is incredible. God is glorified and lifted high each time!!!! Just last night when we were singing The Revelation Song by Christ for the Nations...I barely opened my eyes.. and before me was no longer an audience... but the children of God crying out to their Father! A people passionate for His name. I could no longer see them because my eyes were filled with water by that point... but to me, this was a glimpse of what it will be like in heaven for all of eternity. My heart swelled with joy.

Colombia Recap

Barranquilla, Colombia
South America
Alpha Tour 2008


What an AMAZING tour this was! I'm having a hard time finding the right words to say... because there is so much. God's presence and favor was over us the entire trip! He kept us healthy.. provided the strength.. increased our faith.. and shared His heart with us FOR the people of Barranquilla and the other dancers from Dominican Republic and Venezuala! I've returned to the states completely changed. This is both liberating and terrifying. It's wonderful though. :o)








(Here we are on the stage after rehearsal..)

I'm still in shock at how people were drawn to us. It wasn't just because of the obvious fact that we were Americans - but that there was MORE! Christ was made known. :o) And people came to know Him - committed their lives to Him & were completely changed and transformed by Him! Hallelujah!








It's funny.. because re-reading the 2 posts before this one... I actually got to witness the LORD answer every one of those prayers!!! There were salvations and people desiring to know "why they felt what they felt" when we were dancing! There was even healing of bodies while we were there, PRAISE THE LORD! He is so faithful to answer, you guys..

I take it back. It's not funny!! It's JUST like our Lord to glorify Himself!

Click the Link

http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/Z/zvideoballet/zvideoballet.asp?CodSeccion=16


Click the link to see clips of Alpha's performance in the IV Festival Internacional de Ballet en Barranquilla, Colombia!!

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And I will post an update on how the trip went soon!