Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Philippians 4:6-8

Thank-you LORD for all that you have done and are doing in my life. Thank-you that you do not give up on me, no matter how many times I mess up.. God I pray you will continue to transform my mind. God take away things if you need to.

Sometimes in this life it is literally a struggle every single day to stay Godly.. I long for the day that I will see my God face to face and I will no longer have to struggle.. pffffttt..

"Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I row East in my coracle. When that sinks, shall I paddle East with my four paws. Then, when I can swim no longer, if I have not yet reached Aslan's Country, there shall I sink with my nose to the sunrise..."

"Die before you die, there is no chance after."

A life of a Christian is never going to be easy. If what we believe is not true, then it holds no important, but if it is true then it holds infinite importance. It is either nothing or everything, there is no middle ground. I think this is what God meant when he spoke about being 'lukewarm'.. is it as if somebody is saying that it is true, but holds 'little' importance. This cannot be true! If you have truly found the pearl that is the kingdom of God, you would sell EVERYTHING YOU HAD to buy the plot of land where that pearl lies! If you could see just a tiny glimps of the goodness that lies ahead, there would be no hesitation in your mind about whether this is all worth it..

My God completely rules my life. My loving God, my heavenly father, all that I wish to do in my life is to serve him. Nothing else is worth it. We must completely die to our old selves, and let God transform us into what we were always made to be, something so much better, something so much more satisfying. God has such perfect plans. What an honour to be part of them.

I'm coming up to some major crossroads in my life.. and my days are quite scary, quite daunting, quite exciting, but also.. through everything God gives me peace. I was talking with a friend about how when you might feel like you're in a boat out at sea in amongst a storm and you don't know where is north, where is south, its just darkness and all you can see is the rain.. yet in these times, we can have peace that comes from knowing that God is so much bigger than us, so much bigger than the storm.. and he is protecting, and guiding us. And that no matter where we end up, he will still be there, and he will still be bigger and greater than anything!

It is difficult when trying to make decisions, especially for me, because I always just want to please people.. I hate to see people upset or worried about things I might be doing. But at the same time, I think that in these times God is really teaching me what is it to trust him.. and that maybe this is more like how my life will be in the future. People will not also understand why we do things, or what we are doing.. but if it is something that God calls us to do.. then it is completely the best thing for us. Without a doubt. I mean... God will always use us, no matter where we are, but I believe he does have special plans for each of us.

"I get to love you through whatever comes.. what a privilege.. how sweet it is.."

Please pray for clarity from God.. pray that I might be able to distinguish between wisdom, and between feelings of fear..

Thank-you so much

Proverbs 16:9

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps

Counting the cost..

Today in church, there was a preach about counting the cost.. about how faith, if it is real faith, costs something. Sitting there listening to him, I was hearing things that I already knew, but it suddenly struck me how easy it is to become comfortable. How in just a few months of living back in europe, the luxuries of life had almost taken over again and I was in danger of living with a very luke-warm faith! I realised that I was walking down the path towards what was my biggest fear after leaving Chile! There is nothing I want more than to live with every part of my life for my Jesus.. but actually.. I am seeing that just to want that, does not make it easy.. just to want something does not make it happen.

I am praying that God would teach me what it means to put Him first again.. and I am aware that this is one of those "dangerous prayers" that if you pray them, bad things could come around the corner. But the thing is, when I sing things like 'Jesus I give you my life' or 'I give you my dreams' I REALLY do mean it! But them somehow, once I have left church, I lose this heavenly perspective again.. or.. I don't know. But sometimes it is so easy to forget the promises that are said in the heart. So I am asking God to teach me, and am putting it in His hands.. if there are things in my life that may come between us, I ask that He might take them away. I am sure that He will not forget!!

This year, if I had to choose one thing that I have learnt, it would be that there is nothing else worth living for apart from God. He is the only one who will not leave me, or who will not let me down. Yet I find myself now, living for myself. How foolish!

God.. today things change. Change me. Do whatever you need to do.

"I don't want to talk about you, like you're not in the room.. I want to look right at you, I want to sing right to you.."

"I'm giving you my heart.. and all that is within.. I'm laying it all down.. for the sake of you my king. I'm giving you my dreams.. I'm laying down my rights.. I'm giving up my pride for the promise of new life.. I surrender all to you"

"You won't relent until you have it all.. my heart is yours.."

"love that is a strong as death, jealousy demanding as the grave, and many waters cannot quench this love"

"vengo ante ti postrado.. con todo mi ser te quiero ver.. TUYO SOY SENOR.. mi vida pongo en tus manos."

"clame...... me oiste"

"he is jealous for me.."

"there is no love, sweeter than the love you pour on me"

"all to you, I surrender.. everything.. every part of me"

"Senor conoces mi corazon.. "

"here you are... beautiful one, who came like the sun.. here you are.. so we lift up our voices, open our hands, to CLING TO THE LOVE THAT WE CANNOT COMPREHEND.."

"He is the remedy.."

1 Peter 4:2

From NOW ON then, you must live the REST OF YOUR EARTHY LIVES controlled by God's will and NOT by human desires."

Wow, here I am! In London! There were points when I didn't think this day would come! Basically, in my last week before I was due to move to London, everything went wrong! My accommodation, my finances, my bank account, my course application, everything! It was a very stressful time and I sometimes thought about whether I should just cancel my application and just come next year. But, after talking to some amazing friends, and very determined, wonderful women from my church, I decided to just keep going, being backed up by a lot of prayer!!!

When a Christian moves away to be a "missionary", there are always many issues coming up before they can leave, and often they are put there by the enemy to distract and confuse us as to our direction, and to demotivate us. So, when I had all of this opposition, it actually gave me a huge confirmation that God was going to do big things in London! And I would have the incredible privilege of being some small part of it!

I did eventually find a place to live, and saw Gods faithfulness, as it is such a perfect location, and although it is not in Student owned accommodation, I am sure God has a plan through that. It really is an amazing find, and I have no doubt that God had this place ready for me before I could even imagine!

I went to church on Sunday, and went to ChristChurch London, and it was amazing. I really loved it, I met some really lovely people, and even though the "oficial welcome" to new people is next week, I still felt very welcome :) It is quite a big church, but not huge, and I have been told it is a very exciting time for the church because many of the ministries are really developing, and the main church meeting will split into two meetings as of next week. The idea being that then there will be more space for new people to come! It really felt like a very genuine church.

On Sunday after the church meeting, I walked along the river towards my home, past the London Eye, saw the houses of Parliment, Big Ben, The tate, haha, i am so incredibly lucky. But the most incredible thing is that God has called me here. I know that. Without his calling, this would just be another empty city, but I get so excited when I pray for this city, I just want to shout about it!

^{Exodus 33:13-17} If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people." The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?" And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."

**Please join me in praying for London, it is such a city of influence, and I really feel god wants us to pray for the Government, the Houses of Parliment, the rulers of this country.

**Please pray for my first weeks, pray that I may get settled, and find my place in this big city!

The adventure has by no means ended :) hahaha!!

How amazing is God's love!! Howww amazing!

We have had some difficulties within our group, and yesterday I really hit a point where it was really a lot bigger than I am, and I went to bed feeling concerned, but I just prayed a simple prayer 'God please give me a good day tomorrow', and you know what? He did..

Tom came to visit me from Sheffield (guy from my team back in Chile) and it was just so great to make jokes with him and to be with a very good friend. He was a big encouragement. But also, all the ministries went really well and even though there was not always loads of people, there were many very beneficial conversations. All the people I know here in Warwick were especially extra amazing today! I don't know.. it was such a beautiful day.. and to top it off, as I walked home from the train station I was walking into a stunning sunset, the bright blue sky appeared to be on fire behind bright white whispy clouds. Amazing. Amazing amazing amazing. God sends us things like this, just to make us smile. :)

Thank-you God so much for this day. Thank-you that you care about little me, and that you hear my simple prayers. God help me in these next couple of weeks :)

Pray requests

- please pray for my remaining time in Warwick, that I will be wise with my time, and that I will hear Gods will.

-Please pray for Wednesday as we will go to a friends house to help her work in her garden, it could be interesting, so just pray we have a good day together :)

- Pray for my church, St Pauls, that they will listen to the voice of God and will act accordingly.

- Thank God for all the little precious things he puts in our path - just to make us smile!