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Guess what! I'm going to 🌵Chico 🌵for a week for a YWAM conference. We're on the road there now and will be for a couple of hours, so message me anything important NOW because I won't have cell service or wifi for the whole week. It's going to be a cell phone detox (help me). I'll be back on Saturday, but until then you can read my new blog, the link is in the bio. 📸: @lisalisabobesa #chico #losangeles #blog #ywamla #somd #somdagram

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Us. #somdagram #somdafam #ywamla (at YWAM Los Angeles)

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My guy 🐻 Today we went around LA for a scavengers hunt (or something like that). I got the honour of being team captain of Team Nation 💪🏼We came in second but we got to pray for so many people and see so many hidden gems in LA so it was still SO amazing. I had a pretty blessed day today. #ywamla #winniethepooh #hollywood #somdagram (at Hollywood Walk of Fame)

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🔥 set a fire down in my soul 🔥 📸: @amandaekvalls #somdagram #ywamlasomd #huntingtonbeach #somdafam (at Huntington Beach, California)

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I feel it in my bones, You’re about to move.

There’s so much to say and it’s only week one, which I’m both overwhelmed by and excited by at the same time. Coming back to LA has been like waking up in a dream I thought would be forgotten when I left here the first time. It would be a lie to say I was 100% in and ready when I got on the plane in Montreal. I had a lot of doubts. After such an amazing summer I didn’t want to leave home. I was afraid that I would come back and so much would be different that I wouldn’t find the flow or fit in. Only two girls that did my discipleship training school came back for SOMD, and the rest were new friendships that needed to form. What if there was tension? What if no one likes me? It’s so crazy that after working with a ministry like Beauty Arise I would still have so many really strong insecurities about fitting in. I also felt nervous being away for twelve weeks, even though I was just away for twenty-two. I didn’t want to miss more holidays and more birthdays back home. I didn’t want life back home to go on without me. Coming here once didn’t make coming here a second time any easier.

On the plane I kind of just wasted time, trying to watch movies and trying to sleep, talking to Josh about nothing and everything (free wifi on a plane is actually so bomb). I started feeling numb to the fact that I was leaving, which is not my usual response to change. One thing I did notice was a song that was stuck in my head, over and over a line saying “I feel it in my bones You’re about to move”. That line is still in my head and still rings true to my heart. My emotions are crazy, if you know me you know that. I’ve had to practice self control my whole life because of it. But throughout the ups and downs I’ve had inside my head this week, I can be anchored by the fact that I know God is moving in my life.

This past week has totally shattered those fears I had coming back. Though I’m still sad about the holidays, I found a family here right away. I’ve been spending each day with seventeen students, three staff, and one amazing school leader, and I can honestly say this is one of the best groups I’ve even known. We all get along so great and I just feel so open with everyone. It’s the first time I’ve been a a group with so many people I just met and really feel like I can be myself. And I don’t even have to try. It’s really the first time in my life I don’t have to impress people or try to be relatable or funny or anything. I just have to be myself and we all have a great time.

This week we shared testimonies, not just our past, but our roots, our values, our dreams, inspirational people in our lives, legacies we want to leave behind, and where we want breakthrough. We each had time to share, all twenty-one of us (actually just twenty because one is away, but she’ll be sharing soon). Each person amazed me as they got very real very fast. They all opened up about things they want to see change in their lives, things they struggle with, and things that might still haunt them from their past. These people are already like family, I have no other way to put it. I love each one of them so much and can’t wait to see so much breakthrough happen as we all step into our calling as leaders. And also, quick side note, I laughed so much this week. There are so many funny people in our group, and together it’s non-stop fun.

We’ve also started reading through the bible this week which has been absolutely mind-blowing. Though I’m not, I feel like I’m reading it for the first time. There are so many things in God’s character that I’m picking up on. His patience has been something most people reading the first few books in the bible see, but dang. It’s unreal. I would have killed the Israelites before Leviticus even happened #sorrynotsorry. Reading the books in one shot and seeing God’s plan for humanity unfold before my eyes, it’s like what the heck did I ever doubt coming here? Why did I think I would have no purpose here and was waisting three months. It’s only three months. God has been working out a plan since before the beginning of humanity and I complain that he’s called me here for three months. This time is so small, and it should be so insignificant to God who has everything else to work out, but He cares about my little time here and I know He’s going to use it so well.

It’s crazy what getting into God’s word can do. I’ve never been good at communicating the things I’m experiencing on a deeper level, but I can say that things already feel different. I’m seeing things differently, I feel like I have more patience, I actually want to stop and listen and invest in people, not just pretend I want to cause that’s what I think Jesus would want me to do. I’m seeing a bigger picture, and it’s making these next eleven weeks look so small (which I’m low-key sad about, I want to take everyone home with me). I’m hearing God’s voice a lot more clearly in my life. I’m also so hungry for more of God, more of his word, more of his correction and conviction.

Can we take a second to talk about that; God’s correction. Imagine getting told you’re in the wrong and you need to change or fix something by the God that not only created you but everything and everyone around you? That’s so cool. That’s amazing. Like yes! Tell me I’m wrong, you know so much better than I do. How can I be more myself, more the person I was created to be, without the Creator telling me where I need to be heading.

So yea, week one has been so good. My leaders are amazing and are four people who I want to follow and take correction from, easily. My two roommates are just so funny and so so so sweet, and the rest of my #somdafam (credits to you Joanne, you genius, you) are literally the best people ever. I want them all to marry people from Montreal and just come home with me. I said that already, but I mean it. Also five are already Canadian so like why not?

Next week we get our first speaker, Kenny Peavy, who spoke in my DTS, which was one of the most impactful weeks of my life. I’m excited. And I’ll be doing something crazy fun tomorrow, but I’ll keep that one a surprise. This SOMD is actually going to be an amazing adventure and I’m so excited for it. Even in 6 weeks when I know I’ll be crying in my room missing home and thinking I can’t do it, I’ll still be excited, because God’s hand is on this school, and He’s about to move in amazing ways. He really is a refiner, and I’m so anxious to see in what ways His grace and love will change me in the next three months.

So thanks for reading, I’ll be keeping up on this blog and I really hope you’ll be keeping up with me.

Love,

Anna

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New blog! Click the link in my bio to find out all about what I'll be doing the next three months! #somdagram #ywamlasomd #ywamla (at YWAM Los Angeles)

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