This week has been, in short, life changing! For some background, we have been going through each day with three meals a day, two lessons, two conversations ABOUT our lessons, one worship session, and every now and then some extra events to liven up the days. This past Friday was our “Revival Worship Night”, and it was there that I had, what I would consider, a God Encounter.
The way that revival works is that our usual worship band goes to the center of our worship area and all of the students circle around the band to sing and dance and praise the Lord’s name! This event is an incredible and joyous occasion of which I never could have imagined being a part of!
As our director, Stephanie, took the stage, she began to speak of the Holy Spirit descending on the multitude of apostles after Christ’s ascension, and I began to get visibly excited. One of our leaders, Grace Smith, came over to me and said that the Lord had shown her that I was experiencing some joy that not many get to experience, but something in my flesh was keeping that cup from overflowing.
In that moment I truly believed that I knew what she was referring to. I gave what was left of my flesh in that moment to the Lord, and he returned me with SO MUCH JOY! I immediately turned to the right and hugged Domynik next to me, then knelt down to pray over Arwyn on my left. I continued to walk around the room, hugging people, telling them of the joy of the Lord, and praying over them. At one point, as you can see in the picture, I even began to simply “preach” (I am in the middle) to a number of people of my encounter.
This is an amazing place and I am truly blessed to be here. I cannot wait to post more about all that I am experiencing here. Thank you so much for your interest and support! Go W Squad!
Sweet Nick!! excited to read more of ur blogs this year!