Same Blog, Different Place

This post is just to say that I've moved my blog.
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Quick Update

I know it’s been a while since I last posted. These last two weeks have been busy. Our homework hasn’t been that hard, but it’s taken a lot of preparation. We learned a method of teaching called “storying.” This consists of memorizing a Bible story, finding 3-5 background facts that are relevant to the story, and thinking about what sort of timeless truths that can be pulled from it. Then you gather an audience, tell the background facts, tell the story and lead the audience in observing who is in the story, and what happened. This makes sure that they heard what you said. Then you lead them in interpreting what happened in the story for the people that were in the story. These interpretations should lead to a timeless truth or two that your audience can apply to themselves. It’s a great way to teach people who can’t read or write the Bible. Then we learned how to teach the inductive method of Bible study, which is what CSBS is. We all had the opportunity to teach it, but we had to prepare our own lesson plan for it, but then we were put into groups. We all have different teaching styles, so it was hard to put everything together. But by the grace of God, we pulled it off.

This week, the founder of the School of Biblical Studies (SBS), Ron Smith is speaking on both the books for this week (2 Timothy and Hebrews). We’re all really looking forward to it. It should be a great week. There is a great quote from him that I learned last week: “If I miss dinner, I do not feel guilty, I feel hungry!  And that is how we should see our devotional time with the Lord… If we miss our daily time with the Lord, we should feel spiritually hungry, not condemned.”  This is one of the best quotes I’ve heard. It’s great, because there are so many times that I’m not intentional about spending time with God, especially during this school. I’m already spending so much time in the Bible that I don’t really want to do it during my free time. But God’s like my best friend, and I’m not spending much time with him. I’ve been feeling something that I couldn’t really describe. I thought it was guilt, but after hearing this quote, I realize that what I’ve been feeling is hunger that can only be satisfied by God. Something to think about…

I realize that many of you might be wondering what’s happening with my school fees. I still haven’t gotten anything in, so I still need around $2700 before 22 June. That date is when we graduate. I would like to have it all paid off before CSBS is over. If you feel led to support me in this, you can donate online at this website: https://ywamla.org/donatepay/, or you can call the campus: +1 818 896 2755. You can use regular mail: 11141 Osborne St. Lake View Terrace, CA 91342. Just clarify that it is for “Madeline Hendley,” so that there is no confusion.

If you just want to know more about what YWAM or CSBS is you can go straight to the YWAM LA website: http://ywamla.org/

If you want to know more about me, or what I am doing, you can email me at BelleHendley@hotmail.com or you can call me: +1 818 371 4140. Calling me won’t really have the best results, because I tend not to answer my phone because I’m either in class or doing homework, but you can text (this is my cell phone), and I’ll respond.