A better day

I have spent much of the day in prayer - like probably about 8 or 9 hours now!!! I've been on the computer during some of the time, turning my collection of graduation ceremony photos into collages, which I posted on Facebook. It's funny how God has given me a creative side to my personality. Anyway, here are the nine collages I put together.

Graduation Ceremony

Well last night was the graduation ceremony and I was feeling utterly miserable because mum was just awful the day before and Julz had some work function on and Kristin didn't make it. I was just feeling so sad because mum's words really hurt me. Everyone else was so excited and all the locals had their supportive families. The internationals have loving families at home, so none seemed discouraged. I kind of wish I hadn't attended. I only went because Kristin's parents said they would come. Bless their precious souls.

Anyway, I forced myself to attend and then there wasn't a gown or hat for me because somehow Gail had missed putting mine in. That didn't actually bother me. Anyway, then we got all dressed up and took silly photos. I told a few people that I felt like i'd been punched in my gut and shared my grief. Then during the praise and worship all these tears kept pouring out of my eyes. It didn't help that I was in the very front row!!! I think the guest speaker (Mark Conner) noticed, but no one else seemed to pay any attention. It was so hard pushing them back in my eyes and holding myself together. Then we did the "walk up on the stage individually" bit and had our photos taken with the guest speaker. I couldn't help feeling down.

Afterwards, Kristin's faithful parents accompanied me to the Greaves room - we were the first to arrive. I introduced them to everyone as my adopted parents ... well not really that many people. I did, however, introduce them to Ps Barbara, who is my favorite teacher and I told her what had happened the previous day. She told me she had to withdraw from her mother completely because she would have destroyed her with her words. She suggested I might need to as well, and get on with my life and focus on what God has for me, not on trying to fix my family's problems. True, just so hard letting go ...

Anyway, here's a few piccies from last night...

Final day at college

Someone snapped these of me on the last day ... funny thing is I must have been half asleep because I only very vaguely recall having my photo taken.

Graduation Dinner

This is me with three of my gorgeous girlfriends - Sarah, Kellie and Natalie. I had the privilege of doing Sarah's hair, so I did it up just like mine with different coloured flowers. She looked stunning and got loads of compliments :-) The final photo sums up what Bible college is like - haha .... lots of too friendly African guys! Linzi and I are in here with Douglas, Didier and Isaiah.

My Helper, the Holy Spirit

Yday, Ps Judy asked me to draft a letter for Ps Margaret to an elderly gentleman who has just donated a huge collection of books to the church for its library. She said the man was being moved into a nursing home and simply could not bring the books because there is no room, so it was a hard thing for him to let go of them. Therefore, she wanted a very warm thank you letter. I really didn't know what to say, other than thanks mate ... but I laid it down before God and asked for divine guidance in what to write. I was amazed at what came out .... It was yet another reminder than I can do all things in Christ!

Dear Mr XXX

Thank you for the exquisite and vast collection of Word of Faith books that you kindly donated to Victory Life Centre recently. You have kept these books in pristine condition and we deeply appreciate your very generous gift.

We are absolutely delighted to receive them for our library and are excited about their potential impact on many students' lives who attend our Bible College. Our students are hungry for the Word of God and passionate about deepening their relationship with God. These books will be an invaluable tool for planting many seeds in their hearts. Our students are our future leaders. They are ambassadors for Jesus Christ and we thank you, in advance, for the contribution you will make to their lives.

Thank you kindly.

Warmest regards