Writer of Success Stories.

I got an email the other day, one of those updates from LinkedIn that I usually ignore. This one had job updates, and since I've been unsuccessfully looking for a part time job, I thought I'd at least take a look.

Scroll down, "...Specialist". Nope. Scroll down, "Senior Analyst..." nope.

Scroll down. "Writer of success stories". Scroll Down.

Wait. Writer of success stories? I like the sound of that.

Well the job was about interviewing people who had testimonies of how this particular company had helped them improve their business, and I actually did post for it (tho' I haven't heard back). But beyond the job itself something about that title description just felt so... right.

I heard God say, "isn't that what you're supposed to be, anyway?" and I knew He wasn't talking about the job. Writer. Of. SUCCESS. Stories. Isn't that what we're all called to? Isn't that what God is asking us to do with Him all the time? Testimonies. Success stories; I was lost but now I'm found, I was sick but now I'm healed. My life was like this, but then He happened, and one cannot be unchanged by His goodness, love and truth.

That day I decided with God that I'm in, I want to be more purposeful about writing success stories with Him. Not just write as in record things that happened (like the position for that company), but write as in be a part of the making, as in partner with God in creating success stories to share with the world. For He is good and He is happy, and the world so needs to know.

I had all these things in my head and then I watched the show Castle. Nathan Fillion is pretty funny if you ask me. For those unfamiliar with the show, Richard Castle is a writer who partners with a cop to solve crimes. In this particular episode, he's put in front of a classroom of second graders in an effort to identify a witness by gaining their trust. He says to the kids: "We are all writers, if you can tell a story you can write a story". Given the context of my day, I took it as an invitation, and I extend that invitation to you as well; let us all be exactly that, co-writers with Him of the most amazing, loving, redeeming success stories.

In The City

I made it! For a couple of weeks now I've been living in Mexico City, doing life, learning to get around in public transportation, going to church... and planning, planning, planning.

January 31st, 2015 is our launch date for the Mexico School of Supernatural Ministry and I still have all kinds of feelings about it. Mostly I'm excited. As I've gotten to know people in the church I'm partnering with, I can sense the hunger and the readiness for more. There are other feelings too; anticipation, cautiousness, and this O-M-G-can't-believe-this-is-actually-happening, kind of feeling... but they're all part of the package, I guess.

I think people don't quite know what they're getting themselves into, and that's even better. I don't even know what I'm getting myself into, but every time I close my eyes I have this vision of heaven celebrating this move; which is comforting, to say the least. All I know is that He asked and I said YES! And it's like I keep saying "yes!" each day, with each meeting and challenge and task; yes, yes, yes!

Yes to finding a place in a nice part of town so that more people can get to it, even though it might be more expensive.

Yes to being looked at as "the one who knows what she's doing", even though most time I don't have a clue (thank you Holy Spirit).

Yes to planning! I recently read a tweet by Paul Manwaring (@Paul_Manwaring) saying that "We must never use the Holy Spirit as an excuse for not organizing - this denies the organizational genius of the Holy Trinity." and I totally agree. Holy Spirit is the master of structure and organization and there's nothing better than getting the blue prints from Him.

Yes to His yes over us! God brought me here, He plugged me in with an amazing church and great generous people, and He's opening doors for us. It seems a bit scary at times 'cause these are doors I've never crossed before, but then I hear Him whisper, "Go for it!" and so I do. The great thing is that I'm not alone, God is with me and a team is coming together. We cheer each other on, and at the same time stand in awe of the fact that we were somehow chosen for such a time as this.

Right now we're working on the vision, the mission, the core values, the calendar, the homework assignments, the application forms, the promotion, the website, etc. and believe me, we couldn't do it without Him.

Yes, yes, yes! We keep saying yes to Him, and we know the most important "yes" is to His Presence, permeating everything we do.