katie rose writes

Ok, jumping on in! Yesterday was an amazing day! We went out into the city to yarp-erwalk and to try and talk with people. We were hoping to share stories with them from our lives and from the Word. So, we took the metro across town. Fun! First experience with that. We went to this part of town called Old Delhi. I is, as the name suggests, the oldest part of of Delhi, and has a vast array of temples--Hindu, Buhddist, Sikh (pronounced seek), and Islamic. So our plan was to go to many of them, and try to speak with people about their religion, and learn about what they believe, and try to also share what we believe. Buy when we got off te metro, we decided to eat lunch first. So we walked into a resturant. I order Masala Dosa, which is a large pancake with seasoned mashed potatoes in it, and it comes with a sauce that you eat it with. Well, we walked upstairs to eat. I tried to have an auntie (older lady) teach me how to eat it, but that didn't really work. But I just ate it with my...

Namaste! (it means "Welcome") It's a greeting here! Well, I've been locked out of my email account, therefore, I am here hoping that someone will read this and update everyone so that more lifting up may occur! Words cannot begin to express how truly uplifted I feel--and it's because of your knees hitting the floor. :) Thank you, oh so much! So, I am learning, learning, and oh did I mention, Learning?! Not just about the culture or some Hindi words and phrases, but about myself and my relationship with my Daddy & Son. I sang alongside one of my teammates this morning in worship, and it was just amazing feeling "grace like rain," as we sang. Further thoughts for lifting... For my parents, as they haven't heard from me, like, at all. It's definitely frustrating having no communication at all. For my team...LOVE them. I'm listening right now to them laugh and joke. It's great. :) Ask that we are unified completely. That Love would comp...

So, I know it has been awhile since I have posted anything, I've just been super busy preparing for my departure THIS SATURDAY. Wow, it's finally here. Crazzzzzzzy. God is so good. Anyway, I just wanted to share several verses from the L3 readings for the past week that has particularly spoken to me. I try to refrain from putting in my two cents...but we all know that this is next to impossible. :) James 4:5 "He yearns jealously over the spirit that He has made to dwell in us." I mean, that is just beautiful. You know what makes it even more beautiful? This is not talking about the Holy Spirit, which is placed within us after we accept Christ. This is talking about the spirit which He "made to dwell in us" when He created us, before the foundations of the earth (Ephesians 1:4). That spirit. The one which we corrupted. He wants to make it new, and fill it up with the Holy Spirit. He yearns for us. Yearns means to have an intense feeling of loss or...

"For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name , and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts. ~Malachi 1:11 Why is that phrase italicized, you may be asking? Well, two parts. Background & Foreground. Background. My initial call to missions came when I was in High School. I had been on 2 mission trips by my junior year, Spring semester. And I wasn't really thinking about when I would serve again. God has just used me over Christmas break to witness to a guy at my school, over Facebook of all things. And even though it was just a bunch of seeds being flung, and maybe a bit too much force, it still stuck with that guy, whether he would admit it or not. Anyway, so a few weeks, maybe a month into the semester, I DVR-ed a TV show. It was called KidNation...don't know if anyone remembers it, but it was ...

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. James 2:26 Or, as the Contemporary English Version puts it: Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead! Wonderful, challenging verse. As I was pondering it, I went to my trusty online Bible commentaries. Find them here . There are several different ones on that website, and I generally peruse through all of them, except the Matthew Henry. Generally, for me, he is a bit much for me to handle. However, I went to him lastly, and BAM. All the way at the bottom, he explained this verse SO beautifully. In fact, this is the end of my babble. I'll let him say the rest... because he explains these verses wonderfully. It may be a little hard to understand (he's a bit old-ish). But it's worth the decoding and rereading! I promise! ...in fact, I added some translations! & comments :) And now, upon the whole matter, the apostle draws this...

So, last night I finished the L3 journey through Romans, with reading Romans 16. I love Romans, and although at some points I got frustrated with myself. For example, there was a week in which I did not write in the journal for a solid 5 days. :( And I think my excuse was that "I've read these chapters over & over again." Well, why did I not take the time to let God teach me new things from His word, which is, as Hebrews 4:12 says, "Living and active"? I'll tell you why. I'm human--I admit it! Awhile back in Romans 7, we read about Paul, another one of us humans. And he spoke of His struggle. We read this in Pinelake's journey class, with our wonderful middle & high school girls. I absolutely love spending time in the Word with them. If it were up to me, we'd have journey class everyday! Anyway, so we learned A LOT that day. About how we belong to Christ Jesus, like our second marriage (sin was our first marriage & he was defe...