Is it a plane.......
No its a dream of Catherines coming down from heaven delivered by God!
So here is a short email just about a dream of mine I have had since a little girl. I grew up playing baseball and loved it, and always wanted to go to a baseball game in america. So one of the things I wanted to do here was go to a game. So the other day we drove past the stadium, oh sorry by the way I am in San Fransisco now, I was so excited I felt like a little kid again. So I went online to check out ticket prices etc, realised its much more then we had expected. I kind of put the idea on the shelf for the moment. yesterday we drove past the stadium again, we quickly took a picture of me standing by the gate and then road off.
So today Lisa and myself are sitting in our room praying and her friend walks in and says to me,"what would be an amazing gift from God to you?" At that particular point I was not sure what God was going to give me. So she says well a friend of her's which is not someone she really speaks to a lot, called her up and said she had two tickets to go watch the baseball game tonight and wanted to know if she wanted them, and she said yes as she knew I would love that. I was kind of overwelmed and still am just because God knows the little things of my heart and He just loves making my dreams come true. He is just my provider and lover of my soul! So in a few hours we are off to go fullfill a dream that was mapped out just for me by Jesus! I love it when He does these things.
So to all of you out there......follow your dreams........!!!!!
will write more about the trip so far later, God has been great to us and we have been having an amazing time!!
love
Catherine
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Lets walk on water
Walking on Water: Insect's Secret Revealed
"The amazing water strider doesn't just walk on water. It skips across it with the grace of an Olympic skater and the power of a hockey player. The insect dances up and down to avoid being submerged by raindrops, and it can pack 15 times its body weight without sinking. the water strider's legs are covered with microscopic hairs that trap tiny air bubbles, allowing the insect to simply float. It is critical that water striders legs not get wet, in order to avoid penetrating the surface during their rowing stroke, If they do happen to fall through, they must generate forces ten times their body weight to return to the surface."
Don't worry we don't have to be water striders to walk on water, imagine if we were that would cause coaos in the world, but I do know that just having that tiny extra bit of faith to be out of our comfort and be out of the box for Jesus will cause us to want to be like Peter and just get out of the boat and walk towards Jesus.
As Lisa and myself have been praying and walking with Jesus, he has been showing us that being out of our box is good and He loves it when we just take that extra step and be adventurous and hold His hand and walk. even in the little things.
Some of you might think this is crazy but I tell you its fun, so the other day we were talking about being out of the box and doing something that was just not us and I suddenly thought well I dont like coffee, maybe I should begin to taste it more and then I might develop a taste for it. For those who know me that is just not me, I hate coffee, even the smell of it sometimes is just yucky! I can not understand why people drink it! anyway we were going to meet a friend of ours at a coffee shop so before getting there I asked Lisa to give me some reasons why she likes coffee, still not really convincing me that this is the way to go. We standing at the counter deciding what would be the best coffee to go for and should it be flavoured or just plain, should I get a mocha with maybe just one shot of espresso or two, all these decisions to make, the lady at the counter is giving some suggestions and then asks why am I doing this, I kind of hesitated for a bit then said well I am trying to be out of the box a bit and this is just a small way of doing something out of the box, "Why" she asks, well wondering to myself, Cath just be out the box again, I asked her if she was a Christian, she replies yes, and I say well God is teaching us about being out the box and not living contained by boundaries, even though this seems like a small thing it just a sign of willingness to be out of my comfort! So we chatted to her more about what she had done etc and what she was planning to do etc, was just an amazing time! We got our coffee, and went and ENJOYED IT! Yes I actually enjoyed it! (by now I am sure some of you who know me are laughing, thats great)
We ended our little outing by just writing an encouraging note to the lady who served us, believing that God was going to use her to see more radical things for His kingdom.
I am excited about walking out all the Jesus has planned, I have began to realise that its not worth holding back and missing the adventure of a lifetime. I know as Lisa and myself prepare to leave and just go where ever God directs us, its going to take faith and hope and knowing that what He says is true. Our hearts is to be able to bless people and encourage people along the way, we don't just want it to be a holiday full of sight seeing, we want it to be a time where we get to see lives touched by Jesus, whether its speaking to some stranger and giving them something to eat and loving them, or whether its visiting someone we know and encouraging them and praying for them! All these things and more is what we want to see. Being in Mozambique was just clear that I can't be normal and live normal, how ever you define normal. My life belongs to Jesus and all I know is that I want to walk on water and see the kingdom of God come on this earth. So taking every moment I live as a moment defined by Jesus and living it out as though He was walking with me on the water. Not wanting to look down to see if I will sink but looking ahead to see Jesus and know that He wont let me fall!!!
So we are heading out on Wednesday, we have out first destination which is a place called Silver falls, we will be there for 2 days and then well lets just see what God does.........! Please pray for us that God will direct us and encourage us on the way, also pray for divine appointment and just Gods love to be shining through us!
Love you all
Catherine
"The amazing water strider doesn't just walk on water. It skips across it with the grace of an Olympic skater and the power of a hockey player. The insect dances up and down to avoid being submerged by raindrops, and it can pack 15 times its body weight without sinking. the water strider's legs are covered with microscopic hairs that trap tiny air bubbles, allowing the insect to simply float. It is critical that water striders legs not get wet, in order to avoid penetrating the surface during their rowing stroke, If they do happen to fall through, they must generate forces ten times their body weight to return to the surface."
Don't worry we don't have to be water striders to walk on water, imagine if we were that would cause coaos in the world, but I do know that just having that tiny extra bit of faith to be out of our comfort and be out of the box for Jesus will cause us to want to be like Peter and just get out of the boat and walk towards Jesus.
As Lisa and myself have been praying and walking with Jesus, he has been showing us that being out of our box is good and He loves it when we just take that extra step and be adventurous and hold His hand and walk. even in the little things.
Some of you might think this is crazy but I tell you its fun, so the other day we were talking about being out of the box and doing something that was just not us and I suddenly thought well I dont like coffee, maybe I should begin to taste it more and then I might develop a taste for it. For those who know me that is just not me, I hate coffee, even the smell of it sometimes is just yucky! I can not understand why people drink it! anyway we were going to meet a friend of ours at a coffee shop so before getting there I asked Lisa to give me some reasons why she likes coffee, still not really convincing me that this is the way to go. We standing at the counter deciding what would be the best coffee to go for and should it be flavoured or just plain, should I get a mocha with maybe just one shot of espresso or two, all these decisions to make, the lady at the counter is giving some suggestions and then asks why am I doing this, I kind of hesitated for a bit then said well I am trying to be out of the box a bit and this is just a small way of doing something out of the box, "Why" she asks, well wondering to myself, Cath just be out the box again, I asked her if she was a Christian, she replies yes, and I say well God is teaching us about being out the box and not living contained by boundaries, even though this seems like a small thing it just a sign of willingness to be out of my comfort! So we chatted to her more about what she had done etc and what she was planning to do etc, was just an amazing time! We got our coffee, and went and ENJOYED IT! Yes I actually enjoyed it! (by now I am sure some of you who know me are laughing, thats great)
We ended our little outing by just writing an encouraging note to the lady who served us, believing that God was going to use her to see more radical things for His kingdom.
I am excited about walking out all the Jesus has planned, I have began to realise that its not worth holding back and missing the adventure of a lifetime. I know as Lisa and myself prepare to leave and just go where ever God directs us, its going to take faith and hope and knowing that what He says is true. Our hearts is to be able to bless people and encourage people along the way, we don't just want it to be a holiday full of sight seeing, we want it to be a time where we get to see lives touched by Jesus, whether its speaking to some stranger and giving them something to eat and loving them, or whether its visiting someone we know and encouraging them and praying for them! All these things and more is what we want to see. Being in Mozambique was just clear that I can't be normal and live normal, how ever you define normal. My life belongs to Jesus and all I know is that I want to walk on water and see the kingdom of God come on this earth. So taking every moment I live as a moment defined by Jesus and living it out as though He was walking with me on the water. Not wanting to look down to see if I will sink but looking ahead to see Jesus and know that He wont let me fall!!!
So we are heading out on Wednesday, we have out first destination which is a place called Silver falls, we will be there for 2 days and then well lets just see what God does.........! Please pray for us that God will direct us and encourage us on the way, also pray for divine appointment and just Gods love to be shining through us!
Love you all
Catherine
Friday, March 2, 2007
A Journey!
"TELL ME WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR ONE
WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE!!"Mary Olivier
I guess thats what Lisa and myself have been asking ourselves a lot lately, what is it Jesus wants us to do! I have been learning that, God is really bigger then i can imagine or even comprehend at times. I have been walking an interesting 3 weeks. It has been a change from the busyness I am used to but its been a huge huge resting time and spending time getting to know Lisa, surprise surprise i actually did not know Lisa that well!! It was definately a divine God appointment for me to be here! As Lisa said the other day which made me laugh, she prayed before she had gone to Africa, that God would send her a friend, well little did both of us realise it would be one from across the world, yip out of all the people in america God decided that a South African will do, well as Lisa puts it a crazy South African princess! YAY!! And this princess is having such fun. So i am going to begin with all the intesresting things I have been seeing and then go into telling about what God is doing in me more and more each day. I realise this trip is God just showing me that I can have fun and enjoy Him and see USA because its been a dream of mine! So God piles all of himself into Lisa and myself and says ok go have fun and see all you like and watch Me do the miraculous along the way!!
So the other night at 12pm we switch our clocks forward to make it 1am and then we call it day light saving! that was weird i have to say! Never in my life have i had time pass so quickly, was strange everytime you look at the clock and you think to yourself, well actually its not really that time its an hour fast but we kind of believe its the time on the clock! yip besides the fact that i was already in a time zone, it changed even more when we decided to save some light and switch our clocks!!
Interesting things i have had to eat while being here.......
Pumpkin pie - its for desert believe it! and served with cream! was strange to think i was eating pumpkin for desert but as i tasted it there was no turning back, it was yummy!!!!
PEEPS - marshmallows with some sugar coating that look like chickens, a favourite in this place around easter, they were actually very yummy and aaddictive, but I was told to save one so we can go blow it up in the microwave, the things we do for fun here! check out the website it will add to just that little bit extra humour to your day! - http://www.peepresearch.org/
............will keep you posted of any more interesting things i get to eat in this big world i am living in!!
We went driving to Multnomah Falls - wow was incredible, but along the way we got to see some yard sales, interesting stuff, the one we followed the signs and kept following the signs and kept following the signs, we got there and it was in the middle of no where really, it was not as exciting as we expected considering we drove a while before getting there. but the other one we stopped at, we bought a movie - the matrix, for only $0.50, hey thats less then a dollar, which in SA Rands is about R3.50......! And Lisa with her classic bartering skills got a purple mug thrown in for free! So after all that we headed off to see the falls!Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the nation. The water of the Falls drops 620 feet from its origin on Larch Mountain. I just stood in amazement, realised this is just another one of Gods beautifull creation tricks that He exposes us to to see that He is one big creative Daddy! follow the link below to see some pictures if you want!!! http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-16,GGLR:en&sa=N&resnum=0&q=Multnomah%20Falls&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi
and while we are on the topic of mountains we got to go see the Movie "The Alps" it was previewing at OMSI (Oregan Museum of Sicence & Industry) - Lisa's cousin works there and got us in and we also got a behind the scenes tour of the musuem, was so interesting to see what goes on behind the curtain of a museum, kind of reminded me of the movie - Night at the Museum, but nothing came alive and tried to kill us, good thing! so back to the movie - this guy wanted to climb the Alps and it was filmed, but the movie theater we watched it in was a big dome, so the movie was extra emphasised, felt like I was on top of the mountain at times! Was seeing the height of Gods creations and realising that we all have the strength of God within us to do more then we can dream or imagine, and how Gods love is deeper and higher then those mountains can ever be!!
DRIVING - its on the wrong side of the road!!! - but i am getting used to it, i braved driving the other day, actually its not that bad, i just have to remember that i need to be using the right side of my brain and not the left!!! And actually it works and have gotten used to it, now i dont feel like cars are going to drive into me, aaahh!!
Whats God been doing you might be asking?? Well here are somethings on my heart that i will share!
As i was driving around the other day, and also walking in the actual city, i was suddenly just overwelmed by the fact that actually I am seeing this country for real, its not a dream or me watching it in a movie anymore, this is real life! I then felt God say that all that i dream for and hope for in Him and in HIS WORD is true and real and can be lived out! And it was such a yes cry within me and I saw the difference between watching something like a movie and actually living it out! I dont know about you but I am frustrated alot that we dont get to walk out what the bible says, and when we read it, it can begin to become just like a story and that we begin to see it as a story, so challenge I am to really believe all that is said in the word and really live out Gods heart! I know i want to see all that God has for me, i also know i need to believe all that God has for me! My normal life has been shattering more and more each day, God did a lot of shattering of my life and ideas when i was in Mozambique, but wow is he doing it even more here!
Lisa and myself have been praying a lot and God really shows up and has been taking us on a journey of installing in us confidence and hope! I believe that as we have just been longing for more of him and resting and being as He has told us we have come across part of Gods heart that is new to me! I know God wants me to rest but I think the resting i know and Gods resting is two different things! so i have decided to follow Gods resting, mine is to much work! so We have spent a few nights up praying, and now if we dont pray for a few hours a day i feel like i am missing something. I have a hunger in me that is reaching deeper depths then i have ever known to just touch Gods heart! and feel what his heart is for more and more people! my longing is to meet more strangers on this journey and be able to minister Gods love to them, in what ever form that comes in!
At the moment it feels like I am hanging on the edge of a cliff, and am excited on one hand that I cant wait to see what God is going to do in me and through me, but on the other hand i hve to admit its scary! My reliance on Jesus is growing more and more, and I know that He has brought me to this place of absolute desparation that if He doesnt come through for me i am actually dead! Its kind of scary but so freeing as its not up to me to do anything! Thats the resting thing I am talking about!!!!
So where to from here, well at the moment I am in Oregon, Lisa and myself have kind of some idea of where we are heading! The first part of the trip would be down towards california! so that might be happening next week! but will keep you all posted, Jesus goes before us we just have to follow! We want to see more then just the beauftiful landscape that God created, we want to see some miracles along the way!! Divine apointments!!!!
Love you all!!
Catherine
WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE!!"Mary Olivier
I guess thats what Lisa and myself have been asking ourselves a lot lately, what is it Jesus wants us to do! I have been learning that, God is really bigger then i can imagine or even comprehend at times. I have been walking an interesting 3 weeks. It has been a change from the busyness I am used to but its been a huge huge resting time and spending time getting to know Lisa, surprise surprise i actually did not know Lisa that well!! It was definately a divine God appointment for me to be here! As Lisa said the other day which made me laugh, she prayed before she had gone to Africa, that God would send her a friend, well little did both of us realise it would be one from across the world, yip out of all the people in america God decided that a South African will do, well as Lisa puts it a crazy South African princess! YAY!! And this princess is having such fun. So i am going to begin with all the intesresting things I have been seeing and then go into telling about what God is doing in me more and more each day. I realise this trip is God just showing me that I can have fun and enjoy Him and see USA because its been a dream of mine! So God piles all of himself into Lisa and myself and says ok go have fun and see all you like and watch Me do the miraculous along the way!!
So the other night at 12pm we switch our clocks forward to make it 1am and then we call it day light saving! that was weird i have to say! Never in my life have i had time pass so quickly, was strange everytime you look at the clock and you think to yourself, well actually its not really that time its an hour fast but we kind of believe its the time on the clock! yip besides the fact that i was already in a time zone, it changed even more when we decided to save some light and switch our clocks!!
Interesting things i have had to eat while being here.......
Pumpkin pie - its for desert believe it! and served with cream! was strange to think i was eating pumpkin for desert but as i tasted it there was no turning back, it was yummy!!!!
PEEPS - marshmallows with some sugar coating that look like chickens, a favourite in this place around easter, they were actually very yummy and aaddictive, but I was told to save one so we can go blow it up in the microwave, the things we do for fun here! check out the website it will add to just that little bit extra humour to your day! - http://www.peepresearch.org/
............will keep you posted of any more interesting things i get to eat in this big world i am living in!!
We went driving to Multnomah Falls - wow was incredible, but along the way we got to see some yard sales, interesting stuff, the one we followed the signs and kept following the signs and kept following the signs, we got there and it was in the middle of no where really, it was not as exciting as we expected considering we drove a while before getting there. but the other one we stopped at, we bought a movie - the matrix, for only $0.50, hey thats less then a dollar, which in SA Rands is about R3.50......! And Lisa with her classic bartering skills got a purple mug thrown in for free! So after all that we headed off to see the falls!Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the nation. The water of the Falls drops 620 feet from its origin on Larch Mountain. I just stood in amazement, realised this is just another one of Gods beautifull creation tricks that He exposes us to to see that He is one big creative Daddy! follow the link below to see some pictures if you want!!! http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-16,GGLR:en&sa=N&resnum=0&q=Multnomah%20Falls&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi
and while we are on the topic of mountains we got to go see the Movie "The Alps" it was previewing at OMSI (Oregan Museum of Sicence & Industry) - Lisa's cousin works there and got us in and we also got a behind the scenes tour of the musuem, was so interesting to see what goes on behind the curtain of a museum, kind of reminded me of the movie - Night at the Museum, but nothing came alive and tried to kill us, good thing! so back to the movie - this guy wanted to climb the Alps and it was filmed, but the movie theater we watched it in was a big dome, so the movie was extra emphasised, felt like I was on top of the mountain at times! Was seeing the height of Gods creations and realising that we all have the strength of God within us to do more then we can dream or imagine, and how Gods love is deeper and higher then those mountains can ever be!!
DRIVING - its on the wrong side of the road!!! - but i am getting used to it, i braved driving the other day, actually its not that bad, i just have to remember that i need to be using the right side of my brain and not the left!!! And actually it works and have gotten used to it, now i dont feel like cars are going to drive into me, aaahh!!
Whats God been doing you might be asking?? Well here are somethings on my heart that i will share!
As i was driving around the other day, and also walking in the actual city, i was suddenly just overwelmed by the fact that actually I am seeing this country for real, its not a dream or me watching it in a movie anymore, this is real life! I then felt God say that all that i dream for and hope for in Him and in HIS WORD is true and real and can be lived out! And it was such a yes cry within me and I saw the difference between watching something like a movie and actually living it out! I dont know about you but I am frustrated alot that we dont get to walk out what the bible says, and when we read it, it can begin to become just like a story and that we begin to see it as a story, so challenge I am to really believe all that is said in the word and really live out Gods heart! I know i want to see all that God has for me, i also know i need to believe all that God has for me! My normal life has been shattering more and more each day, God did a lot of shattering of my life and ideas when i was in Mozambique, but wow is he doing it even more here!
Lisa and myself have been praying a lot and God really shows up and has been taking us on a journey of installing in us confidence and hope! I believe that as we have just been longing for more of him and resting and being as He has told us we have come across part of Gods heart that is new to me! I know God wants me to rest but I think the resting i know and Gods resting is two different things! so i have decided to follow Gods resting, mine is to much work! so We have spent a few nights up praying, and now if we dont pray for a few hours a day i feel like i am missing something. I have a hunger in me that is reaching deeper depths then i have ever known to just touch Gods heart! and feel what his heart is for more and more people! my longing is to meet more strangers on this journey and be able to minister Gods love to them, in what ever form that comes in!
At the moment it feels like I am hanging on the edge of a cliff, and am excited on one hand that I cant wait to see what God is going to do in me and through me, but on the other hand i hve to admit its scary! My reliance on Jesus is growing more and more, and I know that He has brought me to this place of absolute desparation that if He doesnt come through for me i am actually dead! Its kind of scary but so freeing as its not up to me to do anything! Thats the resting thing I am talking about!!!!
So where to from here, well at the moment I am in Oregon, Lisa and myself have kind of some idea of where we are heading! The first part of the trip would be down towards california! so that might be happening next week! but will keep you all posted, Jesus goes before us we just have to follow! We want to see more then just the beauftiful landscape that God created, we want to see some miracles along the way!! Divine apointments!!!!
Love you all!!
Catherine
Summer to Winter!
Hey all!
After spending my last few hours having a swim in the Sea in Cape Town, i headed off to the airport to endure one very long flight!
i have changed season in just 2 days, never thought that could happen did you?
So i spent 16 hours on a plane( wow lets just say my butt really well aquinted to the seat) then io arrived in NEW YORK(never thought i would say that) i had a whole day at the airport, was really long but interesting. it was so funny i looked outside and there were so famous yellow taxis you see in the movies, i alsmost ran outside and took a picture, but thought i would try behave myself! felt like a kid! I then headed off to portland,Oregon on another flighjt of 5,5 hours. i cant really remeber the plane taking off i was so tired i fell alseep as i sat in the chair!
I saw my friend at the airport, was good to be able to speak to someone! got my luggage and headed off to her house. yip its cold out here! but what an incredible place, am living in a forest, and there was even some snow on the ground when i arrived! ok so now am sepnding a few days adjusting mysself to the difference in time and weather. its great here and amsure God is going to do amazing things! but for now i am off to bed and you are probably waking up, weird i think!!!
Love you all
Catherine
After spending my last few hours having a swim in the Sea in Cape Town, i headed off to the airport to endure one very long flight!
i have changed season in just 2 days, never thought that could happen did you?
So i spent 16 hours on a plane( wow lets just say my butt really well aquinted to the seat) then io arrived in NEW YORK(never thought i would say that) i had a whole day at the airport, was really long but interesting. it was so funny i looked outside and there were so famous yellow taxis you see in the movies, i alsmost ran outside and took a picture, but thought i would try behave myself! felt like a kid! I then headed off to portland,Oregon on another flighjt of 5,5 hours. i cant really remeber the plane taking off i was so tired i fell alseep as i sat in the chair!
I saw my friend at the airport, was good to be able to speak to someone! got my luggage and headed off to her house. yip its cold out here! but what an incredible place, am living in a forest, and there was even some snow on the ground when i arrived! ok so now am sepnding a few days adjusting mysself to the difference in time and weather. its great here and amsure God is going to do amazing things! but for now i am off to bed and you are probably waking up, weird i think!!!
Love you all
Catherine
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Unexpected God Adventure
Hi to all!!!
Well I just thought i would give an update as to what is happening next in my life and what God has been doing!!! for those of you who dont know i was in Mozambqiue for 2,5 months on the Holy Given Scool, at Iris Ministries.
When i was in Mozambique I had a change in direction as i thought i would maybe go back to Mozambique, but God thought differently!! So i am heading off to America, who would have thought, definately not me!!
You might be wondering what i am going to be doing in America well, i am not 100% sure yet, but i am going to a friend of mine i met in Mozambique, she stays in Oregan, Portland. and we will be waiting on God to tell us where to go and what to do!!but of course i will be going to see a baseball game, thats just a must do thing i have always wanted to do!!! i really feel God is going to give us divine appointments and see so much more of what God is wanting for our lives!!! so its also a faith trip and that to me is such fun! i realised i actually enjoy living on the edge a bit makes life more interesting, who needs bungy jumping when you can have even more fun with Jesus!!!!
so the expected date of departure is the 27 Feb..... still confirming my flights. God did pull off a miracle with my visa, even though i have no job and no reason to come back to SA they still gave me a year visa for the states! PRAISE THE LORD!! The plan is to stay for 6 months, but we will see what God does whenever he wants to do it!
I have realised that God is so big and has so much in store for us that we sometimes dont see it or realise it at all, but i have just watched God do incredible things in me, and i love Him for it!! so to all those out there, if God has told you something trust me it will happen!!! but it can come at a cost and the cost is that of laying die your life for Him!!!!
love you!
Catherineh
Well I just thought i would give an update as to what is happening next in my life and what God has been doing!!! for those of you who dont know i was in Mozambqiue for 2,5 months on the Holy Given Scool, at Iris Ministries.
When i was in Mozambique I had a change in direction as i thought i would maybe go back to Mozambique, but God thought differently!! So i am heading off to America, who would have thought, definately not me!!
You might be wondering what i am going to be doing in America well, i am not 100% sure yet, but i am going to a friend of mine i met in Mozambique, she stays in Oregan, Portland. and we will be waiting on God to tell us where to go and what to do!!but of course i will be going to see a baseball game, thats just a must do thing i have always wanted to do!!! i really feel God is going to give us divine appointments and see so much more of what God is wanting for our lives!!! so its also a faith trip and that to me is such fun! i realised i actually enjoy living on the edge a bit makes life more interesting, who needs bungy jumping when you can have even more fun with Jesus!!!!
so the expected date of departure is the 27 Feb..... still confirming my flights. God did pull off a miracle with my visa, even though i have no job and no reason to come back to SA they still gave me a year visa for the states! PRAISE THE LORD!! The plan is to stay for 6 months, but we will see what God does whenever he wants to do it!
I have realised that God is so big and has so much in store for us that we sometimes dont see it or realise it at all, but i have just watched God do incredible things in me, and i love Him for it!! so to all those out there, if God has told you something trust me it will happen!!! but it can come at a cost and the cost is that of laying die your life for Him!!!!
love you!
Catherineh
Thursday, January 25, 2007
USA Visa God miracle!!!
Well where do I start, if this is just the beginning of the journey then definitely the rest is going to be such fun with Jesus!!!! When the Embassy moved my appointment I was wondering what was happening but was relieved in one way as it seemed it was just a bit much and was just not wanting to be in a rush and needed all my things that they want done correctly. So the Friday I am sitting chatting to a friend of mine who has been to America and applied for visa before, she says Cath just be honest about your intentions to go, because what I just could not get around was proof that I was coming back which to the Embassy is a key area, also the fact that I am unemployed does not help me. But as I was talking to her it was just making sense that I just needed to be honest and completely open about what I want. And also use the Mozambique time as proof that I am now a "missionary" and that travelling places is just what my life is about now. And the fact that I came back to South Africa after being in Mozambique shows that I do have intentions of travelling and coming back home.
So then I needed to also get a photo, they are really specific did not realise it, thought I could just take a picture of myself and print it out. Anyway so I did take a picture of myself and go off to town the one day and now I want to get it printed, I go into this one photo shop, they guy is a bit useless cant really help my I just got frustrated and walked out. So then in the centre of town I stand wondering where can I go to get this printed, so I am wondering around town, my friend says there is one in this one centre, we end up going there I ask the guy can he print my photo out he says their machine is broken, he then asked me what it is for, I tell him for American visa, he says oh, well they used to do the pictures for the American visa's all the time as the embassy used to be close by, so I show him my picture he laughs and says they would never accept that, and says he will take my picture and make sure it's the standard they need. To me this is just little things that God does to make sure my life is just made one step simpler and He is so gracious that He sends me in the right direction even when I don't have a clue where I am going, by the way this photo thing happened Tuesday afternoon at like 3h30 and the guy was gracious enough to do it for me as he says usually I would have to wait a day for it, which would not have been good as my interview was the next morning.
I arrive at the embassy on time but stand in this queue, but sometimes God uses my disability to get me to the front of the queue and so the security guards take me in and sort me out sooner then all the other people, they saw I was walking strangely!!! Anyway I then saw them turning people away because of the wrong size photos, and I just praised Jesus for mine!!! So off we go to the next thing, I give them my documents, the guy says you are unemployed I said I know, so he highlights this fact on the sheet and gives me a number and says wait to be called. So I am sitting in the waiting area, just praying in tongues, and just before I get called I sense these angels that went ahead of me to prepare what was to come. So I went up when they called, now you stand in front of this glass window and speak through a phone to the guy interviewing you, its quiet a guarded place, so the first thing he says to me is so you are unemployed, what have you been doing then, so I told him I was in Mozambique for 3 months on a mission school. Then he wants to know well what am I going to do when I get back to South Africa, so I said I don't know God has not told me yet, so he looks at me and says so when did you get struck by lighting, so I just laugh at him and say why, he is like how can you live like that, so I just am kind of laughing but also knowing that God needs to speak now because I could just talk myself into the wrong thing here, so he says you are a qualified accountant what were you doing before Mozambique, so I tell him I was working with churches and NGO and i felt God tell me to resign and go to Mozambique. In Mozambique I felt him say I should go to America and well this is what I am trying to do, so he looks at me again and says you really got struck by lighting didn't you, He says to me you are a very unusual case, and so we carry on talking about denominations churches, how organisations need help etc. then he says ok well here is the story, we really don't have a category that you fall into(so now I am thinking that he is going to deny me a visa) but I will give you a 1 year visa, under the fact that you seem to be serious about following what God tells you and you proved it by the fact that you quit your job and went to Mozambique, and got struck by lighting, and he is putting on my visa that I work with NGO doing accounting and that what I plan to do when I get back as I need some kind of reason to tell the guys at the airport when they still need to give me access into the country. Then he takes my finger prints tells me I am sweating to much as my hands were sweating, and asks me am I nervous, but I just laugh and say no its hot, but I was nervous a bit but it was such fun because I realised God was so there and helped me speak what I needed to and the guy had fun talking to me as he was amused by my thoughts and way of life. So I guess if I was in the world they would have denied me a visa, but because I have big God on my side, he just opens doors for me and I just have to walk!!!!! Its such fun!!
So then I needed to also get a photo, they are really specific did not realise it, thought I could just take a picture of myself and print it out. Anyway so I did take a picture of myself and go off to town the one day and now I want to get it printed, I go into this one photo shop, they guy is a bit useless cant really help my I just got frustrated and walked out. So then in the centre of town I stand wondering where can I go to get this printed, so I am wondering around town, my friend says there is one in this one centre, we end up going there I ask the guy can he print my photo out he says their machine is broken, he then asked me what it is for, I tell him for American visa, he says oh, well they used to do the pictures for the American visa's all the time as the embassy used to be close by, so I show him my picture he laughs and says they would never accept that, and says he will take my picture and make sure it's the standard they need. To me this is just little things that God does to make sure my life is just made one step simpler and He is so gracious that He sends me in the right direction even when I don't have a clue where I am going, by the way this photo thing happened Tuesday afternoon at like 3h30 and the guy was gracious enough to do it for me as he says usually I would have to wait a day for it, which would not have been good as my interview was the next morning.
I arrive at the embassy on time but stand in this queue, but sometimes God uses my disability to get me to the front of the queue and so the security guards take me in and sort me out sooner then all the other people, they saw I was walking strangely!!! Anyway I then saw them turning people away because of the wrong size photos, and I just praised Jesus for mine!!! So off we go to the next thing, I give them my documents, the guy says you are unemployed I said I know, so he highlights this fact on the sheet and gives me a number and says wait to be called. So I am sitting in the waiting area, just praying in tongues, and just before I get called I sense these angels that went ahead of me to prepare what was to come. So I went up when they called, now you stand in front of this glass window and speak through a phone to the guy interviewing you, its quiet a guarded place, so the first thing he says to me is so you are unemployed, what have you been doing then, so I told him I was in Mozambique for 3 months on a mission school. Then he wants to know well what am I going to do when I get back to South Africa, so I said I don't know God has not told me yet, so he looks at me and says so when did you get struck by lighting, so I just laugh at him and say why, he is like how can you live like that, so I just am kind of laughing but also knowing that God needs to speak now because I could just talk myself into the wrong thing here, so he says you are a qualified accountant what were you doing before Mozambique, so I tell him I was working with churches and NGO and i felt God tell me to resign and go to Mozambique. In Mozambique I felt him say I should go to America and well this is what I am trying to do, so he looks at me again and says you really got struck by lighting didn't you, He says to me you are a very unusual case, and so we carry on talking about denominations churches, how organisations need help etc. then he says ok well here is the story, we really don't have a category that you fall into(so now I am thinking that he is going to deny me a visa) but I will give you a 1 year visa, under the fact that you seem to be serious about following what God tells you and you proved it by the fact that you quit your job and went to Mozambique, and got struck by lighting, and he is putting on my visa that I work with NGO doing accounting and that what I plan to do when I get back as I need some kind of reason to tell the guys at the airport when they still need to give me access into the country. Then he takes my finger prints tells me I am sweating to much as my hands were sweating, and asks me am I nervous, but I just laugh and say no its hot, but I was nervous a bit but it was such fun because I realised God was so there and helped me speak what I needed to and the guy had fun talking to me as he was amused by my thoughts and way of life. So I guess if I was in the world they would have denied me a visa, but because I have big God on my side, he just opens doors for me and I just have to walk!!!!! Its such fun!!
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Love for Everyone!
Hi All!
well time has flown and its nearly time for me to get on a plane and
come back home, i leave here the 8 January. i know that so much of me
just wants to stay but i also know so much of me wants to leave and
pour out Gods love in other places!
I tried a bit to begin to express what this time in Mozambique has
been for me, but at times its so hard to get out of my mouth what God
has done as its deep heart stuff and so showed me that the Christian
life is far more then i could even dream or imagine. but as i walk out
my little life that i have given to him over and over here, wanting
just him to lead me and him to mould me like a jar of clay i trust
that where ever i go from here i will be able to express what God has
done in me here, to all those i meet and come into contact with!
i have leart that my life means nothing unless its laid at the foot of
the cross and Jesus has full control, to the point of giving up
everything for him, whether its hugging a child or giving someone some
food, or smiling at someone who has never seen a smile before, trust
me i saw some interesting things here, especially at the hospital we
went to visit!
the past few days have really been a blessing from God, have been able
to have a break and spend a lot of time on the beach and swimming in
the sea, its hard to get me out the sea, its so warm and wonderful, i
like being a fish, in the sea and also a fish soaking up the Holy
Stream of water from heaven!
i think to share one of the biggest things God did, was the point he
brought me to and showed me that its not about me, its about the body
of christ and about the lost people out there. and how the body of
christ functions together and we are a sign to this walking out of the
body we are to represent the fragrance of christ! its a prophetic walk
i experienced here and will never forget even as i continue to walk it
out!
think thats all i have to say for now, will catch up with you when i
get back to Cape Town.
love
catherine
well time has flown and its nearly time for me to get on a plane and
come back home, i leave here the 8 January. i know that so much of me
just wants to stay but i also know so much of me wants to leave and
pour out Gods love in other places!
I tried a bit to begin to express what this time in Mozambique has
been for me, but at times its so hard to get out of my mouth what God
has done as its deep heart stuff and so showed me that the Christian
life is far more then i could even dream or imagine. but as i walk out
my little life that i have given to him over and over here, wanting
just him to lead me and him to mould me like a jar of clay i trust
that where ever i go from here i will be able to express what God has
done in me here, to all those i meet and come into contact with!
i have leart that my life means nothing unless its laid at the foot of
the cross and Jesus has full control, to the point of giving up
everything for him, whether its hugging a child or giving someone some
food, or smiling at someone who has never seen a smile before, trust
me i saw some interesting things here, especially at the hospital we
went to visit!
the past few days have really been a blessing from God, have been able
to have a break and spend a lot of time on the beach and swimming in
the sea, its hard to get me out the sea, its so warm and wonderful, i
like being a fish, in the sea and also a fish soaking up the Holy
Stream of water from heaven!
i think to share one of the biggest things God did, was the point he
brought me to and showed me that its not about me, its about the body
of christ and about the lost people out there. and how the body of
christ functions together and we are a sign to this walking out of the
body we are to represent the fragrance of christ! its a prophetic walk
i experienced here and will never forget even as i continue to walk it
out!
think thats all i have to say for now, will catch up with you when i
get back to Cape Town.
love
catherine
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