Back from SummerCon and on to Taiwan

Hey friends,

Like Jeanette, I just got back from SummerCon yesterday evening. I was also in prayer sem. There weren't any fireworks, which I was excited to see from hearing stories of past prayer sems, but I still learned so much. Not only about prayer, but a lot about myself and the dynamics of my relationship with God. One thing I felt God was challenging me to do is to develop a discipline of Sabbath and creating space just to be with God and let him speak to me. The structure of prayer sem was incredibly different from the Mark studies. There was a lot of unstructured time (with reading assignments) that created space for me to do whatever I needed to do with God. And it was so good. Which is why I hope I can figure out a sustainable way to incorporate Sabbaths into my summer and next year at Stanford.

God also convicted me of a lot of things that had come up this last year, but I had shelved because I didn't want to deal with it or was too distracted by school. The space allowed me to rest and gave me energy to do spiritual work and deal with these things.

Back in the 'real world' for less than 24 hours, I feel very much thrown back into the busyness of life. I'm leaving for Taiwan tomorrow night (Tuesday morning), and there is so much to do before then. I'm a bit scared that everything I learned will be undone if I can't apply it these couple days.

I'll be in Taiwan for 8 weeks for an internship at the zoo and then Korea for a few days. I'll update you when I settle in there since I'll be quarantined for a week with nothing to do anyway :P

Claudia

PS Kevin and Steve should post cuz I know you guys have really good testimonies. Yes you did share with everyone at SumerCon, so you should share with our class too!