Arriving here on Sunday, I was filled with many emotions. Some of the emotions where being scared about the unknown and about my knee and back pain hindering the ministry, excited to see what God was going to do with the unknown, joyful that I was following His will, sad that I was leaving friends and family behind. I have to admit that I doubted several times on Sunday if I made the right choice with going on TREK. But on Monday, as Steve Klassen (the founder of TREK and the MARK Centre (where we live throughout training)) was speaking on how God spoke to him one day while he was running a marathon, and a man shouted out "You're looking good 2004, you're looking strong, keep going!" He felt like God was speaking through that stranger, and while Steve said that sentence, I got chills all over my body. I felt like God was saying that to me at that point: "You're looking good Joanna, you're looking strong, keep going!" And that was it. I knew I had made the right choice with coming on TREK. God has spoken to me in so many ways. But I think the most special moment was during worship at Vespers (Tuesday night worship at Columbia Bible College) as I intertwined my fingers I realized that when I've intertwined my fingers with someone else, whether it was family or friend, it was an intimate moment to a certain extent. Those moments were and are special. And I felt Jesus telling me that's all He wanted. To intertwine His fingers with mine. I quickly realized that I make my relationship with Jesus Christ so complicated and He just wants to intertwine His fingers with mine.
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Very cool way of understanding His desire--glad to read you are doing well.
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