I'm doing swell up here in MN. I'm at about 50% fundraising. It's crazy to think that I'm over half way through my stint at home. I have enjoyed thoroughly this time. It's been an inward training/building/construction of some sort. Self-control, patience, wisdom, and faithfulness are the deeper elements working out in my soul. Some days I don't know what to do but lean on God, Rejoicing in Jesus always. I've hit a few points of anxiety but God has ALWAYS came through, as I cried out to HIm and called on HIs name. Whether it has been friends, employment, church, resisting temptation, God has always made beautiful things happen in His special, holy way and timing. It's been the common thread in this chapter of life.
I also love singing hymns, if I could just recommend a few great ones:
All the way my savior leads me
Jesus, savior, pilot me
What woundrous love is this
Just a closer walk with thee
Sweet hour of prayer
This is my first time in the last 4 years not living in a community setting, I also have yet to get sick which seems to have always happened around this time of year. Could the two correlate with eachother??
The last month has been difficult, especially finding a community of brothers to hang out with. I really have to lean on God in the lonely times, which seem to surface frequently. I had a group of guys that I was meeting with every Sunday night and we were having awesome times of fellowship, prayer, and even some prophecy action, however one of the guys relapsed into smoking meth and the other sort of disappeared and won't return my calls, so I have no idea where he is. Please pray for this gathering of dudes.
As much as I disdain fundraising, it is really pushing me to trust harder. Austria is going to be crazy, yo! I believe it is going to be a very consecrated time to Jesus.
I hope y'alls are doing well.
Word!!
Much love,
Jake
Here is a couple friends and I dressed up as Ents (tree-people from Lord of the Rings) for Halloween using some dead trees I salvaged from my workplace.
