Hi everyone – November and December has been very busy months for us. In October we attended Janey and Zeb’s wedding in Ventura California.  It was a fun and beautiful time.  This year, we have had the fun of celebrating two (2) Thanksgiving’s – US and Canada.  It was a fun time and we had turkey dinners with many different friends from all over the world.  School continues to be a blessing in our lives.  The pace continues to be intense but the Spirit is teaching so much to all of the students. November was a tough month as the homework continued to increase and we are into month three (3).  I think all the students are looking forward to the three (3) week break at Christmas.  God is good and we are continuing to learn so much.  Every time you feel your capacity to learn is at maximum more nuggets come!! God is really renewing all of our minds and hearts to understand the calling He has for each person.  His love is intense and we are really seeing that the field is ready for harvest. 

In November, we continued to work on our identity in Christ.  It’s about God’s presence, building on it and walking in it all day long. We are beginning to understand that signs that make us wonder are good!!  We need to think about finishing this race well!  We need to embrace the season and thrive in the process.  Dayna and I are determined to embrace each day and each week with the thought of finishing this journey well.  We are all in a process our entire life and we have determined that like Nehemiah we need to build the wall that God has placed in front of us – don’t look to the right or left but just deal with the wall in front.  It is so easy to get distracted by someone else’s wall. We have seen in our past how the enemy wants us distracted from our wall by putting someone else’s wall beside us that seems to be bigger.  Human nature gets us focussed on that wall. We are learning to deal with the wall in front and letting our creator deal with the rest.  We are constantly reminded that we cannot rush the process and recognize the season we are in.  Seems like we all want the end but we do not like the process.  In Bethel, with all the prophetic words spoken over us it is easy to look at the end (prophetic declaration) – the problem is that there is a process that you have to go thru to get there.  A good example of this is a truck pulling a trailer and the driver goes too fast around the corner.  The trailer jack knives and actually ends up going faster than the cab out of control.  God’s process allows us to be in control and not miss being able to carry and lead what God is giving us. 

Bill continues to speak to the students about the value of thankfulness. It is the most undervalued trait.  Thankfulness is humble in nature.  Thankfulness is such a Kingdom principle. It is confidence in who God is and His nature. Thankfulness can break the Spirit of Division amongst the churches and I believe break issues over a Nation. 

Chris O spoke to us about evangelism and spoke about the world population of 7 billion people.  He said that there have been several recent prophetic messages that God is getting ready for a 1 billion soul harvest.  This means that the body of Christ must work together.  That the evangelist must embrace the church and for years the evangelist was a long ranger and not really tied to the churches.  Evangelists must embrace the world and the church at the same time. 

In late November, Bill spoke to us about family life.  He said that God was number 1 and there was no number 2! God takes all we do personal.  He said that pastors have always struggled with doing so much in the Kingdom but allowing there families to be stretched and strained.  He told the students that this is unacceptable.  That we are to do unto the Lord with people in our church but also our families and when we spend time with our spouses or kids it is being done unto the Lord.  Everything we do then becomes an expression of love to God.  Bill stressed to the students that they need to capture their lives and make it (all of life) an offering unto the Lord.  We always need time to rest in ministry and that becomes a priority.  If we don’t rest we will loose everything.  He told us that when we come home from our jobs we need to say a simple prayer – “you are not off work yet” (good advise for all of us).  We need to remember that we are loved by God and we are the apple of His eye and not His PC!!  We need to speak words of affirmation, love and destiny over our spouses and kids!!  John the Baptist’s destiny was spoken over him when he was 8.  He didn’t know it but the words were spoken and He walked into that destiny.  Don’t wait for your kids to know the Lord to teach them – show them how to pray and worship before they come to know Him.