Blessings from God.

Blessings from God

God has blessed me so much in this DTS community: I account friends, DTS leaders, and YWAM friends.

We were going to Burundi and Rwanda, in Africa, for two and half months for outreach. I had no money, but God provided so amazingly. A week before that, preparation week, we had giving day where everyone prays to God asking, “What can I give?” and “to whom?” One of the students prayed and God told her to give money to someone and that someone was me. When we were giving, she gave me an envelope, I hesitated to open but finally I did. It was £100(R1500) inside. I almost collapsed and the second student gave me £25(R350). I just stood there not knowing what to say to God. He is so amazing. He says in Jeremiah 29:11;”For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give hope and future.” I was so excited and my mind was racing as I recalled how good God gave abundantly. Again I had discovered that when I trust Him, His way is far better than I could ever imagine.

I love music so much, like crazy, and in the day before giving I thought maybe someone would give me an IPod but I just chased the thought away. Amazingly one of my DTS leaders gave me a piece of paper that said, “Your Father knows that you love music; by Monday I’ll give you an IPod”. I again didn’t know what to say to God. He is truly amazing.

God is awesome: after two days I went to Belfast City center to do some shopping and was looking for the cheapest laptop (if I couldn’t find a laptop I wanted to buy a camera.) I went up and down looking for the cheapest one but found nothing. I saw cheap cameras but decided not to buy any. I met one of my DTS friends Megan and told her that I didn’t find laptops but saw a camera and she asked, “Is the laptop your priority or camera?” I said, “Laptop” she said, “Why don’t you save for a laptop then?” I replied, “That’s a good idea.”
That afternoon we went to a party, that was hosted by the England DTS and I met a girl named Pendo, from Tanzania. As we were enjoying the party she showed me her outreach photos. During the conversation she asked me if I had a camera, my answer was, “No.” She was like, “take mine.” I shockingly replied, “You must be crazy girl you will need this camera” She answered “I needed this camera for outreach, but now outreach is over so take it. If I need a camera again, I’ll just buy it.” I didn’t believe it and even now I still can’t believe how God works. He is indescribable.

In this time I’ve realized that God is uncontainable and incomparable. During that week we were walking to the YWAM office. As we were walking Megan realized her family has an extra laptop that isn’t being used. She said “I can ask my Dad if you can have it because no one uses it”. She talked to her dad and he said “he’ll send it with her sister when she comes to Belfast”. I am so blessed by God. Philippians 4:19 says; “God gives where he finds empty hands” and in Psalms 37:4 it says ’’ Be delighted with the Lord. Then he will give you all your heart desires”.