The joy of the Lord is my strength...

Holly & I! :) Love her, so blessed by her friendship.
She says "Hi & you would be doing a great service to your walk with Jesus if you took an Inductive Bible Study class! Homework changed my life! It did!"


Right now, I take a break from reading which probably wasn't due. But I figured this was the only time I would be able to update for this week! :)
The first 2 weeks of school I'm taking an audio class; Intro to Cults. This is very difficult & stretching for me because I'm doing it all by myself. I think the Lord is trying to teach me self-discipline! Which is great, but so hard for me! Praise the Lord for the strength He gives daily!
I have already been so blessed this semester & overjoyed with what the Lord is showing me day by day. Whether it be in my class, in my devos, in ministry or just in conversations with friends. The Lord truly is good!
For those of you who don't know, I'm a dorm steward this semester & this takes a lot of responsibility! I continually have to make sure that I'm picking up stuff off the floors, turning lights off, not bringing anything but water in the room, making my bed in the morning & being a Christ-like example. All of this, even the small things is only done by the Lord's help! Haha, funny how we can't even do the simple things in life sometimes.
My M1 is back in the kitchen this semester, super stoked about that! I love cooking with Juanita & learning more Spanish.
I plan on going to Churillos again for Saturday ministry! I'm excited to show them the love that God has so graciously shown us, please pray for the ministry there & for strength every Saturday.
Saturday nights I plan on babysitting 2 kids that need to be watched during a night service. Once again, I will be leaning on the Lord's strength for this because I don't know too much Spanish & its only me! Please pray for me in this area!

Funny thing to add, I thought this semester was going to be a breeze, but I came to the knowledge that I think this is will be the most filled! So blessed yet a little...I don't know, scared! So please pray for me to balance my time & keep focused. "Keep the main thing the main thing."

It's hot here & beautiful! I can see the sun almost everyday this semester! Woohoo! :D The flowers are blooming like crazy & I can seriously say I've never seen trees or flowers as beautiful as they are here. Pictures to come soon! :D

Love you all.

Email me/add me on FB if you want.
:D
XOXOXO
In Jesus' name,
Rosalie Marie

En Perú

Estoy en Perú y muy feliz!
I'm in Pery & very happy!!
Today is orientation & its very long...haha 10-5!
All the English students are here & we are already growing & having a blessed time together.
:)

So I've been home for about a month now

and I leave on Feb 2. So its just a quick visit!
What have I been up to? Well, lets see...a whole lot of hanging out, resting, spending time with family & working. It's been interesting. I think that I always forget that Bible College isn't the real world...AKA not everyone around me is going to love Jesus. This is hard & stretching...and takes a lot of putting everything I learned into practice. I usually end up failing...but the Lord is always there to pick me back up & teach me something new...or sometimes the same thing. God is good & gracious, isn't He?
I can't wait to get back but I'm enjoying the time here that God has given me. More than likely, I will not be living in Denair ever again. This makes me extremely happy but at the same time, extremely sad. It's one of those bittersweet things. But now is not the time to think about all that! :)
My last semester starts Feb 5. SCARY yet exciting. I'm excited to see what God is going to do in these last 4 months of Bible college & to see what He does throughout my life. I will keep you updated as often as I can. :)
God bless
xoxo

Some more pictures...

FYI - it's spring here! :)

Happy late thanksgiving!

Elisa, Me & Andrea (my dorm!) I love these crazy chicas.

This is Lauren & I. Pretty self-explanatory of our friendship. I spend a lot of time with her! She is staying over break!

Holly & I. This girl has been such a great example of a godly young woman. I will miss her so much. Praise the Lord for Skype & Facebook!!

Thanksgiving dinner. Emily, Birdie, Me, Ivy & Rachael! Love these girls. Emily & I have been really close all semester! Birdie is a doll. Ivy is the dean of women, such an awesome girl! & Rachael is super fun & a good friend.



So little update, I will be home on Monday morning if everything goes planned aka Lord willing. Please pray for safe travels & a focused week, full of prayer & God's Word.

I can't wait to share personally with all of you what God has been doing this semester!

:) Ciao!

Huanuco

I wish that I could tell you all the amazing things the Lord did during this one week in Huanuco. It would take me days to explain all the things He did through the team. We went through a lot of schools and at each of them we did 3 of the skits we had been practicing, we shared testimonies and then just hung out with the people. On Thursday we had the opportunity to bless the church with food & testimonies. It was great! It went so well and everyone was so blessed. On Friday we went to a school way way way up in the mountains and it was crazy. I had never seen a place like this. The principal of the school told us that no one has came to the school to minister since 2005...she was so blessed and it was awesome to see. I really want to tell you guys all the details, but like I said it would take me forever. Just know that God is working in Peru...and He is reaching out to people.

I'm back!

This is all I can put up for now...but there will be more soon, promise :D