Melody's thoughts

Wow, training went so fast, we only have one more week of speakers! It is so crazy to think about. I have so much planned for when i go home.
God is just doing so many amazing things in my life and the team. I can't put it all in words and especially not in the limited Internet time I am given.
If I put everything that God has been teaching me the past week it is SELFLESS. Just how I need to put my own wants and needs down at the feet of Jesus and put my team first and those I am servin'. I'm learning how to Suck it up and serve God. It really is a challenge. Just in little things like not always sitting shotgun, letting others go before me at meal times, shorting my computer time so others can get on. I also noticed how I always talk about me, and I am really starting to sit down and LISTEN. Because I know I'll be doing a lot of that in the next nine months while in Israel.
Another thing God is teaching me is to "risk more then others think is safe". Which is what our speaker Steve shank was talking about. I always play it safe and do what I know, but I have to go up and beyond what I am use to. And Heck I might die in Israel, I know it is not a safe place to be. Just recently a guy was killed for his faith. But I am going to do what God is calling me to.
O snap, I ran out of time again! Well, I'll go work on my monthly news letter that way you guys can all see pictures. O, and use facebook, I have most of my pictures from training on there. Yes, 200 pics!

Have a great day and I hope to see some of you next week.

Wow, it has been awhile since I updated! Sorry!
Life at HDC is good. I'm learning so much, but yet ready to go home for a week and the go to Israel.
I have only two weeks left here which is a scary thought! I am starting week nine of training! It is amazing how time flys.
I leave for camp hebron soon and thought I would give a short update on what God is teaching me. But I am doing it more for a selfish reason because I am too lazy to write in my journal so I thought it would be easier to type it out.
God is teaching me to love more. Love doesn't think in terms of how little but how much I can give. My natural instinct is to take the easy route and save myself work. But God is teaching me how to give all of me to things I work at. When you give your all there is this feeling that you've done something amazing!
(o, pooy this is going to be a bad post because I can't think of words that say what I am feeling.)
Love is extravagant in the price it is willing to pay, the time it is willing to give, the hardship it is willing to endure, and the strength it is willing to spend.
Uhh I am out of Internet time! Shoot!
Miss ya all! Really I do. Thanks for all the letters and encouragement. And if I don't see you in two weeks I'll see you in ten months!