Wow. Today has been amazing! And yesterday too! I wanted to blog last night, but we were so exhausted and needed to rest. So...here's a bit of an update.
Last night we met up with YWAM (Youth With a Mission) London. Its only their second week (Its a 6 month Discipleship Training Program) so its a great time for us to shadow them a bit. Well, last night was a bit laid back and we met them for salsa. yes...salsa! They use it as a ministry at Notting Hill Community Church. Every Monday there's a salsa class for whoever wants to come (and its legit...the teacher, Joanna is from Argentina! Her and her husband are YWAM staff). We had a BLAST in the salsa class last night. After the class, during the cool down, JoAnna prayed. It was just so cool to see how God can be in everything ( I mean...He's already there, anyway right?). It was really moving.
This morning, we were able to join YWAM again for their class. We were a bit late because we are still figuring out the tube (it can be quite confusing). So we sat down and talked with the Jose, the hosue leader of YWAM London before the next session began. He told us his story and how God brought him and his family to London...which was of course amazing. Then we were able to go to the YWAM class. Today they began reviewing the YWAM values. I can admit that I was MOST nervous about YWAM. I'm not sure why. I think because it sounded too good to be true. Many of you know I have many different passions...all of them pretty strong. (Singing, Spanish, Psychology, Missions, Photography,Art,). Can you believe that YWAM London has ALL of these things for me?!? God is so cool. I used to pray, "God...why have you given me a passion for all of these different and unrelated things? How will they ever fit together?" Well, if Ben and I decide to go through the DTS this September or in the near future, I will be able to use all of these gifts. Many of the LONDON YWAM staff speak Spanish. They have a focus on serving through art and music. They are missional. They are visionary. Ah! Its just so amazing! I was just praising the Lord all day long today for answering so many questions I've had on my heart....some for awhile.
And I've never heard Ben interact as much as he did today with the things discussed today in the YWAM class. He also feels strongly that YWAM London seems a good fit for us. Ben and I had so much conversation today about the Lord and where He is leading us and how we feel so confirmed and encouraged by today (and the past few days). Its so very exciting!
Tomorrow we'll hang out with YWAM some more and get to participate in the afternoon activities. I just love the people we have met there and the passion they have for the Lord and for His work. They are very visionary and supportive of Gods work. Its truly amazing.
Sooo another amazing thing...we met with the pastor and his wife from Reality London, a new church plant here in London. God had JUST opened the door for us to meet with them only a week before we left to come here! He is so good. Ben and I have been attending Restoration Church, in Nashville, and Ben Webster (a steward at Restoration), told us about Upstream Collective and gave us some contacts. (Usptream Collective is a ministry. Its people who have a heart for Europe and move to Europe and have regular jobs but live missionaly, or they already live in Europe) 2 days later we were skyping with a guy named Larry McCrary, who is highly involved in Upstream Collective and a missionary in Germany. He gave us the contact for Reality London. We were actually able to attend Reality London's church service this past Sunday and L-O-V-E-D it! It was really cool to see God moving in this city.
Anyway, today we met with them for lunch. We shared our heart with them, and their heart with us. We prayed together, and they gave us SO much insight on what it actually looks like (and what it takes) to move to London and what its like to live here as missionaries (or as workers living missionaly). It is seriously such a God thing that we ever met them in the first place and we are so blessed to have had such an amazing day today. So much was answered for us.
To top off this wonderful day...Ben and I ate at my favorite resturaunt in London. Food for Thought. Its vegetarian, quircky, and amazing!!! We were able to just talk and process a lot of things from today. Needless to say, its been a good day. :)
Again, thank you SO much for your prayers and support. We feel them around us. See you in a few days!
Tara
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