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“Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days! Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil. Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children” (Psalm 90:14-16). God is turning things, shifting and moving the hearts of His people into the place where we can move past the hurts and divisions and, by His mercy, together see His work accomplished and His glory revealed. Unity is the cry of our hearts. This is why we are so blessed to serve the believers in Cyprus by hosting and facilitating island wide gatherings for the Body of Christ to seek the Lord in unity. Last year, Peter Prothero was the speaker at our very first “Streams in the Desert” event, and once again he brought life-giving words from God’s heart. A major theme of the evening was that God’s house is a house of restoration. People’s hearts were like sponges soaking up the beauty of God’s presence and receiving prayer for restoration in their personal lives. God is truly at work in Cyprus!

   

   

Sunday night’s Streams event gave the students a sneak peak of Peter’s profound, yet practical revelations from the life of Yeshua-building great anticipation for what his week of teaching held in store for them.  Peter taught the first and second year students on how to use the tools of our faith to draw people into the Kingdom.  He focused on personal testimony, the prophetic, teaching, and acts of service.  The students really connected to Peter’s easy going manner (with a bit of British wit), and were greatly touched by the times of prophetic ministry and insightful Biblical teachings.  Not one to shy away from a joke or personal story to drive home a point, Mr. Prothero has left the students deeply impacted and inspired.

Streams of God’s heart

The streams of God’s heart that were highlighted on Sunday evening continued to flow all through the week. In worship on Tuesday morning, God did a very special work amongst brothers. God is into details, and so when someone realized that we had Remi, Sam, and Baptiste (3 brothers from France) and Norman, Ruben, and Joel (3 brothers from Germany) all together in worship, that there was something important God wanted to do. The brothers faced each other and began to repent on behalf of their nations for prejudices and hard feelings, and prayed for and blessed each other. It was work of the Holy Spirit, and we know that the effects of these times of repentance and prayer go further and produce more fruit than we could really know.

   

The school’s outreach trip to Ethiopia is quickly approaching.  With less than three weeks to go, preparation is in full swing!  The first year students have begun work on a drama, presenting the gospel with effectual power, while the second year students have taken on the children’s dramas which will be performed at orphanages and feeding centers.  Thursday morning Jahi taught the basics of preparing and preaching a gospel message, stressing the importance of a personal testimony.  The students went to work writing out their testimonies and drafting the gospel messages that, in a few short weeks, will be heard by hungry ears that have yet to know the love of Jesus.  To top off a busy week, the first wave of students traveled down the mountain to the hospital in Limassol for their Yellow Fever vaccinations.  Although there was a fair amount of joking and tall tales of terrible needles, everybody was quite brave when it came to the small prick!

   

 

Community Headlines:

• The view has just opened up here at the GBI base as our large orange container that has been sitting on the property for the last ten years has been moved to its new home on our land. For all of you alumni that remember it so well, you will know that this is news indeed.

• We love alumni, and we have been greatly blessed this week to spend time with Ruben and Melissa Heidel from Germany and Denise from Holland. Ruben and Melissa have been serving in Alexandria, Egypt and it was wonderful to share our hearts together again. Denise is a student from last year, and her fellow classmates have been so excited and blessed to spend time with her again.

• It’s a girl! Chandy and Sarah Thomas welcomed their new little baby Kashmir Yarden Rose early Saturday morning. She is absolutely beautiful and we are so happy for the Thomas family! Children are the great joys of our community.

We are full of thanks for all that the Lord has done, excited for all He is doing, and full of faith for all He will do. He satisfies us and makes us glad and we say, “. . . let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hand.”

Blessings,

The GTS Blog Team

Blog Writers: Hannah B. and Chelsea N.

Blog Editors: Hannah B. and Marissa H.

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