I guess we were tired of the routine as usual so we decided to go to Guatemala a different route. We wanted to avoid the dreadful 3:00 am wake up, so we upgraded to leaving at 1:00pm, better right? Well it definately was an a long adventure. Edmonton to San Fransico, San to Chicago and then at midnight we found an available bench and experienced a social experiment in homelessness. It was cold and uncomfortable but still hauling all our luggage to a hotel is tidious and being the Blacklocks we like to live on the fun side of life. We are here and all is well. This will be random because I am experiencing a phenomenon called smoke on the brain. Anyone else ever feel like they are between two places, suspended, not fulling awake? That is what it feels like for me when I get here. All the expectations for what is in store for our family plus adjusting to the new things that are here = smoke on the brain. I digress because some things can’t be explained you just have to feel it. We walked into our house and this time the transition to home was much quicker, less clutter means a happy mother. The kids are doing well, keep them in your prayers homesickness is hard and we are praying that they have breakthroughs in the language so they can make more friends.
We had an amazing ladies seminar the atmoshpere was charged with expectancy, women were showing up early and soon we had nearly 100 women. The Lord had spoke to us that He wanted to do a new thing, so we set up chairs in a circle to create an intimate atmosphere. We had a table in the middle surrounded by potted plants and two simple traditional Guatemalan clay pots to represent our lives. We didn’t have a worship team and I felt the seminar would bathed in worship, as we prayed the night before the Holy Spirit was birthing a new thing in many of our lives. God blessed us with two worship leaders that worked with us seamlessly. Every part of the seminar flowed and worked together. It was the first time I hosted a seminar and being sensitive to stewarding an atmoshpere where the presence of God can rest is humbling and challenging. By His grace we were able to work together as a team even though the team formed the morning of the conference and some of us had never worked together, this is the goodness ot our God in the land of the living. There was such a fragrance of humility and transparency in the room. I was supposed to be one of the guest speakers but the Holy Spirit moved upon me in a unique way of preaching. During the transition between speakers I led the women in corporate prayers preparing our hearts to receive what God is doing. I felt His intimacy all over the room and witnessed many women encounter the beauty of the Lord. We had an amazing speaker from Canada, Deborah Arsenault, who shared on yielding to the Master potter and giving our whole lives to Him. We ended the day with a prophetic act of smashing the clay pots as a reminder to remain broken and pliable before the Lord. It was beautiful and I am truley blessed to serve the Lord in this day and hour.
Kerry
