Bethel is fantastic already

This morning was the third service I attended and they just keep getting better. I went to service last weekend with my mom and Kris Vallotton spoke. It was really good and totally applicable to my current situation. He was talking about how David defeated Goliath and how he had to prepare to do that. He also mentioned that one often has to fend off his own brothers before defeating his own giant. (David had to deal with his brother's unbelief before he could approach and finally kill Goliath) You can listen to these messages online at ibethel.org.

Friday night before Holly got here I went to their Friday night revival service and was rocked again, almost to tears, but I held it together. :) Someone named Paul was preaching and he was telling his testimony about how he and his family moved to Redding 6 years ago during the same week as 9/11 (which happened to be the week he was preaching). Anyway, he was talking about how they didn't know if they would get out of the country on time, they only had 2 suitcases each, but they were taking this bold step for God. It was so good, I'm not doing it any justice. But then, he asked all of us who were in the same position, people who had laid stuff down, laid securities down, and perhaps endured criticism from others, to stand up. He proceeded to pray the most beautiful prayer over us. It was great.

Then today, Pastor Bill (have to get used to calling him this-I always just say Bill) was back. (He was quarntined last week for Hepatits A.) It was another amazing message on faith. And then one of the most dramatic kind of in your face altar calls I've seen. It was cool. I'd type it all out, but it would turn into a book.

After service Holly and I stood in line to register for class. It's a good thing we dressed for the occassion because they took our pictures. My admin self was re-organizing the process a bit, but other than that it was good. I even had some friendly banter with one of the volunteers about OSU and Michigan. The whole process took about an hour and a half, but we've already perused through our binders. :)

Okay post is long enough already, but I'm sure there will be more to come. I didn't even talk about our electives yet!