Praising God anytime anywhere

So Today I was listening to Owl City on deck because I was trying to stay awake cause I was so tired. I was listening to  a couple of there lyrics and I have to say that I love when I hear praises to my King that I never noticed before. So today I was listening and I have to say that they got my prayer pretty right

I am not my own

Have been made new

Please don't let me go

I desperately need you

Cause I am so tired trying to stay awake on deck is so challenging let alone trying to have a positive attitude with all this stress building up from school. God is an amazing God by encouraging me through an amazing little song. I have to say that I love when I have the opportunity to praise him while I work. That truly is blessing from my creator. I thank him every time I think of it.

So today is the day where are supposed to hand in what I like to call our supers-size children's book. We had to make them for our exam... Lets just say my gift is not drawing or art of any kind. Therefore this project wants to make me cry! So what have learned from this book

1.      How to depend on God for strength and Endurance

2.      How to depend on God to help me honour my Authorities

3.      God to see answer to prayer that he has kept me awake all day yesterday

God is so good but let me tell you this kind of stuff takes more time then a regular exam... 12-20 hrs is the averaged that each of my team members worked. It was really cool though how this become a team building time. A lot of us did it together and we helped each other, encouraged each other and had some good laughs as well. I honestly think that this book brought out the best and the worst of all of us and taught us. For some of us it let us experience the feeling of completing an all nighter and for others what it feels like for you body to say "nope time for bed"

I pray that these books will somehow be worth it for the kids and that we will able to use them in Cameroon.

Conclusion of this whole experience: I NEVER WANT TO MAKE A CHILDRENS BOOK IN A WEEK AGAIN!!!!!!!!

God is good and gives perseverance and endurance to those who ask---James 1:2-8

Latching On

So I just came out of Post Exilic Class the last one of the year and my first experience of a pure bible course elective. Conclusion... I got lost alot, learned alot and currently in shock that my year is almost done. Right now I literally wrestling with a paper and trying to get through the last two three major projects so rather then sucoming to my emotional tearful stress i took  a walk attempting to listen to Gods nature in the midst of all the car noise. I talked to God and let him to know that I am uber stressed. Conclusion of that... not much other then a small hint of peace that in time will completely fill my heart. 2 Corinthians (mentioned in my early post) was the passage today that I turned to as well as what Korki was talking about in class in John eleven.

This truth that he spoke of today really hit me and surprisingly gave me some comfort

God number one thing that he longs from his children is faith. He allows his children to go through suffering in order to produce a deepened faith in WHO HE IS.

I take comfort that all I am going through will deepen the relationship that I have with my Creator and

I will soar on the wings of Eagles!

Looking at Jesus

As you probably already know  I was challenged to read the gospels for my devotions. For the longest time I put it off because to try to tackle such big books for me was really challenging especially since there is SO much in there, I had no idea where to start. So about a month ago I decided to read through the book of Mark since it was the shortest it was a good place to start. So I am continuing my adventure through mark reading through it learning about Jesus and who he is and what he done.

A few days ago I was reading Marks version of Jesus walking on water which is actually really different then the other gospels. Mark story places all the focus on Jesus and Peter is not really mentioned. This story for me reminded me and brought to a different light who Jesus is. So first off as everyone knows Jesus is compassionate but here we learn to the extreme. He neglects his own hunger to help people. Jesus loves to be alone and talk to his father. He took specific time out and talked to him. We can learn from that. Jesus is a night hawk. He was out between 3-6am taking a walk on water.....yes Jesus for his evening strolls walks on water. That both made me laugh and I was also amazed. He was walking towards the disciples because they were having great difficulty rowing and he was about to walk passed them when they cried out because they thought it was a ghost. Jesus told them to take faith, courage and to not be afraid. And then the storm and winds were calm. I was kinda confused about why he was going to walk on by and I wonder what Jesus felt like when his best friends thought that he was a ghost. (though the general person doesn't go for a midnight stroll on a lake) so here you see Jesus awesome power. The variety of characteristics that are describe in such a small chapter is incredible and from this small passage I have learned so much about him!

Flag Frenzy!

(read with nationalistic voice sound)

"The national flag should be waved proudly within any nation. Thus is the importance of knowing where the flag originated and what it symbolizes the country that proudly owns it!"

Ok ok so it may not be that dramatic but hey! Its one of those random facts that kinda interesting and could win you some money if you happen to be on a game show with the question. Anyway

So the Cameroonian flag was adopted on May 20, 1975 after Cameroon was officially made a unitary state. This was after Cameroon became independent from France on January 1st 1960.  There have been several  changes in the Cameroonian flag since it was first introduced. At one point there was two yellow stars and now there is only one. The pattern of the flag as well as the colour scheme was based on the French and Ethiopian Flag.

The three colours in the flag green, red and yellow all have a symbolic meaning. The green symbolizes hope of a happy future and lush vegetation of the tropical forests which are in south Cameroon. The red represents unity and independence and the yellow colour stands for prosperity and the savannas that are in northern Cameroon. Yellow can also represent the idea that the sun is the source of Cameroon's happiness. The star symbolizes the unity of the country.  The flag of Cameroon represents the diversity that Cameroon has is a very good representation of its culture as well.