1 Sivan 5983/ 20 June 2023
Day 171
Leviticus 14:1-32
DKL: 1 Kings 22, Acts 13, Psalm 138, Proverbs 17
Dear Yousef,
I woke up today feeling a lot better than yesterday. I pray that I would enjoy this trip even though it hard for me to be with them at first but I praise the GOD of mercy who graces me with everything I need to overcome. I just feel sad that 2 of Sunshine's pups are also in danger, not feeling well and they could die but I pray that all 4 will survive but still, I will let GOD's will be done because Sunshine may not be able to sustain feeding 4 puppies so I will surrender to the LORD whatever HE thinks best. I also for one surrender to the LORD my plans to go to Israel to work just so I could serve Israel and while I am there meet you. Sometimes I feel so hopeless with the dreams GOD gave us that I would imagine someone else pursuing me and because you never showed up, I will just have to settle for that person just because I do not want to go back home anymore but this is faithlessness. If I don't meet you I have to go back home and surrender to GOD being a slave to my family and this thought makes me so fearful because I never want to work for them anymore, not after they killed the Spirit of GOD within me, I will not go back to where I came from because a dog should never return to its own vomit and yest I am their watchdog and even of the City of Cebu but the KING is taking me to Zion firstly I know is to meet you but I really don't know how I should meet you, I will just go to Bethlehem or Jerusalem as HE instructed me to and probably work in ICEJ because that is the only way I could stay long in that place. Or if there are other places for foreign workers like me are needed, then there I will go. But it is exciting for me today that I am seeking HIS will how to go there and by what means because GOD loves to be sought and I love to discover HIS will for me, I enjoy my journey with GOD because HE proves to me HE is real day by day and this is what I love about pursuing GOD.
Acts 13:1 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
I pray, may GOD reveal HIS will to my Pastors and send me away to Jerusalem as GOD is speaking to me now in Acts 13. I need to be sent, and it is so timely that I would be coming home to a prayer and fasting event with a sister Jess, and her church in CCF. I am also looking forward to joining the prayer and fast with my church in WWCF-Cebu because we are also going to fast for the mid-year. Right now, I don't need to think about the fasts and the future so much. I also learned from my counselor Pipoy that I am so much futuristic that I should learn to enjoy the present and live in the now or else I will miss the gift that I have now. Take care and I will write again later, we are about to go out and enjoy Japan.
22:07 @ Sapporo Granbell Hotel
I finally had communion because I bought red wine today and it is important for me to have communion because it is my commitment to GOD. The Last 2 days without communion felt like very sad days also because I was with family that recently hurt me. I pray that the 4 puppies will surivive but more so I pray Sunshine is as healthy and strong, either way may Sushine live long and strong because she is Cobe's wife and we love her. I am already planning to go to Israel this year according to the word of the LORD spoken to me in 1 Samuel 16:1 because I could have done this years ago while I was not indebted but only on EGR did GOD speak to me once again to go to Israel alone and this time I am supposed to stay longer so I opted to apply for work there because they no longer accept volunteers. All the while touring Japan, I think of you and pray for you. I am just so excited to be with you but I shouldn't think about it too much or else I rob myself of the joys of today. We went to the Famous Saporro Curb Market and I ate a really big Mackarel Fish!!! Then we went on to Chocolate factory today and we treated 2 Japanese people of their tickets in the Chocolate Factory because to have a group of 10 people gave a group discount, we toured this factory and then I enjoyed coffee with a view and I went to join my family for ice cream. We went to the Beer Factory called Sapporro beer and I discovered that their logo was the 5 pointed star of the devil with the goat head. Then we went to the Aris mall and I bought myself a pair of under cothes. I tried to fit in the japanese fashion dresses but I really did not like it so I didn't buy anything else but the red wine that I found on sale at the supermarket. Then it took about 50 minutes for us to get home transferring from 2 buses and the long walk, my mom was tired. I am happy to tell you that I've finally enjoyed this trip with my family even though the hurt from family has not gone away. Right now I ma sleepy and so I will bid you goodnight until I write again tomorrow.
Truthfully Yours,
Marie Christine