I am so excited to be sharing this update! This new adventure has been long awaited and fully contingent on the perfect timing of The Lord. I am just a pen in the hand of a skillful writer. And my desire is that Jesus would get the greatest glory from my life.
For the last year and a half I have been living in Pasadena, Ca, pioneering with a team of revivalists. We have seen and been a part of some epic moments and some not so epic. We have been partnering with houses of prayer, the US Center for World Missions, church leaders, and students from college campuses, to have training established to see a Love Revolution catalyzed. I have also been working part time, discipling women from my work and teaching the youth. All of this is very good. I'm not leaving all this to do a BETTER thing. Sometimes you just gotta drop what you are doing to be attentive to what The Lord is saying and be radically obedient to what you hear.
On my birthday this last March, I woke up from a dream that for sure has awakened a dream inside of me that I have had tucked away for a few years now. Ever since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to be on stage. I have danced, done monologues, and participated in skits of various kinds. Even though I get a little stage fright I have always loved having a microphone. I love words; spoken words. I grew up listening to my Dad read to us kids out loud. He would be able to bring us into every story the way that he read. This is a special thing that my brothers and I hold dear. We still read stories and the Bible out loud when we get together. Most all of my family has this crazy gift of memorization me included. I never thought that there was a special reason why I could even remember so much.
I keep thinking about the parable of the talents. As the master is gonna go on a journey and he gives all his servants a talent. What they each do with the talent before the master returns is where we see the climax of the story. This really makes me think, have I been doing anything or putting to use what has been given to me? Am I using that which is the Lord's for my own gain? I know one thing for sure. I don't want to be like that one servant that didn't do anything with what has been given. I want to be a good steward of that which is not mine.
My heart is so ecstatic right now as I am typing. God is asking me to do something that I am very passionate about. This fall I will be attending a school in Kona, Hi, called; Word by Heart. In this school I will memorize one of the entire gospels and recite it word for word acting it out as if I was the eyewitness, bringing people into the storyline of the gospel. I will get to bring the gospel everywhere I go. This is such an amazing tool to have that will open up opportunity for people to encounter the love of God. I have watched this 90 min. presentation a couple times and it has greatly impacted my life. Something happens to you when you have a revelation of scriptures you have read time and time again, but then it just clicks because you aren't just seeing words on a page, but you have a different vantage point. Awwweee! To think that I could be a part of helping others have a revelation of the word of God, fills me with such joy!
Then to top this off, a little over 2 weeks ago I was at a women's gathering , where we all committed to giving The Lord our yes's. Whatever the audacious brave love step would be I was all in. Yes Lord! That next day I felt the Lord reminding me of the school. And I had this crazy thought: Why not learn it in Spanish? Then I proceeded to have this conversation in my head. "But I don't know Spanish" Then I heard very clearly, " Rosetta Stone". So as you might have imagined, I am currently learning Spanish, with Rosetta Stone. Here we go!!
So practically, I will be leaving Pasadena July 8th to go visit my parents for a few weeks to raise funds for the school, and then will be heading to Kona town August 1st to join the Leadership Track until the school starts on September 25th.
It's about to get wild! Please check out the videos for the school. Message me at erincrain@yahoo.com if you have any questions or if you would like for me to do this 90 minute presentation at your church, school or event in 2015, or if you would like to partner with me financially on this journey. I am hoping to do both English and Spanish languages.
Thank you all so much for believing this God dream with me!!!
