Next!

I am seriously in awe at how fast this year has flown by...my nine months spent completing Second Year at BSSM appears to have disappeared like a vapor. The months that I have spent going to school at Bethel have been well spent and have abounded with numerous lessons and trials. I look back and see nothing but the goodness and faithfulness of God throughout my journey. He has most certainly surprised me, strengthened me, challenged me, but most of all He has shown His love that always remains. Through every up and down, twist and turn, I am constantly reminded of God's promises to me and the future He declares that He has for me. After returning from my incredible trip to Norway school went by in a flash. Since March I am being challenged to choose to listen to God's voice and His heart for my life and now I am being gently pushed into a deeper level of trust by returning to Canada for the summer. I trust God that He provides and that He is a God of His word! He also speaks to me about Him constantly being in my life. Over and over again, as many times as I listen, He tells me that where I go He also it going! My plans for the summer is to spend the three months I have with family in Edmonton and work, hopefully two jobs like I did last year, and then return to Redding for my third year of BSSM which is an internship. This internship has my heart racing and I am so excited to move on from the "schooling phase" to the "hands on phase"! I will be working with an organization based out of Northern California called I.Dignify and will be writing and serving this newly established ministry that sets captives free from the sex trafficking industry. I am very ready to serve I.Dignify's heart and vision and make a difference! Now...hopefully I'll have more opportunities to write in this blog and keep it up to date! This summer is completely unpredictable! :)

Norway...just the beginning!

It has been a few months since I had last written in this blog...lots has changed within 2012 so far! It has been the most amazing year and I anticipate many great things for the upcoming months!!
God has blessed me so much and He provided all of my funds to be able to go on my missions trip to Norway...which I am currently on!!! Norway is a beautiful country and so far the food, the people, the culture...has been an incredible experience! We have been in a city called Hamar and have been working with the youth here.
There is a Christian outreach to youth that involves a big dance party and it draws 300-400 non-Christian teenagers called "Viva La Vida". It's an awesome way to reach out to the kids and it was at this event that I got to share my testimony and I thoroughly enjoyed doing it! We have had a couple of services and have been given the opportunity to pray healing over people and prophecy! People are getting healed of pain and physical problems in their bodies, God heals!
I got a word of knowledge about a left shoulder and this guy eventually found me and told me it was him...this was very exciting because it had been a while since I had given it and I assumed that I might've gotten it wrong. I prayed for him and then he mentions that he has rib problems and asthma....I pray again and he feels a strange, but good pain move in his ribs! He was so happy and joyful after I finished praying for him! I also got to pray for a young girl who had headaches and problems with her nose...I prayed for her and her headache left!
There are many more healings that are happening here in Norway and I have a feeling that this is just the beginning!!!
Tomorrow we are taking a train from Hamar to Oslo, the capitol of Norway, and will once again be working with youth and the churches there. We will get to prophecy and minister with a couple of the local pastors as well!
Thank you to everyone who so generously supported me on this adventure and I hope to keep you all posted!!

A New Year!!!!

It seems like 2011 came and went far too fast! I spent the past three and a half months completing my first few months of second year at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry and was blessed to be able to come back to Medicine Hat to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with my family!
The lessons I have learnt over 2011 have been numerous and all that Bethel has taught me has impacted me in so many ways in the way I live, in my relationship with God, and in how I love. I am very thankful for where God has taken me, completing first year at Bethel, going to Ecuador on a missions trip with my school and getting the privilege to return for an additional year of schooling in Redding, California.
Last year my missions trip to Ecuador blessed me so much, it was unlike any ministry trip I had been on. My team and I saw so many people get healed physically and mentally inside of hospitals, churches, and parks. I was able to pray for multiple women who had problems and pain in their stomachs, and as I recall they were healed of all pain! Also while doing ministry at a hospital, with the help of a translator, was able to pray for and encourage a whole floor of a hospital while other members of my team were scattered all throughout the hospital. We had so much favour in revealing God's love and heart for the people of Ecuador!
I am still thankful to all of those that have poured into this trip with prayer and being so generous! But once again, this year, I have another opportunity to go on another missions trip with BSSM to Norway. My team and I will be able to minister at a Christian club that draws more than 400-600 non-Christian youth called Viva La Vida. I am very excited for what God is going to do in and through my team! Here is the description that BSSM gave about Norway's missions trip!!!!


"Norway is an epicenter of revival in Europe We will be traveling to a number of cities all over Norway, pouring into the family/relationships we have there. You will have opportunities to see His Kingdom established on this trip through conferences, youth camps, outreaches, as well as the Nordic School of Ministry. We will also be working with the founder and leader of Get Focused, a nationwide network that has birthed one of the largest youth movements in Norway. This is a trip in which you will get to partner with Jesus as He transforms a country. You will be empowered to preach the Word of God, release the Kingdom, and to invest into our Norwegian family. Our desire is for you to see the Father’s heart for Norway, just like we have. This trip is definitely going to be a fun filled adventure with Him!"

What this trip will be doing for ministry excites me so much and I am inviting you to partner with me, financially and in prayer! I am in need of finances to be able to go on this trip and the total cost of my missions trip to Norway is $2,450, but I have already been blessed with $250.00! God is good and He is faithful to provide for those He has called! Please consider donating to me and helping me get to Norway to bring the love of Christ there!

Here is the link to donate online if you would like to pour into my life! Thank you so much for your support, both in prayer and in finances! I am so blessed to have you all walk with me in this journey of my life!

https://www.ibssm.org/?action=donate&target=missions&student_id=211474


I hope that you all have a blessed New Year!!!!

Much Love
Jana-Marie

Norway!

Hi All!
The months keep flying by and I cannot believe it's already midway through November! Redding has hit it's most beautiful season with all the trees turning red, yellow, and orange! Bethel is amazing and I am so blessed to be able to be here and to take another year at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry! As you may have heard I am going to be going to the land of the Vikings (NORWAY) in March.
My team will be ministering at conferences, youth camps, churches, a club/outreach (it's a club that is run by Christians and draws in about 400-600 non-christian youth to hear the gospel!) and on the streets of Norway. I
am so excited for what God is going to do in this beautiful country and I am hoping that you will all stand with me in seeing the Holy Spirit transform Norway, whether in prayer or financially! I am in need of $195 dollars by tomorrow and the total cost of the trip is $2,450. If you would like to donate to this trip and help me get to Norway you can donate online! Blessings and love you all!
♥ Jana-Marie

https://www.ibssm.org/?action=donate&target=missions&student_id=211474

Two Month Recap

Being home in Redding, California and going back to Bethel has been similar to a breath of fresh air. The loveliness of it all has caused the first two months of School of Ministry to fly by and it's hard to believe that tomorrow is the start of November!
I feel as though I have received so much information and knowledge in the first months of school. I have been impacted by is the need for community, vulnerability, accountability, and surrounding yourself with friends that you can pour into and they'll pour into you as well. It's been such a growing time for me in learning how to develop valuable, healthy community with people I love.
Process, that has been a majority of what I've been going through. Life is such a journey and if the attempt is made to skip the process the outcome may possibly not be the same. Something that is spoken out quite often here is that if you value and get the process right, the product is assured. So, in this moment I am learning to value the process and this stage of my life that I'm in.
I have recently found out that I will be going to Norway in March on my missions trip with the school!!! I am very excited to go to Norway and see all that God will do!!! My team will be ministering at youth camps, conferences, churches and in the streets all over this beautiful country!!! Last year I went to Ecuador and it blew my mind and I learnt so much! The countries are very different from each other but we have the same Holy Spirit at work. To get to Norway I will need to raise $2,450.00 and I have to put a 10% deposit on my trip by November 15! God provided last year in amazing ways for me and He is so good! If you would like to donate to my missions trip to Norway you can go to


https://www.ibssm.org/?action=donate&target=missions&student_id=211474


I appreciate your prayers and support so much! Thank you for running with me in this race!
I love you all!

Seventy Hours

It has been quite a while since I last wrote in this blog, I can blame my hectic summer work schedule for that one! Seventy hours a week of working two jobs wasn't exactly how I was expected my summer to be like. But God is good and he provided in so many ways!
Throughout the year Bethel makes these declarations and one that was frequently repeated was "jobs and better jobs"...as the year ended at Bethel I started feeling twinges of nervousness and anxiety in thoughts of returning home and started the hectic endeavour of job hunting. Months prior to the end of school I had applied online for a job with City or Medicine Hat but I had heard nothing in return about my application so I had given up on that job.
I arrived back in Medicine Hat on an early Thursday morning and was going to head out that day to start the daunting task of looking for a job however I decided that I need at least one day of rest before thrusting myself into a work life. Friday comes and I get an unexpected call from the city asking for an interview! That was a complete shock as I had assumed that my application had been looked over and I didn't get the position. Then that very same day I go into a local restaurant and hand in my resume, within a couple of hours I got called in for an interview and got hired on the spot! So in three days I got two jobs, one fulltime at forty hours a week and my waitressing job I was getting around twenty to thirty hours a week!
My summer was most certainly not the easiest but I had great motivation to work as I was already preparing to return for second year at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. Having a goal in mind definitely helped push me through three months of on average seventy hours a week of work.

Now I have been home in Redding, California for almost a month and am loving it! Already in Second Year I am learning so much more about myself and God and it is definitely a breath of fresh air to be back with amazing friends! This was most certainly worth the exhausting, hectic, frustrating hours of work I put in. My lesson for the value of hard work is learned.

Love you all!

Final Say

It has been far too long since I have last written in this blog, and sadly it is right at the end of my school year as a First Year student at Bethel that I finally put my final thoughts of this year on here.
What to say? So much has happened this year and I feel that attempting to write it all out on this blog would not do a justice.
These past nine months have been the most amazing months of growth, encouragement, empowerment and love I have ever felt. This experience legitimately has completely transformed so much of my life, who I thought I was, what I thought I had to give, and how deep God's love is for me...always. I honestly can say I feel like an entirely different person since September at the start of my school year. Although I know seasons are always temporary I wouldn't have minded if this season had gone a bit longer or passed by a little bit slower. Thankfully I will be returning for Second Year at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in September!
I would say that there definitely have been a few of main things that have impacted me and that I have learnt this year, so I will endeavour to write them in this blog in decent sized paragraphs!
Identity has been a huge thing for me this year, God has totally transformed my heart and my mind, and He has showed me who I am as a daughter of the King and as an individual in this world. One thing God kept asking me over and over on one of the first days of school was if I would grasp onto the revelation of His love. I had heard all about His love, sometimes I felt it but a majority of the time I just knew about it. When I finally told God I wanted a revelation of His love I suddenly had an understanding, not just in my head, but in my heart, that God loved me every moment of every day. Since then I have felt such an assurance of His presence and His joy.
Another would be attitude. I have the power to say no to my attitudes affecting my actions, and I have a choice to how I will react. For so long I would let my attitude and other's attitudes towards me determine and cause reactions instead of cultivating healthy, wise responses. It still is a process of remembering this lesson and acting out. Practice makes perfect.
After being in this place of not knowing where I wanted to go with my life and what I wanted to do for quite some times a little bit of irritation had risen up. Many, many times I would receive prophetic words that would be almost exactly what someone else had prophesied over me previously but would have absolutely no idea what I wanted to do or what the words even meant. Eventually it would be of no surprise to me that I would have the same thing spoken over me...again and again and again. Finally God gave me the most brilliant idea and totally connected the dots of my life and my passions together. I now know where I want to go, what I want to do....and how I'm going to get there is all a part of this adventure. So this year I have definitely had been given direction with the passion that I had already had.
There is so much more that has impacted me, all the teaching I have received from Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton and so many more have been the hugest blessing to me. Bethel has definitely cultivated a culture of honour, integrity, love and joy in such a way I will always remember this year and all this church has done for me! I look forward to all that second year will help me grow in. God has been so good and so faithful this year and I feel nothing but blessed!
I will be heading back to Medicine Hat to work and save money for my second year at Bethel as I have to raise $3,950 for my tuition next year. This summer will be a great time to putting everything I have learnt into practice.
See you all soon! And thank you all so much for your prayers, financial support and just taking the time to read my blog!
Love you all!