DELHI woot woot

We are staying in Delhi, which is quite an experience!!. Our flight was awesome, I enjoyed all 16 hours or flying time. We watched movies (which was my 2ND movie to see in 3months) played games and laughed. We had s few turbulence but all in all it rocked! We left Sunday at3pm and arrived Monday at

After our eventful bus trip we unloaded our luggage in a main street because the bus could not fit down the tiny street we live off of. As we walked down this street i had my first run in with the auto traffic in Delhi. Literally it was a "Run In" the car just beeped its horn and proceeded to squish its way between me and the other parked cars hitting my luggage and squishing it against the other parked car. Honestly now I am grateful that the driver decided to go slowly or else i might have lost my luggage ha ha... I can now laugh at it, but in the moment I was so shocked and a bit outraged. After that we we shown our living quarters... (God answered my prayers) we are definitely living with true India accommodations. I have come to love our room, however the first night was a bit of an overwhelming adjustment.It dose totally remind me of the orphanage in Annie ha ha ill post pictures of it soon! God is totally awesome though and I am so grateful we have beds and a door that locks :) But seriously it has now become our home and we love it and it makes me so humbled to think of all I have back in the states.

On the second day in India we had awesome food cooked for us, and we found out that the cook who prepared the food would be out cook for the entire outreach! We are all so excited about that, it was sooo Delicious. It was strange to have left on a sunday and then go to bed and wake up on a tuesday morning. I am greatful though that my body adjusted so quickly. God is good! Jai Mashiki


Ill tty (all) soon!

Nomesta, Tada (goodbye)

Week #7

Week 7 2009 DTS!

I am looking back on the seventh week in my DTS and we had the privilege of being taught by a man named Allen McBryan. Al has began to really inspire to search Gods word and to STUDY really STUDY the word.

During my Discipleship training school I was told there would most likely be a week where I would be challenged in my faith and even have moments of doubt, For me Al's week was that time for me. Obviously I have remained in my faith because I am still here! However it was almost refreshing to be challenged in my views and really look deeply into my beliefs and know beyond a shadow of doubt that Jesus is the son of the the one and only God. I have found an Independence from people and their views and a dependency solely on God. Not to say I do not respect my leaders or treasure words they speak, However I now know if the whole world turned its back on me, I would be OK because God remains and this is the first time I was able to say this.

While teaching Allen dealt with a lot of "hot christian topics" as some may say. Such as the fall of man and weather or not God planned that and if so why would God put a tree in a garden just to tempt us? As well as predestination and the classic controversial views of Calvinism vs. Arminianism. It was amazing to biblically see our options but not be told what is the right conclusion. We were challenged to go and using biblical reference and research to come to our own conclusion, and realize that even in our differences we still are all brother and sisters in the Lord. By the end of the week I was crying tears of joy in total amazement of God and His goodness and I feel sound and sure of my faith and though I don't have all the answers, I have a better confidence in searching out the answers to my questions. I have a picture of me and Allen but I was not able to upload it yet. I will try to add it in next time I am at a computer where I am able to do so :)

until next time ~ Peace <3>

One-ness with Christ !

This past week we have been learning about the relationship and one-ness with Christ and what that means to us. Its been crazy I never knew the extent I could go in my relationship with Christ (As if i even know now lol). I am not even sure if I can explain this newness with Christ but ill try.

I said while talking to a friend " I can now understand how God can do miracles and how He can move mountains and that with this new closness He and I have, He could actually use me. To come into this abundant love relationship with Christ being the center is breath taking yet so humbling at the same time. As I come to this place and knowing more clearly about who I am as a woman of God I begin to understand the relevance and the beautiful significance of Jesus prayer "and the glory which you gave me I have given them, that they may be one just as we are one"( john 17:22). I am so grateful for this time learning and growing my life has been forever changed.

At times like these I could fully express entirely how I feel. However all I can end with is that the one-ness and love relationship I am pursuing with God ,overflows and pours itself into ever area of my life and the peace and constant presence of God . With that closness, everything else He requires is a joy and seems to fall into place its beautiful. This type of Christianity/relationship with my creator is totally epic to say the least.

Be encouraged there is ALWAYS more with JESUS !

Rebekah Contarino

INDIA is the place to be

I am just making the official announcement that I am going to INDIA! there was some confusion on the matter so I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that.

Because of complications our team had to choose one place that we all are going to go and we felt God calling us to India.

I love you all and will up-date again on Thursday!!


Love
Becky

Here we are at week # 3 we were taught by Micheal Berg(who is our base

director) and he spoke biblical on restoration! Little did i know

this would be a life changing week for me : ) we spoke on many topics.

One was the father heart of God which i realized how grateful i truly

am for blessing me with such an amazing father in my life as well as

an amazing mom. As we looked at hurts and such that may have come from

our fathers i quickly saw how i was in the group of about three other

girls who could say their dads had not hurt them drastically tainting

there perception of God. I am so grateful God has blessed me with this gift of amazing parents and family! 

As the week went on we covered the topic of restoration and forgiveness, this was so moving because at the end of the week we all went and had a time of confession and forgiveness. We split into group with our small group leaders and began a 6 hour journey of heart wrenching openness and healing. This is one of the best things and the most freeing thing I have done. I was able to confess and forgive things I never thought I would be able to do. I so wanted to just run around yelling I am free because of JESUS and what HE has done for me :) At the end of the time we had a small Bonn fire and burned all our papers with names and times of all these things (as seen in the top picture). It was a week were I started to have a new understanding of what God wants us to live in all the time and how vitally important this is for our function as humans, 

My prayer is always make this a practice in my life and that everyone I know also have this as well. I felt washed white as snow after this time and a closeness with God that was like taking a breath of fresh air!

I pray the same for all of you : )

Love 

Rebekah (becky) Contarino 

I am doing so well here! The first week of lecture but the 2ND week I

was in Orlando, we learned about hearing Gods voice by Dean Sherman. . . I have never

had a teaching like this in my whole life. It has already changed my

life drastically in how I communicate with God. On a daily basis I

hear from God now, which is something I treasure so greatly.

T-Time(Testimony Time)  

As we were still in the process for seeking God as to where we were going for our out reach Ben (our school leader) asked us all to go and pray and seek God for guidance in where He wanted us to go. In my mind I realized that I really did want to go to Thailand, mainly because I had thought of it in my mind for so long and had learned all about it and told everyone thats were I was going. well as soon as I went out from our meeting to seek God I already realized that He wanted to change some things ( ha ha ). So I prayed a prayer of surrender and yielding that I would hear from Him and not be influenced by my desires and pre conceptions. So as I walked and prayed I just heard God speaking and then it became silent and then came the words of this simple poem: 

"wash their feet as I did"

"change their lives and culture as I lived"

When I saw these words written on my page, they were enough , they gave me a hope and cry of Gods heart. As I walked back to hand my paper in to the leadership of what I felt God telling me. I felt content in what God had spoken to me I had a feeling that India was the place we were going, so when they told us we were going to India it came as no surprise. I was so at peace with what God had said however i must admit it was not the place of out reach I was planning on going lol.  The words God had spoken really ministered to me, and this is only one of the examples of the beautiful words, pictures and moments with my loving God! 

That was just a short story of the wonderful things God has been doing , I love Him so much ... with all of my heart and soul and mind!

Love 

Rebekah (becky) Contarino

a weekend off in Florida

Hey everyone!

I wanted to tell everyone God is so awesome lol.... although you might already know that its always good to hear again! Hopefully everyone will be getting my e-mail soon and have an update on all i am learning as well as the days off and what we are doing :)

Two week ends ago a few of us students went to down town Ordlando to sight see. 

IT was so much fun while i was there I fed an aligator! which was fun and I felt like a cheesey tourest while doing it. Although my room mate Selina and her friend matthias also came with us and they are from switzerland so some how having them there seemed to make it better :) After going in and out of shops and such we walkd by the replies believe it or not museam and an upside down building which was fun to see! I also Got to hold some beautiful birds, from a man who rides around on a bicycle with them on his back (that was strange) but the birds were so pretty! 

 

(me and the birds (right to left) Tabitha, Joanna Matthias and Mona )

( Selina (bombina, my roomie and wondeful friend with the birds)

also we also stopped and ate at the biggest McDonalds in the world, I have to say I enjoed a peanutbutter and bannana sandwhich instead of having a happy meal :)   All in all it was a fun day down town and my first adventure down there !

The Fallowing day I had one of my dreams come true as we headed to the beach sunday morning. On the beach we had praise and worship, it was a heavenly or as heavenly as you can get at the ocean praising God it was so beautiful and the perfect way to spend my day with God. It was the first time I had experienced Gods presence like that while being on the beach. It was the first time I went to the beach with God and felt Him there as if  we was sitting on my towel enjoying His creation with me. We serve such an amazing God! 

It was a wonderful weekend of fellowship and me and God time! Its so special to be able to experience this in my life I will always be grateful for these times.

In Gods peace 

Love 

Rebekah (Becky) Contarino