3 week period

We have been here for 3 weeks, it's been awesome. I was thinking before I came here that when the 3 week period came I would know if I would want to go home or not go home, I definitely don't want to go home, or I know I want to come back. The Lord is doing His big work in me, personally what I have been learning is really dying to myself and giving everything I got to the Lord, because I am living with other people and its not about me, If I don't die to myself, I know that its going to be hard and I would grow in the Lord. I am not here on Vacation but to serve our Lord Jesus, and to bring people to Christ. Just being humble like Jesus and trusting in Him everyday knowing that He's going to make away to talk to people and open the door for Him to come into conversation. In Psalms 2:12 it says "Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him." What that verse says to me is that, if I put all my trust in Him, He's going to provide for Me and if I stay Obedient and keep abiding in Him, He is going to bless me beyond measure both on Earth and in Heaven. I was reading Luke 4 and it talks about, how Jesus was tempted by satan and I can apply that to my life, because I have been going through a lot where satan will throw a lot of lies, and stupid thoughts at me. At first I was kind of taking them and I asked myself, why am I here, I want to go home this is stupid. Right when I read Luke 4:18-19 which says "The spirt of the Lord is upon me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." I feel like I have grown so much in the past month, and I am so glad and thankful to be here serving. 

     These past couple days have been such a growing time for me. On Monday in the morning we went scuba diving with Zoe and she invited us to go on a boat trip with the whole "Deep Blue Divers" crew, I was like yeah for sure I am going. They were leaving at 11am and we had a couple hours to work around the house, like painting benches and etc. It was like 10am and I was asking if anyone wanted to go because I thought it was a perfect opportunity to talk to people. Everyone decided they didn't want to go, truthfully I was pissed so I was like I am just going to go alone and everyone was like okay yeah your a strong girl "I'll be praying for you. I walk over there and I am talking to my friend Warren about his dive and stuff then I turn around and Dust is right there saying "let's go I don't think its a good idea." Right at that moment my spirit wasn't stressing it was the weirdest feeling. That day we got everything done around the house and all the benches, pillars, and tables are all done. The team came together and we all worked so well together it was awesome!!.. Looking back on that choice I made to obey dust and the LORD, He blessed me beyond measure after we worked, with surf, down winded paddle, and 4 bright pink conch shells! hahaha so cool I obeyed and the LORD blessed me. And when me and alex got back from paddling we saw the lady from the river in Honduras, and we met a lady that wants to go on a down winder with us. That night I painted all the girls nails in the dive shop and they told me they felt so loved. 

    Yesterday was Wednesday, we had a dive out to Black coral hill. First free dive I were so excited. We got up ate breakfast and the Bagby's came over and we had a team meeting. Uncle Maik gave us a really encouraging word that really encouraged me to know that, I could go on the boat being like "YAYY DIVING" and mind my own business. Or I could go and work with the Holy spirit and declare I have the authority by Jesus christ to speak into peoples lives. Guess what me and the Holy spirit did, I got on that boat and made that statement and asked God to give me a oppurnunitiy to talk to someone. It was the captain his name is Cookie, I got to tell him about Jesus and how he loves him and what He did for us on the cross. Seriously when you ask the Lord to move He does, because He's standing right next to you. 

     

    

     

     

The Lord is doing big works in these people here and in there hearts, and for sure in my own heart just learning how to live with a lot of people, so just learning how to be unselfish and think about others and working as a strong team so we can get the work done in a good attitude and by being an example and just showing people love and just asking the Lord for strength to do that. It might look all perfect on face-book like were having this awesome time which we are and were doing amazing things and Gods here, Hes working and putting the pieces together for us but I do have struggles. Last week I felt like I was getting attacked by the enemy and I didn't feel normal but thats when you just gotta rebuke the enemy and say NO! and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and really just remind myself the Lord has me here for a very big purpose! so the girl Alex that we met down here thats a christian she got to really encourage me and I told her what was going on.. because I was kind of forgetting why I was here and what was Gods purpose for me here and how I keep on praying for opportunities to talk to people and just having that person where they can come to me and get loved on and I can encourage them and this is what Alex said to me " Tehani you have impacted "Tams" life by loving on her and inviting her over that morning if you didn't say "come over!!!" we would have never came over and then she said the Lord has those people for you to talk to but you just have to patiently wait and let God have his way and just know that Jesus is standing right next to you while your talking to them. Let him speak through you but you just have to trust Him and keep having faith that He is going to provide those people for you to talk too."... I really love this girl shes awesome!!! so sweet and easy to talk to, shes a woman of God!.

Gods work

Utila is amazing we have been scrubbing down these pillars under our house where the coffee shop is going to be and then we just painted them and I have been having awesome quiet times and been stand up paddling and just learned how to scuba dive its been so cool!.. So uncle mike and Aunty Laura were at lunch and they saw this girl pray at her table and she was alone so after wards she comes up to them and ask what time it was.. turns out she's a strong Christian and she has been praying for atleast one person to have fellowship with and God gives her 10 people!!! I think thats so awesome how when you ask he provides. So she has this friend that she has been hanging out with her for 2 weeks and she's been just planting little seeds and stuff but didn't really get to talk to her about Jesus for share her faith and so Me and Alex go out to dinner with them and kind of just get to know her and let her tell us her story no pressure or anything like that, then the next morning I see Tam and Alex and I invited them over for coffee and right when they got to the house aunty Laura showed up and then Tam goes on about how she's very fearful of scuba diving and she was saying how she doesn't want to leave Utila without doing it. So aunty Laura starts telling her about how she use to be fearful of scuba diving but Jesus gave her the strength to do it and she would just pray and ask God to take away the fear. We were all telling stories about how we had fearful moments then we just asked God to take it away and He did and does!!!... So we got to pray for her and she started crying and Alex told us yesterday that Tam said right after they left that she was baffled because we don't even know her but we can love her and care and encourage her and like she has been telling everyone she has been talking too about how we prayed so turns out yesterday she went scuba diving and had no fear and did a 47 min dive and she said "I prayed before I got in the water."This morning we got to pray for her again and I really feel like God is doing something in her life its so cool! I have faith she's going to get saved.

Utila mornings.

I woke up this morning once again to Beautiful Utila!.. and me and Whitney, and Arielle went running and found a beach, then found SURF!!!!!!.. then we came back and went SUPing and I found another conk shell. It was so amazing I was just talking to God in the middle of the bay it was so awesome. Then I had quiet time and i read Psalms 1:2-6 and it really spoke to me I would really encourage you to read it and really look at the context of the verses and ask the Holy spirit to teach you. But today were going to be moving some wood for the coffee shop and then were going to paint down stairs. Pray that the Lord will open the doors to talk to more people and the Lord would open there hearts.

Monday the 4th of July

Today I woke up to beautiful Utila and the sound of the ocean, I got up and first thing I wanted to do was get into Gods word and pray. It's so awesome how God is stilling changing my heart everything I learn something new in the Lord and others. I felt like yesterday I was getting attacked by the enemy it was crazy but thanked the Lord I noticed it and prayed!! I've learned that prayer is so important just talking to God. In Matthew 7:7 ""Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." I hope this encourages you to pray more. But the Lord is so good and Holy!!! so anyways today we moved all the stuff for the coffee shop off the the boat called (big time) and then we set everything up in the house and then we made lunch and its so awesome because I've been praying for unity in the team and its so awesome because we all get a long so well and we work so well as a team and God totally has us all here for such a big purpose. But yah so I went shell diving with Moselle and she found this huge conk shell that was pink!!! so cool!.. then I was asking God to help me find at least one and He gave me SIX! haha so amazing its crazy. But in my quiet time this morning I read Psalms 1:1 "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers" The Lord is going to bless us if we do not walk in the way of this dark world! I think thats so sick... stand firm!!!!! 

Second day on Utila its amazing here God has blessed us with the house were staying in and with masks, shells, and we have met a lot of people that are searching and seeking for something but they don't know what it is and its so awesome how were here and we get to talk to the people and make relationships with them and listen to there stories and plant seeds and tell them about Jesus! and God is working in my heart like no other, putting me out of my comfort zone and i just trust Him and He helps me and i learn and Hes changing my heart and how i think! Utila is awesome i really feel like the Lord has a place for me here. Today in Church we read out of Isaiah 6 and it was about how Isaiah saw a vision that the Lord was cleansing him from his sins and after that he knew that he wanted to live for God even if it was in the worst place in the world. Then we talked about how when we get to Heaven Jesus is going to show us a video of our whole lives and how he was right there the whole time even though we can't see Him right now Hes here and in that video we will be able to see Him!! so awesome!!!!... and how God knew our stories before He saw "Let there be light"... so yah its really encouraging to me and i hope for you too whoevers reading this. Uncle mike asked us this morning "why were here?" and "why God wants us here?" I think I am here not out of chance but because this is apart of Gods plan for my story and this is where He wants me right now and hopefully in the future...and the second question i didnt really know what to say but i thought about it and I think God wants me here because I can speak to people really easy and i can make relationships with people here and tell them about Jesus while were swimming or SUPing or snorkeling or having a cup of coffee.

Philippians 2:10-11

"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father."
this is such a powerful verse! let it soak in!!!! is awesome.
Today were going to Utila finally so excited! we leave at 4pm today were all very happy to get there and unpack and settle in haha but keep PRAYING for us, Gods already doing a huge work.

EVERYONE

everyone go to Friday night church at hope chapel were going to be talked about if u want the download!!!!!