Holy Spirit

During week 9, we were taught by MaryJean Powers. She was intense, for lack of a better word. Honestly, going into the week knowing we would be talking about the topic of Holy Spirit, I was nervous. I've always grown up knowing about the Trinity and hearing about spiritual gifts and knowing they existed and were of God, but I really wasn't sure what to expect and speaking in tongues and healings and having a "Holy Spirit party" scared me.

But my fears were put to rest early on. We had 3 papers on the wall, each with a title. One with "Names of Holy Spirit," one with, "Holy Spirit Day to Day," and the last with, "Characteristics of Holy Spirit." Through the week, we memorized Acts 2:1-4, as well as Acts 2:42-47. The week was more focused on learning about Holy Spirit and who it is, rather than learning what Holy Spirit can do for us.

There was so much information given to us, and I really look forward to looking back through my notes, doing more research into what we've been taught.

On Fridays, we have small groups. My small group combined with another small group and we went over to my leader's house and we got to watch the movie Big Hero 6 (totally worth watching, if you haven't already!) and then we got to sit down and have a full lasagna meal with a delicious salad and gluten free homemade lasagna! We got to sit and have a family style meal and just got to talk and grow as a team

On Saturday, a group of us walked to 7-11 to get slushies! Then, because there was another 7-11 only a mile or so away, we walked to the second one as well and got a second free slushie. Also, because our ATW team was scheduled to leave in one week, we hiked up Tabletop Mountain as something they had wanted to do since we all got here, yet hadn't had a chance. The view was beautiful and it was great to have another memory together before they left for their traversing of the world!

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support! God is continuing to do so many things in our lives and I am excited to see what he continues to do in us!