winter has arrived...

Flathead Lake

Well the snow has officially arrived-there is so much of it, it has snowed for like a week straight and doesn't compare to the little bits of snow we get at home, and because its so cold here it actually lasts. I really enjoy it a lot, even though we don't leave the base that much in this weather i still am able to go for walks, and sledding of course. So right now it is American Thanksgiving so over half the base is gone, so it is really empty and quiet here, which is lovely. After 9 weeks straight of working its such a blessing to have a few days off just to relax, sleep in, spend time with friends, and just enjoy beautiful montana.

On Thursday me along with 15 other people went over to a couples house for thanksgiving. They have a beautiful home right on flathead lake-(i will put some pictures up) and we visited, played games, ate a lot of food, watched a movie, it was just such a nice day, and felt like home. Speaking of home, i will be home in three weeks today, and i cannot wait. I am taking the train along with 2 girls that are coming home with me. They are both from Korea and are looking forward to coming to Canada and spending Christmas with my family!

So i have been leaning so much and have officially completed 13 books and am working on Psalms (Each week we go through around 6 Psalms)-so that by the end of the year we will have completed them all. Our last few books were 1 and 2 Corinthians-which i really enjoyed. 1 corinthians was probably one of my favorites and then 2 Corinthians-which is really different then first but still i learnt so much. One of the things i like about doing each book is that we do applications--and these are not things that we are going to do in a year or two, but things that we can do now and here. So it has been really encouraging seeing everyone apply their applications, and for me to, its been a real blessing to take what i have learnt from each book at put it into action.

God has really been speaking to me about my future and what he wants me to do. To be honest i don't know what exactly he wants for me, but i know that he has been saying Breanne you need to let go of everything and give it over to Him. I having been working on giving everything to Jesus-my future and i have always had a picture in my head of where i want to be in the future but God is just like breanne dont worry i have everything under control just trust me and give it all to me. I feel like i have reached the point where i can give God my education and if i meant to go back to University i will, but if not i am really ok with that. Just over a year ago God has said so clearly to me that im going to do missions and i feel like being here is helping me with that, knowing God's word and learning how to interpret.

Reading 1 Corinthians was a bit difficult just because it has lots of hard scriptures that are so often misinterpreted and abused. passages about women-head coverings, marriage, women being silent....things like that. BUt i feel like now i have a much better grasp of those things. It still baffles me as to how much i can learn from just reading about the history and what was happening back around 55AD.

I am so excited that my hunger to read God's word has not gone away, i get so excited and feel priviledged to read the word, to observe, interpret and apply it. It is amazing how each book is different and i learn so much more about God's character. A major theme in 2 Corinthians that i noticed were that Paul was writing about the marks of a true apostle. Ultimately Paul was an amazing apostle and even in his weakness the Lord gave him so much strength and that is my prayer, for me that i will strive to be like, to humble myself completely and when i am weak=because i am weak God will strengthen me so much and i will be able to do good works for Him.

God is just so good, and has and is blessing me so much as I am here with amazing teachers, staff, students, and just his beauty. It is snowing a lot again-as usual i think i am going to take a walk and then later a few of us have volunteered to ring the bell for the salvation army.

Have a great day..miss you all, love you