Testimony Dance!

I have found it so encouraging how my last blog update has been used to bless so many people in this last week. In all honesty, it was completely unexpected! I guess the times when you don't have a lot to say are the times God uses to say exactly what people needed to hear. For this update there a just a few things I wanted to share. The first thing was a statement that my lecturer said in class today. We call him Topi Papa because his last name is too hard to pronounce as well as he is teaching us about the Father heart of God this week so calling him "Topi Papa" is fitting. Anyway! One thing he said to today that really stood out to me was "When we (believers) don't get scared, the enemy gets scared." This stood out to me because recently my heart has been desiring to become a really strong warrior for Christ but the thing that holds me back more than anything else is doubt and fear. So! When times are rough or seem like everything is falling apart, don't get scared. Have faith in God's timing and know that the more you trust God, the more nervous the enemy gets! WOO! The Second thing I wanted to share with you was something that REALLY encouraged me. Last Tuesday we were given our first dance assignment as most of you know. That assignment was to take part of our testimony and choreograph it into a three minute dance. Well! Today, we performed those dances for the first time. And let me start off by saying, I am in SUCH a talented class of people. The dances were incredible and everyone's stories were amazingly told! But what was so encouraging to me was the feedback and suggestions my classmates gave me after my dance. Everyone who gave feedback all told me that throughout my dance, they could see my passion for acting and a lot of them encouraged me by telling me they see my gift I have in that area. That BLEW my mind!!! The fact that I am not even doing acting right now and yet people still see my love and heart for it makes me feel so much more confident in the fact that acting is ultimately where God wants me after this DTS is over. And I am just so excited to see what that is going to look like when that time comes! HOWEVER! On top of being encouraged in the fact that people can see my love and passion for acting, they also challenged me to make sure I don't use my "acting abilities" as a crutch when it comes to dancing. They encouraged me to take a step forward and have faith in my dancing skills in this time as well and to develop those skills in a way I haven't ever done before as well! So while I was still always use acting to help tell all my stories, I am excited to learn how to make that a controlled decision; not just a crutch when I "don't know what dance move to use"! So yeah! It was a super good day! And finally, for my family. Tonight we had a worship night and long story short, I got up and told my whole M.A.D. school about the situation at hand and everyone came together and touched me as a representative for the family and everyone out loud just cried to God praising Him and thanking Him and asking Him for healing in every aspect of everything going on. It was so powerful and I just want you all to know that that praying isn't stopping and God is going to do an AMAZING miracle through this situation! I love everyone! Thank you guys for reading, praying, and supporting me. I am finally loving it here and for the first time, this week I have comfortably been able to say i'm not ready to come home yet AND that right now, these people are my family. God is blessing me through the good and the bad and your prayers have a LOT to do with it! So thank you! With Love, Christianna!