fasting anyone?

This morning we started our day with worship as a base, it's pretty much my favorite way to start the morning so it was wonderful.
I feel like in the week that I've been here there have been so many things that I've wanted God to show me; so many things that I've been like "hey God can you make that clearer?" "hey God can you please show me how that works?" "hey God what the heck do I do about that?" and God was finally like "Hey Sarah Jane could you shut off your computer for a bit and actually seek me out on these things instead of wanting them handed to you on a platter??"

This response shocked me a bit, it just wasn't quite what i was expecting. I really felt like God was asking for me to spend two weeks without my computer or the phone. The idea is that any time i would generally spend on my laptop I will spend seeking God out and digging into His word. I am excited to see what God is going to do with this time in the next couple weeks.

So after i finish this blog entry I'm turning off my computer. If you NEED to contact me i will be checking my email once each morning to keep on top of my finances since I am still in need in this area. But anything personal will have to wait.
Please pray for me in this time, that God would use it for His glory.
Talk to you in a couple weeks!

Peace and Blessings!

SOME 08 begins

I am finally in Orlando! I arrived here on Saturday night.

It was a long journey here...literally, my day of flying was something ridiculous like 20 hours, from when i left my house to when i got here.

Intended route: Edmonton - Phoenix - Charlotte - Orlando.

Unfortunately my time between Phoenix and Charlotte was 25 minutes...and my plane was late, so that route went out the window. There was only one flight from phoenix that would get me to Orlando in the same day and that involved back tracking to orange county California.

New route: Edmonton - Phoenix - Orange County - Las Vegas - Orlando

Then my plane had "mechanical difficulties" in orange county so my plane was delayed by another couple hours. Needless to say it was a long day of sitting in airports!

My week has been pretty good. I've sat through a lot of orientations this week, which has been informative, but I'm definitely glad to be starting class on Monday!

I'm living in a house with 9 students and two staff. My room has 5 of us in here, it'll never be dull that's for sure.

I don't have too much of an update to give at this point, but by the end of next week I'm sure there will be more

Peace and Blessings

getting ready to go again.

You you believe it's pretty much September already?
Where did the time go?
It doesn't feel like that long ago I was coming home from Orlando and now it's almost time to leave again.

On September 20th I will be flying to Orlando for a School of Ministry and Evangelism. This is a six month school - the first three months are spent in classes in Orlando, and the last 3 months are spent in various major cities through the States telling people about Jesus!
I'm crazy excited for this school and super nervous at the same time. It'll definitely be a few steps outside my comfort zone and I'm still waiting for money to come in.

If you are interested in supporting me please contact me at sj.rinas@hotmail.com.

I'll keep you updated on how things progress.

peace.

south africa!

holla from worcestor south africa!

*this computer will not allow me to do capital letters so i apologize in advance...*

i can not believe i've been here for an entire week. it's been crazy. currently it is winter here and it's actually pretty chilly. turns out my body has forgotten what to do with cold weather and i'm definately sick. pray that no one else gets what i have and that whatever i have would leave!

the last week has been mostly working with kids in various schools and neighborhoods. it has been amazing. we started building a soup kitchen in one of the neighborhoods around here. it's going to be such a blessing to the community i'm so excited.
there are so many kids everywhere, it's incredible and yet heart-breaking. most of them don't have shoes or proper clothing to keep warm. they are all so desperate for any kind of affection, it's really sad.

i really love the kids and could spend all day playing with them. please pray that i will get healthy soon, i'm pretty tired of sitting in bed all day!

pray for worcestor, i really love this town and the harvest is incredibly ripe - people are so ready to hear the gospel!

on the move again

I leave for South Africa this morning!!
it's been so busy around here it's crazy. This week alone we have sent teams to Russia, Dominican Republic, China, Mongolia, several states, and now Africa!
I'm so stoked!
I will be home in Canada on July 8th - give me a call!
Peace out,
Sarah Jane

Back again

Holla!
I actually started updating this about a week ago but i must have got distracted because i never finished...oops.

Well, I am back in Florida and I have officially graduated DTS!
It has been really great to be back here, I'm loving it. I've unpacked and settle in for the next few weeks. In my time before South Africa I will be volunteering around the base. My schedule is pretty consistent, I'm in the kitchen in the mornings and in the office in the afternoons. Being in the office is my favorite, the people in there are hilarious and it's tons of fun.

The past week and a bit have been busy and i feel like i havent stopped moving since I got back. Lately God has been reminding me to take time to be still. One of my favorite places to do this is in our 24-7 prayer room here in Orlando. It's a room that has been set up for both staff and students (and those of us inbetween). There is someone in there every hour of every day, it's pretty cool. It's been set up with music, paper, markers, and the walls are lined with white boards telling of what God is doing in peoples lives. It's really cool. I was in there yesterday for the first time since i've been back and it was incredibly refreshing. It gave me a chance to think and process and hear what God has to say. It was definately much needed.

Now it is the weekend and I'm taking this couple days to just chill out. I printed some pictures this morning and this evening I'm going to watch some dvd's I took out of the library.
Wonderful.

I hope you guys are doing great back in Canada!

a fresh burst of energy

Last night we had a worship service at the church we're staying at. It was so refreshing. One thing I've really been missing is big worship services - ya know, the ones with english songs, and drums, piano etc. We have team worship almost every night but theres something about worshipping in a big loud group of people that I miss so much!
So last night the Thai church had a worship service, with songs in both Thai and English, drums, piano, guitar etc. It was great. It was exactly what I needed to get through the last few days. God really reminded me how much I have to be thankful for and how much He has planned for me in the next year.

It's amazing to me that we've been in Thailand for almost two months. I really feel like God has used us here both to impact other people as well as to grow out own faith. This has definately been a growing experiece that I wouldnt trade for anything.
I'm so excited to be home where i can share all my stories and pictures with you all.

Please pray for safe travel when we leave here as things seem abit crazy with the natural disasters in the area.