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Then Jesus told his disciples a parable
to show them that they should always pray and not give up.(Lk
18:1) God
spoke that verse to me at the Awake Deborah conference. Throughout the
conference again and again we were encouraged to keep praying with
perseverance for our unsaved family members, and not give up. I really needed
to hear that and God's encouraged me greatly that way, showing me that He
desires my Mum, brother and the rest of my family to know Him much more than
I do. You will seek Me and find Me when you
seek Me with all your heart. (Jer 29:13) I
put this verse at the beginning of my last e-mail and God has kept His word. Before
the conference God had increased my hunger for Him greatly, also by reading The
Threshold of Glory with testimonies of womens' encounters with God's
glory. All I wanted was HIM, His presence and glory, nothing else was
important. The
conference was two and a half days, in Fargo, North Dakota, just over an hour
from Grand Forks. There were a few hundred women from the region, me
seemingly being the only non-North American. Awake Deborah conferences
are held all over the country. It's a ministry coming out of Brownsville,
Pensacola, Florida, but it's reaching the whole body of Christ. We had great
women of God who were preaching powerful messages: Brenda Kilpatrick, Dotty
Schmitt, Dianne Sloan, Lila Terhune. Before we'd worship the Lord for an hour
or so, which was absolutely wonderful. I enjoyed being in His presence,
giving my everything to Him. On
Saturday morning we had one wonderful long meeting till 2 p.m. One speaker
shared that a new season of miraculous healings had started in the US, with
many ministries seeing a significant increase of people being healed. So she
prayed for God to heal the sick in that place. While she did, God touched me
powerfully, speaking to me (ask me personally if you want to know). Being
back, I can honestly say that the glory of God has renewed me, transformed
me, drawn me closer to Him. I have such a hunger to pray, be with Him and
read His Word, spending precious time with Him. Praise our wonderful
Savior!!! If any of you lacks wisdom, he should
ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be
given to him. (Jam 1:5) This
week will be the busiest of all for me. I've just found out that I have to
hand in the report (what I've done, what I've found out, where to go from
there etc.) on my linguistics class on Friday already. Also, I should do a
presentation probably some time this week. It's kind of hard to get into
linguistics after the last few days but I know that His grace will be
sufficient (2.Cor 12:9) for me. I've
also found out that my classes will already end on Wed, Aug 8. That increases
the chances of making it back to Kansas City in time for the Friday night
revival service, for which I've been praying. At the conference I found out
that the free car won't work out all after all - there's not enough time. Thanks
for your prayers. I know God has another car for me somewhere else. I might
be getting a ride down to KC with a Christian truck driver, so God will. Finally,
I forgot something exciting in my last mail: I've experienced my first
tornado! Actually, not really, just the warning :-) That was quite an
excitement. The tornado was directly approaching Grand Forks. I was after
midnight and we all had to go down to the basement, waiting until the danger
was over. Interesting experience. Might not have been the last time, since
Kansas City is also in a tornado area. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and
admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and
spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Love
you all, Claudia
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