The journey here

I arrived in India four days ago safely! The trip here was alot of fun. After a teary goodbye I set off into the wild blue yonder! I was kind of struggling with fear of the unknown and worrying about the details, but God really showed me how able he is to take care of our needs whenever and whatever they are. Along the way he sent me many people to encourage me. I ended up having the attitude of, "Wow God is so huge." When I stopped in Denver, a random guy came up to me in the airport and told me he overheard me talking about where I was going in the Spokane airport, and he said he would pray for me and really confirmed that what I was doing would be a blessing and to follow my heart and take courage. Then when I got on the plane going to New York, I was seated next to two West African missionaries! It was a blast talking to them and they really encouraged me to enjoy this season of life and know God better than I ever have at home. Then when I arrived in New York, my taxi driver was from Calcutta, and he was so excited that I was going to his home country. He made it his mission to get me to the airport on time even though my flight was over an hour late. (I realize I'm writing really slopily and horrible grammar but I have like no time and the internet might go out at any second). So yeah. And since I've been here, we've done nothing but have fun and enjoy eachother. I have 4 roommates, and 12 girls in my hall total. They are all so sweet and welcoming. There are 30 people in my creative discipleship school and we had our first class this morning on hearing God's voice. It was really inspiring. I learned just to be sober minded and to never get caught up in seeking the voice and not the one behind the voice. I realize that makes no sense out of the context of the lesson but yeah it was about keeping Jesus at the center, especially during the prophetic expression. The program that I'm doing teaches that as artists, we have the capacity to be prophetic by listening to God and using our gift as a tool to share His heart with people. So that's what I mean by prophetic. It's kind of a word that makes me think of living in the clouds, but I'm learning that it's actually just normal and God desires to have everything in our lives reflect Him, especially things we create. blah blah blah okay so life here is basically the opposite of America. There are bugs in my bed and we bathe with buckets and flush the toilet with buckets. But its so liberating! I'm loving the simplicity of it. It's just like being at summer camp for 9 months. Also- its in the jungle. Very tropical and humid- so gorgeous. I wake up to the songs of very large crazy birdies in palm trees outside my window! yay!