Life Happenings: General LIfe Happenings

Life Happenings: General Life Happenings

Church Stuff! 

So, for the last 8 months of being in Meridian Traver and I have been struggling to find a church, we have tried several churches and each one came up short, in one way or another. The biggest problem with each of them, at least for me, was the lack of young people to fellowship with. Fellowship is such a huge part of church for me and there weren't any opportunities for that at the churches we were trying. We did find one that Traver liked, in terms of message, but again no fellowship opportunities, and I got very little out of the teachings. I personally have a very hard time getting up and going to church if Im excited to hear what is going to be said and with all these churches, I had no excitement, I wasnt being fed at these churches so I would sleep through it and wake up feeling guilty for not going, but not that guilty, and that is a bad sign. 

So last weekend, on Saturday, Traver got up to go to this Bible Study and I got up and did one of my own. I started into the book of Romans and was just starting to feel more and more fed and alive with each verse. That night we went to a friends house for dinner and they mentioned trying this new church (Faith Baptist), the church of the family that leads the Saturday morning Bible Study, and we decided we would try it too! The family that lead the Saturday Bible Study, the Blankenships, lead a 9:30 Sunday School class for young adults on Sundays, and then there is the normal Church service after that at 10:45. So we got up and went to the 9:30 service where they were finishing up Galatians, it was great to sit in a room full of young adults and break into God's word! We even stayed for the 10:45 service, which was great and had a great message as well! After church we had lunch with a big group of people from the class (mostly student naval aviators and their wives) and everything seemed to be falling into place! 

To make everything better, Tuesday there was a meeting at the Blankenship's house to plan the start of an Officer Christian Fellowship for the base here. I was super pumped about it and the meeting went great! We got the chance to decide how we want to go about running it and where we thought God was leading it. So now we have not only a church for Sunday's but also a midweek Bible Study! Then to add to that, a few of the girls from the church and OCF are part of a women's Bible Study on Thursday nights and they invited me along. They are working through Beth Moore's book on Esther and so far it has been great, and I went to my first meeting last night and what a comfort it was to spend time with some Christian women and talk about God! I have missed that so much since we have been here! It was always so amazing to me how great it made me feel when I would go home and get together with my two best Christian friends, Kirsten and Christina, they are so encouraging and inspirational in their faiths, and I'm excited at the prospect of building that here as well!

So anyway, I just really wanted to share my excitement at finding not only a Church, but a midweek study, and a women's study! When God moves, he really moves! In less than a week, I feel so much more put together, I feel a 100 times closer to God, and I am just happier in general about life! What an awesome feeling! 

Praise God!!!!!