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" When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord, your God,
and the priests, the Levites, bearing it,
than you shall set out from your place and go after it ...
That you may know the way by wich you must go,
for you have not passed this way before "
Joshua 3:3-4, NKJV
A friend of mine shared a revelation she had with me which was about the fish among the sea. The Lord showed her how he has made many kinds of sea creatures that survive at different levels within the ocean. Some live off the shore, occasinnally submerged by the waves, others haven't even been discovered since they dwell at the very depths of the ocean floor. She then told me that the Lord pointed out he how the fish of the shallow shore were not made to survive in the very depths of the sea. God then shared how the creatures at unknown depths were designed to live and survive only in the darkness of the deep. They have ears to hear and eyes to see within the darkness and cannot live or survive in the shallowness of the shore.
My friend then opened up this analogy to me. When we step out in faith we might only submerge our ankles within the vast greatness and immeasurable depth of our Lord and Savior. But when we let go completely and let God take us past our own understanding and how we were taught by "religion and tradition" He can take us and change us to live in the depth of who He is.
When this occurs we cannot live the shallowness of Him, it is not enough we won't survive. He is faithful to take us when we are willing and He is faithful to keep us there within the depths of His glory.
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before God made anything at all and is the supreme over all creation.
Colossians 1:15, NLT
I just wanted to keep in touch with everyone since the last news you received from me was in September. I was wondering working in the Middle East for a hospital wich will happen in His timing not mine. I do long to go but i do know that the Lord is doing an intense work within my very being right now wich i'm sure is for preparation and equipping for the future He has for me. It has been a hard season since I have arived home in the States. The Lord has taken me to a new and unknown place with him, it is not to be based on feelings, or emotions or anything of myself. It is just being who I am and resting and walking completely in Him.
He will not let you stumble and fall
the one who watches over you will not sleep.
The Lord himself watches over you !
the Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
Psalm 121:3,5 - NLT
For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him.
Philippians 2:13
The Lord has placed it upon my heart to lead a women's study through the Aglow ministry. It is such a new place for me to be a leader since I have also arranged a prayer meeting at my church for all who want to come and intercede for our pastor, church, congregation and community. I don't know "how" to do anything, I just pray that the Holy Spirit takes charge of it all and I will listen and be obedient. I am also excited to see that so much of the Body of christ these days are partaking in a wolrd-wide, nation-wide prayer and fasting. God is calling His church back unto Himself. What an exciting time to be alive and serving the Lord !
And now, may the Lord of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
equip you with all you need for doing his will.
May he producce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, all that is pleasing to him.
Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting covenant, signed with his blood.
To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrew 13:21-21, NLT
I am actually praying about leaving the hospital job that i am currently employed at here in Denver and get a job with a travel agency for nurses and surgical techs. I am getting the informations and application in the mail anytime now. This would mean that I would have the opportunity to be relocated in another state for a period of 3 to 6 months. I choose where I want to go and they set up all the travel arrangements and set me up in an apartment. (It sounds to good to be true). I am seeking God's face about this job. I need to know that I am released from the ministries I am involved with here in Denver. I ask that you all lift this up to God in prayer with me friends, I need clear direction from Him. thank you !!
Safe in His arms. Nickole.
Hi everyone!
I am so excited about this web page, aren't you? If so lets all use it, okay
What's up in this mug? First of all when I flew back to Denver, CO I had my parents and my best friends waiting for me, it was great. I received confirmation about living in Denver from my friends. I had a house to live in, a church to get involved with, and a car to drive when I arrived home. They only thing missing was a job, which is important here in America.
It took about a month for me to get a job here in Denver even though there is a shortage of Surgical Assistants. The paperwork process was what took the longest. I accepted a job position at a trauma hospital in Labor and Delivery. I help in natural and surgical births. Most of the deliveries we do are natural which is great but I miss being involved in surgery. I am waiting on a job offer from Lutheran Medical Center, where I used to be employed with, they have a full time surgical technologist position where I can be apart of all sorts of surgery. I trust God to open and close the right doors.
Besides work I do have a life. I am helping start a young (late teens to 30 years of age) Aglow. Aglow is an international organization for women which helps reach the lost and disciples women. We have a heart of intercession for the 10/40 window for the Muslim women. I am excited to be apart of what God is doing among women and we have a core group of about 9 women. This Aglow is the first within the state of Colorado that is focused toward the younger woman and the issues we deal with daily. I am planning and saving money to attend the international Aglow conference in November of this year in Orlando, Florida. Women from all over the world will gather and worship God.
I have recently joined a worship band. We are called Trinity which is from the name of the church we attend Trinity Christian Fellowship. It has been a lot of fun and also it has been challenging for me since I do not have lots of practice singing in a worship team. But I love to worship God so when we practice or perform I just focus on Jesus and thanks for the Holy Spirit He helps me sing in tune.
Barbara Tietz has just left the Phase II here in Denver, CO. I didn't get to see here doing her school since she was always busy doing her school work but she is coming back in August to be a YWAM leader here at the Denver YWAM base for a year. I am happy to be close to people from our DTS.
I also received an email just yesterday from my Esther Fassler. She has a three week holiday coming up the end of July and she is planning to fly out to see me. I am so happy. (I want all of you to know you are all welcome anytime to stay with me I have a 4 bedroom house I am sharing with 2 other people so we have room.)
I need to share the all of you that Oliver Gemperle, Regula, and Ursula are planning a three or four day camp in the middle of the Swiss Alps for all the October 1998 dts students. It will start around August 12 till the 16. They will go hiking and show that lovely place to everybody, take pictures and speak Swiss German. To stay there it should not be so expensive. Ursula will organize something in a typical Swiss house because she works there. If anyone can go you should do it. Unfortunately I am unable to travel at the moment but maybe next year.
Well I love you all and hope to hear from you soon. Keep your eyes on Jesus.
Love,
Nickole
Hi everyone!
You are important and of value to God. You are of immense value to every other person. There is no other human being in the whole of creation that is exactly like you, or who is more important than you are. If God helps you that there is nothing you cannot do.
Can you believe that it has been seven months since our October DTS finished? Did everyone receive their letter they wrote to themselves? I did and it was inspiring to read, I even questioned who actually wrote it, what fire for Jesus. Even though I didn't write every detail of what the Lord's vision for my life is I have held onto it since I have gotten back home.
A few people within our DTS know the vision I received when I was in Africa but not all. I have had words before I came to DTS that I am called to the nations and even to closed perverse countries, Arab countries. The Lord actually birthed that vision into my heart as I was in Africa. I did not write about my vision but about how He had provided for me as I was in Africa. The letter was exciting to read and actually even convicted me in some ways also, anyone else feel that way?
I have been lucky since I have had contact with several people from our DTS. First it was spending time with Barbara at the end of March. It was great to take a trip with her through the Rocky Mountains here in Colorado. Then just recently Esther Fassler from Switzerland came to visit me. The timing was perfect for me since I had a week off work in
between my old and new job.
The day after Esther flew in we got to see the band DELIRIOUS, who are an upbeat Christian band from England. As we waited in line for the doors to open for the show we ran into Jodie Evans from Arkansas! God is so good for divine meetings, isn't He? We
also came across Mark, who is from Switzerland and happens to attend the same church as Esther. He served on the Anastasis also when we were there; he worked in Engineering as a short termer. It was a happy little reunion for all of us. The show was incredible and God was glorified that was for sure. Within that same week we got to travel to Colorado Springs and see the sites.
Since I have been back in America the hardest thing for me to adjust to has been work. I had a fear of rushing back into the high stress load of surgery so I took a position on the Labor and Delivery floor thinking it wouldn't be so demanding, I was wrong. Unfortunately I did not enjoy working with laboring mothers and newborn babies. I was
trained in college only to work within the operating room and not the bedside. Well I quickly found out that the bedside is not for me and I do not desire to become a registered nurse. After three long months of working on that unit of the hospital I finally decided to get out and go back into surgery where my heart is. I got rehired at a hospital I used to work for in 1997-98 as a Certified Surgical Technologist.
Within the first week at my new/old job at Lutheran Medical Center I came acress a wonderful Philippine lady named Tarcilla. I shared with her about my trip to West Africa and she talked about her home country.
She has only lived in the U.S.A. for three years. Her husband is an American and they met when they were in Saudi Arabia while she worked in a hospital there. My heart rose with such excitement to talk about the Middle East, I told her that is where I want to go. She said the hospital she worked for has a lot of American and Canadian employees that work there. It is a English speaking hospital. I asked her is they hire Certified Surgical Techs; if they honor my education; she confirmed that they did. I was so shocked to hear about this opportunity. I have been wondering how I was going to get into a closed country like Saudi Arabia since you cannot go as a labeled missionary. If you claim to be a Christian you are marked for death. God has just shown me the key to get into the Middle East.
I will meet Tarcilla's sister next month who is a practicing nurse at that same hospital. She is coming to America to visit her Tarcilla. I just want to make a personal connection and go from there. I was so amazed to see a door open for me to go to the Middle East. I thought it would be 20 years from now when I am older and more mature in the Lord. By saying that it reminded me with a scripture from Jeremiah which I received many times within the last year, "AH, SOBEREIGN LORD," I SAID,"I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SPEAK; I AM ONLY A CHILD." BUT THE LORD SAID TO ME,"DO NOT SAY,"I AM ONLY A CHILD; YOU MUST GO TO EVERYONE I SEND YOU TO AND SAY WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM, FOR I AM WITH YOU AND WILL RESCUE YOU," DECLARES THE LORD.
I also felt as if the Lord was saying to me that He is coming soon and much needs to be done. THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, "THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, THEREFORE, TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD." Matthew 9:37-38
The other key is the ministry that is in store for me. I believe it will be through a international women's ministry called Aglow. They do have underground ministries within the Middle East, although I do not know where. It will be a divine appointment for me to connect with these women. I am attending the International Aglow conference this November in Orlando, FL and I expect God to place the right people along my path. It is exciting to see the puzzle pieces connect as I continue to walk by faith and not sight though this.
I do want to thank all of you for praying for my best friends who are married, Joshua and Tamara. Would you continue to pray as they have seperated from one another and expecting their first child. God needs to do a deep healing in both of them. Pray that the Lord would give me wisdom as a close friend though all of this. Thank you so much. I PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL TO WIN THE PRIZE FOR WHICH GOD HAS CALLED ME HEAVENWARD IN CHRIST JESUS. Philippians 3:14
I pray for all of you that the Lord of the harvest continues to enrich you with wisdon as you walk with Him daily. Take care and keep intouch.
Safe in His Arms,Nickole